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| Re: Tuscarora Dispatch No. 33 IRT Car Requirements / August 1961 (1552130) | |||
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Re: Tuscarora Dispatch No. 33 IRT Car Requirements / August 1961 |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Fri Jul 3 10:29:21 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Dispatch No. 33 IRT Car Requirements / August 1961, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Jul 2 23:00:39 2020. IIRC they went to the Flushing Line in 1963 when they went from 10 to 11 cars. Since they needed singles to make up the 11 car consist, the R17s came in mighty handy since all the R12/14 & 15s were heading for the mainline. Jim: As the R-33/36 WF cars went into service on the No.7 the R-12/14/15's were repatriated back to the mainlines. The R17's began to return in November 1963. However when the World's Fair opened on April 6, 1964 only 416 of the Bluebirds had been delivered. So about 30 R-33 Redbirds were sent over from the mainland along with a few R-17's to make up eleven car trains. By July 1964 enough Bluebirds were on hand so that the Redbirds and the R-17 were returned to the mainlines |
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