in a few more weeks the mtrain will go via 6th avenue another change im sure people who ride that line will be happy they wont have to get off at essex street and change for the f train uptown
This train used to be called the MJ. Before that it was the 10. Before that, when the BMT Standard cars, which had no signboards on the front, ran, when you stood on the platform at Broadway -Myrtle you looked for red and green lights on the front car of the arriving train. The J, formerly the 15, had two green lights. A rush hour local to Atlantic Ave. (later to Crescent St.) had two orange lights.
If you were waiting at Wykoff Ave for a train going the other way, you looked for the red and green lights on the MJ or two red lights on the train to Jay Street. Even without the lights, it was easy to recognize the Jay Street train since the el structure was so rickety between Broadway-Myrtle and Jay Street that they could only use ancient wooden cars built around 1903.
My grandmother told me that when she moved to Ridgewood before World War I, the elevated structure ended at Wykoff Ave. The train ran down a ramp and ran at grade level along the "Lutheran right-of-way" to Metropolitan Ave. When the el structure was extended to Fresh Pond Road, the grade level tracks were left in place and were used by the Flushing-Ridgewood trolley.
sought a like the qj train of old
MrMiles716 1 year ago
@MrMiles716 Yup back in the days.
Allen1628famm 1 year ago
well i guess the train is going to run from meyropolatin avenue to continental avenue from queens to manhattan and back to queens dont make no sense
MrMiles716 1 year ago
@MrMiles716 Well the M Train did do Queens to Brooklyn (North) to Manhattan back to Brooklyn (South) so yea still the same.
Allen1628famm 1 year ago
where does the vtrain run now
MrMiles716 1 year ago
@MrMiles716 V Train via 6th Ave/53rd St/Queens Blvd Local from Lower East Side 2nd Ave to Forest Hills-71st Ave.
Allen1628famm 1 year ago
in a few more weeks the mtrain will go via 6th avenue another change im sure people who ride that line will be happy they wont have to get off at essex street and change for the f train uptown
MrMiles716 1 year ago
@MrMiles716 I know all about the M Train. Its taking over the V line. And lets see how people is going to react on this.
Allen1628famm 1 year ago
This train used to be called the MJ. Before that it was the 10. Before that, when the BMT Standard cars, which had no signboards on the front, ran, when you stood on the platform at Broadway -Myrtle you looked for red and green lights on the front car of the arriving train. The J, formerly the 15, had two green lights. A rush hour local to Atlantic Ave. (later to Crescent St.) had two orange lights.
ishouldntbeyoutubing 2 years ago
Yeah I know that. They used have a Myrtle Ave line going towards downtown.
Allen1628famm 2 years ago
If you were waiting at Wykoff Ave for a train going the other way, you looked for the red and green lights on the MJ or two red lights on the train to Jay Street. Even without the lights, it was easy to recognize the Jay Street train since the el structure was so rickety between Broadway-Myrtle and Jay Street that they could only use ancient wooden cars built around 1903.
ishouldntbeyoutubing 2 years ago
I remember it being the QJ Train as well.
Allen1628famm 2 years ago
My grandmother told me that when she moved to Ridgewood before World War I, the elevated structure ended at Wykoff Ave. The train ran down a ramp and ran at grade level along the "Lutheran right-of-way" to Metropolitan Ave. When the el structure was extended to Fresh Pond Road, the grade level tracks were left in place and were used by the Flushing-Ridgewood trolley.
ishouldntbeyoutubing 2 years ago
O Well I don't know about that. But I believe the workers started to build the Train tracks in New York.
Allen1628famm 2 years ago
these neighberhoods used to be itilans now it is all spanish
MrMiles716 2 years ago
Thanks for this post. As a former NY'er who loves the subway it's always great to see stuff like this.
Rollin558 2 years ago
Your very welcome
Allen1628famm 2 years ago
how old is this video?
Izakokomarixyz 3 years ago
Almost a year old
Allen1628famm 3 years ago
????????
Allen1628famm 3 years ago
Nice video lil bro I'm going to miss the R42 M Train they where the best just like the L Train.
mirnavalerio 3 years ago
I saw it just now.great video
mtaworker123 3 years ago
thank you
Allen1628famm 3 years ago
Yes I do. I made a Z Train video on the Williamsburg Bridge
Allen1628famm 3 years ago
do you have any videos of a ride on a Z train
mtaworker123 3 years ago