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Posted by Express Rider on Wed Jan 7 15:48:45 2015, in response to Re: What is this supposed to be?, posted by JOE @ NYCMTS - NYCTMG on Tue Jan 6 22:52:16 2015. Re: "Most Hi-V trains then were Hi-V MUDC cars with "modified" Hi-V Gibbs, Hi-V Hedley Standard Body or Hi-V Deck Roof "Manually Operated Doors" cars on each end. I know YOU know WHY the manual door cars were in those positions there, as I do!"re: manually operated doors at each end of a train - were they in those positions so that there would only be two conductors needed per train, one for the manual end door and the other for the remainder MUDC's, or was there another reason? these cars with manually operated doors positioned at the ends of trains - these were the ones that were referred to as pilot motors right? or were pilot motors something else? Question, please confirm - "modified" Hi-V Gibbs" were those that had the air operated center door added, but still had manual end door operation right? re: experiencing the gradual tail end of so much of the unique variety of very old pre-war steel subway car and wooden "EL" car rolling stock I have a photo I bought (not on nycsubway.org unfortunately), of a Bluebird trainset at Atlantic Ave. In the background (at B'way/East NY) can be seen Multi's, AB's, and a train of BU's (Fulton-Lex?) with their center panels removed for the summer. You and others were so lucky to be around during this era - what an amazing time. It's a shame that no manual Hi-V consist was kept on the property and restored as the Lo-V's were (and I've read the story about how those were saved!), and that none of the BMT experimentals were saved either. And c'mon the second world war could have been won without having to destroy the Green Hornet for its aluminum.... |
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