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Re: 1970 Employee ''RR'' Fourth Avenue Line Timetable |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Jan 16 16:45:04 2020, in response to Re: 1970 Employee ''RR'' Fourth Avenue Line Timetable, posted by BusRider on Wed Jan 15 21:34:08 2020. Layups at 95 St would have to go to 36 St and turn on the N/B exp tk Xover to the Sb and operate to either 36 St Yd or CIYd except for 1 or 2 that laid up in the middle tk N/O 95 St. In the AM rush selected S/B RRs terminated at 36 St and laid up from there. In the PM they were put in from there St the end of the late PM they laid up as previously described by turning at 36 St but some of them laid up on the S.B exp tk between 36 and 59 St, and ran light S/B in the AM for N/B service lvg 95 St. I’m not sure when the practice ended but at least till Chrystie, in addition to RRs laying up S/O 36 St and the middle N/O 95 St, 3 trains would lay up on the N/B tk between 95 and 86 St including 1 in the station. Regular RR service would then single tk on the S/B tk between 95 an 86 St with the N/Bs using the single Xover N/O 86 st to get back to the N/B tk. The unmanned tower at 86 St was set up so that at night the switch and associated signals could be controlled from the 95 St interlocking machine. During normal hours, the 86 St tower was set for straight rail operation but at night a Tw/M would go to 86 St tower and set the machine to allow for 95 St control. In the very early AM another Tw/M (my lunch relief at 59 St actually) would set the machine for the aforementioned straight rail operation which would remove the ability of 95 St tower to control it. As another poster mentioned, Astoria layups would simply lay up in the middle tk between Astoria and Qnsbro Plz and be put in from there when needed. |
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