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Re: November 15, 1960 - First Run of the R-27's |
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Posted by irt1958 on Tue Nov 16 22:16:46 2010, in response to Re: November 15, 1960 - First Run of the R-27's, posted by fisk ave jim on Tue Nov 16 19:02:37 2010. I remember those olden days too. In my case it was the IRT, and I remember the newest (first the R-21,22 then the R-26's) trains in 1958&9 when I was an elementary school kid. The Lo-vs, as the Lexington Av Express, would blow past the SMEEs (the Seventh Avenue Express running on the Bklyn local track) on the Utica/Franklin avenue dash northbound. They (the SMEEs) would always accelerate faster though due, I now think, to the 2 motor per truck design. All things being equal, from a cold start, ALL the SMEEs I remember and saw, were about 1, 2 mph faster leaving the station than both models of Lo-v that worked Brooklyn back then.. I don't remember, or would know, if we ever caught one of the Flivvers, but I hear they were the quickest on a highball with just motors, and no trailers.It probably was the same with the Arnines vs the R-27s on Queens Blvd because the TO also had to prepare to stop several hundred feet before arriving at the platform. |
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