World's Fair Branch Subway

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 x 5 1/4 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Rugen Identifier: aql:15334 wjr-000734 wjr-000734.tif

Description: A train on the World's Fair branch of the IND subway at 69th Road is seen at right. The fair grounds are visible in the background at left, in this view looking north. The IND World's Fair 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, New York City. 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.

Title : World's Fair Branch Subway

Collection : aql:9443

Creator : William J. Rugen

Date : September 28, 1940; 1940-09-28

Summary/Description : A train on the World's Fair branch of the IND subway at 69th Road is seen at right. The fair grounds are visible in the background at left, in this view looking north. The IND World's Fair 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, New York City. 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.); Railroad tracks

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.) Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white print; digital image

Format : gelatin silver print; 3 x 5 1/4 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:15334 wjr-000734 wjr-000734.tif