Malbone Street wreck
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The Malbone Street wreck, also known as the Brighton Beach Line accident, was a rapid transit railroad accident that occurred on November 1, 1918, on the New York City Subway's BMT Brighton Line in th
Remains of the wreck
Wrecked car with wood splinters and glass shards
The train involved in the wreck sits in the 36th-38th Street Yard after salvage. Lead car 726 (in front) bore relatively light damage. Nearly demolished car 100 is behind it.
A train (left) leaving Prospect Park, and the non-revenue tracks (right) with the sharp curve incident to the wreck.
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City, New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. Its operator is the New York City Trans
Malbone Street wreck
…as Empire Boulevard). At least 93 people died, making it the second-deadliest train crash in American history, as well as the deadliest crash in the history of the New York City Subway. The circumstances leading to the crash included a labor strike against the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT). The BRT had tried to keep service…
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Charles Harvey demonstrating his elevated railroad design on Greenwich Street in 1867
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Subway construction in the Bowery, 1901