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IRT vestibules - urban legend or truth? |
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Posted by Express Rider on Fri Jul 25 05:22:17 2014 I was on a fan trip years ago, and someone was talking about the pre-war IRT fleet. Another person remarked that 'those IRT vestibules were also used for elicit purposes.'At first I couldn't understand how, since I was thinking of the Lo-V's. Then I realized he probably meant the Gibbs cars, where the entire vestibule could be closed off for the motorman. This person was probably referring to the rearmost vestibule in the last car. If there was some kind of prohibited /illegal activity taking place, it could be done in the vestibule of the last car - the "merry-widow" doors could be shut to close off the compartment for as long as necessary. This would provide a kind of privacy, especially on the locals, where the ends of the front and rear cars extended into the tunnel prior to platform extension, as well as on lengthy express runs or time spent traveling under the river to Brooklyn. Anybody else heard references or stories about the "mis-use" of early IRT vestibules? |
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