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Re: Photos: BMT ''C'' Types |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Mar 24 20:20:23 2012, in response to Re: Photos: BMT ''C'' Types, posted by Elkeeper on Sat Mar 24 16:23:19 2012. All the C types had the subway style running lights which were similar in design to those on the D types. For some reason, when the Qs were rebuilt from gate cars for the 1939 World's Fair, they only had red taillights installed and operated without any sort of white running lights or seal beam headlights in Queens and on the 3 Av El and even in their early years on Myrtle. Although the Composites got single Manhattan type roof mounted headlights when they were assigned to the 2 and 3 Av els, the B of T chose not to install them on the Qs probably because they would normally run predominantly during daylight hours since they were used for rush hour only expresses even though during wintertime it would be dark. By the time I started with the TA in 1966, the Qs had seal beam headlights installed along side the taillights on all units except for one end of 1621 which was the first Q unit to receive them and had them installed just below the roof overhang. Unlike other TA equipment, the Qs could operate without the seal beams during daylight hours and usually did so. At night the M/M could turn a snap switch in the cab illuminating the seal beams when the overhead control key was energized. |
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