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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jan 2 02:10:28 2016, in response to Re: W to Astoria/N and Q to 96th Street?, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Jan 2 01:52:35 2016. A lot of people don't really know how relays work. 205 is one of the few terminals where trains relay and there's no way around it, has to be done.So many 1 trains did 137 and the ferry, and it worked just fine to maintain service UNTIL the fumigation policies. On B division, there was the Kings Highway and other short turns and that worked through relays. Then of course, Smith 9th. LOL! All of those short turns went away though because of the fumigation policy, and folks just don't get why or what that is. At least at 205 before the policy changed, we usually had a switchman on the tail. I was lucky, I was 20 at the time I was there, but even I ran into a few nutcases that decided to give me some shit. At least I had my "convincer", the old arnine cast iron brake handle, but was lucky enough to never had to use it. :) And yeah, leaving an arnine in lap and pulling the handle was like, in the old movie "Love Story" never having to say you were sorry. It did release on the other end pretty reliably if you had to change ends in the relay alone. GLAD to see you, guy! Wish we could only encourage a few more road warriors to ignore the flack and help the kids know what it was once like. Soon I fear, our stories will be replaced by robots. |
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