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Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989 |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 10:28:30 2007 I can remember it as though it was just yesterday...but it happened eighteen years ago on this date of Sunday, October 29, 1989. The eight-car consist, #3018-3203-3182-2974*-3143-3045-3145-3216, left 59th Street-Columbus Circle at 10:10am EST, and the fantrip excursion ended at Chambers Street-WTC at 7:40pm EST.There was plenty of mileage and routes covered on this 9-hour plus tour, which included going on the Franklin Avenue Shuttle, the Archer Avenue routes (both levels) and an unscheduled, but surprise visit to the just opened 63rd Street Extension line. There was a 40 minute lunch stop at Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue, and the conductor on this farewell fantrip was the late Alan Bromberger himself. R-10 #3018, Avenue P, IND "F" Line. R-10 #3018, Park Place, BMT Franklin Avenue Shuttle. R-10 #3216, Crescent Street, BMT "J" Line. R-10 #3018, Roosevelt Island, IND 63rd Street Line. In case anyone wonders, I was the 4th customer to purchase at a ticket for this R-10 fantrip. In regards to #2974 (*), where inside I did ride with my former Pace University colleague Elsie Diaz Walters originally on August 4, 1987 on the "C", I was actually thinking about her a lot, particularly when the train was rolling going eastbound inside the 63rd Street Line. I must have sense her *spirit* was somehow inside #2974 during the excursion on that infamous day. -William A. Padron ["St. Jean Baptiste High School"] |
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Posted by BLE-NIMX on Mon Oct 29 12:01:38 2007, in response to Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 10:28:30 2007. That was a good trip and a great conductor, RIP Billy. I had a job on the B line shortly before I resigned from TA where I got to work with him for a trip or two here and there. He played with the doors for a couple of minutes at York Street S/B and made for a good video. For the time, the RFs were well behaved, unlike today. |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Mon Oct 29 12:06:02 2007, in response to Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 10:28:30 2007. That shot at Roosevelt Island provides an interesting contrast. The relative newness of the station with the vintage trainset. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Oct 29 12:08:05 2007, in response to Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 10:28:30 2007. It's too bad that trip didn't include a sprint up CPW (signed as an A, of course) with everybody still aboard. |
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Posted by WayneJay on Mon Oct 29 12:31:38 2007, in response to Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 10:28:30 2007. Like most old stuff the R-10 were tired and somwwhat sad in their last days. I'm happy that I got to ride them in their better days when they ruled the A line. They were noisy as heck, but the speed on the awesome express runs were worth hearing the noise. |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 12:37:59 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by WayneJay on Mon Oct 29 12:31:38 2007. >>...I'm happy that I got to ride them in their better days when they ruled the A line. They were noisy as heck, but the speed on the awesome express runs were worth hearing the noise.<<Precisely, I would said those same words you just posted now. The R-10's, when operating on the IND "A" line then, were the biggest and personal influence in my own life, and they were the foundation for me being the avid and long transit buff that I am still today. The cars themselves and the "A" route really do have a deep meaning in me personally to this day. -William A. Padron ["Wash.Hts.-207th St."] |
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Posted by Mr. D - Type on Mon Oct 29 13:10:00 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 12:37:59 2007. Trip was great, sorry to see the cars go though. |
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Posted by South Ferry on Mon Oct 29 14:47:42 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by WayneJay on Mon Oct 29 12:31:38 2007. I'm happy that I got to ride them in their better days when they ruled the A line.Here too & AM3N. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Oct 29 16:07:28 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by South Ferry on Mon Oct 29 14:47:42 2007. Same here. They will forever be associated with the A. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Oct 29 16:08:32 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by WayneJay on Mon Oct 29 12:31:38 2007. They weren't so bad in the late 60s. Even in the late 70s, when you'd see them every so often on the A, the noise level was tolerable. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Oct 29 16:09:43 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 12:37:59 2007. Thunderbirds, Thundering Herd, Rolling Thunder, Thunder and Blazes - just a few monikers for the immortal R-10s. |
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Posted by 33rd Street on Mon Oct 29 21:37:30 2007, in response to Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 10:28:30 2007. Sad. Just sad. Unfortnantly, I never got the chance to ride them. Interesting that this fan trip took place a week after I turned one years old. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Oct 29 21:45:04 2007, in response to Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 10:28:30 2007. Nice shots. If I had a clue about the existence of the ERA back then, I'd have been on this trip. I'm still waiting for the Farewell To The R16 fantrip. |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Oct 29 21:45:40 2007, in response to Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 10:28:30 2007. I saw the train passing through Fulton/Nassau Street on the "J" line.One end sign was marked "QT". I tried to chase it on the following train but I had no idea where it was going. Too bad #3194 was not in the train. If it were, the car's interior lights should have been turned off. I rode that car three times - once in 1971, once in 1972 and once more in 1982 (this time a "GG"). Each and every time I rode it, the interior lights were OFF. I could never quite figure out why that particular car was seemingly always dark. wayne |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Oct 29 21:46:59 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by WayneJay on Mon Oct 29 12:31:38 2007. Their death was more dignified than that of the R16's. Trust me. It was more like euthanasia than retirement. |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Oct 29 22:26:48 2007, in response to Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 10:28:30 2007. #3018 had her picture taken at Jamaica-Van Wyck and it wound up on Page 21 of "Subways Of The World".wayne |
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Posted by 5119 on Tue Oct 30 01:28:59 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Oct 29 16:07:28 2007. They were my favorite post-war car. Nothing more exciting than thundering up Central Park West at 50mph+. |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 08:09:04 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Oct 29 21:45:40 2007. Well, I rode and/or photographed #3194 on at least four different IND routes/services throughout its service life: "A", "C"/"CC", "GG" and the Rockaway Park Shuttles either from Euclid Avenue or Broad Channel. However, when I rode #3194 in the fall of 1980 with Elsie Diaz Walters (ahhh, that woman again) on a southbound "A" run between 59th Street-Columbus Circle and Broadway-Nassau Street (towards to Pace University), the car interior lights throught out the car were somewhat dimmer at besy.That particular made it is impossible for Elsie herself in trying to read her Business Law textbook while sitting inside the train. As a bit of trivia and later comparison regarding her and the R-10's, when I rode #2974 (as a GOH green-painted car) with her on August 4, 1987 on that northbound "C" train to 145th Street, the car was fully and brightly lighted this time all around. There, Elsie had no problem reading on the train her paperback copy of the novel "Hollywood Wives" (written by Jackie Collins)...not necessiarly required reading for her upcoming but eventually failed marriage six weeks later. -William A. Padron ["Bedford Park Blvd, Bronx"] |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 08:20:54 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Oct 29 22:26:48 2007. Yeah, and that amazing photo of #3018 at Jamaica-Van Wyck was photographed by one of the best (and a personal favorite) railfan photographers on this planet, Eric Oszustowicz. By the way, you have give credit Eric himself, who at the time was on the ERA Trip Planning Committee for this excursion, to actually suggest and have the train be at that station for a very ideal photo stop.A great and correct decision he made, no doubt. Surprisingly, at the ERA meeting on Friday, October 29, 2004, I had to remind Eric himself, during a break in the slide presentation show he was showing that night, that it was 15 years ago then of the farewell R-10 fantrip, which he probably forgot about the date perhaps a bit briefly. -William A. Padron ["Chambers St-WTC"] |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 08:25:30 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Oct 29 21:45:04 2007. Well, the ERA had fantrips for the red R-17's on November 8, 1987, with future Shore Line Trolley Museum car #6688, and of course, the red R-30 fantrips in 1991 and 1993. There was also the other green R-10 fantrip on June 8, 1986, plus the green IRT R-33 (8800-series) on May 24, 1987 as well. Yeah, they were all great fun excursions also.-William A. Padron ["Special"] |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 08:28:39 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by BLE-NIMX on Mon Oct 29 12:01:38 2007. Yeah, I miss those pneumatic doors' operation on the cars with the caps and levers (i.e. "the triggers") on the outside of them. I could still hear the sound of them in my own mind to this day, along with the R-10's original 3YC air compressors also as well.-William A. Padron ["Fulton-Lefferts Blvd."] |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 08:32:00 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by R36 #9346 on Mon Oct 29 12:06:02 2007. Yeah, both Jamaica-Van Wyck and Roosevelt Island stations, where the fantrip train had its photo stops, were pretty amazing to be in with the R-10 cars. I personally never thought I would live to see them actually be at those locations which had those really ultra-modern designs.-William A. Padron ["Lexington Av-63 St"] |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 08:35:04 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Oct 29 12:08:05 2007. Well, at the end of the trip, the train went back to 207th Street Yard, running *lite* with the operating crew. Somewhere along the way, car #3216 at the north end of the train had its front route and terminal signs changed to say "'A'-'207 Street\Manhattan'"...as it went back to the barn for the last time, per se.-William A. Padron ["Wash.Hts.-207th St."] |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 08:44:55 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by 33rd Street on Mon Oct 29 21:37:30 2007. Well, let us hope that one day that cars #3184 and #3189 will someday able to be operated on the rails of the IND-BMT Division in all of its glory. If the Transit Museum can revive R-4 #401 in running condition, then it can be done the same to the two remaining R-10's ine existence today.-William A. Padron ["Lefferts Blvd, Queens"] |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 08:48:56 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Oct 29 21:46:59 2007. Well, I always knew that one day that the service life for the R-10's was going to come any moment, but I was prepared and accepted its finale. It was amazing that the last remaining cars themselves from the fleet (particular the GOH'd units) had last some 40 years in service, and had even outlasted the R-11's to R-22's in revenue service!!!-William A. Padron ["Hudson Terminal"] |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 30 09:04:00 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 08:35:04 2007. It's a safe bet that train bowed out in a blaze of glory, ripping past each of those local stops. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 30 09:05:39 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Oct 29 22:26:48 2007. Makes you wonder if anyone ever photographed 3080. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 30 09:07:12 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by 5119 on Tue Oct 30 01:28:59 2007. Oh, that downhill run from 50th to 42nd s/b could be downright terrifying. But you're right - those cars were tailor-made for the A and its express runs. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 30 09:09:01 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 08:28:39 2007. That was a unique compressor, much faster souding than the ones used on the R-1/9s. Everything about the R-10s was fast, their doors, their compressors, their get-up-and-go, etc. |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 09:13:05 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 30 09:07:12 2007. Also, the northbound ride going really downhill (long before the timer signals were ever installed) from 181st Street to 190th Street, where the R-10's really picked up top speed, but were able to stop easily when it entered 190th Street, my home station for 32 years (1966-1998). Thrilling, indeed!!!-William A. Padron ["190-Overlook Ter."] |
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Posted by BLE-NIMX on Tue Oct 30 10:10:23 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 08:35:04 2007. I was one of a lucky few that stayed aboard until 10 signal Tower A and got to enjoy the stint for one last time. It still had that signage when it arrived at the CIY Apple tracks for compressor motor stripping a week later. I think I saw Jeff H on some of the video I took at Church Avenue too. I wish I had taken more stills. |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Tue Oct 30 10:51:55 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 30 09:05:39 2007. Despite her blinding speed, #3080 was no beauty; all scruffy and dowdy in NYCT Silver/Blue and all covered in mixed graffiti. And the interior was just as bad.wayne |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 30 13:32:49 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Tue Oct 30 10:51:55 2007. I'd settle for a pic of 3080 during better times in the racing stripe scheme. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 30 13:33:33 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Oct 29 21:46:59 2007. The R-16s were put out of their misery. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Tue Oct 30 13:44:03 2007, in response to Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 10:28:30 2007. Yes, I was on this fantrip. The highlight to me was an express run on the Broadway Brooklyn (J) middle track. The 10s kicked butt !Bill "Newkirk" |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Tue Oct 30 15:51:47 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 30 13:32:49 2007. Anything would have been better than the rags she had on back in '82.In fact, the entire R10 fleet looked positively awful back then. It wasn't until they got their Greenbottle livery that they looked decent. I liked the putty-coloured interior they got once they went green. wayne |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 15:55:04 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Newkirk Images on Tue Oct 30 13:44:03 2007. >>The 10s kicked butt !<<<They sure did...the fantrip was all the way great right to the end! That excursion was a glorious way to end the amazing and remarkable service life of the R-10's, and they will never ever be another subway car fleet like it again in our lifetime. -William A. Padron ["B'way-Jamaica Exp."] |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 30 20:35:48 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Tue Oct 30 15:51:47 2007. I thought they looked pretty good with the dark green paint. Would have made my day if I could have seen them just once like that on the A. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 30 20:37:19 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 15:55:04 2007. Couldn't agree with you more. The R-10s were truly one of a kind. |
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Posted by irt1958 on Tue Oct 30 21:45:02 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 30 09:09:01 2007. The R-10's compressor sounded like a soprano (opera singer) warming up. :^) |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Oct 30 22:26:35 2007, in response to Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 10:28:30 2007. and an unscheduled, but surprise visit to the just opened 63rd Street Extension line. That's right, 10/29 was the first day of 63rd St. service. What time did your train run on it? I was thru there twice, once around 10 AM and again at around 2 PM. |
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Posted by 33rd Street on Tue Oct 30 22:39:44 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Tue Oct 30 08:44:55 2007. I hope so. If it happens, I'll make it a priority to go. Since riding on the Arnines in 2004, I have found intrest in vintage equipment. |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Wed Oct 31 07:52:08 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Oct 30 22:26:35 2007. The train was able to go into the 63rd Street Line into it late at roughly around the 7:00pm hour, and that was the real surprise about that R-10 fantrip. The original itinerary of the excursion did not have 63rd Street as listed, and it was scheduled to end at 6:00pm.When the R-10 train had a layover at Jamaica Center (lower level), there was some last-minute talk heard to Rapid Transit Operations to have the train go into the 63rd Street Line. Well, permission was obviously granted, so the train was able to go there after a double reverse track move from 34th Street-6th Avenue. The R-10 consist had a pretty good, steady ride going into 63rd Street when it operated Queens-bound. That train really gripped on the rails on that particular stretch in a such effortless, level manner...a true highlight and a great climatic wrapup, no doubt. -William A. Padron ["Roosevelt Island"] |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Wed Oct 31 07:59:20 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 30 20:35:48 2007. Actually, I remember riding on a few occasions during the PM rush hours of R-10's (both the graffitied and GOH'd Green-painted units) as put-ins from Concourse Yard in "A" express service starting 125th Street to Euclid Avenue, circa 1988. That was during the time when the Williamsburgh Bridge was shut down, and had no BMT "J" or "M" service operating over that span.-William A. Padron ["Fulton-Euclid Av."] |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Oct 31 08:23:14 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Wed Oct 31 07:59:20 2007. My last R-10 ride was on a C in October of 1988. I boarded at Bedford Park and the lead motor had an original route curtain that for some reason was set to HH. When the motorman checked the signs, I said quizzically, "HH?" whereupon he took hold of the crank handle and started twirling away until C appeared. Of couse, I wished he'd kept going until it got to A. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Wed Oct 31 08:26:58 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Wed Oct 31 07:52:08 2007. So that means that these particular R-10s visited the 63rd St. line for the very and very last time.Bill "Newkirk" |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Oct 31 08:27:18 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by 33rd Street on Tue Oct 30 22:39:44 2007. Riding on the museum R-1/9s in 2004 brought back a ton of memories for me. I remember them very well. |
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Posted by Lord Vader on Wed Oct 31 08:29:59 2007, in response to Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by William A. Padron on Mon Oct 29 10:28:30 2007. Riding the Artens was a real treat for me when they were on the C line. I'm glad that I had the opportunity to ride both GOH R10's and R30's from Rockaway Pk across the flats with the RFW all to myself. I remember being able to tell when an Arten was approaching because I was able to hear and feel the vibrations when the train was one local station away(Clint-Wash or Nostrand approaching Franklin). Riding the C train lost its charm once the R32 dominated and the Arten & Arthirty were put to rest permanently.Lord Vader |
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Posted by Mr. D - Type on Wed Oct 31 08:58:13 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 30 20:37:19 2007. The R-10`s were great cars, no argument there, but one of a kind, not really. Now the D-TYPES, they were truly one of a kind. |
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Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989 |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Wed Oct 31 11:05:31 2007, in response to Re: Farewell To The R-10: October 29, 1989, posted by Newkirk Images on Wed Oct 31 08:26:58 2007. Yeah...those eight R-10 cars in that consist made, at the same time for historical purposes, their first, only and last time anywhere along the 63rd Street Line. It was an indeed a "keeper" of a fantrip, no doubt!-William A. Padron ["Roosevelt Island"] |
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