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From: essachs@ihuxl.UUCP (Ed Sachs)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: Brighton Line (BMT, Brooklyn) - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 22-Jun-84 15:09:31 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 22 15:09:31 1984
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Speaking of old surface right of way, the Culver line also had
a surface right of way underneath it used by a freight railroad
(the South Brooklyn Railroad, if memory serves me correctly),
which ran from the docks in the Bush Terminal area (around 39th
St) to Coney Island (the BMT Coney Island Shops).  Along MacDonald
Ave., the tracks were shared with trolley cars until about 1956 or so.
The railroad at one time used steeple cab electric locomotives,
operating either from third rail (they shared tracks with the
subway for a short distance between 4th and 9th Aves) or trolley
wire.  It was later dieselized.  Anyone know if it is still
running?
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				Ed Sachs
				AT&T Bell Laboratories
				Naperville, IL
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