Comments on: The rat that ate my timetable… https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2012/01/19/the-rat-that-ate-my-timetable/ Art, history, railroad, & photography adventures from Harlem & beyond. Wed, 11 Sep 2013 03:52:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Al the K https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2012/01/19/the-rat-that-ate-my-timetable/comment-page-1/#comment-338307 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 03:52:37 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=6393#comment-338307 2 hours from GCT to Brewster’s — I’m impressed, though service was pretty good in those days.

When a corner(s) is chewed, typically the item was in a bundle or stack (CSI: Metro North). One always wonders what else was in the pile.

]]> By: Keith https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2012/01/19/the-rat-that-ate-my-timetable/comment-page-1/#comment-164754 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:30:37 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=6393#comment-164754 Some of the stations listed that were closed lasted until the 60’s and some until the early 70’s. 138th st (Mott Haven), Morissania, and Central Morrisania were closed due to the platforms being too short for most trains to stop there, you can still see the cuts in the walls of the cut south of the Fordham station. Of course the upper Harlem was closed in the middle of a weekday in the early 70’s due to a PC budget issues and declining ridership. But you’ve see all that here.
What was really a treat, all of those stations had beautifully built station houses above the tracks. Most of those lasted until the 70’s and the Bronx being what it was then as well as the agencies owning those structures not wanting to maintain those, took them down in the late 70’s early 80’s. Only Fordham station “house” still stands.
The ads in old timetables are a great reminder of what once was in the NYC area. Especially on the smaller local timetables. Great Work!!!!

]]> By: Al Cyone https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2012/01/19/the-rat-that-ate-my-timetable/comment-page-1/#comment-163715 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:12:14 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=6393#comment-163715 Maybe it was a ‘possum what et your timetable.

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