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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Nov 7 10:52:47 2009, in response to Re: Some questions about the L, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Nov 6 15:56:54 2009. That's the way it used to be with the BMT standards. The motorman would apply power before bottoming out in order to have a full head of steam going uphill. Then the gear pitch would slowly drop as the train labored up the incline. Sometimes the pitch would drop as low as B below middle C before we'd reach Beford Ave. or First Ave. |
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