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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sun Oct 17 00:14:13 2021, in response to [PHOTO] The Railfan Window Perfect For Small Children, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Oct 16 11:11:04 2021. Transit is cutting its own throat in not having a RFW today (the cloudy ones on the new techs don't count).When I was growing up it was my training tool for when I eventually became a MOTORMAN.I was not hired as a Train Operator, transit saw fit to change my classification only because women started to take the job. Looking out the RFW taught me about line-ups, points of no return, speed through grade time areas.....you name it. Today, prospective candidates for the job do not get that opportunity to learn the road till they get the job....on top of everything else they have to learn in school car. The first time they see that dark abyss in between stations is when their school car TSS' takes them out there. It's a lot to learn. Couple that to GO re-routes. Or if an R gets rerouted over the F/Q lines from 36th St. Queens to 57/7. There are many more examples you can think of. That's why many newbies prefer the IRT as it's much less to learn. So another RIP to the missing RFW, formerly a great training tool as well as a place which was the key to intrigue! |
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