Actions at Stillwell Avenue - Coney Island (8/5/1996)

R40 B, R46 F and R68 D train actions at Stillwell Avenue/Coney Island on August 5, 1996.

[@JayDaDon31]

My man, you’s truly a king when it comes to old school subways. Coney Island pre early-mid 2000s renovation.

[@BLETransitYT]

This is the Coney Island I'll always remember, compared to what it looked like back then, such a nostalgic transit video 😁👍🏾

[@MatthewSmith-cv7op]

Boy this video takes me back. Like a prehistoric age on the subway. Pre renovation of the station, when the B ran the West End and the D ran on the Brighton Line. When R46’s ran on the F and R40’s were abundant.

[@zakitransitguytv]

Coney island definitely changed over the years

[@soundshaper]

Wow, hadn't seen this since I last visited the Coney Island area in 1980, I'd also seen it in 1975 and 1977, this station was still like it was in 1920 only in poor shape. Looks much better now. And back then D line is running past Sheepshead Bay on the Brighton line like the Q does today.

[@goodnyc]

I remember when the D ran on the Brighton line and the B on the West End line. Also how the old station looked compared to today's station.

[@hallbatson9271]

The D train is the best R68 in subway history

[@nyctenthusiast3507]

This is a piece of history right here!

[@realAutoman]

oh my god you are the OG of NYCT railfanning 👍👌

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

Looks like all the MTA trains are now stopping at Coney Island - Still well Avenue. All I want to know is, what or who is Still Well is all about? : 0

[@somecallmeelvis]

Nostalgia vibe here taking us back in time you are an the OG Railfan amazing video🙂✌🏻

[@christopherdavids4614]

@Chao-Hwa Chen I Remember The B Train Go between Washington Heights-168TH Street, Manhattan and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn via 6TH Avenue Express

[@chriscampbell5538]

You missed the N train

[@kweenah.dknight]

This was great to see before the renovation. Thanks for the footage

[@ned272]

Really appreciate these vids!!

[@christopherdavids4614]

@Chao-Hwa Chen Did You Capture The Video of The D and N Train?

[@chaohwac]

No

[@kevinb8881]

I swear I miss the R40 B trains!!!

[@kinkisharyocoasters]

Wasn't the line predominantly R68/A at the time, with R40 being not as common?

[@kevinb8881]

@@kinkisharyocoasters Yes, around the mid 2000s when the R40s were on their way out for retirement!!

[@kevinb8881]

@Im a Train Fanatic is back That's correct, and there was actually another period in the mid to late 90s when the B had R68s and R68As running on the West End line, and this was when the "Orange Q" had the R40s!!

[@christopherdavids4614]

@Chao-Hwa Chen I Remember The B Train Go between 21ST Street-Queensbridge, Queens and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn via 6TH Avenue Express

[@joshbenton4080]

I remember when Coney Island / Stillwell Ave still looked like this. Trains going in and out weren't as noisy as the "newer" station is today. The newer station is inclosed with a trainshed, has open deck trackways. (tracks at this station feature full length ties resting on steel girders with jointed rail, instead of a concrete slab and "ladder tracks") Trains entering and leaving this station make a lot more noise like ordinary elevated lines do. The original Stillwell Ave Station was basically an "elevated" solid concrete slab with the subway tracks on top of that and you could still see the sea from that station. good times.

[@christopherdavids4614]

@Chao-Hwa Chen Do You Ride On The B Train?

[@chaohwac]

I started RFW recording in 2000. At that time B had R68/68As. I missed the opportunity to record from the slant R40 on the West End Line.

[@christopherdavids4614]

You Didn't Record The B Train between Washington Heights-168TH Street, Manhattan and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn in Both Directions?

[@chaohwac]

Nope. Don’t have the videos.

[@darrylreedy5079]

Back when R68s had the circle bullets in between the cars 😭😭

[@dang5297]

Those were a gem

[@darrylreedy5079]

@@dang5297 Idek why they took them off

[@BigPops757]

I only see the 3 line do this. Maybe the 6 but I don’t think so

[@andrewnauth101]

Back in those days it was the b,d,f and n trains that terminated at ci

[@camm8642]

I went out to coney island and also the aqaurium a few times back in the 90s mostly summer camp normally took the D sometimes B from uptown....long ride

[@francisrodriguez2510]

Old school new York subways are the best

[@trae3290]

These are priceless videos. A lot of ppl will never know the old tech days of the system. To me personally there was just a magic to it. Something we’ll probably never get back but hopefully the system can improve and expand to something we never still seen before. I really just don’t want a full teched out system.

[@drakesessions3544]

5:35 back when r46s sounded like r44s

[@trijetz3562]

Am I the only one that thinks the R46 sounds like a whale?

[@Bklyny718]

OPERATIONS PLANNING, give 10-1 to tower KINGS HWY ( QB ) may have to redirect traffic for . ... 😊

[@mikeangel767]

Yes now that's how i remember how it use to look back then I use to go to Conley island when I was a kid just to go to the game room and go fishing. I really miss those day's and back then the cops were so nice to let me on the train to go back to the Bronx.ny.😉👍

[@TipTopJazz]

Great memories back than when the B use to go to Coney Island too bad me and my mother didn’t even go there back in the 90’s we took the F train to 4th Ave/9th St and took the R train to the last stop to bay ridge-95th St

[@axeladame9376]

Coney Island Subway Station F, N, B, & D Trains

[@litlgrey]

Prime slant action! Now we're talking.

[@bk_knight256]

Those were the days!

[@Trainguy198]

Yo this is epic

[@tubblescousine257]

Ooo very nice

[@kimberleydenhaan4180]

in 2020 2019 2018

[@christopherdavids4614]

@Chao-Hwa Chen Do You Take A Ride on The F Train Again?

[@chaohwac]

No

[@ronaldharvinjr636]

This is how I remember the Coney Island terminal

[@hallbatson155]

Very nice

[@fatgar01]

yoo nice

[@kleve_1143]

Ahh memories

[@anthonykotzebue8056]

I truly miss the B Train😥. Not this BS now to Brighton Beach weekdays only, The true B Train from Bedford Park, Bronx or 21 Queensbridge now 96st 2nd Ave to Coney Island @All Times. Foreal 💯💯

[@marcp3461]

When the B was on the West End line

[@chaohwac]

Between 1967 and 2001 before W and then D (2004) took over.

[@robroy6374]

"Between 1967 and 2001" More like FROM 1967 TO 2001.

[@hallbatson155]

B train r40 168 st coney island

[@soraforpresident5209]

wow Stillwell ave back then looked like a junk yard

[@hallbatson155]

F train R46 D train R68

[@skendersinanaj1947]

Loud💀

[@axeladame9376]

Cool

[@aaronsamuel2823]

Until 2001-2004 when the Q was moved back to the local line and the B was moved to the Brighton line

[@ronaldharvinjr636]

This must've been a weekend, kawz during the weekdays the (M) wud terminate where the (D) is and the (D) wud Ben terminate at Brighton Beach as the express.

[@robroy6374]

"This must've been a weekend" not a weekend. the date on this video says "8/5/1996". August 5, 1996 was a Monday "during the weekdays the (M) wud terminate" The M havent terminated at Stillwell Avenue since it switched from the Brighton line to the West End line in 1986 (except for the brief period after 9/11 when it temporary replaced the N on the Sea Beach line due to said event).

[@dang5297]

Can you you upload more videos

[@chaohwac]

If I have time, I will review them to see which one worth uploading.

[@dang5297]

@@chaohwac Cool. Please do

[@aaronsamuel2823]

I think that's when the Q train started terminating at Brighton Beach like for example it became the last stop

[@MatthewSmith-cv7op]

It all changed after the Manhattan bridge project was completed in 2004.

[@Icyleo]

Wow coney island used to look ugly those days!

[@darrylreedy5079]

It did back then. I think the B and N shared the same platform

[@Icyleo]

Yeah

[@darrylreedy5079]

@Im a Train Fanatic is back I thought so. I couldn’t quite remember back in 96. I was only 3

[@Icyleo]

@Im a Train Fanatic is back k

[@Icyleo]

@Im a Train Fanatic is back ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@christopherdavids4614]

@Chao-Hwa Chen I Remember The B Train Go between Midtown Manhattan-57TH Street/6TH Avenue, Manhattan and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn via 6TH Avenue Express