Security Detail
An NYCT security officer is on duty at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal keeping watch over BU gate car 1273 and locomotive 884 as they sit overnight awaiting a truck to come pick up the former. The car is to be loaded onto a lo-boy trailer so it can be used as a float in the "Hometown Heroes" ticker tape parade scheduled for tomorrow, 7/7/2021. The parade is to honor the essential workers that helped the city through the COVID-19 pandemic. The car will be used as a float for transit workers, 156 of whom died due to COVID-19.
BU gate car
R77 (GE SL50 50-ton, 1983)
South Brooklyn Marine Terminal
South Brooklyn Railway (SBK)
Security Detail
An NYCT security officer is on duty at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal keeping watch over BU gate car 1273 and locomotive 884 as they sit overnight awaiting a truck to come pick up the former. The car is to be loaded onto a lo-boy trailer so it can be used as a float in the "Hometown Heroes" ticker tape parade scheduled for tomorrow, 7/7/2021. The parade is to honor the essential workers that helped the city through the COVID-19 pandemic. The car will be used as a float for transit workers, 156 of whom died due to COVID-19.
BU gate car
R77 (GE SL50 50-ton, 1983)
South Brooklyn Marine Terminal
South Brooklyn Railway (SBK)