Remembering the mysterious, controversial Atlantic Avenue Tunnel and trolley car histories
Reader Bob Diamond recently went through his collection and shared with the Brooklyn Eagle some 30-plus-year-old videos on the origins of the old Red Hook trolley project.
Ever wonder how railway museums get started, or how railcars are moved around by truck? Well, here it is. Note the old New York Cross Harbor RR tracks (Bush Terminal), and the PCC trolley piggyback on a truck rolling down Atlantic Avenue at Court Street, above the historic circa 1844 Atlantic Avenue subway tunnel.
May 29-31, 1993: Four vintage streetcars were delivered to a short-lived museum site in Red Hook. Everything was “hand made” on site, an all volunteer operation. Project was funded by federal ISTEA funds and private donations. The project grew successfully for several years, but was swiftly scrapped by a new administration.
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