Walking the El collection-travel The "Iron Horse

The "Iron Horse

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" This historical photo was published in The Times when Zacchini died at age 77 in 1975

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Walking the El collection-travel The "Iron HorseThe end came abruptly for the Third Avenue El. At 6: 04 p. m. on May 12, 1955 appropriately four minutes behind schedule the last elevated uptown train rolled out of Chinatown, bound for the Bronx and then for incineration, Sewell Chan of The Times wrote in 2005. Subway ridership was declining steadily, and elevated railways, at least in Manhattan, were seen as a thing of the past. So down they went: Sixth Avenue in 1938, Ninth Avenue in 1940 and