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Posted by JOE @ NYCTMG - NYCMTS on Mon Feb 13 11:02:56 2006, in response to Re: Fulton Street El Express Service, posted by randyo on Mon Feb 13 04:11:31 2006. Hello Randyo The small class of LOW-V Control wood EL cars were built BRAND NEW at the carbuilders' factory as Gate Cars.....(and NOT converted from Hi-V later) and were later converted in 1923-4 to MUDC, and did not have, require, nor use the thick 600 VDC jumper cables between the cars but did have MUDC and MU Control cables between the cars as they had (as all wood IRT EL Gate and MUDC cars did) manual "link and pin" Van Dorn couplers with no "electric portion faciities" on the coupler head / face. The controller handle control was automatic just as on similar application IRT Low-V steel subway cars. They "EL" Low-V units) could NOT "Control MU" with their Hi-V brethern but COULD "Air-Iron" couple-mate with their Hi-V brethern for "shop or disabled train" moves as towed unpowered trailing units. The "Trailer" cars of that small class of EL Low-V ars also had their own truck mounted 3rd rail shoes for receiving 600VDC from the 3rd rail for lighting and heating and door motor (for MUDC cars) circuits (as did steel Low-V subway cars) None of the Low-V class IRT EL Gate or IRT EL MUDC cars have survived nor been saved, and only a handful of IRT (or BMT-BRT) High-V class EL Gate cars have survived and been saved at various operating museums....as most of us know. Regards - Joe NYCTMG-NYCMTS |
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