About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1160
  • TitleControlling the flow of traffic
  • SummaryCaption: "Controlling the flow of traffic--The Bay Ridge Model Railroad [Club] has a signal system based on that used by the New York Central Railroad. ... Robert O. Kretzschmar of 8300 4th Ave., ... operates the signal system, premitting a freight to move safely through the switches. A diesel engine heads out of the tunnel and, at right, a passenger train rounds the bend, approaching a signal bridge on the mainline."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Oct. 26, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBay Ridge Model Railroad Club ; Railroads -- Models
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Bay Ridge: Model Railroad Club