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Re: Modern Subway Cars vs. Older Subway Cars (pros, cons, memories, thoughts)) |
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Posted by 5119 on Mon Feb 5 00:30:14 2007, in response to Re: Modern Subway Cars vs. Older Subway Cars (pros, cons, memories, thoughts)), posted by The Port of Authority on Sun Feb 4 20:02:00 2007. If you're talking about "old cars," then I'll go back to the "real old cars," the ones I preferred. The Lo-V's, R 1/9's, BMT Stabdards, and Triplexes all had character and yes,while not having modern amenities like arir-conditioning, fast acceleration/deceleration, were, to me, much more fun to ride, with their geared sounds, windmill fans which, surprisingly kept you cooled in the summer, and the heated seats in the winter. Andthe lasted almost 50 years inservice, even after the TA initiated a policy of deferred maintenance in 1956. If thany of these cars had performance issues, it was the Lo-V's, which never realized their speed potential due to the fact that they had to pull trailer cars. (10 car train, 7 motors, 3 trailers.) |
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