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Posted by Brighton Private on Fri Aug 28 15:37:31 2009, in response to Re: Swan Song For the R40m's..., posted by Dan on Fri Aug 28 13:19:52 2009. Jesus I feel old.First new equipment I ever rode was an R-27 on the Brighton Line, probably in 1963. I was coming home (alone) from my music lesson at the Brooklyn Music School on St. Felix St, and knew that the "new trains" were running, mixed in with the old Standards, because I had seen one of the new ones from the street carrying a big banner on the front announcing the new fleet. So I let several trains pass me by until a new one came. I remember being amazed at how bright the tunnel wall became as the train came around the curve from DeKalb (at that time, neither the Standards nor the D-types carried headlights). I also thought the green-lights behind the directional signs were really cool, especially the way they illuminated the otherwise invisible word "To" in a little half-moon to the left of the destination roll. And, because the storm doors on Standards and D-Types were always locked, I thought it was very cool that you could walk between cars, especially in the summer, when all the doors would be left open and you could see from one end of the train to the other. But even then, I missed the wicker seats and the transverse seating, and the musical sound of the old motors and the compressors. The only other problem was that I was so late getting home my parents were frantic and were really mad at me. |
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