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Morris Park Station, IRT Dyre Avenue Line
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In 1912, a commuter railway known as the New York, Westchester, and Boston Railway Company (NYW\&B) operated a comfortable and luxurious all-electric service between Mott Haven in the Bronx and Port Chester in Westchester. With the rise of the automobile in the 1920s, the NYW\&B's popularity never caught on. The Railway's station houses boast a variety of architectural styles, and have been largely repurposed to serve the IRT Dyre Avenue Line.
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Morris Park Station, IRT Dyre Avenue Line
Unidentified man standing in the window of a steam locomotive, undated (ca. 1911).
Morris Park Station, IRT Dyre Avenue Line
Bronx: Sacket Avenue - Colden Avenue Sacket Ave. (left, on which railway depot is located), north from Colden Ave., showing the Morris Park station of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. According to Bromley's map of 1900, an old Morris Park station was situated at what is now (1937) a plot adjoining the S.T:. corner of Bronxdale and Van Nest Aves., near the railroad's present workshops. It was a frame depot at the very gate of the famous Morris Park Race Track. It was dismantled between 1900 and 1913 (Bromley mape) during which period many streets were laid out on the former track grounds and surrounding properties. The station here shown, was opened to passenger traffic in 1913 even though it had been completed for some time prior to that date.
Morris Park Station, IRT Dyre Avenue Line
Large steam shovel digging a trench to lay pipe \[?], \[Bronx?], undated \[ca. May 1916].
Morris Park Station, IRT Dyre Avenue Line
Morris Park Station House: Dyre Avenue Line (IRT) Exterior of the Morris Park station on the Dyre Avenue line (IRT).
Morris Park Station, IRT Dyre Avenue Line
Morris Park Station: Dyre Avenue Line (IRT) Morris Park station on the Dyre Avenue line (IRT) and an IRT Low V train pulling into station.
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