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Posted by Edwards! on Fri Sep 15 18:47:38 2023, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for September 14, posted by W.B. on Fri Sep 15 04:19:04 2023. Yes.The GE rebuild looked better. The end cap kept it's headliner, like the R38s GE rebuilt. Basically, the ten car R32GE served as the test bed as to see what could be done to the cars, refitting them with upgraded mechanicals, HVAC, and other things. weight was a problem, and additional hardware had to be welded to the frame, door threshold, roof and underbody due to cracks discovered. The overall effect was amazing. I definitely loved the new look, even with the "cyclops" route sign. We all know that the set did develop it's own sort of issues down the road, namely water leaking into the cars because they didn't get a New roof like the other R32s did. They spent the rest of it's service days on the A/C lines, mostly C...often mixed in with R38s. They were removed when the R160s began to Arrive, pushing Stillwell trains to 207th and Pitkin. |
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