New Yorks Elevated lines had a route on 6th avenue in New York City . It was closed in 1938. At That time trains ran from south Ferry through downtown Manhattan and over to 6th Avenue , north to 53rd st where the line turned West to reach the Ninth avenue El to continue the journey north . The original line when built had a section that that ran north on 6th avenue from 53rd st up to 59th street and Central Park West . The terminal station was at 58th street. This section of the El was closed in 1924 and cut back to 53rd st.
North of 53rdf st, this section of El had three tracks , one North and one south with a center track for layup. Here we are looking up towards 58th street terminal in 1924.
Here is the station at 58th street in 1924. There was two side platforms and the tracks ran further to 59th street for layup.
There was a tower to control operations at the junction at 53rd street. The junction at this point was two tracks and north of here, the third track was established. This view looks west on 53rd st and you can see the connector to 9th ave. Its 1924.
Under the El connector on 53rd st looking east.
Here is an aerial view at 53rd st showing the junction and the tower
We move ahead in time to 1938 shortly before the El was closed. The connector carries the trains west on 53rd st and the tower and the line north to 59th st. are long gone. The Queens IND subway follows the same route here but of course underground.
One the final day of operation in December of 1938 we see the last train to run uptown , a set of MUDC's . The End of service notices are in the windows of the cars.
We will leave with a 6th avenue train heading downtown. Its a set of MUDCs
