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Posted by Express Rider on Sun Mar 29 03:28:31 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 28, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat Mar 28 16:32:53 2020. Flivvers and Steinways - weren't the bodies actually identical? And the only way to tell them apart when they were in service (for railfans/ not IRT, BOT, TA, employees) was to look at the number plates to determine the series and each car's class?The sloping roof vents (w/marker lights) at each end of the car were not steel* in the Gibbs Hi-V fleet (was this true for the Hedleys' vent roofs as well? I don't remember). Was this a visual characteristic that would have been observable when the cars were in service? *(per the Interborough Fleet book) Also in the book, I read that the Lo-V's (don't remember which Lo-V group this began with) had redesigned center ceilings inside the cars - don't remember the details; a kind of 'second', or drop ceiling? I was doing a paper on the Subway in the 8th grade; among the items the TA sent me, was the 1962-63 annual report. On the first few pages was a picture of a brand new Bluebird. I was really knocked out by what then, was a bright, colorful paint scheme for subway cars, I thought it ws beautiful. I couldn't wait to ride them. |
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