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Posted by Express Rider on Wed Jan 7 14:00:56 2015, in response to Re: What is this supposed to be?, posted by randyo on Tue Jan 6 21:47:13 2015. Hi Randyo -Re: There was one morning, though, an older train arrived at 59th, we got on, (I must have been 6 1/2 or 7 years old) What year did you get on that “older train” at 59 St? This would have been any time between June 1956 (my birthday is on the 10th), and November or December 1957. December 1957 is when we moved out to Suffolk. It also would have been when we still lived in Queens since I remember doing the transfer with my Dad up from the Lex BMT station to the IRT. Like I said, not sure if what I heard was a "deeper, growling" sound of the motors, but their groan/ hum was certainly much louder than the R9's and the whine ramped up to its top pitch much quicker than the R9's as well. I only really remember the Lo-V's when I began riding them on fantrips beginning in 1966. Their traction motors sounded closer (to me at least) to that of the R9's. At that young age, I did not know or was aware of the pre-war IRT fleet. The clearest memories, I have of our short Lex local journeys was that they were older cars; and I have vague memories of riding post war equipment back then as well on the Lex. Great memories of yours about the IRT controllers! Rode the D-types that I remember a couple of times w/family during the mid 60s. And only began riding the AB's in '66 or '67 when they were almost all on the Canarsie line. Rode them on Myrtle-Chambers in spring-summer '68 - that's when I was told by another railfan that they operated elsewhere besides the Canarsie line - see what I mean about not being a "city" city kid? |
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