Traction N Trolleys

[Butchuk2007]

Look at the film of the NYW&B. What a shame they closed it and ripped it apart.

Mind you that kind of mindless vandalism continued in the U.K right up until the 60s & again in the early 1970s with the closure of branch lines off mainline railways.

[Wehategod]

NYW&B was America's First all Electric Railway no steam and the first line to have Platforms at Door Level unlike other railways at the time who had low end platforms. It also had Air Conditioned Cars too.

[Wehategod]

I own a NYW&B tape

[pbatommy]

@Wehategod Can you convert it to DVD for me?

[RaananVolesPianist]

The fact that they were running one-car trains shows how little demand there was for this service. Nevertheless, something should have been done with ALL of it, not only the Bronx portion--maybe a trolley line. But unfortunately, in the 1930s and '40s, the attitude was that the auto was the coming thing, and small interurbans like the Westchester were only relics of the past. I'd like to see a light rail line somwhere in Westchester, but as to where, I leave it to the experts.

[travelsonic]

@RaananVolesPianist Don't know if consist size alone means a lot - besides the fact that the Westchester's ridership only increased throughout its short life - that, and at the beginning the number of trains they ran was, to say the least, *probably* a bit much. I remember seeing a post on the The NHRHTA's web forum showing a timetable for West Farms during the AM and PM peaks - made the NYNH&H's schedule look even more tame than it already [really] was in comparison.

[travelsonic]

@RaananVolesPianist Found the post I referred to - between 5:03 PM and 7:59 PM there were scheduled 45 trains, 12 belonging to the NYNH&H, the other 33 being NYW&B trains. I'd say that's a lot of trains in that time period compared to what we see today.

[travelsonic]

@travelsonic @travelsonic This being in 1919

[pbatommy]

The Morris Park station still has the NYWB logos on the station entrance.  I not only live on the line--I WORK on it as a train operator.

[sdh418]

Wonderful video

Thanks. I was not aware of any videos of the NYW@BRR

[selim423]

If anyone has photographs/video of the New Rochelle, NY portions and station on North Avenue, please let me know ASAP!!

[G1Ravage]

Yes. The Dyre Line, the current (5) train, encompasses the old NYW&B ROW and stations from East 180 Street to Eastchester - Dyre Avenue.

[travelsonic]

@G1Ravage and up until about 2004 or so, the stretch from 180th to West Farms still existed. Catenary bridge #1 for the NYW&B is still standing just a little bit north of the site where the interlocking used to be.

[JeffOrnstein01]

Nice preview. Didn't the IRT acquire part of the NYW&B trackage and incorporate it into its system (the Dyre Avenue Line, I believe)?