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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat Oct 14 10:06:41 2017, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The JFK Express Bus To The Plane, posted by Far Rockaway A Train on Fri Oct 13 07:01:58 2017. Those R46s were definitely the only cars that were kept graffiti-free from the start. How many times have you noticed the R38s operating on the JFK train because I have never seen them. I saw 1 picture of it. Far Rock: It took me a while to locate the information but here it is. The JFK Express was based out of Jamaica Yard. It began operating on September 23, 1978 using a dedicated fleet of R-46's (1201-1242). The crackling of the HPT-2 truck frames came to the fore in 1980-81 reducing the availability of the R-46's. Substitute equipment was used an observed as follows; 6/4/80 - R-44 6/12/80 - R-38 6/26/80 - R-44 7/80 - R-42 7/17/80 - R-38 12/11/80 - R-32 12/12/80 mixed R-32 / R-38 1/81 - R-38 2/13/81 - R-10 and R-40 (two four car trains) 4/15/81 R-40 and R-44 By March of 1982 the HPT-2 trucks were replaced and the R-46 were back. This lasted until December 11, 1998 when the JFK Express fleet was assigned to Pitkin Yard. 36 R-44's were then assigned and remained until April 14, 1990 when the service was discontinued. Most of this information comes from a serialized set of article titled :A History of the A Train" published in the NYD Bulletin and written by Mr. George Chiasson. The March 1981 Bulletin also contains information about the use of the R-10's. I hope this helps. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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