Hello ART !
I remember very well the Brooklyn NY old BMT Myrtle Ave EL !! -
Here is the LINK to my photo album of my O-Scale BMT EL Car Models
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...s/72157625966252884/
ALSO - Here are a few photos of some of my scratch-built O-Scale BMT EL Gate cars -- in scenes on my "EL" layout that mimic the "Old Myrt".
I rode and photographed the Myrtle EL extensively from about mid 1956 thru its close in Oct. 1969. Rode the BU Gate Cars there and the later "MUDC" Q Types. The "Q"'s were my "old friends", heh, from their recently being removed from revenue service by Dec 16, 1956 from the IRT Division 3rd Avenue EL. They served on that Manhattan & Bronx EL line from May 1950 thru May 12, 1955 - and served 19 more months on the Bronx remaining part of the line. They were stored on its then no longer used center express track...until mid 1957 and gradually over many following months removed in increments, to Coney Island BMT shops for overhaul for the Myrtle EL. And by May 1958 replaced all the BMT 1300 Series Convertible BU EL Gate Cars for Myrtle El service.
Fond memories riding the Q's on the IRT 3rd Ave EL - and from mid 1958 thru Oct. 1969 on the BMT Myrtle Avenue EL !
Anyway - enjoy these photos of some of my BMT BU EL Car O Scale models !
Regards - Joe F
And PHOTO BELOW is my O-Scale Q-Type train entering a center island platform station just as on the Myrtle Avenue EL !! As you likely remember them between 1959 and 1960.
