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Sell 179 Third Ave Trolley NYC (1940s era).

Third Ave Railway Trolleys in Manhattan and the Bronx. Photographed by Howard Sell, 1944-1948 Copyright the NRHS, Inc 2024.
1) The S line at the north end.
2 Nepperham and High Streets ...in Yonkers. Yonkers NY Central train station, showing trolley lay-up tracks. 4 and 5 line cars parked. Phillipse Manor Hall and downtown Yonkers.
3) Corner of Main and Broad Streets in Yonkers. 6, 7, and 4 line trolleys pass down Main street.
4) Getty Square, Yonkers.
5) Manhattan: views of the 59th St. Crosstown X line, including Grand Army Plaza, and Columbus Circle. Shot of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway's ticket office at Columbus Circle.
6) Times Square: views of the 42nd St. Crosstown X line. Camel Cigarette sign, Astor Hotel.
7) B (Broadway) and 10th Avenue Lines heading north from 42nd st. to the point where the two lines converge (Broadway and 71st), from there both lines use Broadway trackage.
8) IRT subway on the viaduct, B and 10th line cars seen from Broadway and 123 st. Morningside Heights. The Crosstown X line-125th st. is seen at 125 st. and Hancock Plaza.
9) In the Bronx: Two Z line cars are photographed at Echo Park and Tremont Avenue.
10) T line cars lay over at West Farms Square in the Bronx, some footage from the elevated station there.
11) A Bronx Crosstown X car reverses at the end of the line.
12) Bonus footage: T line cars operating in Manhattan using conduit power. B/W footage: a crosstown X convertible curved side car operating in snow. A trolley plow shorts out. Also: a Brooklyn Queens Transit PCC car, and the Surf Ave-Seagate trolley.[+] Show More