In article > , "Jack Schidt®"
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>"alzelt" > wrote in message
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>> Jack Schidt® wrote:
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>> >>What does the B-M-T stand for on a B-M-T sub from Subway?
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>> > When they started back in the early to mid 70's, their schtick was the
>NYC
>> > Subway theme. BMT was the old private company, Brooklyn-Manhattan
>Transit.
>> > I dunno what it stands for now, Bite My Tongue probably.
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>> > Jack IRT
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>> Interborough Rapid Transit. What about the IND?
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>That was the Independent, created by the city in the 20's(?) to add more
>lines and compete with the IRT and the BMT. Unlike the other 2, the IND was
>almost completely a true 'subway' all lines being underground.
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>Jack Transit.

Not true. I grew up living one block east of the IND *elevated* line at Quentin
Rd. and East 2nd St.... equidistant from the Ave. P and Kings Highway McDonald
Ave. stations, both about three stories above street level (I'd like to have a
penny for every one of those steps I traversed, I'd be wealthier than The
Donald)

The IND ran above ground (elevated) in Brooklyn along McDonald Ave. from Coney
Island (Stillwell Ave) until it dove underground after passing the 9th Ave
station and then running underground along 4th Ave. The IND ran underground
along 4th Ave. in Brooklyn towards the downtown section and then via tunnel
into Manahttan and underground through Manhattan uptown until it resurfaced
around 135th St and then ran above ground (elevated) again all the way into the
Bronx to 205th St. Grand Concourse... the IND being the longest run in distance
of all the lines, with about half it's length I'd guesstimate running above
ground.

Of course the IND no longer exists as such, with it's various parts now
redisignated and renamed (actually numbered):
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/maps/submap.htm


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