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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. 1. 1940: Unification— IRT and BMT Join the IND, Creating One Subway System 1
6. 2. 1941: A Strike and a Pioneering Labor Agreement 16
7. 3. 1941: Dyre Avenue Subway Extension Opens 25
8. 4. 1941– 1948: Third Avenue Transit— Rails to Rubber 31 31
9. 5. 1944 and 1950: Goodbye to Brooklyn Bridge Rails 42
10. 6. 1947– 1948: Private to Public Bus Operations 49
11. 7. 1948: Goodbye to the Nickel 59
12. 8. 1947– 1956: Final Decade for Brooklyn Trolleys 67
13. 9. 1950: Farewell, Lexington Avenue 75
14. 10. 1953– 1968: Th e TA, Tokens, and TWU Triumphant 80
15. 11. 1953: Last Double- Deck Buses Operate on Fifth Avenue 96
16. 12. 1954– 1956: The BMT and IND Begin a Courtship 100
17. 13. 1955: Sunshine Returns to Third Avenue 111
18. 14. 1956: Fifth Avenue Coach Becomes Number One 117
19. 15. 1957– 1959: IRT West Side Improvement 122
20. 16. 1962: Fifth Avenue Coach Suddenly Disappears 129
21. 17. 1964: World’s Fair, Blue Subways, Stainless Steel Subways 137
22. 18. 1966: Mike Quill’s Last Hurrah 143
23. 19. 1967: The BMT and IND Marry Forever 151
24. 20. 1968: The MTA Is Created and Express Buses Appear 159
25. Bibliography 167
26. Index 169