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Posted by William A. Padron on Mon Aug 2 19:45:08 2021, in response to Re: R-10's on the (N) ?, posted by Dupont Circle Station on Mon Aug 2 11:46:28 2021. The R-10's were basically relegated to the "C" and "H" during the period of 1986-1987 as you had stated, so that would be quite a rarity if any of them went outside of the assignment pool runs based out of Pitkin or Concourse Yard, including on the West End "B" and "M" routes.Of course, they were on the "B" (West End) during the late 1960's and 1970's, but any R-10's that were assigned from Jamaica Yard had left there between April 28 and May 16, 1985, them being sent to Concourse and Pitkin. During that time, it was basically 246 R-10's still in service, with 110 WH GOH'd units in separate trains, 126 GE and 10 WH non-GOH units on the active roster. According to the 1989 farewell fantrip brochure, during late March 1987 saw the beginning of the end of the non-GOH units, with the first three cars #3240, #3261 and #3317 removed from service on March 27, 1987. By October 31, 1988, that number dwindled down to a mere 43 cars from the non-GOH WH & GE units. The green R-10 fantrip on Sunday, June 8, 1986 did operate on the Culver, West End and Myrtle Avenue routes, with possibly their only appearance ever on Myrtle. The final run of the non-GOH cars occurred on November 10, 1988. [Source: "Farewell to the R-10 - October 29, 1989 - Electric Railroaders' Association", fantrip brochure.] -William A. Padron ["(C) 8 Avenue Local"] |
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