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   BrooklynRail.net -   New & Updated web pages (Date Posted in Brackets) 

NEW!  (5.4.2008 The "Support BHRA" Donation Page is finally up! 

UPDATED!
 
(4.30.2007) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page  w/ 4 newly added newspaper articles from 1844 - 1936

UPDATED!
 
(4.22.2008Upcoming Tunnel Tours on May 18th 

NEW!
 
(4.22.2008 Courier-Life Article: "Plunge into Brooklyn's lost subway tunnel" (external link)

NEW!
 
(3.24.2008 Movie trailer for documentary film about the tunnel: What's Behind The Wall (external link)

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(3.24.2008 Courier-Life Article:  "Lost Tunnel" makes a splash on the web

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(3.24.2008) Upcoming Tunnel Tours 

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(11.22.2007 Courier-Life Article:  Lights, camera, action in tunnel

UPDATED!
 
(11.21.2007 BHRA VIPs page - a listing of some of BHRA's more famous friends.

NEW!  (11.12.2007 BHRA Coney Island webpage

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(11.10.2007 BHRA Coney Island Transportation Plan (2 MB PDF)

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(11.10.2007 BHRA Coney Island Roller Coaster (PDF)

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(11.3.2007) Site Update - Broken Links and Missing Images Fixed.

NEW!
 
(11.3.2007 BHRA VIPs page - a listing of some of BHRA's more famous friends.

UPDATED!
 
(11.3.2007) Delivery of PCCs from Buffalo.   This page documents how we acquired a fleet of PCC trolleys that were stored in Buffalo.  New Documentation added.  These Trolleys were stored in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.  If you know what happened to these trolleys, please contact us.  

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(11.2.2007 New Book Released On Little-Known NYC History, Bob Diamond Only Living Person Cited in Book.  Here is a PDF of the first few pages of Unexpected New York (w/ a letter from the author).  Also, here is a link to the the website for Unexpected NY.

NEW!  (11.2.2007 Hollywood Discovers The Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Story (PDF file)  (click here for larger format)

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(11.2.2007 Pictures of Cub Scout Tunnel Tour (external link)

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(10.31.2007) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Historic Research Page  recently added:  an article written by Walt Whitman about the tunnel, and a NY Times article from 1893.

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(10.31.2007 Bob Meets with Mayor Bloomberg 

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(10.10.2007)   Link fixed to the Granville T. Woods Page - Inventor and pioneer of electric rail technology

UPDATED!  (10.6.2007) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page  w/ Photos from Recent Tunnel Tours 

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(10.6.2007 Courier-Life Article:
                                                  Inside Brooklyn's Lost Tunnel - Subterranean Thrills Await the Adventurous
(1.7m pdf )

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(10.6.2007 Courier-Life Article:
                                                  City Rediscovers Lost Tunnel - Underground Railway Part of Historic Neighborhood Tour (.5m)


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(10.6.2007 NY_SUN_Article: Under The Streets Of Brooklyn - The World's Oldest Subway Tunnel (.9m)

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(8.8.2007) Upcoming Tunnel Tours Page
 

NEW!  (8.7.2007 Supporters of BHRA webpage

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(8.7.2007)  Maps Page  - New Red Hook Alternative Route Map & Coney Island Route Map  

NEW!  (8.7.2007 1956 NYC Transit Press Release on the last Day of Trolley Service in NYC

NEW!  (8.7.2007 Why PCCs for Brooklyn? Now available in PDF format

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(8.7.2007) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Historic Research Page  w/ Recent Historical Research by Bob Diamond 

UPDATED!  (8.6.2007PCCs in Europe Page

UPDATED!  (8.6.2007)  updated Streaming Video page with 2 new videos

UPDATED!  (8.6.2007Revised BHRA Staff & Contact Information page

(7.4.2007)  Kansas City Star Article on Brooklyn Waterfront (Includes Pictures of BHRA's Trolley's on the Red Hook Waterfront

(7.4.2007Pictures of BHRA's Trolley's on the Red Hook Waterfront (external link)

(6.14.2007 New!  New York Post Magazine article:
On Track to Better Transport  

(6.14.2007Revised BHRA Events and Tours page

(6.14.2007Revised BHRA Staff & Contact Information page

(3.11.2007Revised homepage with index moved from the bottom of the page, to it's own page.  BHRA Terminal icon now takes you to the web index (listing of all pages on the web site).

(3.11.2007 Brooklynrail Web Index - the complete index to the web pages of brooklynrail.

(3.11.2007Brooklynrail is up again!  
The site is still under construction: We are working on fixing the dead links, and we will be adding new contact emails in the next few weeks.

Older Updates:

UPDATED (4.17.2004)  
News From around the Borough

NEW! New York Times (1.10.2004) 
The Trolley Guy's Last Ride (All 12 Feet of It)   

NEW!  (Posted 1.08.04) 
BHRA in the 1980s - Pictures of trolley #3 running on the streets of DUMBO

Updated  (1.08.04) 
Hyperlinked text added to BHRA History Page. 
 

NEW!  Brooklyn Heights Courier article (Posted 12.31.03) 
City Rips Up Dreams For New Brooklyn Trolley

NEW! New York Daily News ( 12.22.03) 
Dang, dang, dang goes the trolley

NEW!  New York Post  (Posted 12.21.03, Updated 1.05.04) 
Articles written about Arthur Melnick, the founder of the non-affiliated 'Brooklyn City Streetcar Inc.' 

NEW!  Brooklyn Heights Courier (Posted 12.21.03) 
Article by  the founder of the 'Brooklyn City Streetcar Inc.' 

NEW!  Brooklyn Heights Courier article (Posted 12.09.03) 
Trolley King: 'Don't Give Up On Streetcars Just Because City Did'    

NEW! New York Daily News (Posted 12.08.03, Updated 12.09.03 ) 
Tracking trolley folly - Streetcar buff rails as rival revival plan rolls

NEW!  Brooklyn Heights Courier article (Posted 12.07.03) 
Tug-of-War Over Who Will Realize Streetcar Dream
 

NEW! New York Post article (Posted 12.06.03) 
Brooklyn Trolleys Get the Hook

NEW! The Brooklyn Papers article (Posted 12.06.03) 
Trolley War - Who'll Put Streetcars Inside the Park?  

NEW! New York Post article (Posted 11.17.03)  
Getting on the Right Track in Brooklyn

UPDATED (9.18.03)  
News From around the Borough

UPDATED (9.18.03)  
BHRA's Green Initiative (recently added news articles at bottom)

UPDATED (9.3.03)  
Rehabilitation of PCC # 3303

UPDATED (9.3.03)  
Pictures of PCC # 3299  

UPDATED (9.3.03)  
BHRA Rail Fleet Roster Page

New!!  New York Daily News Article:  Soho in Brooklyn (8.15.03)

New!!  Brooklyn Daily Eagle Article: Diamond To Have His Day in Court  (8.14.03)

Updated!  New York Newsday Article (full text and images) : A Breached Trolley Rebirth (8.13.03) 

Updated   News From around the Borough  Page (8.12.03)

New!!  Brooklyn Heights Courier Article: He Found It, Now Trolley King Is Fined For Entering Tunnel (8.11.03)

New!!  New York Newsday Article: A Breached Trolley Rebirth (8.10.03)

Updated!   Project News & Updates Page with a project updates from March 2003 to Current (8.06.03)

Updated!  News From around the Borough (8.05.03)

New!!  New York Sun Article: City Derails Dream of Red Hook Trolley (7.22.03)

New!!  Other News From around the Borough (7.22.03)

New!!  New York City DOT Issues Letter of Revocation Clarification (7.09.03)

New!!  New York City DOT Revokes & Terminates Consent Agreement, and Orders BHRA to Demolish Brooklyn Trolley Project. (6.30.03)

New!!   Project News & Updates Page with a project updates from March 2003 to Current (6.30.03)

New!!  Newly posted New York Times Article from 1997 (how it all started - back when times were good (with vintage route map)). 

New!!   Carroll Gardens Courier Article: 'Rail' Trouble For Trolley King (6.16.03)

New!!   Carroll Gardens Courier Article: "Trolley Gear Swept Off Waterfront" (6.3.03)

New!!   Brooklyn Daily Eagle Article: "City Sends Crew To Seize Trolley Group's Material" (5.28.03)

New!!   Project News & Updates - NYC DOT Scraps Brooklyn Trolley Project (5.27.03)

New!!   Brooklyn Heights Courier Article: End of the Line for End of the Line for Trolley Project?  Property Owner Orders Group Out (5.24.03)

New!!   What's Inside, the (almost) complete index to the web pages of brooklynrail.com  (the index is located at the bottom of the BHRA home page) (3.07.03)

Updated   Streamlined and improved Rail Construction &  BHRA Rail Fleet Page Pages  (3.05.03)

Updated    Granville T. Woods  page  -  revised section relating to recognition of Granville T. Woods contributions during the NYC Subway System's upcoming centennial celebration  (2.17.03)

New!!   When Tug Boats Attack Page  (2.12.03)

New!!   The African Presence in Transportation - A great article written by David Head  (2.12.03)

Updated    Granville T. Woods page  -  new page background and newly posted Historic Newspaper Articles & Headlines (2.12.03)

Updated    Granville T. Woods page - His inventions made New York's Subway system possible  (Text additions) (2.10.03)

New!!    John Henry Page - The Man & The Legend - Facts, Fiction and Themes. Also the 1946 Animated Movie and the Original John Henry Folk Song  (2.07.03)

New!!   North Korean Rapid Transit & Propaganda Poster Page - Pyongyang's Subways /Trolleys/ Trams/ Light Rail of Metro (2.05.03)

New!!    Congressional History Of Railways In the United States (pdf) (published in 1908 and 1910).  All kinds of interesting stuff, including a planned Pacific to Atlantic rail link in Panama and a  proposed magnetically powered trans-continental national railway. Enjoy.  (2.04.03)

Updated  Oddities, Curiosities & sort of relevant (but interesting) stuff (1.31.03)

New!!   Frank Sprague Page- Electric Traction In Space Of Three Dimensions page - we acquired and scanned in Frank Sprague's  1931 Journal Series on electric traction.  Enjoy.  (1.28.03)

Updated Historic Brooklyn Page with newly scanned in Brooklyn Trolley Photos (Peter Witts, PCCs, 6000 Series, etc). (1.24.03)

New!!   Ridiculed Discoverers, Vindicated Mavericks; Weird Research,  Anomalous Physics & Other Weird Science page (1.23.03)

New!!    Granville T. Woods page - His inventions made New York's Subway system possible  (Research documents courtesy of David Head) (1.22.03)

New!!  Oddities, Curiosities & sort of relevant (but interesting) stuff page (1.19.03)

New!!   The BHRA Aerial Photography Project  (Bob's Pictures of Pennsylvania Heavy Industry & the Surrounding Countryside) page (1.19.03)

Updated Maps Page with new Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Map and  Brooklyn Bridge Park Area Preliminary / Conceptual Trolley Line Map (1.12.03)

Restored Why PCCs for Brooklyn page (1.07.03)

Updated Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page and Rail Fleet page (1.07.03)

New brooklynrail.com web site format.  We have switched from frames to a new HTML format.  Douglas Meehan wrote the HTML and  helped us out with the switch.  This new format should solve the navigation problems  Netscape and Mozilla users sometimes experienced.   (1.07.03)

New Links Page (12.20.02)

New BHRA Contributions & Support Page (12.21.02)

New BHRA Goods Page (BHRA hats, shirts, etc for sale) (12.21.02)

Updated Links Page (12.20.02)

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Underground Art Events Page (12.20.02)

 

BHRA Brooklyn Trolley Project

Phase II Ribbon Cutting Ceremony  & Recent Events Page (12.15.02)

New Streaming Video and QuickTime Movies  Page(12.10.02)

New Page Format      -      (Newest Updates at Top of Page


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