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Posted by Newkirk Images on Thu Oct 24 08:47:28 2013, in response to Re: R27 / R30 Farewell - History in the Making, posted by r17-6599 on Tue Oct 22 22:29:20 2013. And there was a strange smell of newness, perhaps it was the plastic/ fibreglass finishings, the rubber moldings. Never knew what it was but the R27/30's had it for a long time, while the IRT cars did not.I can identify with that. As a kid, I used to ride my bike up Newkirk Ave. to the Brighton Line station overpass to wait for my dad who returned from work at the Post office. I used to ride along side him as we went home together. My first sighting of a new R-27 was a Coney Island bound (QT) Brighton Local that had pulled into the Newkirk Ave. station. The cars were brand new, olive paint gleaming and shiny aluminum window drop sashes along with brightly lit green fluorescent destination signs. The newness of the paint smell wafted up to the overpass. Compare this scene with the bad old days of the 70's when these cars were silver/blue and covered with graffiti. Bill Newkirk |
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