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[PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010
Posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jan 6 10:54:06 2025 Flashback 46 years to July of 1978 at the Transit Museum in downtown Brooklyn, NY where this band new R-46 was on display. Newly delivered and yet to enter service, this the what new R-46's looked like when they arrived on the scene. Don't you feel old ?"
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Re: [PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010
Posted by italianguyinsi* on Mon Jan 6 21:34:51 2025, in response to [PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010, posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jan 6 10:54:06 2025.* I remember. Does anyone know what lines the pre-GOH'ed mylar roll signs had on them? Ditto the front line signs?
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Re: [PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010
Posted by Q65A* on Tue Jan 7 10:28:31 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010, posted by italianguyinsi on Mon Jan 6 21:34:51 2025.* The book by Greg Gil and Louis Guadagni covers the R-46 front line signs and roll signs (p. 224-245). For some reason they did not detail the signs in as-built configuration. They did show "1977 Replacement Signs-Front Route" as follows: E (white on light blue bullet) F (white on magenta bullet) N (white on amber bullet) EE (white on orange bullet) GG (white on medium green bullet) S (black on white bullet) Here are the side signs ("same system as used on the R-44's" (according to Gil and Guadagni). They have N over S destinations on exterior plus corresponding colored bullet, while interior sign has a line-specific strip map and corresponding colored bullet. Hope this helps!
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Re: [PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010
Posted by Q65A* on Tue Jan 7 12:00:23 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010, posted by italianguyinsi on Mon Jan 6 21:34:51 2025.* Here's more about the books from Gil and Guadagni: https://www.goodstuffnowllc.com/published-by-us-goodstuffnowllc.html
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Re: [PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010
Posted by Q65A* on Tue Jan 7 12:01:17 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010, posted by italianguyinsi on Mon Jan 6 21:34:51 2025.* Here's more about the books from Gil and Guadagni: https://www.goodstuffnowllc.com/published-by-us-goodstuffnowllc.html
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Re: [PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010
Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP* on Tue Jan 7 18:50:53 2025, in response to [PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010, posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jan 6 10:54:06 2025.* I remember their analog speedometers back then. They actually worked!:)
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Re: [PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010
Posted by italianguyinsi* on Tue Jan 7 20:25:35 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010, posted by Q65A on Tue Jan 7 12:00:23 2025.* Great book. I may just buyit. Never had a complete list of the 44's front and side roll signs in one place. Thanks for the reference.
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Re: [PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010
Posted by gbs* on Tue Jan 7 20:32:37 2025, in response to [PHOTO] FLASHBACK - R 46 #1010, posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jan 6 10:54:06 2025.* Two immediately-apparent differences between the R44 and R46 were the front sign and the inside strip map displays. (The R44 continued with the R40 design; the R46 introduced a simplified, modern display.) R44: R46: The R46 introduced the front "bullet" which has been the standard ever since.
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