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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Apr 13 17:30:02 2014, in response to Re: A VERY Lost A Train!, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Apr 13 16:41:33 2014. You are absolutely correct about the huge cost of the fleet modernization that took place in the Fifties and Sixties. The two major subway construction projects (Chrystie and the Rockaway Extension) didn't help. BUT, also remember that the MCTA had, by the time of the strike, already ordered the Metropolitan and Cosmopolitan MUs for the LIRR and NYC/NH lines it took over, so they weren't exactly flush with cash, either.Pay parity with those commuter lines for NYCTA crews, therefore, wasn't likely to happen, IMHO, no matter how much Quill lobbied for it. Lindsay, it is true, erred badly in rebuffing Quill, something he had to pay dearly for later. But even if Rocky had publicly intervened and pointed out that the subways would soon be jointly operated, it still wouldn't have changed history. The TWU, in choosing the coldest month of the year, with a new mayor just coming into office, got the public quickly on their side, financial realities notwithstanding. They got the better of the outcome, even though the takeover occurred in due course. Lindsay never knew what hit him. :) |
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