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Re: R-160 Option III Order |
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Posted by murray1575 on Wed Oct 7 12:36:07 2009, in response to Re: R-160 Option III Order, posted by Mitch45 on Wed Oct 7 10:30:15 2009. Among postwar cars the R32 definitely had the best carbody construction due to good design and execution of stainless steel by the Budd Co. I don't know about the mechanical parts but at least in the years immediately after GOH they ran well and had A/C which usually worked as well. In recent years they seem to have deteriorated mechanically but that would not be unexpected given the use those cars have given, especially on the E. The Arnines were good cars for their time but mechanically they were not state of the art due to the city's desire to keep costs low due to the tremendous (for the Depression era) cost of building the IND which stretched the city financially. |
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