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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat Jun 25 06:56:07 2016 Tuscarora Almanac - June 25, 1946 - The Book of Wrecks A fire in the Saint George Terminal of the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company caused the death of the ticket agent and the destruction of eight ME-1 cars. The lost cars were nos: 307, 313, 316, 322, 333, 351, 377 and 390. Source: 1) "Staten Island Rapid Transit" by Mr. Paul Matus (1965) 2) Passenger Car Roster of the SIRTRyCo. by Mr. Larry Kiss (1966) Tuscarora Almanac - June 25, 1993 - The Book of Last Runs The last train of R-30’s and R-30A’s ran in service today on the “C” Concourse-8th Avenue-Fulton Street Local. The consist was R-30A 8408-8397 R-30 8322-8305 R-30 8298-8295 R-30A 8396-8393 The R-30's and the R-30A's along with the R-27's formed a homogenous group of 550 subway cars that came to dominate the southern Section of the BMT Division in the 1960's. The first units arrived in late 1960 and permitted the retirement of almost all of the un-rebuilt Standards along with the Multis, SIRT cars and the Lo-V's (on the BMT Division. The cars were arranged in "married pairs” . The even numbered car had the motor generator while the odd numbered car had the air compressor. For better or worse the roll-signs introduced BMT riders to subway routes which would now be identified by "letters." The original paint scheme was olive green on the outside with blue and gray interiors. They also featured coral pink fiberglass seats. After the opening of the Chrystie Street Subway in November 1967 they would see operation on much of the IND Division as well. As a group they suffered mightily from the lack of deferred maintenance and the general deterioration in the 1970's and early 1980's. In the mid - eighties 162 R-30's and R-30A's received a limited GOH (General Overhaul) which enabled them to soldier on for another eight years. Credit where it’s due Department: The consist of the last train comes for the NYD Bulletin of September 1993. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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