A Century of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years of New York's Underground Railways

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INDEX Abram S. Hewitt (fireboat), 327n68 Acela Express, 231 AC–DC debate, 129–30, 191–92, 347n19, 348n20 AC propulsion, 63, 129, 191, 213, 214–18, 236–40, 250, 360n151 Adams Express, 188 Adams Square (Boston), 83 Air conditioning, 61, 220, 225 Airports, rapid transit service to, 110, 365n30 Albany, N.Y., 34 Aldermen. See New York City, Board of Aldermen Alewife Brook Parkway, 109 Alexander, John, 86 Altoona shops, of Pennsylvania R.R., 26, 231, 237 Amalgamation of Greater New York, 5–6, 18 American Car and Foundry Company (ACF), 27, 28, 30, 46, 58, 140, 143, 196, 209, 253–54 American Locomotive Company, 193, 195, 198, 202 American Transit Association (ATA), 108 Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 169 Amtrak, 218–19, 227, 231, 351n53 Anderson, Alexander, 83 Andrew Station (Boston), 109 Anti-climber, 42 Aquarium Station (Boston), 335n47 Arlington Heights, Mass., 105 Armstrong, Neil, 58 Arnold, Bion J., 33, 190–91, 194 Arsenel Bridge (Philadelphia), 236 Ashbury Railway Carriage and Iron Company, 135 Ashmont, Mass., 105 Astoria Line, 46–47, 50, 57 Athens, Greece, 169 Atkins Avenue (Brooklyn), 248–49 Atlanta, Ga., 288, 290, 303 Atlantic Circuit (Boston), 88, 93 Atlantic Avenue (Boston), 87, 88 Atlantic Avenue (Brooklyn), 44, 50, 247–51, 254 Atlantic Avenue Under (Boston), 335n47 Atlantic Branch, of Long Island R.R., 248–51 Atlantic Ocean, 332n111 Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France, 158 August Belmont, subway car, 24, 52, 56 Australia, 7 Austria–Hungary, 7 Automatic train operation (ATO), 283, 344n58, 345n60 Babylon, N.Y., 257, 260 Back Bay (Boston), 77, 107 Bakerloo Line (London), 142–43, 145, 147, 149 Baker Street and Waterloo Railway Company, 143 Baker Street (London), 127, 172 Baldwin, William H., 248 Baltimore and Ohio R.R., 190 Baltimore, Md., 182, 190, 241, 288, 289, 290 Bancroft, William A., 88. 92, 102, 130, 336n51 Bankruptcy; bankruptcy filings. See receivership Barcelona, Spain, 161, 168, 169, 178 Barnum, Fred, 187 Batchelder, Asa, 196 Bates, John L., 92 Battery, the (New York), 199 374 INDEX Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), 147, 285–87, 288, 301, 302 Beacon Hill (Boston), 101 Beacon Street (Boston), 98, 99 Beam-light signals, 239–40. See also Position-light signals Beck, Harry, 148–49 Bedford Avenue (Brooklyn), 248–49 Belmont, August, 8 Belmont, August, Jr., 10–11, 20, 25– 26, 34, 52, 58, 65, 76, 89, 103, 130, 225, 297 Belmont Hotel, 325n40 Belmont Park Race Track, 251 Benjamin Franklin Bridge (Philadelphia ), 282 Benjamin, George, 89 Bennett Street car barn, 99 Berlin, Germany, 12, 73, 166–67, 169, 177, 203 Berlin Industrial Exposition, 73 Berry, David, 100 BERY. See Boston Elevated Railway Berwick, Pa., 143, 196, 198 Bienvenue, Fulgence, 158 Birmingham, England, 125 Bishop’s Road (London), 124 Bi-State Development Agency, 293 Blandford Street (Boston), 99 Block signals: railroad applications, 186–87, 239–40; rapid transit applications , 66, 330n104, 331n109 Blue Line (Boston), 108, 122 BMT Division, 2, 53, 57, 58. See also Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation Board of Trade (UK), 139 Board of Transportation. See New York, Board of Transportation Bombardier Company, 61, 151, 268 Bongartz, Richard B., 259 Boston, Mass., 12, 72–122, 149, 208, 217–18, 227, 287, 288, 289, 290 Boston and Albany R.R., 107 Boston and Maine R.R., 115 Boston College, viii, 107–108 Boston Common, 76 Boston Elevated Railway, 76–83, 86– 90, 92–98, 101, 102–109, 120, 288 Boston Express (NH train), 208 Boston Harbor, 91 Boston Red Sox, 103 Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn R.R., 338n81 Boston Street Railway Association (BSRA), 340n94 Boston Transit Commission, 79, 81– 82, 91, 100, 101 Bowdoin Square (Boston), 94 Bowling Green (New York), 21, 36, 50, 60 Boylston Station (Boston), 86 Boylston Street (Boston), 79, 80, 81, 98, 107 Boylston Street (Cambridge), 106 Braintree, Mass., 105, 115 Branca, Ralph, 350n43 Brewster, N.Y., 206 Bristol, England, 126 British Railways, 138 British-Thomson-Houston Company, 129 Broad gauge, 120–21 Broad Street (Philadelphia), 234, 280–81 Broad Street Line, 13, 280–81 Broad Street Station, 234–36, 255 Broadway (Boston), 92–93, 109 Broadway (New York), 7, 9, 19, 20, 32 Broadway Limited (PRR train), 183 Broadway Line (New York), 60–62 Broadway Station (Boston), 104 Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, 38, 45, 50, 60–61, 62, 68 Bronx, the, 1, 3, 6, 15, 37–38, 196 Bronx Park; Bronx Zoo, 15, 37, 59 Brookline, Mass., 81, 111 Brooklyn, borough of, 6, 19, 21, 31, 288 Brooklyn, city of, 6, 71 Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation (B&QT), 102 Brooklyn Bridge, 15...