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Re: March 31, 1977 - The Last R-1/9 Run In Service |
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Posted by Joe V on Fri Apr 6 18:32:11 2012, in response to Re: March 31, 1977 - The Last R-1/9 Run In Service, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Apr 5 20:49:40 2012. The Jamaica Line was always a cake-walk for equipment. There is no other way a delicate car like the R42, out there now for 24 years, can keep running. The minute they were put on the E & F a few years ago (on their way to the ocean), they fell apart.Think about R16 requirements: Route 15 off-peak was 6 car trains (or less) at 12 minute intervals. If that is about 13 train sets, only 78 of 200 needed for off-peak service. They seldom ran off peak on the 16, the 10 & 14 were rush hours,, they had an easy life. Send them to the RR, which did not have a yard along its route, and steady use of 8 cars trains on long run between Astoria and 95th, they wore out. |
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