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Re: BMT El train lengths |
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Posted by randyo on Sun Jul 8 14:41:39 2018, in response to Re: BMT El train lengths, posted by Elkeeper on Sun Jul 8 13:56:37 2018. At the time 998 was ordered, that size car was pretty much state of the art for rapid transit cars and even the first commuter MUs, the LIRR MP-41s were that size. By the time the dual contract lines were being designed, commuter coaches were being built to larger dimensions so the PSC felt that the new subway lines should be built to accommodate them. As a result, the BRT abandoned the idea for an IRT (or el) sized steel car and decided to design a larger rapid transit car that would fit the new subways, hence the 67 ft 10 ft wide steel car. Had cars of 998’s dimensions become the standard car instead of the 67 ft car or if the 67 ft cars had only been built to IRT widths, the operation of the Flushing and Astoria lines would have been a lot different as well as the rest of the NYCTS. |
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