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Re: End of Subway Marker Lights |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Aug 6 14:59:40 2011, in response to Re: End of Subway Marker Lights, posted by SLRT on Sat Aug 6 10:16:34 2011. You must have taken the same C/R (which was really a Surface Lines Operator exam) test that I did and it was probably in 1964 since I was first called in 1965 when I was not yet 21 and I had to wait another year to actually accept the job. As for the Brighton marker lights, As I remember it, the Brighton Locals displayed the same markers whether they went via tunnel or via bridge (which they did after the expresses stopped running) which was red/red northbound and White/white southbound. Red/green in both directions was only used on the Brighton Express. 4 Av locals were a different story. Trains to/from Ctl displayed green/yellow in both directions and green/green to/from 57/7 which was the case in the evenings midnights and weekends. Some time in the 1970s, the TA revamped its marker light system to reflect the terminal that the train was going to regardless of its point of origin, rather than the previous combination of both departing and arriving terminals. Thus a N/B A train going to 207 St displayed the same makers whether it originated at Lefferts or Far Rock whereas previously they displayed the Leff or F/R markers in both directions and a S/B #1 displayed the same markers whether it had originated at V/C or 137 St. Another change that was made at that time was that previously, yellow/yellow markers were only used on light trains, work trains or specials and many lines like the A, LL or #1 to V/C displayed red red. After the changes, red red became the color for light trains, work trains and specials although it was still retained for shuttles, and some lines like the J ended up displaying yellow/yellow. Lines like the A and #1 which had previously displayed red/red for most of their service now displayed different variations. For example, all S/B #1 trains to So/Fy displayed yellow/red and all N/B A trains to 207 St displayed green/green. That was the case until there were so many markerless trains in service that the TA decided to eliminate their use entirely and ordered red/red to be displayed on all trains |
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