Passenger Trains > New York Subway Brooklyn Beverley Road

Some images from Beverley Road in Brooklyn, (BMT Brighton Line), April 24, 2023.

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Beautiful images.  Another reason to visit New York City.  Thanks for posting them.

Now I know where to go for subway photos next NY visit!  Thanks!

Interesting to see that the subway is not always underground.

Many of the subway lines, when u get out of Manhattan, are above ground

Brighton Line...partly in a cut and partly on elevated fill
Sea Beach Line-- on the ROW of the old NY and Sea Beach railway
West End line..elevated
McDonald Av line...elevated 
Canarsie Line...south of East New York,,elevated and at grade level. 
Jamaica (BMT line) elevated over the williamsburg bridge and mostly elevated  rest of the way.
Rockaway Line....on previous LIRR ROW.  some at grade, some on ballasted viaduct, includes 2 swing bridges.
Pelham bay and 242st st line...elevated
Dyre Ave line....on old NYW&B ROW
Im sure im forgetting some.....




 

Simple geology lesson here:  once you get out onto Long Island (in this case, that includes Queens and most of Brooklyn) tunneling becomes much more difficult because the island is basically a big, deep sand pile. Tunneling through sand  requires different techniques than tunneling in hard, strong bedrock. In most cases, it was simpler and cheaper to run the rail lines on the surface or on elevated structures. 

I had a professor in college who pointed out that you could map the edge of the Long Island sand pile simply by mapping where the subway tunnels ended. 

There are also high water table issues. That is why they never bothered building Utica Av and Nostrand Avenue subways. The existing Flatbush IRT branch tunnel had to be reinforced and waterproofed 20 years ago. The Archer Avenue subway in Jamaica leaks profusely. The rats, who get into the crew rooms, love it. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/23/23 16:38 by joemvcnj.