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Posted by Elkeeper on Sun Oct 26 14:24:43 2014, in response to Re: What year were wooden cars finally banned from subway tunnels?, posted by Express Rider on Sun Oct 26 03:21:54 2014. If you have Cunningham/Dehart's book, RAPID TRANSIT in BROOKLYN, re-read page 42. It deals with the testing of "C" cars 1500 ABC and 1501ABC. These first 2 sets were the prototypes built in the Coney Island shops and tested in January and Febuary of 1923. Some of the testing was done on the B'way-Bklyn el. After that, they were sent back to CI for evaluation. As a result, several changes were made to the rest of the "C" fleet, including wider doors and brakewheel relocation.Now, go to page 53. It describes a crash between a 6 car Canarsie express of steel Standards and a B'way-Brklyn gate train. This happened on Essex St on January 8th, 1926. Note the date, please! on the bottom of page 53, it further describes how the gate cars were removed from service in the summer of 1927. The arrival of the Triplexes freed up more Standards for Eastern Division service. There is a photo of gate cars laid up on the Broadway Ferry spur on page 233 of Brian Merlis's book, BROOKLYN- the Way It Was. I wish someone would re-post the photo of the "C" car pulling into what was a Broadway-Brooklyn elevated station. That had to be the 1923 winter testing of the "C" prototypes. Hope that answers your questions! |
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