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Posted by randyo on Sat May 23 21:46:24 2009, in response to Re: Double Letters, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Sat May 23 21:35:13 2009. A similar situation occurred when the BMT/IND route changed for Chrystie St in 1967. Although I'm sure that in 1959 when the R-27s and 30s were ordered and definitely by the time the R032s and 38s were ordered, the TA had some idea of the service patterns to be operated with the divisional merger, for some reason, the R-27s through 38s had a "C/8 Av Express" on their side roll signs but neglected to include a "B/6 Av Express" reading on either the side or front signs. As a result, when Chrystie opened, only R-9s and the rare R-10 that ran on the B Line displayed proper signs. The R-32s and 27/30s that operated on the B carried either "BB" signs or had a black letter on white "B" decal pasted over the "BB" until new signs were installed reading "B/Via 6 Avenue. Many R-9s didn't receive "EE/Via Broadway" side signs in time either and some R-9s had the "8 Ave" painted out on the roll signs so that they read simply "EE Local" with a blank space where the "8 Ave" used to be. Many of the R-32s never received proper signs until the double letters were eliminated and they received entirely new sets of signs. |
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