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Re: Grand Reopening of South Ferry Station |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Fri Jun 30 11:19:05 2017, in response to Re: Grand Reopening of South Ferry Station, posted by Allan on Thu Jun 29 19:09:55 2017. But you are right wondering why (I always wondered that) they didn't set the specs on the R142/142As to be able to platform at SF. It is interesting to note that the A cars on R142/142As have the same parallel door alignment as the R62/62As.There were arguments in favor of both straight-across and offset doors when deciding the R142. Either would have been fine for South Ferry, it just might have meant pulling R142s up to a slightly different stop marker. The problem was, they decided to King Solomon it and have A cars mimic the R62s and B cars mimic the redbirds with offset doors. No amount of selective car spotting can handle that. Meanwhile in the B division, the R143/160/179 will all have the exact same door positions. The R211 is going to break from this, making platform screen doors impossible for yet another generation. |
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