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Posted by randyo on Sun Jun 4 18:41:35 2017, in response to Re: [PHOTO] When The R-40M's Were New, posted by Edwards! on Sun Jun 4 13:50:26 2017. Porthole end door windows were pretty much state of the art for that time period. In fact, as originally designed, the R-21s were supposed to have a porthole but it was changed at the last minute to the familiar drop sash. I was told that the first either 10 or 20 R-21s were actually delivered with the portholes but they were changed soon after delivery. An R-16 with A signs was not an oddity for the time since 50 R-16s did run on the A line for a while in the mid 1950s. The only thing was that 6400 never ran on the A since it was only 6300 - 6349 that were assigned to the IND. Although the R-16 was not the “latest” subway car model by 1960, The NYCTA was so IND minded that they didn’t want to show what was the real latest car which would have been the IRT R-22. |
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