Joseph Frank posted:Hello George
You were lucky to ride those Flushing and Astoria EL lines with the IRT Subway Steinway-Car Trains, 2nd Ave wood EL Gate & MUDC car trains, BMT EL wood Gate and later Q Type EL car Trains !!
I would expect you may have also ridden the IRT Manhattan El cars on the Manhattan & Bronx 3rd Ave El until 1956, and the Q types on that line from April 1950 thru 9-16-1956 when the Q's and MUDC's were replaced on the Bronx 3rd Ave EL with steel Steinway Subway cars that you also rode in Queens ! I rode the 3rd Ave EL in Manhattan (and Bronx) frequently but when born I had just missed the closing of the 2nd Ave EL !!
Here is my NYC EL O-Scale EL Layout Flickr Photos Page with Page # 2 of my BMT WOOD EL GATE CARS Album....from the middle to bottom of page two I have showcased my Queens Worlds Fair Q Types seen on my EL adjacent and along with my IRT Low-V original Steinways and 1939 W.F. Steinway models, IRT Manhattan EL wooden MUDC Cars, and some BMT Standards. I was replicating the Flushing / Astoria line in the period you remember and spoke about. Even tho these are models on a model EL, I figured in that you rode the prototype trains back then, you may enjoy these, and some of the sample photos from that page, added below: (This IS a forum dedicated to Subway-Traction Modeling !)
O-Scale BMT Wooden EL Cars - Album Page 2
Of course, you can use the link to access the other pages of that Album, and the entire Flickr Site of all my model photos, if you are interested.
Regards ! - Joe F
Thanks for your photos of wonderful models! I indeed have ridden the 3rd avenue L on numerous occasions up and down Manhattan and also well into The Bronx fron 1945. WOW what a great ride especially in the South Bronx where the trains would run very closely to the apartment buildings.Thanks again Joe F. your contributions of information and many detailed photos of your trains and laout!
