APOLLO Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Interesting article in The Daily Mail with excellent photos http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4253792/New-York-City-cowboys-led-freight-trains-streets.html New York City's Cowboys: How men on horseback rode along Manhattan's 'Death Avenue' carrying red flags to warn pedestrians of oncoming cargo trains In 1846 train tracks were embedded into 10th, 11th and 12th avenues to make transporting cargo easier into the industrial areas of New York City The trains were so dangerous on the street level that 'cowboys' were commissioned to ride ahead of the trains on horseback to warn pedestrians Even with the hardworking cowboys, hundreds of adults and children were killed and injured from the trains To prevent more deaths, an elevated railway called the High Line was built in 1934 In 1941, 90 years after the cowboys were started, George Hayde took their last ride after trains stopped running on street level Brit15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted February 24, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2017 Try this site, fascinating, you may never leave! http://www.trainweb.org/bedt/IndustrialLocos.html Also current [winter] issue of Classic Trains [uS] has article on the High Line, before & after Recommended Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 You have to wonder at the road sense of all those people killed by a train going at 6mph on a fixed route Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 That Boxcab appears to have track cleaning brushes on the pilots, just like the Roundhouse one... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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