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Bartow & City Island Stagecoach

The Barton & City Island stagecoach line served City Island from Pelham Bay Park, in the Bronx, New York. Eventually, the stagecoaches were replaced by horsecars, which in turn were replaced by trolleys, then buses. This scene, of two horses, driver and the stagecoach probably dates from the 1880's or 1890's.

The Broadway Battleship

New York Railways Co. #6000 (Broadway Battleship) was a unique trolley that ran along Broadway between South Ferry and 59th Street. Built by the J.G. Brill Company of Philadelphia, it was put into service in August 1912 and taken out of service in 1922.

This scene shows the 6000 at Union Square, with the W New York Union Square Hotel (formerly the Germania Life Insurance Company) in the background.

Coney Island Terminal
(circa early 1920's)

This restored photograph, depicts the station, located at the corner of Stillwell and Surf Avenues in Coney Island. This was the site of the former West End Terminal and contains eight tracks on four platforms. The terminal was constructed about 1919, and underwent a complete rebuilding in 2003, which was officially completed on 29 May 2005.

This station is the world's largest single rapid transit terminal facility.

Wikipedia entry for Coney Island Terminal

Coney Island Line Subway Cars
(circa early 1920's)

This restored photograph, depicts six subway cars of the Coney Island line, car #6094 leading.

Hobble Skirt Trolleys on Broadway

This restored photograph, probably of an old postcard originally (some dot-screen apparent in the print), depicts a Broadway scene in New York City with Hobble Skirt Trolley cars. These partial low-floor trams began operating in about 1912. They were known as stepless or hobble skirt cars because women wearing hobble skirts could easily embark and disembark from the cars.