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Question About a Supposed R142 Prototype? |
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Posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Thu May 7 19:45:10 2009 Greetings!Got to talking with a friend of mine today...and he brought up that he heard about how some few years back a pair of retired R17s were "refurbished" into a sort of a R142 prototype. Supposedly, this pair was painted gray and reported to have been articulated between the two cars. One of the cars was also reported to have been one of the few R17s painted like a Redbird back in the '80s. Can anyone provide me of any more info on these? Would be very appreciated! Thanks :) |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Thu May 7 21:15:54 2009, in response to Question About a Supposed R142 Prototype?, posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Thu May 7 19:45:10 2009. Here are some photos. I don't know what the original car numbers were.     
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Posted by error46146 on Thu May 7 22:39:04 2009, in response to Question About a Supposed R142 Prototype?, posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Thu May 7 19:45:10 2009. an articulated train woulda been fail... |
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Posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Fri May 8 00:17:28 2009, in response to Re: Question About a Supposed R142 Prototype?, posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Thu May 7 21:15:54 2009. Oh, wow...that's interesting. I guess they never finished it...or at least tried to. Thanks : ) |
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Posted by RAILFAN_7_40ST on Fri May 8 00:44:19 2009, in response to Re: Question About a Supposed R142 Prototype?, posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Thu May 7 21:15:54 2009. nice..is that bush terminal? |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Fri May 8 02:16:36 2009, in response to Re: Question About a Supposed R142 Prototype?, posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Fri May 8 00:17:28 2009. It might have been finished but later stripped for parts. The gaping hole was obviously where the articulation was. I also like how the interior roof and various poles were 'modernized'. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Fri May 8 02:27:25 2009, in response to Re: Question About a Supposed R142 Prototype?, posted by error46146 on Thu May 7 22:39:04 2009. How so? |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Fri May 8 09:05:41 2009, in response to Re: Question About a Supposed R142 Prototype?, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Fri May 8 02:16:36 2009. It might have been finished but later stripped for parts. The gaping hole was obviously where the articulation was. I also like how the interior roof and various poles were 'modernized'.I don't think it was ever "finished," but the "articulated" ends did originally face each other and had an enclosure around it (it wasn't actually articulated, just open on the ends. Also note the combination grab bar/swinging handgrips (from a bus) and R-62 side window. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Fri May 8 09:06:46 2009, in response to Re: Question About a Supposed R142 Prototype?, posted by RAILFAN_7_40ST on Fri May 8 00:44:19 2009. is that bush terminal?Yes, in January 2001. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Fri May 8 09:59:41 2009, in response to Re: Question About a Supposed R142 Prototype?, posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Fri May 8 09:06:46 2009. Yes, in January 2001.Correction, January 2002. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Fri May 8 10:00:32 2009, in response to Re: Question About a Supposed R142 Prototype?, posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Fri May 8 09:59:41 2009. Correction, January 2002.Er, scratch that, it was 2001. |
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