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Regarding 1918 NYC Subway practices and the Malbone Street wreck.?
Taken from nycsubway.org: "A few minutes before the accident the motorman missed a switch, according to passengers, went some distance on a wrong track and then backed up and switched again to the Brighton Beach line for Coney Island. "
Here's my question.
Reading the account of this accident, it notes that the motorman had missed the switch, and was forced to back the train up before taking the correct one. What I don't understand, and maybe someone could explain this to me, is how was the switch operated?
I know that on some street systems (trolleys) the motorman could actually "steer" his car to some degree, electrically controlling the switches from within the cab. Was such the case with the subway trains?
If not, what method was used?
3 Answers
- nycguy10002Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
At the junction where the switches were there was a signal tower. In that signal tower are levers which are operated by a towerman. Those levers in turn move the switches to provide the proper routing.
The motorman (who barely had any experience) did not pay attention to the signals. That is why he missed the switch. In addition the front of the train displayed the wrong combination of lights at the roof level. That is why the towerman did not set the switches for the Brighton line.
- ?Lv 44 years ago
i myself often merely walk that walk whilst i'm down there. as quickly as you get to Canal highway, no longer something in decrease new york is greater advantageous than a 20 minute walk from one yet another. as quickly as you get to South highway Seaport, take the uptown 2 to Penn Station, its convey and easily a 10 minute subway holiday.
