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Re: [PHOTOS] The D-Type ''Triplex'' Original Look |
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Posted by randyo on Sun Dec 10 16:11:07 2017, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The D-Type ''Triplex'' Original Look, posted by SLRT on Sun Dec 10 15:55:22 2017. The only time I ever rode the Cs was about a month before the Fulton St el was turned over to the IND in 1956. i ended up riding both designs of the Cs, 1501, one of the first 2 oddball Cs with the center doors in each section and and a regular C with the doors positioned like the D type subway cars. That was also the first and only time I rede the BUs on Myrtle so my memory os some of the details is a bit fuzzy. Although documentation indicates that the Cs received master controllers removed from the steels when they were unitized I seem to recall the Cs having the same type of controller that the BUS and Qs had. It could be possible that the prototype unit 1501 might have retained its original BU type controller which may explain the variation in my recollection. Something else that sticks in my mind is that as I recall it, the cab door on the Cs was reversed so that the cab could be converted to transverse like the Multis but again that might have been only on 1501 since the photos of the unit as originally built seem to show inside door controls. I didn’t rally get a good ride that day on the portion of the el S/O Grant since it was a Sunday and due to preparations for the IND connection, trains were single tracking between Grant and Lefferts on K2 tk and as per BMT practice there was a flagman with a green flag riding up front in the single tk area. |
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