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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sun Jun 20 17:45:33 2021, in response to Re: Spectrum News does story on R32 subway cars, posted by Joe V on Sun Jun 20 16:47:53 2021. "But 1,000 Arinine junk had to keep running until 1976."Simple. Suburban commuters, all those rich white flighters had the $$$ & political clout. City folks didn't. That may explain why the R1-9s were replaced in dribs & drabs from 1968-77. But in defense of the TA, lets not forget the numbers. 1700 R-19s v/s 600-700 M-1s. Easier to replace @700 cars (LIRR pre M1 fleet) v/s 1700 R-1-9s which required several contracts from several builders over the years. |
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