12786.
588. 2nd Ave. Elevated R.R. Bridge, Harlem River, NY.
Elevated RR/Subway, Trains
12905.
“Limited Express”–Railway in Central Park, New York City.
12906.
“Limited Express”–Railway in Central Park, New York City.
12921.
Elevated Rail Road, New York.
12922.
Metropolitan Elevated R.R. New York.
12923.
N.Y. Elevated R.R.
12924.
N.Y. Elevated R.R.
12925.
Elevated Railroad.
12926.
Elevated Railroad.
12927.
Pullman Drawing Room Car, NY.
12928.
Horse Car, Third Avenue Railroad.
12929.
Elevated Rail Road, New York.
12930.
Elevated Railroad, Greenwich Street.
12931.
Pullman Drawing Room Car, N.Y.
12932.
N.Y. Elevated R.R.
12933.
Station 42nd Street, N.Y.E.R.R.
12934.
Hudson River Railroad Freight Building.
12935.
Park Avenue above Grand Central Depot, New York.
12936.
Park Avenue above Grand Central Depot, New York.
12937.
1324. Broadway from 33rd St, New York.
12938.
No. 165, Elevated Railway, Greenwich St.
12939.
Connelly Motor Streetcar/Trolley in New York. This is one of the earliest uses of a gasoline powered motor in a trolley. It shows a conductor at the controls. The side of the streetcar shows patent dates from 1886. This is railway car number 1.  Streetcars made by Connelly Motor Company operated on the Brooklyn Flatbush & Coney Island Railway. Also was used on the Elizabeth & Newark Horse Railroad. These cars didnât last too long due to the smell of the exhaust and the noise. In 1878 the first American patent on a gasoline motor was filed by The Connelly Motor Company of New York. It advertised automobiles for sale in 1888, thus constituting one of the earliest known (and perhaps the first) gasoline driven motor cars available to the public. The Daimler and the Duryea were offered for sale in 1891 and 1892, respectively.
12940.
Elevated Rail Road, New York.
12941.
Beach Pneumatic Tunnel under Broadway. Inventor Alfred Ely Beachâwho was also the editor of Scientific Americanâlatched onto the idea of constructing a pneumatic railway, where steam-powered fans would create a vacuum, pushing and pulling cars through a tunnel. Inspired by successful pneumatic mail systems in London, in 1868, Beach convinced the state legislature to pass âAn Act to provide for the transmission of letters, packages, and merchandise, in the cities of New York and Brooklyn, and across the North and East Rivers, by means of pneumatic tubes, to be constructed beneath the surface of the streets and public places in said cities, and under the waters of said rivers.â Beach then constructed one giant tubeâostensibly to hold all the smaller tubesâunder the building between Warren and Murray streets where he had his offices. Instead of a pneumatic mail system, he built a one-block pneumatic passenger train. Beach hoped that this prototype would spur further interest and investment. He began taking passengers on the one-block ride in February 1870âthe same month the elevated railway was supposed to finally begin operation. However, despite carrying 400,000 passengers over the next couple of years, Beachâs subway never progressed beyond its novelty beginnings.
12942.
Beach Pneumatic Tunnel under Broadway. Inventor Alfred Ely Beachâwho was also the editor of Scientific Americanâlatched onto the idea of constructing a pneumatic railway, where steam-powered fans would create a vacuum, pushing and pulling cars through a tunnel. Inspired by successful pneumatic mail systems in London, in 1868, Beach convinced the state legislature to pass âAn Act to provide for the transmission of letters, packages, and merchandise, in the cities of New York and Brooklyn, and across the North and East Rivers, by means of pneumatic tubes, to be constructed beneath the surface of the streets and public places in said cities, and under the waters of said rivers.â Beach then constructed one giant tubeâostensibly to hold all the smaller tubesâunder the building between Warren and Murray streets where he had his offices. Instead of a pneumatic mail system, he built a one-block pneumatic passenger train. Beach hoped that this prototype would spur further interest and investment. He began taking passengers on the one-block ride in February 1870âthe same month the elevated railway was supposed to finally begin operation. However, despite carrying 400,000 passengers over the next couple of years, Beachâs subway never progressed beyond its novelty beginnings.
12943.
Metropolitan Elevated R.R.
12944.
No. 168. View of the Elevated Railway, Greenwich Street.
12945.
New York Elevated R.R.
12946.
Grand Central Depot.
12947.
4th Avenue, 13th St., NY.
12948.
1325. Elevated Railroad, Burling Slip, New York.
12949.
1385. Stewart’s Home for Women.
12951.
63. El. R.R. 110th St., NY.
12952.
Elevated R.R.
13018.
No. 23. Bowery looking north from Grand Street.
13018.
Andrew R. Culver’s R.R., the Culver Line.
13019.
Looking West toward New York from Brooklyn Bridge.
13022.
Marine Railway Station, Coney Island.
13023.
Grand Central Depot, NY.
13083.
No. 21. Smallest Railroad Engine and Train in the World, Coney Island.
13084.
No. 21. Smallest Railroad Engine and Train in the World, Coney Island.
13124.
512. The smallest Locomotive and Train that carrier passengers-Dreamland, Coney Island, NY.
20005.
4977. Brooklyn Bridge, New York.
20009.
2956-Entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Terminus During the Six O’Clock Rush, New York City.
20015.
2767. The Brooklyn End of Brooklyn Bridge, NY.
20016.
274. Crossing Brooklyn Bridge.
20031.
4977. Brooklyn Bridge, New York.
20109.
N.Y.C. Unit-The Interior of the Pennsylvania Station.
20120.
4129. 116th St., Depot, New York Elevated Railway.
20121.
6492. Elevated Railway, New York.