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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for September 26 |
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Posted by Edwards! on Tue Oct 3 14:36:21 2023, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for September 26, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Mon Oct 2 22:23:23 2023. They filled the hole in Flushing line service, for the moment.The design was unusual, as it incorporates a lot of the design points of the R11,12, and the 14s and introduced the complete turtle back roof to the the system. These cars were solid as solid could be. I pitied the railcar that picked a fight with these behemoths. The 15s also introduced Air Conditioning to the system, but for some reason, always seemed to clog up.. And drip water on the passengers. What I liked about the cars, were the porthole windows on the doors,a design only seen on the R11, and never used again after the 15s. Seems like the Board of Transportation wanted to push the envelope with car design, but not too much, given the fact that they went back to basics with the next round of contracts.. And repeated the process until designing the R44. The Only real change in appearance that was noticeable, was the Worlds Fair cars, the R32s, and the R40(a radical departure from the standard, but retained the basic dimensions). The 15s were the most unique of the post war equipment.. And it's unusual appearance only made us love them even more. As a footnote, the 15s brought the CRs of the day inside the car. Door Controls were placed in the cabs, instead of outside on a platform between cars.. Very dangerous for the CR, especially when it rained, bad weather and Winter played an ugly tune. Overall, I had a love hate type thing going on with the R15. I hated to see them coming, but loved riding them. |
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