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Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989 |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Thu Oct 29 14:26:51 2009, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by BLE-NIMX on Thu Oct 29 13:23:56 2009. In possible related terms to the spotted wheels/flats situation with the green R-10's, there was a brief two-month period (December 1988-February 1989) when they operated on weekend "C" service between 145th Street and Chambers Street-WTC. It was great riding them back and forth at that time, since I still lived in Washington Heights in upper Manhattan, and with me having easy access being inside the cars as a passenger.However, as I understood one story told to me from one railfan colleague, they were taken off the weekend schedule because supposedly some irate citizen complained to NYC Transit that the cars were loudly shaking and making vibrations that could be felt within the Central Park West apartment he/she was living in. That claim included of some expensive china dishes being shook and falling off the walls of the apartment that resident was living in. But, there was this one eight-car R-10 "C" train I recall seeing during that summer 1989 weekend when they were some problems with the GOH R-38's, when they were sidelined to be inspected at 207th Street Shop. The lead north motor car on that consist, as I recall correctly, was #3186, which I had photographed back in June-July 1989 outdoors on the "C" line. -William A. Padron ["145 Street, Manhattan"] |
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