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Re: [PHOTO] Mystery Photo - AB # 2644 |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Mar 4 20:06:34 2021, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Mystery Photo - AB # 2644, posted by Joe V on Thu Mar 4 08:11:48 2021. Although the timetables called for 2 trains of 8 steels to be run on the 14 St Line, there were usually enough Multi units available so those intervals were made with 3 Multi units lashed together which the employees along the line referred to as “Queen Marys” no doubt a reference to the ocean liner which has 3 funnels instead of the 2 that most ships had. They had to be careful with how the Multis were distributed on the line because while they could be used anywhere on the 14 St Line only Multis were allowed on 14/Fulton due to weigh restrictions. ON most BMT lines, the rule was that special services were supposed to run their full complement of trains and that if one of them went BO on the stand, a "regular” train would be used for the special and the headway on the regular service adjusted. For example if a Brighton/Nassau (bankers special) went BO, the signs would be changed on a regular Brighton Exp and that train used for the special service. On the 14/Fulton if a Multi went BO at 14/8, and the only other train available was a steel, the headway on the Fulton Sts had to be adjusted since a steel couldn’t tun to Lefferts. |
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