IND Subway's World's Fair Line
Collection: This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in prints, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection
Date: September 28, 1940; 1940-09-28
Material: gelatin silver print Dimension:
3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: William J. Rugen
Identifier: aql:15302 wjr-000738 wjr-000738.tif
Description: A view of a train on the IND's World's Fair Line. The subway line, officially the World's Fair Railroad, was a branch of the Independent Subway System serving the 1939 New York World's Fair in Queens. It split from the IND Queens Boulevard Line at an existing flying junction east of Forest Hills – 71st Avenue station, ran through the Jamaica Yard and then ran northeast and north through Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (roughly where the Van Wyck Expressway, I-678, is now) on a wooden trestle to the World's Fair Railroad station, a bit south of Horace Harding Boulevard (now the Long Island Expressway (I-495)). The World's Fair Railroad and station are the only IND line and station to have been closed and demolished.
Creator :
William J. Rugen
Date :
September 28, 1940; 1940-09-28
Summary/Description :
A view of a train on the IND's World's Fair Line. The subway line, officially the World's Fair Railroad, was a branch of the Independent Subway System serving the 1939 New York World's Fair in Queens. It split from the IND Queens Boulevard Line at an existing flying junction east of Forest Hills – 71st Avenue station, ran through the Jamaica Yard and then ran northeast and north through Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (roughly where the Van Wyck Expressway, I-678, is now) on a wooden trestle to the World's Fair Railroad station, a bit south of Horace Harding Boulevard (now the Long Island Expressway (I-495)). The World's Fair Railroad and station are the only IND line and station to have been closed and demolished.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Independent Subway System; Railroads
Relation :
This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in prints, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection
Rights :
Copyright holder unknown
Coverage :
69th Road near Van Wyck Expressway, Forest Hills, NY Queens (New York, N.Y.) Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
black and white print; digital image
Format :
gelatin silver print; 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Identifier :
aql:15302 wjr-000738 wjr-000738.tif
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Independent Subway System; Railroads
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Independent Subway System; Railroads
Rights Notice
Copyright holder unknown
Copyright holder unknown
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