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R110A car 8010 |
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Posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Sun May 24 17:38:50 2015 Spotted this briefly at the north end of 207th Street Yard yesterday... Not that great of a photo. Yet I thought seeing the car there by itself was pretty interesting sitting among some vintage vehicles. The other A-unit cars are still on the other side of the yard by the river. M.F.'86 <4> |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sun May 24 19:02:48 2015, in response to R110A car 8010, posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Sun May 24 17:38:50 2015. Its cool seeing the 110A and B being reunited! |
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Posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Sun May 24 19:20:02 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sun May 24 19:02:48 2015. Indeed! It's been a while since seeing a totally intact R110A car (at least what this looks like to me from where I shot the photo). |
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Posted by Stef on Mon May 25 01:25:08 2015, in response to R110A car 8010, posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Sun May 24 17:38:50 2015. Is someone getting what they wanted???? We'd like to know.-Stef |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 25 01:35:39 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by Stef on Mon May 25 01:25:08 2015. Branford planning on building a loop at Short Beach for a single-ended? :) |
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Posted by Stef on Mon May 25 01:42:12 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 25 01:35:39 2015. Aye...At least with the new track work being put in place, the PCC's (and others) in the collection can take a jog around the yard! Oh my... I think Branford's next rapid transit acquisition should be a pair of R32's. I do have some non-existent money to spend. -Stef |
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Posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Mon May 25 01:58:56 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by Stef on Mon May 25 01:25:08 2015. Not sure. I certainly want to know more. From what information I was able gather however - of the four A-units, car 8005 was completely gutted out.Two cars were in various states of dismantlement, from what I gathered. I don't know the car numbers, what was dismantled, nor how much dismantling was done, but I do remember that seats were listed on the TA's website as collectibles for sale some months ago. Then there was one car that was still completely intact. Perhaps this is that car? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 25 02:23:51 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by Stef on Mon May 25 01:42:12 2015. Heh. Arrow III's for the win! :)Just a few changes in the transformer taps ought to do it. Heh. |
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Railfans of the Day... |
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Posted by Stef on Mon May 25 02:43:44 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 25 02:23:51 2015. So Uncle Kev, who do ya think were the biggest railfans of the day on Saturday? You have two choices:1) The guys chasing down the AB's with cameras in hand; OR 2) The guys moving the AB's? SOME of the operating personnel are railfans too. Must have been an interesting experience for a few of them! -Stef |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 25 03:40:23 2015, in response to Railfans of the Day..., posted by Stef on Mon May 25 02:43:44 2015. I saw who was in the rear cab on that AB. :)The serious ones get involved with restoration, and helping to pay for it. I'll leave it there. As to those moving them, it IS a volunteer gig, subject to approval. You need to qualify for it to be in it. |
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Posted by Dj Hammers on Mon May 25 03:50:24 2015, in response to Railfans of the Day..., posted by Stef on Mon May 25 02:43:44 2015. "The guys chasing down the AB's with cameras in hand"By "guys", thats three people, one of which is me, the other two were with me as well! |
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Posted by Dj Hammers on Mon May 25 03:51:01 2015, in response to Re: Railfans of the Day..., posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 25 03:40:23 2015. Hopefully someday a volunteer program will be established to bring in more manpower to help restore these cars. |
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Posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Mon May 25 04:02:10 2015, in response to Re: Railfans of the Day..., posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 25 03:40:23 2015. I would be considered one of the serious ones. :) TMNY's made a whole lot of progress in a matter of months with the R16 restoration. A great effort to be a part of. |
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Posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Mon May 25 04:06:28 2015, in response to Re: Railfans of the Day..., posted by Dj Hammers on Mon May 25 03:51:01 2015. That would be an awesome thing to look forward to. It is a very rewarding experience. Something like this is an excellent way to learn, meet fantastic friends, and have fun. Lots of hands-on experience comes out of stuff like this. |
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Posted by chud1 on Mon May 25 04:25:53 2015, in response to R110A car 8010, posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Sun May 24 17:38:50 2015. 5 drooling stars out of 5 drooling stars for this picture.chud1. :)..... |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 25 04:29:38 2015, in response to Re: Railfans of the Day..., posted by Dj Hammers on Mon May 25 03:51:01 2015. Teeyay is a bit more fussy about who gets to do it than the museums. Just sayin'. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 25 04:30:20 2015, in response to Re: Railfans of the Day..., posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Mon May 25 04:02:10 2015. Absolutely! Wish I could get down there sometime to work on Unca Harry's baby. :( |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon May 25 07:28:25 2015, in response to Re: Railfans of the Day..., posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 25 04:30:20 2015. Hey Kev, was 825 ever entered in your notebook? |
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Posted by Edwards! on Mon May 25 08:30:21 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Mon May 25 01:58:56 2015. Back in the day,such cars would have been modified to operate in service.Not wasting away in a yard siding. Two trains,worth well over twenty million dollars, collecting dust for years..a shame. |
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Posted by Stef on Mon May 25 08:48:15 2015, in response to Re: Railfans of the Day..., posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 25 03:40:23 2015. I did notice that too after closer inspection of that U Toob Vid; when I grow up (which will be some day!), I wanna be just like him. LOL! Seriously, that gentleman has put in a lot of time taking care of things within transit as well as at a certain place in Connecticut.And I do consider myself a serious railfan, LONG AGO (perhaps in the not so distant past?) I contributed manpower and money to an El Car as well as a SMEE. -Stef |
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Posted by Stef on Mon May 25 08:50:59 2015, in response to Re: Railfans of the Day..., posted by Stef on Mon May 25 08:48:15 2015. He's a legend I tell you!-Stef |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Mon May 25 10:13:11 2015, in response to R110A car 8010, posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Sun May 24 17:38:50 2015. very nice |
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Posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Mon May 25 12:48:30 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by chud1 on Mon May 25 04:25:53 2015. Thank you! :) |
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Posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Mon May 25 13:00:00 2015, in response to Re: Railfans of the Day..., posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 25 04:30:20 2015. He's a great guy, him and Erik. And a mechanical genius! Worked on my car the other day, found and stopped a leak I had with a homemade smoke machine henfashioned with a paint can. I was very impressed! |
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Posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Mon May 25 13:07:35 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by chicagomotorman on Mon May 25 10:13:11 2015. Thanks! |
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Posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Mon May 25 13:13:45 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by Edwards! on Mon May 25 08:30:21 2015. True. Perhaps for shuttle service on the Franklin and 42nd Street. The R110A B-unit cars on the other hand are being put to good use. Better than sitting around at a yard. |
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Posted by chud1 on Mon May 25 15:04:15 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Mon May 25 12:48:30 2015. ur welcome Mysterious Friday 1986.chud1. :)..... |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 25 15:41:40 2015, in response to Re: Railfans of the Day..., posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon May 25 07:28:25 2015. I'm sure it was. Note book long long lost though. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 25 15:49:18 2015, in response to Re: Railfans of the Day..., posted by Stef on Mon May 25 08:48:15 2015. Yeah, if it weren't for the combination of distance and work schedules, I'd be pounding some pipes too. :)And yep, he's a miracle worker and THEN some. |
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Posted by Ian Lennon on Tue May 26 00:51:01 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Mon May 25 13:13:45 2015. The R-110B would have been a perfect, dedicated fleet for the Franklin Shuttle. The same with the R-110A, and the Times Square Shuttle. Money Thrown Away strikes again. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 26 00:54:40 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by Ian Lennon on Tue May 26 00:51:01 2015. Maintaining a one of a kind fleet with necessary parts that were made as prototypes is the most expensive waste of money of them all. You have to have everything that breaks made custom. |
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Posted by Ian Lennon on Tue May 26 00:56:18 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 26 00:54:40 2015. Could have given them 142/143 guts while they were being built. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 26 00:57:12 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by Ian Lennon on Tue May 26 00:56:18 2015. But they were the prototypes for those cars. Lots of lessons learned which resulted in changes for the final product. The seriously expensive breakage is undercar. |
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Posted by Ian Lennon on Tue May 26 01:00:17 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 26 00:57:12 2015. Thank god they did not pull an R44/46. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 26 01:02:19 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by Ian Lennon on Tue May 26 01:00:17 2015. Indeed! While I can understand the desire to see them used, I can also understand how difficult it is to maintain oddballs in the fleet with a short supply of spare parts. That's what happened the R11/34's, the Triplexes, Bluebirds and many others. Just not enough of them or parts for the economics to work. Fortunately a handful were saved and in rare usage such as museum fleet, we still have a few samples around.If they'd continued to be run in revenue though, they'd be toast. |
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Posted by Dj Hammers on Tue May 26 02:54:15 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by Ian Lennon on Tue May 26 00:56:18 2015. Easier said than done. |
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Posted by Ian Lennon on Tue May 26 03:11:53 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by Ian Lennon on Tue May 26 00:56:18 2015. True. For all I know, they are incompatible. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue May 26 15:50:54 2015, in response to Re: R110A car 8010, posted by Ian Lennon on Tue May 26 03:11:53 2015. At one point, I had heard that the TA was planning on making the R-110A compatible with either the R-142s or 142As but it apparently gave up on that idea. the problem with trying to use the R-110A on the GC Shuttle is that the maximum length train that can be ru on the shuttle is 4 cars and that is only on Tk 3. Tk 1 and Tk 4 can only hold 3 cars. The Franklin Shuttle is a different story and it probably would have been possible to have the R-110B units as a dedicated fleet for the Fkln much like the BMT Zephyr or the CTA artics on the Skokie Swift. |
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Posted by Mark S. Feinman on Tue May 26 16:28:38 2015, in response to Re: Railfans of the Day..., posted by Dj Hammers on Mon May 25 03:51:01 2015. Wasn't there an informal volunteer "program" that took place on Tuesday nights?--Mark |
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Posted by Express Rider on Tue May 26 23:25:09 2015, in response to Re: Railfans of the Day..., posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Mon May 25 13:00:00 2015. How often are people able to work restoring the cars? Is there a schedule, or do folks just make arrangements to work on them when they can; alone or with others? |
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