Third Avenue Railway
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The Third Avenue Railway System (TARS) was a street railroad company in the U.S. state of New York[1] . It operated lines in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Westchester County, with its main line along Manhattan's Third Avenue[1]
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[edit] Lines
[edit] Manhattan
The following lines existed in later days:
- 10 Tenth Avenue Line: 42nd Street, 10th Avenue, Broadway, and 125th Street from West 42nd Street Ferry to West 130th Street Ferry
- B Broadway Line: 42nd Street, Broadway, and 125th Street from East 42nd Street Ferry to West 130th Street Ferry
- K Broadway-Kingsbridge Line: East Harlem to the Bronx
- T Third and Amsterdam Avenues Line: Park Row, Bowery, 3rd Avenue, 125th Street, and Amsterdam Avenue from City Hall to Fort George
- X 42nd Street Crosstown Line
- X 59th Street Crosstown Line
- X 125th Street Crosstown Line
[edit] Surviving equipment
A number of cars formerly operated by TARS have been preserved.[2]
- 24, Brill open car, Electric City Trolley Museum
- 220, converted cable car, Shore Line Trolley Museum
- 316, American standard, Shore Line Trolley Museum
- 629, lightweight, Shore Line Trolley Museum
- 631, lightweight, Seashore Trolley Museum
- 634, 640, lightweight, Mariazell, Austria
- 637, lightweight, Graz, Austria
- 674, lightweight, National Tramway Museum
- 678, lightweight, National Capital Trolley Museum
- 830, 844, Shore Line Trolley Museum
- 1043, Brill semi-convertible, Western Railway Museum
- 1779, Peter Witt streetcar, Sorocaba, Brazil
- 1789, 1791, Peter Witt, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- 1799, Peter Witt, Bertioga, Brazil
- 4208, lightweight, Vienna, Austria
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ballard, C: "Metropolitan New York's Third Avenue Railway System" ,Arcadia Publishing, 2005
- ^ Preserved North America Electric Railway Cars.
