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Re: Mixed Trains on the IRT - When Did it Start? |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Nov 18 16:38:37 2019, in response to Mixed Trains on the IRT - When Did it Start?, posted by Bzuck on Sat Nov 16 16:21:05 2019. Initially, when the TR012s. 14s and 5s came to the mainline they were often used at the C/R positions. The problem came in when radio antennas were installed and there was a problem with the antennas interfering with the C/Rs mounting the steps so the 12s and 14s were banned from C/R positions. For some unknown and inane reason the R-15s were also banned despite the fact that they had inside door controls. Subsequently, smaller antennas that didn't interfere with the C/Rs’ operation were installed on the 12s, 14s and 15s, but with the exception of the 3 Av el which was 100% 12s and 14s, the IRT Supt chose to leave the ban in place. With regard to the mixing of trains on the mainline, some time in the 1960s, the IRT car equipment dept decided to assign cars to maintenance barns ny electrical manufacturer rather than car type as had been previously done. Thus 240 and Westchester barns were assigned the WH cars and Mosholu, E180 and 239 barns were assigned the GE cars. At the time Livonia was not an inspection barn but only a trouble barn so it had no specific cars assigned to it. The IND and BMT, on the other hand had cars assigned to barns by car type so those divisions ran mixed trains of WH and GE equipment but all the same car type. Why the IRT division operated differently I don’t know but that’s the way it was until the early 1980s, when car barn assignments were changed to a more logical system. |
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