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Re: ''History'' Questions on the offset C/R position on 8-car trains |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Mar 28 03:27:06 2026, in response to Re: ''History'' Questions on the offset C/R position on 8-car trains, posted by Billy P. on Fri Mar 27 15:52:39 2026. To clarify, up to and including th R-38s, any cab could be used as a C/;R position. Starting with the R-32s, the #2 I(C/R only) cabs had no seats on the theory, that the C.R was not to sit inside the cab between stations. In 1966 when I started, in the BMT East with R-16s, 6 car trains were drummed up 3 X 3. IN the Southern Div after a significant number of R-32s were in service, it was decided to have 6 car trains drummed up 2 south/4 north so that C/R would be guaranteed a seat. Another detail is that when less than maximum length traijs were operated, no C/R boards (called “tell tale” boards at the time) were required since on shorter trains, C/Rs were expected to ba able to ascertain that the entire train was in the station without the need for a board. The only circumstance in which C/R boards for short trains were required was where ABs wew operated since the C/R was unable to observe the platform before the doors were opened which was the case on other equipment. |
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