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Posted by Joe V on Sun Jun 4 12:27:25 2017, in response to Re: [PHOTO] When The R-40M's Were New, posted by Handbrake on Sun Jun 4 11:55:29 2017. It was time for the Standards to go anyway by 1968. They got the R16's out of ENY because they did not want 6 car Standards on the QJ during snowstorms, as they had done with the 15 service.The TA hated anything associated with BMT innovation, therefore the D types were evil. I think they would have done quite well on a post Chrystie D train, given an overhaul. Yest they had to pull nonrebuilt Southern Division Standards off the scrap track and place back in service because the R1's in Jamaica Yard were falling apart thanks to late deliveries of R38's. The worst of the Arnines from Concourse Yard and R32's from the former Q train were there instead. The Arnines could barely make it over the Manhattan Bridge, and the R32's performance was reduced while getting caught behind Arnines. Someone(s) should have gotten fired for the R1/D-type decision in 1965. |
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