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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Jan 11 20:25:49 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Jan 11 19:55:23 2007. Nope ... the guy laughs hysterically saying, you think you're going to get me to sign off on an ABD because the damned BOX fell out? Crank HARDER, boy! Tell it to Coney, now get outta here. :)Now if you had a broken wheel or stuck brakes, then your train had a problem. Heh. |
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Posted by bklynsubwaybob on Thu Jan 11 21:56:13 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by RedbirdR33 on Tue Jan 9 17:44:10 2007. Hi Larry,I remember working the Sea Beach Line in the early 1980s and the lead motor had numerical route signs. I ran back to Coney Island with a #4 Coney Island sign on the front route and destination signs. I got a lot of strange looks from the passengers at each station I entered. I guess I could have been written up but too late now. Ha, ha. Best wishes, Bob |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Jan 12 08:33:21 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Jan 11 20:25:49 2007. Or he'd hand you the WD-40 and say, deal with it.:) |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Sat Jan 13 14:33:58 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Jan 11 16:01:43 2007. Yes, I had quite a time changing it from "M" to "MM" on 27 December 1969 whilst it was in "M" shuttle service (the south motor) and I changed all the letter signs from "M" to "MM" and Myrtle to 57th Street. But I only had to go one letter down on the roll.wayne |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Jan 13 17:00:37 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Sat Jan 13 14:33:58 2007. One of its bulkhead destination signs was balky in 2002 during Subtalk Day at Shoreline. AFAIK the route signs are OK.The only time I ever fiddled with a route sign on a revenue train was on a BMT standard. I can't remember what it was set to, but it wasn't 14th St. L'c'l. So I started cranking away while my mother was having a conniption and stopped when it got to Local. |
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Posted by randyo on Sun Jan 14 20:09:41 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jan 9 17:19:28 2007. When the original post Chrystie Nassau/Brighton service started in 1967, it ran from 168/Jamaica to Brighton Beach as a Brighton Local and carried the designation "QJ." That servce utilized a mix of R-27s/30s and R-16s. D trains operated to Stl full time as Brighton expresses. Probably because of the aforementioned passenger complaints, especially the R-16s notoriously poor car heating, the R-16s were transfrerred to the RR and ultimately the EE. Due to switching problems at Brighton Beach caused by the Ds and QJs haveing to cross in front of each other, the next pick, the QJs were routed to Stl and the Ds terminated at BBC when they operated express and Stl when they operated local and the QJs stopped running. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Mon Jan 15 00:10:07 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Sat Jan 13 14:33:58 2007. You know..I wondered why they never used that service..It most likely would have ran during the Middays when the KK didn't run.. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Jan 15 00:27:36 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Jan 12 08:33:21 2007. That TOO would be out of title ... "lubrication inspector" was likely a job title. You were only allowed to turn valves, lift shoes, wrap duct tape around rubber or copper or other "move it" kinda things. Adjustment and repair though was definitely a no-no even if all it needed was a squirt of juice. You could replace certain bulbs, but not others. REAL nit-picky although back in my day, depending on who was on RCI duty, you could do more, you could do less. Some would yell at you for picking newspaper out of the door. Others would hand you a blowtorch and "supervise." :) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Jan 15 00:29:52 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by Edwards! on Mon Jan 15 00:10:07 2007. Woulda been neat if "MJ" were there, just for that "(8) 3rd Ave" kinda jolly. :) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Jan 15 08:40:17 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Jan 15 00:27:36 2007. So ball peen hammers were for RCIs only, then. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Jan 15 13:53:53 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Jan 15 08:40:17 2007. Among other nicer toys. But like I said, depended on the particular RCI. On really bad days, they'd tell you "do this" and scoot, next day they'd argue you were taking their job away. Psychotic Teeyay. :) |
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Posted by error46146 on Mon Jan 15 13:54:41 2007, in response to A Shot From The Past, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Tue Jan 9 12:44:53 2007. A red X?Fascinating! |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Mon Jan 15 14:23:06 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by error46146 on Mon Jan 15 13:54:41 2007. Obviously, just about everybody else in this thread was able to see the shot at one point, or it wouldn't have been such a long thread.For you, I'll post it again: |
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Posted by error46146 on Mon Jan 15 14:35:59 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Mon Jan 15 14:23:06 2007. 10 TRAIN?!?! WTF?!! |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Jan 15 14:38:05 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by error46146 on Mon Jan 15 14:35:59 2007. If you do not know of the old BMT numbering system, you should have your posting rights revoked. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jan 15 14:48:31 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Jan 15 14:38:05 2007. Don't be too hard on him, yesterday he didn't even realize that Brooklyn was at one time it's own city, not a part of New York City.... |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Jan 15 14:49:51 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jan 15 14:48:31 2007. I hope someone else is managing his finances ... |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Mon Jan 15 14:51:04 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jan 15 14:48:31 2007. Not to mention Brooklyn itself was once formed from a city and a few towns. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jan 15 14:52:13 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jan 9 12:56:07 2007. Yup, I agree, although I did like the R10's too. But I really loved the green. Interestingly, when the R16's turned up 'missing" (remember there was no SubTalk back then to tell you that things were being retired), I thought they were out getting their green paint scheme like the R10's.....who woulda thought they were out getting cut up instead. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Jan 15 15:01:12 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jan 15 14:52:13 2007. Same here. Through most of 1987, I was expecting them to appear somewhere. |
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Posted by Dave on Mon Jan 15 15:13:53 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jan 15 14:48:31 2007. And hoepfully, an adult holds his hand when he crosses the street. |
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Posted by R4 Bryn Mawr LCL/R5 Paoli EXP on Mon Jan 15 15:28:01 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by error46146 on Mon Jan 15 14:35:59 2007. BMT Number Code |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Jan 15 16:56:43 2007, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jan 15 14:52:13 2007. That December 1986 NY Times article about the demise of 6321 mentions that the R-16s were scheduled to go out of service soon. I'd say being put out of their misery was more like it. |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Jun 9 14:44:02 2011, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by William A. Padron on Tue Jan 9 17:24:04 2007. I wouldn't be surprised if the R-10s didn't show up on Myrtle/Chambers since I think that the reason they were sent to the Eastern was to qualify BMT Eastern M/M on SMEE equipment in preparation for the delivery of the R-16s. |
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Posted by Mr. D - Type on Thu Jun 9 17:00:19 2011, in response to Re: A Shot From The Past, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Jan 15 16:56:43 2007. If somebody has that article and would be kind enough to can it, I know I would greatly appreciate it. |
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