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Posted by randyo on Sun Apr 15 04:19:13 2012, in response to Re: R16 Scenes, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Apr 14 10:08:23 2012. The norm for the 14 St Line was either 6 steels or 2 Multi units. There were, however 2 intervals in the rush that were scheduled to operate as 8 steels. According to BMT old timers I worked with, those intervals were usually made with 3 Multi units and were referred to as "Queen Marys." The jamaica Line ran with 8 steels in the peak and 6 steels in the shoulder and off peak. Myrtle/Chambers ran with 6 steels during the rush and 3 steels off peak and Saturdays till the Multis were assigned there after 1956 when the norm was 2 Multis during the rush and 1 Multi unit midday and Saturdays until the Saturday Myrtle/Chambers service was eliminated circa 1960. I even recall riding a midday 3 car Myrtle/Chambers train of R-16s around 1960 or so. Midnight service on 14 St was a single Multi unit and on the Jamaica Line it was a 3 car B unit of steels. After the R-16s became the principal equipment on the Jamaica Line and the Multis were transferred to Myrtle/Chambers, midnight service on the 14 St Line was a single 3 car B unit of steels and Jamaica midnight service was 3 R-16s. |
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