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Posted by randyo on Mon Sep 16 16:33:46 2013, in response to Re: 1970s scrap car question, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sun Sep 15 20:33:22 2013. Very little. The R-1s and R-4s had manual taillights that required the M/M to use a lever on the side of the taillight box to change the lights from white to red or back. ON the R-6s and up, there was a taillight switch on the M/M's auxiliary switch panel on the left side of the cab. There was also a difference in the way that the tripcocks vented on the R-1s and 4s as opposed to later cars. Also, some features that some people are not aware of is that the R-1s and I believe also the 4s had the M/M's indication light under the auxiliary switch panel and the end sign switch read "End Sign and Gauge Light" which controlled the air gauge light as well as the end destination sign. On subsequent orders, the gauge light became the M/M's indication and the original indication lights were removed form the older cars which were rewired to match the newer ones. R-1s and 4s also had an extension on the cab doors which allowed the cab doors to be closed over the M/M's controls and a fold down passenger seat which allowed passengers to sit in unused cabs like the BMT steels once did. This feature was eliminated from R-6s and up and subsequently removed form the R-1s and 4s. When the IND started operating on significant elevated portions, the gauge light was difficult to see and the gauge light boxes were modified to their present appearance which continued even up to the R-68 allowing light to be seen through an opening at the front of the gauge light box. |
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