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Posted by randyo on Sat May 16 14:40:38 2020, in response to Re: Original Sea Beach Route-What Is Gold St.?, posted by VictorM on Sat May 16 08:30:35 2020. Even as late as the late 1930s, the BMT had plans for completing the loop and it ties in with the story of the Bluebird. When both the Multis and the Bluebird were developed, the BMT placed an order for 50 Bluebird units to be used on a proposed 4 Av Lcl service operating between 95 St and Myrtle Av (Gold St) and turning back on the loop. The idea was that the Bluebirds with their higher acceleration and deceleration rates would, as locals be able to compete favorably with the express trains that used ABs and D types. If it turned out that the 50 Bluebirds were not enough for the service, a few Multi units were to be transferred to the 4 Av Line to make service. Of course, unification intervened, the city cancelled the order for the remaining Bluebirds beyond the 5 ones already delivered and the loop never got built. In can see a slight problem with the BMT’s idea in that there probably would still be a few trains of ABs on the Culver and West End Locals that, with their acceleration and deceleration rates, keep the Bluebirds from achieving the higher speeds they were designed for since they would be on the same tracks. |
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