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Re: No 75 Foot Cars To Essex Street |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Oct 18 19:51:01 2007, in response to Re: No 75 Foot Cars To Essex Street, posted by Broadway Buffer on Thu Oct 18 18:14:52 2007. Actually, fantrips on new equipment are nothing new. Around 1962 when the R-29s were delivered, the ERA ran a fan trip on them since they were the first NYCTA cars in many years that were painted red instead of the olive drab or "subway green" color of the R-21s thru 28s (and also the R-16s and 30s) which made the cars look like they were US Army surplus. The R-1/9s were painted olive drab but with the R-10 thru 14 the B of T tried a new paint scheme of 2 tone gray belted by a red/orange stripe below the window line and another one at the roof line. With the R-15s, the B of T used a maroon paint scheme with a grey band trimmed in yellow below the window line. That same scheme was used on the SIRT cars the TA purchased in 1954. The R-17s had a simpler paint scheme which was the same shade of maroon used on the R-15s but without the striping. With the R-16,the TA reverted to the military olive drab paint scheme which lasted until the R-30s. Since the TA back then didn't have car washes, cars of all colors soon were coated with the greyish/rust steel dust color which made them all look alike anyhow. Why the R-16s were green while the R-17s were maroon, I'm not really sure, but in many cases, the cars of a particular contract order don't always come in in strict numerical order. For example, the R-29 were actually newer than the R-30s since the latter car order was tacked on to the R-27 order. Had that not happened, the R-30s may very well have been red like the R-29s. The R-33s and 36s were the last painted steel cars the TA ordered yet the first stainless steel car order, the R-32 carries a lowere number. Again had the R-33 and 36 orders been placed later, they might very well have been stainless steel and probably still on the property instead of being scrapped. |
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