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Encyclopedia > Coney Island Rapid Transit Car Overhaul Shop

The Coney Island Rapid Transit Car Overhaul Shop is a shop building on the New York City Subway, located in Avenue X Yard. It is typically known as the Coney Island Shop (CIS). The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ...


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The Coney Island Shops - B.M.T. Monthly 1926 (10270 words)
The new Coney Island Shops for the maintenance of rapid transit equipment are located between the Sea Beach and Culver Lines and extend from Avenue X south to Coney Island creek.
After the car body repairs have been made it is then moved by the overhead crane to the east end of the building where it is painted, then again by crane to the wheeling and trim tracks where it is placed on the trucks coming out of the Truck Repair Shop.
As the brake shoes are removed from the cars, the foremen indicate which are to be scrapped and which are to be saved, and those to be salvaged are collected separately so that there is no possibility of their being carried away with those to be scrapped.
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