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Posted by randyo on Tue Feb 28 21:22:45 2012, in response to Re: R-211 some info, posted by 3-9 on Tue Feb 28 17:22:53 2012. The cars were designed AFTER the tunnels were designed and built. The actual original design for a BRT car was a 51 ft car of similar dimensions to the IRT cars of the period. Since most although not all of the dual contract tunnels were designed for the commuter railroad coaches of the day, the BRT decided to see what the dimensions of the longest cars could be. With the placement of the trucks as they were on the steels, a length of 67 ft was possible. However with the truck placement as it was, the cars had a long end excess so that the bulkhead doors had to be kept locked between the cars. |
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