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Posted by randyo on Fri Oct 13 15:14:12 2017, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 10, posted by Elkeeper on Wed Oct 11 17:56:33 2017. The reason that the Composites had the trucks changed was to keep the weight down. I suspect that was also the same consideration that kept the IRT from making them MUDC. It was probably feared that the additional pneumatic door engine would add too much weight to the cars so I imagine it wasn’t done for that reason. Also the copper sheathing that was over the wood siding when the cars operated in the subway was removed also to reduce weight although I have seen a photo of a composite on the 2 Av El which shows the sheathing still in place. I also assume that the reason that the original Hi-V controls were removed from the Composites and replaced with new Lo-V parts was due to the lighter weight of the Lo-V components. The Hi-V components removed from the Composites were reworked and installed in the new steel car bodies which became the Flivvers. |
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