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So much a part of my life for nearly 25 years........

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Twenty-fiveyears......

Tomorrow, it will be 25 years since 9/11.....and we are stilllosingsoulstoday, even after a quartewr-century.

The city, the country, and the world....forever changed on th ...

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Like roller curtains, KODAK was ontce an integral part of our everyday likes.........today, it's just bther chaper in the history books. Sad

Curious.....

Any idea who MIGHT have suppli ...

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NOW, for sure, is when we REALLY must "pray to the gods" that the Mets continue their winnin g streak (imagine them REALLY whuppin' those ever-arrofant "Boilevardiers" :sh ...

Now relegated to MOW service, we see one of the Frankford El's 1920s arch roof cars (BRILL)

These cars were retired during the 1960s, after several years of tripper service; none were preserved.... ...

This photo from 1968 has two "Almond Joy" trains at 69th S treet; note how closely the basic car design follows the "standard" SMEE car design from New York........

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Very similar, indeed.

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I've long found it interesting that BRILL never built subway/elevated cars for New York, even though BRILL streetcars were commonplace......

'NYO"

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"Noo Yawk" baseball "nooze" for Wednesday........

Th e Metsm (thankfully) WON yet again, BUT, the dame turned into a WILD "nail-biter" in the last hour; Mets fans HA ...

Great photo! Guessing it's near the end of an era of the equipment shown. If I were there, I would have been old enough to see, ride, and appreciate a scene that wouldn't last much longer.

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GCT track indicators..............

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The sliding drawers of each tra ...

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I can recall clearly, back in the 1960s, the HUGE "Kodkl" display, which featured a sizeable HO layout during the Christmas season.

And, it should be noted, that, the train indic ...

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Let's keep our fingers crossed.....at least for Mets....... Wink

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Circa-late 1950s, we see an elderly Market-Frankford train reversing at 69th Street; note the P&W cars on the upper levlel.

Until 1949, "Liberty Bell" cars would have also been in the ...

"The Long Goodbye"..............

The beginning of the end of "Liberty Bell" service began in 1949, when the LVT abandoned through service to 69th Street via the P&W.

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Here we have the ceremonial "Brightliners" on display at GCT; the TDI "Big 'A'" ad poster dates this long-ado scene as much as the cars themselves.

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