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Posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Nov 10 09:38:25 2009, in response to Re: R40 Slants 4280-4281 now in the Transit Museum, posted by Fytton on Tue Nov 10 09:33:54 2009. I'm not so sure he's correct. The pantograph gates and grab bars are there to prevent mid-train boarding and to help with moving between cars. If a slant was always to run as the first car of the train, would that extra equipment be needed? I don't know. Hopefully the answer is no. |