We hear a lot about football coaches, but how about Trolley Coaches?

Tomorrow in France I believe a big conference will be held dealing with the environment and climate change.  Transportation will be discussed.  I hope they consider, what is called  the "Transit's Stepchild", namely the "trolley coach"  as part of a solution to surface transportation pollution.

This picture was taken from www.nycsubway.org and was taken on 4/18/59 by George Contrad.  It shows a BMT work train with AB Standard Cars on the elevated portion that approaches the Williamsburgh Bridge in Brooklyn on the Jamaica Line.  Several trolley coaches are shown as as well.  If you look closely under the el, you may spot a twin shrunken street lamp as well.  What a great picture.

Plenty of BMT Standards in this short clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUO-tnJWhas&feature=player_embedded

In this short clip of the "Naked City", which was filmed in New York City in 1948, you will see some of the subjects of this blog, namely the Williamsburgh Bridge, Delancey Street and the BMT  subway line that ran over the bridge equipped with the BMT Standard Cars.  You will see how New York City looked in 1948.  You will see plenty of Bishop Crook Street Lamps, one of my favorite items.  Although I looked for streetcar trackage on Delancey Street in this short or on the bridge, I did not find it.  Enjoy the clip and some of you will recognize some of the "old timers" actors.  Tramway Null(0).

Elevation of Roadway on Selected Bridges New York City

  Since many of my photo postings involve the Brooklyn or Manhattan Bridges, please find attached a map showing the elevations of the roadways connected with these bridges.  The color coding was constructed to show red as the highest elevation and this appears to be, of course, the middle of the bridge. In some places, the map will show the elevation in feet in numerials.  The green line on the southern shore line of Manhattan is the FDR Drive.  Map constructed using ARCGIS and City of New York elevation file of buildings and structures.