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Posted by randyo on Thu Jul 7 14:27:53 2016, in response to Re: 1980 R-46 problems, posted by Steamdriven on Wed Jul 6 20:24:29 2016. The blue racing stripe was part of the MTA paint scheme and was used on LIRR, and M/N M-1s and many subsequent commuter RR coaches except for the NH division cars which had and continue to have a red stripe in place of the blue. NYCTA cars from the R-40M through the R-46 also had the blue stripes. The NYCTA gave up on the blue stripe due to the graffiti epidemic of the 19700s/1980s since the chemicals used in the graffiti wash also removed the blue paint.Although the R-62s and 68s were delivered without the blue stripe, I have seen artists’ renderings of both R-62s and R-68s with the blue stripe seeming to indicate that the MTA was at least somewhat interested in returning to the blue stripe once graffiti was eliminated from the system. I suspect that had it not been for the graffiti epidemic, the R-32s, 38s and 40 slants would have received the same blue stripe as the later cars since the pre stainless steel fleet was receiving the silver and blue scheme. |
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