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Posted by randyo on Sun Apr 8 22:58:27 2018, in response to Re: Subway Oddballs (Not the two legged kind), posted by William A. Padron on Sun Apr 8 16:28:52 2018. Are you sure it was the late 70s? As soon as the entire IRT was radio equipped, the IRT supt issued a bulletin banning the use of R-12s and 14s at the C/R positions due to the radio antennas being in the way of C/Rs mounting the steps. It wasn’t made clear whether it was due to C/R injuries or damage to the antennas but they were banned anyhow. Despite the fact that the R-15s had in cab door controls, it seemed that as what the road crews called “Queens cars” they were also kept from C/R positions. When the R-12s through 15s were retrofitted with the smaller antennas like those used on the R-10s, while assigned to the command center, I suggested that the R-12s and 14s could again be used at C/R positions but the IRT supt decided to leave the ban in place except for the 3 Av El which was 100% caps & triggers. I made this suggestion sometime before 1976 when I went back to the road so it’s doubtful that a train of all former “Queens cars” would have been assembled after that date. |
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