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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Mar 28 16:17:29 2015, in response to Re: Myrtle Avenue El, posted by Express Rider on Sat Mar 28 15:57:17 2015. I didn't care for them back then. I'd gotten used to seeing route and destination signs up front and when I saw the standards for the first time, I was taken aback. They looked as though there were from another century. No front signs, only three sets of doors per side for such a large car - the list when on and on. Riding on them was cruel and unusual punishment. No wonder I always welcomed the opportunity to bail at Union Square and change to a Broadway express "with a letter up front".Little did I know back then that they were damn near indestructible. If they ever get the museum set running again, I'd ride on them. I vividly remember how their brakes would go, "tchhhhhh" as they came to full stop. It was the same sound as the magnet valve sound on the R-1/9s without the "ssssss". |
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