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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Sat Sep 8 15:40:23 2007, in response to I didn't take this pic, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Sat Sep 8 15:31:55 2007.   These pics aren't mine either, both taken by an MTA driver and friend of mine. Any of you who know Greek know that Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet, and Omega is the last. Well, 8236 and 9108 are my personal Alpha and Omega, as they represent the very first and very last RTD/MTA RTS-04s I've ridden! I rode 8236 on the old 3 line (West 6th St-Central Ave) on 12/9/80, which may have been the first day that the RTS-04s were in service for MTA. I rode 9108 during my visit to L. A. in 1999, when my afore-mentioned friend was driving it on line 20. He took the yard shots I think later that year, as he knew 8236 was my first RTS, and they just happened to parked next to each other in the yard at Division 6. (9108 had been assigned to D6 since 1985, but 8236 had been assigned there recently after having worked originally at D18, then later at D1 and other places).  My friend took this pic when he was assigned 8236 on a run on line 4 (Santa Monica Blvd). It is at the short-turn location at Santa Monica and Sepulveda Blvds (now all line 4s terminate here, except late nights when the 704 Rapid is not running.  I did take this pic, during a layover at Terminal 17 (7th St/Maple Ave lot) when I was riding w/ my friend. Well, that's all of my old school pics. Hope you've enjoyed them. I'll be posting some rail pics on SubChat when I get a chance, along with some more recent MDT and BCt pics here. |
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