An observation

seb(MA)27 wrote:
> Quoth Vince:
>
>
>>One day back in the early 1960s (YES I've been around that long)
>>my friends and I were taking the bus that leaves from EULID Ave
>>to HOWARD Beach (Fishing trip)at one point we passed where the "A" comes
>>out onto whats left of the old Fulton line. When I pointed out this
>>fact to one of them he replyed almost with anger: "Are you some kind of
>>train nut?"
>
>
> As an aside from that question, that bus was the Q21A, which was
> discontinued some time after the late 1970s. Does anyone know exactly
> when it was discontinued, and why?
>
> Interesting trivia: it was unique in that both the westbound and
> eastbound route ran on the same side and direction of
> 2 blocks of Pitkin Ave. at the Euclid Ave. IND station.
> (Westbound, turning left on Euclid, and eastbound coming
> from Crescent St. to make a right on Euclid.)
>
> - seb
>
>
>
Talk about Pitkin my home train stop was Linwood St on the Fulton line
My house was one block south 525 Linwood St (till 1960) and yes I did
ride it, mostly on Sundays to Atlantic Ave to switch to 14th St local to
Morgan Ave. At this point I was very small. After service stopped we had
to walk THREE blocks to Shepard Ave.

seb(MA)27 wrote:
>
> Quoth Ed(NY):
>
> > This phenomenon exists today with the M104. Both the northbound and
> > southbound routes run alongside each other on a short stretch of
> > Columbus Circle between 8th Avenue and Broadway.
>
> Yes, but does it make any stops on that short arc?

The southbound stop is west of Eighth, the northbound stop is all the
way up at whatever the Gulf+Western building is called these days
(something to do with Trump).

> (That reminds me of another piece of trivia: 104 runs on Broadway,
> in Queens and in Manhattan too.)

The A runs under both Fulton Streets, too.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net

Ed(NY) wrote:
>>Interesting trivia: it was unique in that both the westbound and
>>eastbound route ran on the same side and direction of
>>2 blocks of Pitkin Ave. at the Euclid Ave. IND station.
>>(Westbound, turning left on Euclid, and eastbound coming
>>from Crescent St. to make a right on Euclid.)
>>
>
> This phenomenon exists today with the M104. Both the northbound and
> southbound routes run alongside each other on a short stretch of Columbus
> Circle between 8th Avenue and Broadway.
>
>
>


Gee I start one thread and its turns into a different subject

Vince wrote:
>
> Ed(NY) wrote:
> >>Interesting trivia: it was unique in that both the westbound and
> >>eastbound route ran on the same side and direction of
> >>2 blocks of Pitkin Ave. at the Euclid Ave. IND station.
> >>(Westbound, turning left on Euclid, and eastbound coming
> >>from Crescent St. to make a right on Euclid.)
> >>
> >
> > This phenomenon exists today with the M104. Both the northbound and
> > southbound routes run alongside each other on a short stretch of Columbus
> > Circle between 8th Avenue and Broadway.
> >
>
> Gee I start one thread and its turns into a different subject

The subject is exactly the same, and it casts doubt on your "unique."
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net