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Re: EE BROADWAY LOCAL - ORPHANS OF CHRYSTIE STREET , PART 3 |
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Posted by randyo on Wed Dec 17 04:19:51 2008, in response to Re: EE BROADWAY LOCAL - ORPHANS OF CHRYSTIE STREET , PART 3, posted by RedbirdR33 on Tue Dec 16 18:52:33 2008. Actually, the original Rocakaway shuttle carried either A or E signs depending on which through service went to the Rockaways during rush hours. some picks the A went to Rockaway and some picks it was the E. When the late trainmaster George Abere was a M/M in the Rockaways circa 1960, he wrote a letter the the then AGS of the NYCTA Transportation Dept Leo Cusick stating that the Rockaway shuttles were neither a nor E trains and suggesting using the disused "HH" signe which the R-9s through R-10s had. AGS Cusick agreed and the rockaway shuttles were given the HH designation and when the R-27s through 38s were delivered they included signs which read "HH/Rockaway Shuttle." When the R-40s came in they had any number of different letter designations for the Rockaway shuttles including A, E and HH and there was a bit of confusion for a while but the official TA designation for the Rockaway shuttle remained HH. |
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