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Posted by randyo on Sun Feb 14 22:42:09 2021, in response to Re: R1s-9s, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Sat Feb 13 08:14:05 2021. Sometime in the mid 1970s if I recall, the TA embarked on a project to make the marker lights a bit more logical. At that time, trains originating at different terminals carried the same markers different markers even though they were going TO the same place. For example a 1 train going to So/Fy would carry double red from Vc but white/red when originating at 137 St. Of course trains returning to those locations needed different markers. A trains going to Lefferts carried, double red and A trains going to far Rock carried green/red and those same trains carried the same markers N/B even though they were both going to 207 St. The TA decided and rightly so that trains going TO the same terminal should carry the same markers regardless of where they originated. Another change was that for years light trains, wrk trains and other specials displayed yellow/yellow markers. After the changes, all work trains layups or other special trains were to carry red/red which of course now meant that certain lines like the A which carried red/red markers for years even back when it terminated at Chambers St in 1932 would have to be assigned a new set of markers. The only exception was that shuttles would carry red/red markers at all times. Of course, the whole system became moot a few years later when due the the large number of cars being delivered with no marker lights at all the TA decided to do away with marker lights all together and require that on cars that still were equipped with marker lights red/red was to be dieplayed |
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