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Re: South Ferry (1) Train Station Fix Could Take Up To 3 YEARS!!! |
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Posted by murray1575 on Fri Feb 1 23:12:00 2013, in response to Re: South Ferry (1) Train Station Fix Could Take Up To 3 YEARS!!!, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Fri Feb 1 21:47:57 2013. From what I have read on this board the electrical equipment gave a lot of problems (specifically the controllers) on the R-16's. In addition there were problems with the door engines which was solved with those hideous housings which were installed some time in the 1960's. However they were the last 60 foot cars to have a cross seating arrangement somewhat like the earlier cars such as the R-10's. All the 60 footers after it had IRT-style seating which supposedly made it easier to load and unload passengers and also made it easier to clean the cars (which didn't get done very often anyway in the 1960's and 1970's). The R-26/28 were a reliable group of cars and they did last a long time. Not one ever got destroyed due to a wreck; they all lasted through GOH until they eventually got reefed although 1 pair is still in existence at the Illinois Railway Museum. |
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