From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 7:46:26 PM UTC-5, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 6:00:29 PM UTC-5, Bolwerk wrote:   
   >   
   > > I don't even remember the 8. :-O   
   >   
   > FWIW, the "8" was the designation for the Third Ave El remnant that ran in   
   the Bronx until the early 1970s.   
   >   
   > It's weird--people often talk and write about the Manhattan section of the   
   Third Ave El, but not the Bronx portion, which ran for another 20 years.   
      
   It was light blue on the 19-color map. For years after it was discontinued,   
   the subway map showed the bus line that replaced it with a dashed light blue   
   line.   
      
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