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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Aug 31 07:08:03 2015 I was up in the Adirondacks for a few days so I have to play catch-up with the Almanac.Tuscarora Almanac for August 27 1 – August 27, 1963 – The Book of First Runs The MP-75 Electric Multiple Unit cars begin service on the Long Island Railroad. The thirty cars were built by Pullman – Standard and are split into two groups. Eighteen cars , numbered 2525 to 2542 are control motors and classified as MP-75c. Twelve cars , numbered 2675 – 2686 are blind motors and classed as MP-75t. They are also known as the “zip cars”. Source: NYD Bulletin October 1963 2 - August 27, 1976 - The Book of Last Runs This will be the last day of operation of the "EE" Queens - Broadway Local which ran ¬AM to 8 PM which rush hour short turns at Canal Street. The last northbound "EE" left Whitehall Street at 7:56 PM with R-16's (n) 6432,6441,6416,6491,6398,6430,6419,6482. The last southbound "EE" arrived at Canal Street at 8:20PM and had R-38's (s) 4031-0,4087-6,4066-7,4050-1. It will also be the last day of the "K" Broadway (Brooklyn) - 6th Avenue Local which ran during rush hours between Eastern Parkway and 57 Street / 6th Avenue. The consist of the last "K" train was (n/57) R-9 1734,1722,1659, R-7 1491, R-9 1777,1689,1713, R-7 1476. The demise of the "K" also meant the end of regular train service over the two track connection between the IND Broadway - Lafayette Street Station and the BMT Essex Street Station. Service over this route began on July 1, 1968 with some fanfare by the "KK" train. It came to an end eight years later. It would be thirty four years before service would be restored over this connection by the "M" train allowing long-sundered familes in Brooklyn and Manhattan to unite with their loved ones. On a personal note I will say that the Service Changes of August 1976 more than any other signaled the end of the hope and dreams that opening of the Chrystie Street Subway had promised. The subway was in a long downward spiral into The Pit and no one knew where it would end. Nearly every surface on the system be it a station or a car was covered by graffiti. Maintenance was at an all time low and breakdowns were commonplace as were track fires. Crime was your constant companion. Even the car builders didn't seem to know how to build cars anymore. The R-44's in there early days were prone to electrical fires and the R-46's wheel truck had a bad habit of cracking. The last of the original owner cars, the R- 1/9's perhaps sensing the turmoil would bow out a year later. On the IRT the mightly Redbirds would struggle to hold the line but they took a heavy beating. On the BMT and IND the R-27's and R-30's along with their younger siblings the R-32's would wage the battle. The R-27's would burn themselves out in the process but the R-32's would live to see another day. And lets not forget the trains crews and other TA personnel who had to work in this environment every day. We finally reached rock bottom on January 13, 1981. On that day 2,117 cars, almost one third of the fleet could not answer the call to service. The greatest subway system in the world had been brought to its knees and even the staunchest rail-fans had doubts if it would come back. 1982 saw a turn around in attitudes and thinking both in the city and the MTA. The subway system is New York City's most valuable asset and people began to realize it. New and rebuilt cars strengthened the fleet . Maintenance was vastly improved , cars and station were cleaned and washed. It took about several years but the subway like the city did come back. Sources: NYD Bulletin August 1976. New York Subways by Gene Sansone 3 - August 27, 2001 - The Book of First Runs The new Kinki-Sharyo ALRV's begin service on the Newark City Subway. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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