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Posted by Michael549 on Thu Oct 18 00:44:51 2007, in response to Re: R44's on the Eastern Division, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 16 19:44:02 2007. According to Stan Fischler in the book "Uptown-Downtown" is preparation for the the use and delivery of 75-foot subway cars, the TA built - cobbled together a test train with whiskers that was used to detect which sections of track could and could not be used by 75-foot cars. According to the book, some track sections in the subway system needed work to allow 75-foot cars.After reading various message boards over the years, I've learned that 75-foot cars can not be used on the J-L-M lines. I'm told that the BMT-Subway system was created for 67-foot BMT-Standards. So it stands to reason that there is just so much tolerance for larger trains. Yes, for the most part 60-foot trains are used. Mike |
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