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Posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 20:40:24 2009 Tomorrow (6/9/09) is the LAST DAY FOR THE SLANTS!There were 2 trains in service today, but may only be one running tomorrow. This is definite. The following trains were running today: From the north: 4219/18, 4346/47, 4342/43, 4176/77, 4371/70. 4356/57, 4256/57, 4399/98, 4414/15, 4425/24. Get your last rides & photos! |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Jun 8 20:45:14 2009, in response to LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 20:40:24 2009. I had heard 6/12 was the end- have operations plans changed?-w- |
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Posted by mike cruz on Mon Jun 8 20:49:37 2009, in response to LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 20:40:24 2009. another sad day............... |
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Posted by 33rd Street on Mon Jun 8 20:52:37 2009, in response to LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 20:40:24 2009. I guess I have to get my last photos tomorrow. |
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Posted by joe c on Mon Jun 8 20:54:03 2009, in response to LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 20:40:24 2009. Lucky i got my last ride today,4371 was the last R40 car i was in.they will be missed. til next time |
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Posted by Bill From Maspeth on Mon Jun 8 21:02:09 2009, in response to LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 20:40:24 2009. A "V" train with 4 AA cars in the consist was requested by Jamaica barn for transfer to Pitkin this morning after the AM rush. |
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Posted by Ken S. on Mon Jun 8 21:09:42 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by joe c on Mon Jun 8 20:54:03 2009. That car will be my last Slant ridden and photographed.My Site & Forum. Please use your SubChat or NYCTF handle when signing up for the forum to avoid being denied registration. |
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Posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Mon Jun 8 21:22:05 2009, in response to LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 20:40:24 2009. Call it out, I am heading to Bway Nassau right after work. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Jun 8 21:25:50 2009, in response to LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 20:40:24 2009. This is definite. What is? That tomorrow is the absolute last day of service? I'm not saying you're wrong, but how sure are you? Like a $1000 bet sure? Take Pride,
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Posted by trainspot12 on Mon Jun 8 21:32:45 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Jun 8 21:25:50 2009. It's true. One of my uncles works with Pitkin Yard and confirmed that tomorrow will be the last day they will run. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Mon Jun 8 21:39:18 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by trainspot12 on Mon Jun 8 21:32:45 2009. He may not be correct, though!!! |
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Posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Mon Jun 8 21:39:19 2009, in response to LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 20:40:24 2009. Thanks for the update.My last ride was last Saturday 6/6/09 on car 4357. Have a picture of this car and 4256. They'll be missed... |
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Posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 21:43:57 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Jun 8 21:25:50 2009. positive |
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Posted by R32_3671 on Mon Jun 8 21:59:48 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 21:43:57 2009. I will Be There, I also Heard, I rode 4425 to Rock Park this afternoon. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Jun 8 22:03:19 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by trainspot12 on Mon Jun 8 21:32:45 2009. Thanks for the confirmation. |
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Posted by f179dj on Mon Jun 8 22:08:13 2009, in response to LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 20:40:24 2009. Whatever the retirement date, the slants won't be missed by me. I had to operate the garbage while many of you just rode it. Sorry for my preferences but give me the OEM R-46, R-32, or R-10 anyday. Those were cars. I know other people have there favorites, but these were and are mine. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Mon Jun 8 22:17:20 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 21:43:57 2009. How positive? Nothing is set in stone as of 10:16 PM - as far as I know. |
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Posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Mon Jun 8 22:21:40 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Train Dude on Mon Jun 8 22:17:20 2009. Heh, you are the most reliable source about car assignments and moves. Thanks for the real 411. |
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Posted by milan1834 on Mon Jun 8 22:25:16 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by mike cruz on Mon Jun 8 20:49:37 2009. Hallelujah! Ugly pieces of sh*t. Worst subway car design ever. |
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Posted by rr4567 on Mon Jun 8 22:27:36 2009, in response to LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 20:40:24 2009. Whyyyyyyy....oh well, Time to fan on the R32's |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Mon Jun 8 22:49:51 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Bill From Maspeth on Mon Jun 8 21:02:09 2009. Interesting, I wonder: why Pitkin is taking pretty much all the AA pairs? |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Jun 8 23:24:59 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Grand Concourse on Mon Jun 8 22:49:51 2009. Why don't you ask Pitkin? |
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Posted by Westcode44 on Mon Jun 8 23:35:35 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Bill From Maspeth on Mon Jun 8 21:02:09 2009. The reasoning is simple operate ABBA-AA = 8 CARS for the C Line.WE-44 |
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Posted by Bee Flexible #823 on Tue Jun 9 00:45:36 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Jun 8 23:24:59 2009. Why don't you go fly a kite? |
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Posted by South Ferry on Tue Jun 9 00:47:54 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Mon Jun 8 22:21:40 2009. Yeh and remember how "positive" some were of the actual final redbird run and even THAT date kept getting pushed back a day or three. |
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Posted by bklyntekgeek on Tue Jun 9 01:00:32 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by South Ferry on Tue Jun 9 00:47:54 2009. Damn. I didn't get any of my last rides in at all.Regardless if it's the last day or not, I probably lucked out on it. Next time will be just a visit to the Museum whenever the exhibit is :(. |
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Posted by Bee Flexible #823 on Tue Jun 9 01:15:52 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Mysterious Friday 1986 on Mon Jun 8 21:39:19 2009. My last ride consisted of a series of last rides. They were taken as part of my own personal excursion back on 4-1-2009:I started off by taking the Q53 to Liberty Ave. I got on the A and rode 4357 from Rockaway Blvd to 80 Street. I was trying to get a particular photo of the R40 Slant at 80 Street but was unsuccessful in doing so. I then boarded 4248 and took it to 104 Street to get my last photos of it on the Lefferts Blvd stretch. I waited for that same train to return and rode 4320 back to Rockaway Blvd. After getting the photo below, I boarded 4178 and rode it to B44 Street.  As I got off at B44 Street, I got this photo:  Before boarding an R44, I got this photo:  That wound up to be the only R44 that I rode on that day. I got off at B67 Street, thus remembering that the Slant Set I had was going to return. While I was there, this came in:  That happened to be the 4th R40 Slant set in a row that headed to Far Rock. Minutes later, 4178 returned:  I took it back to Rockaway Blvd where I then caught the Q11-Q60 back home. Case and point, 4178 was the last R40 Slant set that I rode in service. As you saw, that day was cloudy, cold, damp and dreary. Much like the way it will be tomorrow minus the cold. If I am unable to get down to the A Line tomorrow, 4178 will forever be the last R40 Slant car that I rode in passenger service. These cars gave the NYC Subway Cars quite a unique look. I enjoyed riding and photographing them over the years and they will be surely missed. If you want to see all of my R40 Slant PHOTOS, you can look HERE. Many of the photos from that day are on there as well. |
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Posted by bklyntekgeek on Tue Jun 9 01:23:09 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Bee Flexible #823 on Tue Jun 9 01:15:52 2009. Excellent photos and captioning !My last ride on the R-40 slant if I don't get a chance to get a ride this week would be back in early May and last time seeing a slant on the A in person was at Leffert's Blvd. the week after graduation from college. |
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Posted by R 36 ML 9542 on Tue Jun 9 01:29:56 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Bee Flexible #823 on Tue Jun 9 00:45:36 2009. LOL!!!!!! |
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Posted by BLE-NIMX on Tue Jun 9 01:33:49 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by mike cruz on Mon Jun 8 20:49:37 2009. Sorry the sad day was in 1968 when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was formed. This is a good day in time. |
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Posted by UTC Bus Roster on Tue Jun 9 05:07:31 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by South Ferry on Tue Jun 9 00:47:54 2009. I'd say it's about 95% sure. A last minute reprieve could happen, but not likely.Would you like to miss your "last ride" because you didn't believe that this could be the last day? |
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Posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Tue Jun 9 06:00:14 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Tue Jun 9 05:07:31 2009. What capacity within NYCT do you work for?Despite my political differences and other minor issues, I trust Steve K. a lot more than you. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Jun 9 06:23:15 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Bee Flexible #823 on Tue Jun 9 00:45:36 2009. Why don't you grow a brain? I asked a legitimate question. There is someone from Pitkin in-charge of all of this, and he posts on this board. So wtf would he not ask him? And wtf would you not understand that? G-d, you're stupid. |
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Posted by R33/R36 mainline on Tue Jun 9 07:47:08 2009, in response to LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 20:40:24 2009. Aw, thats sucks. I guess they the next time I ride them it will be on an museum trip or something lol.    |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Jun 9 07:56:44 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Jun 8 20:45:14 2009. Nrrrmmmmpphhhhh!!!!! |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Jun 9 07:58:07 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Westcode44 on Mon Jun 8 23:35:35 2009. Wait a minute. Isn't that six cars? |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Jun 9 08:00:04 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by f179dj on Mon Jun 8 22:08:13 2009. Cool - another R-10 fan. Join the club!:) |
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Posted by Fred G on Tue Jun 9 08:18:08 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by f179dj on Mon Jun 8 22:08:13 2009. Understand and appreciate your hands-on experience and realize not everyone is a fan of these cars. They are, however, a unique part of NYC subway history, just like all the other museum cars.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Tue Jun 9 08:20:13 2009, in response to LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by UTC Bus Roster on Mon Jun 8 20:40:24 2009. As mentioned in my other thread (about 9468-9472 testing) I was very glad to get slants as the very first A train that appeared for me Monday morning, had a nice RFW ride over Jamaica Bay going north on 4219, then got off, saw 9468-9472, and THEN went over to 111 St, where the bank robber incident would soon take place (though I didn't see that and am glad that I didn't). |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Tue Jun 9 08:34:54 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Jun 9 08:00:04 2009. Me too! But then, everyone on SubChat knew that too for a long time.-William A. Padron ["Wash.Hts.-8th Av.Exp."] |
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Posted by BLE-NIMX on Tue Jun 9 08:46:49 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by f179dj on Mon Jun 8 22:08:13 2009. I also was around in RTO and ran the tens and IAWTP COMPLETELY. Pre-GOH R46s were the finest and more comfortable rapid transit cars I got my hands on until I went to the PA, especially with the swilleling captain's chair behind the console. UNoverhaulled R32s with cast iron brake shoes or GE-10s with inshot valves installed confidence to those who payed attention. Today's crews don't really know how good or bad the system was back then. As far as I am concerned, the slants were retired in 1988 when I ran my last train on 4th Avenue with axiflow fans, strip map signs, whining 100 HP traction motors that exceeded 50 MPH, braking that wouldn't have sent Layton G to his grave with inshot valves and a blue cloud of smoke for those dead motors. Thundering over those 4 sets of switches into 36th St with no timers and still made the ten car markers. Was a nice system while it lasted |
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Posted by milan1834 on Tue Jun 9 09:40:47 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by William A. Padron on Tue Jun 9 08:34:54 2009. I, too, was an R10 fan, believe it or not. I thought that the 110 cars painted green were interesting. Somehow, I seem to remember that they had mikes at the conductor stations on the car ends. Can someone confirm?To a kid of the Fifties, they made the A train the A TRAIN! |
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Posted by f179dj on Tue Jun 9 09:55:13 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by milan1834 on Tue Jun 9 09:40:47 2009. Those green painted cars were aberrations in their dinosaur days; you had to know them in their earlier days. Doors wouldn't open unless one went to the car and charged it from there. And don't mention HGL's in the winter. Then they could be slow at times; but 10 tens with good motors could beat an R-44 any day.Hey, come to think of it, we almost share a birthday: they're gone; I' still here (knock wood). |
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Posted by bklyntekgeek on Tue Jun 9 10:12:14 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by f179dj on Tue Jun 9 09:55:13 2009. The R-10's? Wow now that brings back memories. I remembered as a kid, it was scary going down the stairs of grant ave. on the A to hop on the train lol. I use to have a fear of going on a train until my parents started taking me out more on the trains.The R-10's on the A and C now that was awesome!!! |
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Posted by f179dj on Tue Jun 9 10:20:40 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by bklyntekgeek on Tue Jun 9 10:12:14 2009. Wow. I grew up riding the R-9's in Queens (E and F; yeah I'm a 179th Street boy obviously). Now that was an experience. |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Tue Jun 9 10:27:35 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by bklyntekgeek on Tue Jun 9 10:12:14 2009. >>>The R-10's on the A and C now that was awesome!!!<<<They sure were, indeed! Even though the R-10's have been gone from regular service for two decades now, I can still hear in my mind to this day the sound of their original 3YC air compressors and the thundering roar as the cars just really ripped through the IND "A" line in a blaze of glory during their prime heyday. Hey, the R-10's were usually fun and exciting to ride for me anyway too! There will never be another type of subway car like them ever again. -William A. Padron ["Wash.Hts.-207th St."] |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Tue Jun 9 10:34:13 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by milan1834 on Tue Jun 9 09:40:47 2009. Yeah, the PA system for the R-10's, which were first installed as early as 1974, had the conductors speaking inside the motorman's cab. My first impression of the use of the R-10's with the PA's was that they sure had a very strong, booming tone when heard inside the car.Of course, and I agree with you, the R-10's at least during the 1950's and 1960's were indeed the "A" train, no doubt. They were just made for each other. -William A. Padron ["Fulton-Lefferts Blvd." or "Mott Av.-Far Rockaway"] |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue Jun 9 11:05:54 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by f179dj on Tue Jun 9 09:55:13 2009. Hey, love the ol' R-10s!! I miss the sight of the Green Monsters rumbling down K2 towards Brooklyn and Manhattan from Rockaway Blvd. The Redbird" R30s were sights too!! And the R-44s wearing the blue stripes along with the short n sweet R-46s on the JFK Express. Ahhhhhhhh, memories indeed. Not to mention the first train I ever rode was the A Train, and guess what kind of equipment.....menacing looking, due to grafitti, R-40 slants!!!! :-) |
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Posted by bklyntekgeek on Tue Jun 9 11:44:26 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue Jun 9 11:05:54 2009. LOL now that brings back memories of childhood all over again.I remembered I use to take the R30's too when they operated on the C back when the C train operated from Rockaway Park to Bronx. Playing with the roll signs were fun!!! Once the R-32's came in after the GOH and R-44's got their GOH, I knew the R-30's time were up :( It was fun while it lasted. Every time I go to the transit museum, I would play around with the roll signs again to see if it would scroll but of course they're locked down darn :( lol. At least when the R-40's arrive in the museum, hopefully the R-32's to R-42's will be there at the same time. Then we can take our kids to see it at that point and say "hey we use to ride these trains and they were sure roomy compared to today's trains " :P |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jun 9 11:48:45 2009, in response to Re: LAST DAY FOR THE R-40 SLANTS!!!, posted by Westcode44 on Mon Jun 8 23:35:35 2009. No. The reason was given elsewhere. They want the AA cars to run on the Rockaway shuttle for technical reasons. The C will not be using 6-car R46's when their R32's are gone. |
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