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The Navy Yard was the terminus of a cable car route that ran up 8th Street to Pennsylvania Avenue, continuing to Georgetown. [4] The car barn was used to turn around the cars and ready them for their next trip across the city. [3] The railway was acquired by the Capital Traction Company in 1895, and after a fire destroyed the main powerhouse in ...
Public transportation began in Washington, D.C., almost as soon as the city was founded. In May 1800, two-horse stage coaches began running twice daily from Bridge and High Streets NW (now Wisconsin Avenue and M Street NW) in Georgetown by way of M Street NW and Pennsylvania Avenue NW/SE to William Tunnicliff's Tavern at the site now occupied by the Supreme Court Building.
The West Side Yard (officially the John D. Caemmerer West Side Yard) is a rail yard of 30 tracks owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. Used to store commuter rail trains operated by the subsidiary Long Island Rail Road , the 26.17-acre (10.59 ha) yard sits between West 30th Street ...
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The Bringhurst House, neighboring the Germantown White House on the northwest, was originally owned by John Bringhurst (February 19, 1725 – March 18, 1795), a carriage builder and inventor of the Germantown Wagon; in 1780 he built a carriage for George Washington. His estate consisted of 19 acres (7.7 ha) in Germantown, and was eventually ...
Beacon Park Yard: At Beacon Park Yard Midday layover for the Worcester Line. To be constructed by 2032 as part of the realignment of I-90. [5] Quincy Bus Maintenance Facility North of Quincy Adams: Will replace Quincy Garage. Expected completion in 2027. [6] Wamsutta Layover North of New Bedford
[1]: 76 The yard served as the main train storage and service point for PRR trains serving New York City. It is connected to Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan by the East River Tunnels. The Sunnyside North Yard initially had 45 tracks with a capacity of 526 cars. The South Yard had 45 tracks with a 552 car capacity. [1]: 93
Elmwood Carhouse is a SEPTA Subway–Surface trolley carbarn [1] [2] that house the current Kawasaki LRVs that run on routes 11, 13, 34 & 36. From September 1992 to September 2005, Route 10 was housed here as well; however, with the restoration of the trolley service to Route 15 in 2005, the Route 10 trolleys are stored at Callowhill Carhouse.