The Abandoned Railroad at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Here's an in depth look at the extensive railroad that used to run through every corner of the Brooklyn Navy yard, along with the two rail-related transit projects that once uses these grounds. This talk is a subset of one I gave for UntappedCities (available in their webinar archive), and is based off my "Brooklyn Navy Yard: Beyond The Wall" book. (Available here: http://LTVPress.com ) Also available on BezoZon: https://www.amazon.com/Brooklyn-Navy-... Full Brooklyn Navy Yard history talk at: https://untappedcities.com All of the BEDT & small terminal railroad histories: http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/BEDT... Frank Trezza archive at the Brooklyn Library: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/201... Timestamps: 0:00 Intro / Catch up 1:47 Navy Yard Railroad Basics 4:30 Car Floats 6:24 BEDT 7:23 Sea Train 9:57 Whirly Cranes 11:33 BHRA Trolleys 13:22 BQX (Short Version/Update) 16:30 Outro Follow on Instagram:   / traindecay     / ltvsquad   And... Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/josephanasta... #trains #UrbanExploring #abandoned Sound effects: I think Not_.m4a by scatlin -- https://freesound.org/s/441505/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 A nope song for auditors by stoopidhoomons -- https://freesound.org/s/787340/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 kiddig right.wav by max_cristos -- https://freesound.org/s/506404/ -- License: Creative Commons 0