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Re: No 75 Foot Cars To Essex Street |
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Posted by Edwards! on Fri Oct 19 12:41:03 2007, in response to Re: No 75 Foot Cars To Essex Street, posted by trainsarefun on Thu Oct 18 22:38:41 2007. The idea for the longer car has been around since the creation of the Standard..this is nothing new.The car designer the TA employed was a old fart who idea for passenger comfort was a rolling box with seats. It was during the R40 contract that the longer car movement really took off..as the city/state went full steam with the SECOND AVENUE/63RD ST planning... Is it any wonder how the FIRST R44 car arrived in the city in 1970, during the period when the last of the R42 cars were being delivered? Even though the cars were rejected[20 of them]for various flaws...and sent back to the builder..later that year they reappeared during tours around the system in a "raw form"..body shells for clearance testing. Check it out..make interesting reading. |
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