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Posted by randyo on Sun Jan 19 16:52:19 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Identify These BMT Locations, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Jan 19 15:44:59 2025. I think you might have your info a bit off. When I was qualifying as a M/M in miscellaneous equipment, 5000 was considered a locomotive and 5003 was a signal supply car originally called simply “the dolly” and more recently “signal dolly.” While 5000 had locomotive style controls and brakes like the steeple cab locos, 5003 had a manual controller that looked like the one on the D types, but had manual acceleration and operated like an IRT Hi-V. It also did not have a true “deadman’s button” in that the brakes did not apply in emergency when the handle was let up , only the power to the motors was cut off. It also had AMUE subway type brakes with and ME-23 brake valve. 5002 was a bit of an oddball on that it had the identical type of controls and brakes like BMT ABs but unlike most BMT equipment, the controller was on the left side and the brake valve was on the right IND style. |
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