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Posted by randyo on Thu Jan 11 15:00:25 2018, in response to Re: Why can't they turn the heaters on?, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Thu Jan 11 13:24:52 2018. These days. C/Rs paying attention is of little consequence. In the pre thermostat days, each car had switches that regulated heat according the “points” which could be set by the C/R in the individual cars. The R-1/9s had 4 points of heat and each terminal had heat and ventilation boards by the T/D office which displayed the number of points of heat to be set in cold weather, the number of windows to be opened and whether fans were to be on or off in warm weather. The BMT and IRT’s prewar equipment had to have heat or fans turned on or off in each car whereas the R-1/9s had trainline control of the heat and fans. An old timer from the IRT told me that on the West Farms lines (241 and 180/Bx PK), Heat was kept on lvg the terminals, but enroute as more passengers boarded, the heat was cut off for the time the train was underground. This was accomplished by having plat C/Rs board the trains at Freeman St and assist the C/R and rear guard in cutting out the heat in the individual cars. The theory was that the passengers would generate enough heat to keep themselves warm once the train got underground and also the cars were already warm enough from the heaters being on to keep the cars warm enough while underground. How it worked N/B was never explained, however. The IRT had a reputation for being a cheap outfit and did what ever it could to save money and cutting back on what it deemed to be unnecessary heat was seen as a money saving measure. |
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