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Re: Tuscarora Train of the Week No. 17 |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jun 10 14:16:03 2019, in response to Re: Tuscarora Train of the Week No. 17, posted by MainR3664 on Mon Jun 10 09:38:20 2019. The Bway and 4th Av subways didn’t need special zebra boards (called “tell tale” boards at the time) since the 8 car trains of R-1/9s could use the same boards as the SMEEs operating on those lines when operating 4X4. By the way at that time C/R boards were not required for less than maximum length trains since it was expected that the C/R on a shorter train would be able to see that the train was completely in the station. The only circumstance in which a C/R board would be required for a short train was with the BMT steels since the C/R was unable to observe the platform from inside the car before the doors were opened. When the R-42s were introduced on the BMT Lines in the Eastern Div and other BMT lines that had less than 600 ft platforms also had to have a board for the R-42s since the C/R operated 5 north X 3 south on an 8 car train. As a side note, in the Eastern Div, C/Rs on 6 car R-16 trains operated 3X3 but In the Southern Div C/Rs on 6 car trains operate 4 north X 2 south. The reason was that starting with the R-32s, the TA eliminated seats from the #2 (C/R only) cabs since they wanted the C/Rs to ride outside the cabs when possible. As a favor to the C/Rs the BMT supt ordered that C/Rs always operate from cabs with a seat hence the unusual operating configuration. |
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