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Re: Oldest NYC Subway car you ever rode on NYC Subway |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Fri Jun 17 19:52:45 2016, in response to Re: Oldest NYC Subway car you ever rode on NYC Subway, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Jun 17 18:55:23 2016. When the "Q's' were rebuilt from wooden gate cars, they had steel bulkheads added at the ends. That's why they were able to use the underground tunnel to Main Street, Flushing. That's why they were too heavy for 3rd Ave local service, when they were transferred there in 1949-1950. Gate cars ran on the BMT Centre (Nassau) St Broadway-Brooklyn line until August, 1927, when the new Triplexes freed up more Standards for Eastern Division use. When not in use, some of these Bway-Bklyn gates were stored on the unused Broadway Ferry spur. |
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