what was the ... number _15_ train?

danny burstein wrote:
>
> The "Transit Transit" show replayed
> a clip from the late 1950s/early 1960s
> ("Robert Wagner, Mayor").
>
> One snippet displayed the front of
> a car with the number _15_ on it, and
> a destination of Broad Street.

The BMT had double-digit numbers for a while, but you'll have to wait
for Joe to let you know which line that one was.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net

Peter T. Daniels wrote:

> danny burstein wrote:
>
>>The "Transit Transit" show replayed
>>a clip from the late 1950s/early 1960s
>>("Robert Wagner, Mayor").
>>
>>One snippet displayed the front of
>>a car with the number _15_ on it, and
>>a destination of Broad Street.
>
>
> The BMT had double-digit numbers for a while, but you'll have to wait
> for Joe to let you know which line that one was.


Don't wait for Joe, I can tell you "15" is now the "J" train.
Only back then it went more into Jamaica than it does not.

Joseph D. Korman wrote:

> danny burstein wrote:
>
>> The "Transit Transit" show replayed
>> a clip from the late 1950s/early 1960s
>> ("Robert Wagner, Mayor").
>>
>> One snippet displayed the front of
>> a car with the number _15_ on it, and
>> a destination of Broad Street.
>>
>> Oh, some other good stuff:
>>
>> tokens: 15 cents!
>> people smoking in the system.
>>
>> and....
>>
>> " on newer trains the next stop is clearly called! "
>>
>>
>
> Short answer is #15 was the BMT number for the current J train. When
> the skip stop started in 1959 the #14 was the Z.
>
> See:
>
>

the 14 WAS NOT what is now the "J" as it only went between Eastern
Parkway and Canal St and didn't skip stops, sometimes they give the
riders an extra by going to Rockaway Pkwy.

Vince wrote:

> Joseph D. Korman wrote:
>
>> danny burstein wrote:
>>
>>> The "Transit Transit" show replayed
>>> a clip from the late 1950s/early 1960s
>>> ("Robert Wagner, Mayor").
>>>
>>> One snippet displayed the front of
>>> a car with the number _15_ on it, and
>>> a destination of Broad Street.
>>>
>>> Oh, some other good stuff:
>>>
>>> tokens: 15 cents!
>>> people smoking in the system.
>>>
>>> and....
>>>
>>> " on newer trains the next stop is clearly called! "
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Short answer is #15 was the BMT number for the current J train. When
>> the skip stop started in 1959 the #14 was the Z.
>>
>> See:
>>
>>
>
> the 14 WAS NOT what is now the "J" as it only went between Eastern
> Parkway and Canal St and didn't skip stops, sometimes they give the
> riders an extra by going to Rockaway Pkwy.


Sorry I meant to say the 14 was not the "Z"

Vince wrote:
>
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>
> > danny burstein wrote:
> >
> >>The "Transit Transit" show replayed
> >>a clip from the late 1950s/early 1960s
> >>("Robert Wagner, Mayor").
> >>
> >>One snippet displayed the front of
> >>a car with the number _15_ on it, and
> >>a destination of Broad Street.
> >
> >
> > The BMT had double-digit numbers for a while, but you'll have to wait
> > for Joe to let you know which line that one was.
>
> Don't wait for Joe, I can tell you "15" is now the "J" train.
> Only back then it went more into Jamaica than it does not.

Joe answered the question about a day before you did!
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net