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Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93 |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Dec 18 14:41:45 2009 Dave Pirrman uploaded a bunch of new pics taken by Mark Feinman on this famous trip. I'll stop now, before I get too emotional. |
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Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93 |
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Posted by mike cruz on Fri Dec 18 15:59:12 2009, in response to Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Dec 18 14:41:45 2009. another car class gone waaaaay before its time. but hey i wonder why the TA is short on cash? hhhmmmm................. |
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Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93 |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Dec 18 16:10:08 2009, in response to Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93, posted by mike cruz on Fri Dec 18 15:59:12 2009. No air conditioning, man. You can't run a subway system without air conditioned cars. That's insane! |
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Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93 |
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Posted by R42 4787 on Fri Dec 18 18:52:08 2009, in response to Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Dec 18 16:10:08 2009. The R33 WFs were the last non AC cars, with 9309 securing a place in history of being the last non-air conditioned car in service, as the third car on the last R33/R36 WF train, November 3, 2003. The lack of AC on the R33 WFs (and R127/134s) is while during summer R40s and R62As are sometimes used in work service. |
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Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93 |
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Posted by lrg5784 on Fri Dec 18 18:53:43 2009, in response to Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93, posted by R42 4787 on Fri Dec 18 18:52:08 2009. Oh man!!! I remember last summer when I rode a brick-cold Slant on a sweltering August day. |
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Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93 |
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Posted by joe c on Fri Dec 18 19:29:02 2009, in response to Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93, posted by lrg5784 on Fri Dec 18 18:53:43 2009. Yea,2 years ago i rode a Slant train on the Brighton in the spring andit was brick-cold in the car i was on.they had one of the best AC's. til next time |
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Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Dec 18 19:41:59 2009, in response to Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Dec 18 16:10:08 2009. Adding A/C to the R-30s would have boosted their weight to BMT standard proportions. |
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Posted by R42 4787 on Fri Dec 18 19:56:18 2009, in response to Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Dec 18 19:41:59 2009. More like a R16, which were the heaviest postwar pre-R68 cars. |
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Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93 |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Fri Dec 18 20:05:30 2009, in response to Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Dec 18 16:10:08 2009. No room to keep them 'in storage' during the summer time? I don't understand why they would just retire those cars so soon. And was the retirement of the R30 the reason why there was a car shortage in B division till the R143s came? |
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Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93 |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sat Dec 19 01:12:20 2009, in response to Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Dec 18 14:41:45 2009. That's my (NX) roll sign. I attended that trip and brought a sign box with this very roll sign, which included N, NX, RR, RJ, QJ and TT. I bought the sign at the old Transit Museum gift shop back in the late 70's.Bill Newkirk |
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Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Dec 19 11:00:33 2009, in response to Re: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, 5/30/93, posted by Newkirk Images on Sat Dec 19 01:12:20 2009. I picked up my rollsigns in the late 70s at Cityana Gallery. At $25.00 for a side mechanism to $40.00 for an end route or destination mechanism, it was a steal compared to what they go for now. I still remember seeing an IND end curtain with Queens-Kew Gardens and am still trying to figure out why I didn't grab it. It may have been incomplete. |
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