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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sun Jun 13 11:44:16 2021, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for June 12, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Jun 13 01:12:09 2021. Pre GOH, the R40/42 were garbage because transit ran the crap out of them (a lot of it having to do with poor performance of the R44 and the truck issue with the R46) and of course crap maintenance.Post GOH the CI rebuilt R42's (4840-4949) were universally panned by the crews as rattletraps. In the back of some cabs there was a gap in the flooring where you could see the roadbed. Naturally that increased the noise and cold air into the cab in the winter. There were also issues with some t/o's (particularly visitors) in getting the reverser in and out of the slot. This group of cars were among the first to be retired as a fleet when there were sufficient R160's on hand. The M/K 42's were pretty good. The advantage of all R42's was you could adjust the seat vs. the R40 that you couldn't. The R42's quickly went downhill once the R143's go delivered because they were prioritized with barn space for weeks at a time even before they saw service. The R40's, even though I didn't operate them often, were sweet. Smooth acceleration and great brakes. Seldom did I ever have to "fight" with one. Out of all the contracts GOH'ed, the R40's, particularly the slants, had the greatest degree of improvement of all the GOH's. Between the time both contracts were retired in 2008/09 (except for 4840-4949) till I retired in 1/14, I for one did miss operating these cars. I was never a big fan of the R32's both pre and post GOH. |
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