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Posted by randyo on Fri Jun 29 18:38:45 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTO] MOTORMAN, posted by JOE @ NYCMTS - NYCTMG on Thu Jun 28 20:07:57 2018. As originally built, the sliding vestibule doors on the Gibbs and Composites had pull down shades. When I rode them in the 1950s, the shades had been removed and the glass panes painted Pullman green to match the car interiors with the exception of the bottom 8 inches or so of the windows which was left clear. A photo I have seen of a Composite as delivered seems to show that the entrance to the vestibule was narrower than it was on the Gibbs closed off by a single door about the width of a normal storm door and the offside rear bulkhead of the vestibule seems to have a clear glass in it possible a RFW instead of the solid panel like the Gibbs. It’s highly likely that when the Composites were modified for el use and got Hedley style corner cabs, the vestibule door became the sliding storm door. |
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