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Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards. |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Aug 13 16:27:58 2012 I know that this is a few days late but the BMT fans might appreciate it.Book of Last Runs August 4, 1969 – This is the last day of operation the BRT 67 foot Standards. The last train ran on the “M” Myrtle Avenue-Nassau St Line (BMT Rt.10) leaving Metropolitan Avenue at 4:49 PM and Broad Street at 5:26 PM. The train consisted of two “B” Type three car units, (S) 2531-2-3, 2466-2649-2467 Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 13 16:32:37 2012, in response to Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Aug 13 16:27:58 2012. And on the same day a train of R40M's made an appearance on the "LL". That day was particularly hot - 96°. I know because my Dad, my friend Larry and I were railfanning that day. We spent nearly 15 hours out on the metals. And yes we saw that Standard - it passed us on the express track as our "KK" train traveled along Bway.-w- |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Mon Aug 13 16:58:34 2012, in response to Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Aug 13 16:27:58 2012. I always thought they lasted longer than that- like on the Culver Shuttle. |
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Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Mon Aug 13 17:01:47 2012, in response to Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Aug 13 16:27:58 2012. And we all know what happened next. Location: Sarnelli scrapyard...Car: BMT A/B-Type Standard 2762... Photo by: Joe Testagrose...Date: 4/26/1969...from nycsubway.org |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Mon Aug 13 17:24:43 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Elkeeper on Mon Aug 13 16:58:34 2012. Negative. |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Mon Aug 13 17:28:44 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Bill from Maspeth on Mon Aug 13 17:24:43 2012. Okay, what did they use on the Culver, after the Standards were removed from service? |
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Posted by FormerVanWyckBlvdUser on Mon Aug 13 17:42:51 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Newkirk Images on Mon Aug 13 17:01:47 2012. Well, not all of them. At least one of them is/was still at CI Yard being rehabbed. Maybe museum fleet? |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 13 17:56:31 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Elkeeper on Mon Aug 13 17:28:44 2012. R27/30s. Along with an occasional R32. Standards were still on the Culver Shuttle as late as April 11, 1969.wayne |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 13 18:01:06 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by FormerVanWyckBlvdUser on Mon Aug 13 17:42:51 2012. Those are 2390-1-2 - and they're still under wraps at CI in one of the huts over by the "N" line (that was the last info I had on them). Not sure what's holding up the works - maybe funds, or else they ran into a part nobody had or could make. They got painted inside and out within the last several years - hunter green inside (?!?) and STD brown without.wayne |
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Posted by SLRT on Mon Aug 13 18:33:28 2012, in response to Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Aug 13 16:27:58 2012. So the last run consisted of cars of all three roof types. Interesting. |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Aug 13 18:34:58 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Elkeeper on Mon Aug 13 16:58:34 2012. I always thought they lasted longer than that- like on the Culver Shuttle.The second half of 1969 was a tough one for New York City railfans, both IRT and BMT. The mighty Standards left us in August followed by the Q-Types in October. The hardest blow for me came in November when the last of the Lo-V's and Steinways headed for that great Coney Island Yard up there in the sky. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Aug 13 18:56:23 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 13 16:32:37 2012. The R-40Ms made their first trip on the LL on the morning of June 20,1969. It made the %:11 AM out of Canarsie and I was the M/M. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Aug 13 18:58:39 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by SLRT on Mon Aug 13 18:33:28 2012. That was probably the same train I operated on the 14 St Line sometime in June of 1969. |
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Posted by Dan on Mon Aug 13 19:18:51 2012, in response to Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Aug 13 16:27:58 2012. I remember them on the Culver Shuttle. In the winter they were toasty warm. Classic equipment. |
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Posted by Brighton Private on Mon Aug 13 19:40:08 2012, in response to Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Aug 13 16:27:58 2012. Growing up along the Brighton Line in the 1950s, the Standards were like a member of the family. Their sounds and smells defined the subway for me and always will. They, the Low V's and the R1/9s ARE and will always be the NYC subway for me, but the Standards are the BMT, the Brighton Line, and childhood. |
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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 13 19:50:43 2012, in response to Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Aug 13 16:27:58 2012. I was under the impression that the last run was on the BMT #16 (14th Street-Canarsie LL) or on the BMT #5 (Culver Shuttle). |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Aug 13 20:27:15 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 13 16:32:37 2012. Did Larry ride on the Lonesome Larry that day? |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Aug 13 20:28:58 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 13 17:56:31 2012. I rode them on the Larry in the spring of '69 as well. One Saturday I reached the Manhattan-bound platform at Lorimer St. just as an R-7/9 train was leaving. The next train to arrive was a BMT standard consist. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Aug 13 20:29:35 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 13 18:01:06 2012. At least it's not pistachio green.:) |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Aug 13 22:06:00 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 13 19:50:43 2012. I was under the impression that the last run was on the BMT #16 (14th Street-Canarsie LL) or on the BMT #5 (Culver Shuttle).In early April 1969 Standards were providing half the service on the #16 (LL) and #10 (M) as well as the #5 (SS). By the end of May, 1969 there were 66 cars available for service. They probably came off the Culver Shuttle in early June. In late June there were still three trainsets on the Canarsie and two on the Myrtle. They were all supposed to be out of service by July 25 , 1969 but equipment shortages kept them running until August 4. This information is courtesy of Mr Berard Linder and Mr Arthur Lonto. I was out of the city at the time helping Uncle Sam guard South Dakota from an attack by those ferocious Canadians. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 13 22:45:02 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Aug 13 20:29:35 2012. Yurrrrrggghhhh!!! Bhleccccchhhh! (((ptui!))) |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 13 22:48:26 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Aug 13 20:27:15 2012. Yes, as a matter of fact we DID. We were greeted at BJ by a brand-new train of R40M's, ice cold within, led by #4300. We took it down to E105, got off, waited for it to return, and took it back as far as Myrtle Avenue, where we got a chance to visit with Moshe.-w- |
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Posted by SUBWAYMAN on Tue Aug 14 00:13:07 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Aug 13 20:29:35 2012. |
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Posted by monorail on Tue Aug 14 01:55:29 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 13 22:48:26 2012. Bridge- Jay Sts?????????????? |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Aug 14 03:21:52 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 13 18:01:06 2012. It's not "hunter green" but "Pullman green" which is basically an army olive drab. |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Tue Aug 14 11:02:33 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Aug 13 20:29:35 2012. Damn Ronan colors. The graffiti was an improvement. |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Tue Aug 14 11:08:32 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Aug 13 22:06:00 2012. Didn't one set pop up occasionally on the "KK"? I remember seeing one n/b at Bway Lafayette - forget which trip it was - may have been 29 November 1968.wayne |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Tue Aug 14 11:12:25 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by monorail on Tue Aug 14 01:55:29 2012. Up to Metropolitan and then back to Bridge-Jay, where we had lunch at the Automat on Fulton Street. The Q stock was as rickety as ever, and very uncomfortable in the blazing heat.wayne |
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Posted by Edwards! on Tue Aug 14 11:33:41 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 13 22:48:26 2012. Wonder why the 40M's never stayed in the East?My dad use to talk about them..how the east finally got some cars with A/C.. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Tue Aug 14 11:36:42 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 13 18:01:06 2012. GOOD..its not that putrid greenish color that made me sick. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Tue Aug 14 11:37:21 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by randyo on Tue Aug 14 03:21:52 2012. olive drab...ie putrid green. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Tue Aug 14 11:42:11 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Dan on Mon Aug 13 19:18:51 2012. BWAY EL for me,though by the time I was riding along with my pops...they were mostly gone from the 15..with the R16 running the show,except during the really nasty winter days..for some reason.guess the 16 didnt like playing in the snow. |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Tue Aug 14 11:57:49 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Edwards! on Tue Aug 14 11:33:41 2012. I believe they were undergoing a shakedown period out there. They were really new. Ultimately they went to Jamaica and were replaced out east by the 4800 and 4900 series R42s. The pair I rode (4300-01) was renumbered (as were all the R40Ms) and involved in an accident the following year at Roosevelt Avenue. 4292-3 were at the other end.wayne |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Tue Aug 14 12:10:40 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Newkirk Images on Mon Aug 13 17:01:47 2012. I guess that was right next to the Culver Line and/or Coney Island Yards... |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Aug 14 12:35:09 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Aug 13 18:34:58 2012. But the Mets won the series, so I guess it all balances out.Isn't 1969 the year they swapped out the R16's with the crappy R7/9's on the eastern division, thus confirming the BMT got hosed post-Chrystie St? |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Tue Aug 14 12:54:51 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Aug 14 12:35:09 2012. I think you are right. I hated the R-7/9's in the repainted MTA colors. They were plain ugly, outside of their original IND green. It was like a facejob plastic surgery gone horribly wrong! |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Aug 14 13:04:41 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Elkeeper on Tue Aug 14 12:54:51 2012. Indeed, the R1-R12 class did not look good with the silver and blue stripe scheme. The turtleback roof cars did. |
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Posted by Fisk ave Jim on Tue Aug 14 13:14:01 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Elkeeper on Tue Aug 14 12:54:51 2012. Agreed. Aside from the R-7/9's looking just horrible in the MTA colors, it was a monumental waste of $$$ & materials & man hours in geting them dolled up in that Earl Scheib paint job. They knew they were gonna be scrapped soon so why did they bother?? Just keep them close to the wash track & take the saved $$$ & divert it on maintenance. I know, hindsight...The one smart thing that the LIRR did was not re paint the MP-54's in MTA colors. They knew they were gonna be scrapped soon thus did'nt bother & for once , did the right thing. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Aug 14 14:10:28 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Tue Aug 14 11:57:49 2012. The reason the R-40Ms went out there was that the Eastern Division passengers were promised A/C trains by a certain date and since the R-42s weren't ready as soon as expected, 3 6 car trains of R-40Ms were transferred from Jam Yd to ENY Yd and outfitted with Eastern Division signs for service on the 14 St Line. As soon as sufficient numbers of R-42s were available, the R-40Ms were transferred back to the IND. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Aug 14 14:18:45 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Aug 14 12:35:09 2012. The R-16s were actually swapped out from the Eastern Div sooner than that. I remember R-16s on the 4 Av lcl in Jan of 1968 running with white paste on signs reading "95 St." The R-9s were on the Eastern Div almost from the start of Chrystie in 1967 running first on the Jamaica to Canal St service and signed up "JJ" also with temporary white stick on route signs. By the time 57/6 opened in 1968, there were sufficient numbers of R-9s to provide all the service on the new KK route and to start replacing the steels on the M and LL although there were some reports of an occasional steel showing up on the KK. By mid 1969, there were significant numbers of R-16s running on the RR this time with proper signs. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Aug 14 14:20:32 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Edwards! on Tue Aug 14 11:37:21 2012. I had copies of the specs for the R-27s and 28s which were delivered with an olive drab exterior paint scheme and the contract described the color as "subway green." |
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Posted by Edwards! on Tue Aug 14 15:09:38 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by randyo on Tue Aug 14 14:20:32 2012. I remember the "olive drab" on the 27/30's..I kinda liked it on them too..I did NOT like it on the 26/28's,though..they seemed out of place.I remember when they painted some r16 tartar red,too! ugly is an understatement. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Tue Aug 14 15:18:19 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Aug 14 12:35:09 2012. R16/27/30 were sent to the East..the R7/9 were sent over for the "Broadway Bklyn Local"..which was at that time the JJ in 1967-68.Remember,there was a so called car shortage back then..the older R units were crappin out like crazy in Queens,the 16's were "underground trains" that didn't like the winter[funny how that worked out,being that they DID operate them in the coldest of weather along the Jamaica/Broadway El].. The put them on the EE/RR lines..where they couldn't keep time..but nobody cared. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Aug 14 16:11:30 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Edwards! on Tue Aug 14 15:09:38 2012. What is the difference between R-26/28s and R-27/30s other than size? AFAIK all the R-16s ended up in the tartar red along with some 27/30s and the IRT R-12s through 17s. Although the TA painted the R-10s in an R-36 paint scheme (later modified) it chose to paint the remainder of the non stainless fleet red until the MTA took over and opted for the silver and blue which unfortunately got graffiti covered rather quickly. |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Tue Aug 14 16:15:13 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Brighton Private on Mon Aug 13 19:40:08 2012. but the Standards are the BMT, the Brighton LineThe Standards were indeed the "standard" car of the BMT. Most commentators always bring up the Triplexes as representative car of the BMT. The Triplexes certainly were unique cars but for most of there operational life they ran on only one line whereas the Standards ran throughout Brooklyn. The Standards represented a whole "family" of equipment. Their southern cousins were the Broad Street Standards and their country cousins were Staten Island's ME-1's. It will be nice to see 2390-1-2 back in service some day. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Edwards! on Tue Aug 14 16:15:52 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by randyo on Tue Aug 14 16:11:30 2012. It just didn't appeal to ME! |
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Posted by Edwards! on Tue Aug 14 16:18:54 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Tue Aug 14 16:15:13 2012. Nice...the Philly cars lasted until the early 80's,right?I gather they weren't beaten down like the NY version were by years of brutal BMT rails traffic. |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Tue Aug 14 16:19:29 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Tue Aug 14 11:08:32 2012. Didn't one set pop up occasionally on the "KK"? I remember seeing one n/b at Bway Lafayette - forget which trip it was - may have been 29 November 1968.Wayne: I won't be surprised if they did. Since they were assigned to the Canarsie Yard they certainly could have been called upon to pinch hit on the #14. I was out of the city at the time helping Uncle Sam guard the Alamo from an attack by the Mexicans. Viva Max. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by renee gil on Tue Aug 14 16:46:52 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Aug 13 22:06:00 2012. Thanx. |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Tue Aug 14 17:03:13 2012, in response to Re: Book of Last Runs - Hail and Farewell to the mighty Standards., posted by Edwards! on Tue Aug 14 16:18:54 2012. The Broad Street Standards suffered mightily in their last days. Toward the end less than half the fleet was available for service. It was a struggle to keep enough of them going to cover the service until the B-IV's arrived. They were good cars but deferred maintenance and age took its toll.Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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