From: Phil.Kane@nov.shmovz.ka.pop   
      
   On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 13:56:45 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels"   
    wrote:   
      
   >I think you used to refer to BMT numbers? Which were utterly unknown to,   
   >and unknowable by, the rest of us. I can't remember _ever_ riding a BMT   
   >train before the 1967 unification.   
      
   I never knew that the BMT had numbers even though I grew up from early   
   childhood riding the Canarsie Line into "the City", and the   
   Brighton/Sea Beach/West End/Fulton Street El to family gatherings and   
   of course the "subway excursions" with my dad - may he rest in peace.   
   We even rode the BMT's Lexington Avenue El on a regular basis while it   
   still was standing because he loved the "gate cars" and the multiple   
   bell signals to the motorman.   
      
   I can certainly understand how someone who lived in the area where you   
   did would have minimal exposure to the BMT, the same as I never had   
   much to do with the Third Avenue El and Bronx portions of the IRT or   
   IND until my college years.   
      
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