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Re: No 75 Foot Cars To Essex Street |
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Posted by Howard Fein on Fri Oct 19 08:38:27 2007, in response to Re: No 75 Foot Cars To Essex Street, posted by David on Thu Oct 18 22:17:14 2007. "I don't know how far back GOs of that type went ("Edwards" says they ran in the 1970s), but 75-foot cars were removed from D service shortly after a particularly violent derailment near Kings Highway on January 16, 1981 almost put a train of R-44s into several backyards. They didn't reappear there until R-68s started arriving in 1986."The GO rerouting the D via Nassau seems to have taken place entirely during that 1981-86 window. I remember driving over the Willy B at night sometime in 1982 or '83 and seeing a heavily graffitied Mod 40 or 42 signed as a D sitting midway on the span (no doubt changing ends) full of confused-looking passengers. Of course, the Christie/Manny B connection was severed circa 1986-88 forcing two separate D services. During that time, the 68s were introduced to the Brooklyn branch followed by the 68As to the Bronx branch. I don't recall any further occurrence of the D-via-Nassau GO since the December '88 consolidation- which includes the 1995 off-hour Manny B northside closure and the 2001-04 southside closure. It would have been very interesting to ride a 68/A via Nassau assuming it's even possible- the very topic being debated on this thread. |
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