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Re: March 31, 1977 - The Last R-1/9 Run In Service |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Apr 2 19:02:47 2012, in response to Re: March 31, 1977 - The Last R-1/9 Run In Service, posted by Mitch45 on Mon Apr 2 17:50:39 2012. I rode on them for two years on the Larry. They labored going uphill in the 14th St. tunnel - the motorman would wrap the controller before bottoming out in order to build up a head of steam. The gear pitch would rise as high as G# above middle C, then slowly start to drop on the uphill climb. It got lower and lower, as low as B below middle C, just as we reached Bedford Ave. The tunnel levels out sooner at the Manhattan end and you could actually hear the train pick up a bit of speed as we'd enter First Ave.The other thing I remember about the BMT standards was the distinct, "tchhhhhh" sound they emitted as they came to a full stop. |
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