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Posted by Thunderbolt on Fri Jul 24 02:00:13 2009, in response to Your Thoughts On The R40 Subway Cars, posted by Union Turnpike on Wed Jul 22 12:31:43 2009. I'm going to group my opinions on both the slanted and modified varieties.Back when they ran on the 6th Av IND, I remember they had a more hollow sound traveling on the rails than their R-68 counterpart, enabling me to determine whether it was a B or a D without having to face or look down the track. When I was walking down the stairs to the platform, the fact they were R-40s told me which train it was at a moment's notice. They probably had the best interior lighting: ambient without being overly glarish unlike the 142s and 160s. The seating was simple. The small profile also gave the impression of airiness in a comparatively small space. The armrests were probably the most functional out of all of the subway car classes. The ride was a gentle rumble such that you couldn't distinguish where the gaps in the running rails were. The effect was more favorable than the air-bag suspension on the NTTs, IMHO. With their retirement at hand, taking the train isn't going to be quite as fun (fun being used as a comparative term.) |
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