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Re: BMT Standard Roofs and Ventilation |
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Posted by randyo on Wed Nov 18 16:10:54 2009, in response to Re: BMT Standard Roofs and Ventilation, posted by Newkirk Images on Tue Nov 17 19:31:15 2009. From what I have heard, by the time of the '64 World's Fair, the TA's designers were looking to modernize the appearance of NYCTA rolling stock to come more in line with other transit systems such as Boston and the H & M which had picture windows on their rolling stock since the 1950s. In order to avoid the disadvantages of completely sealed windows on cars which unlike the H & M would have no air conditioning, the TA came up with the vent window design which was applied to all subsequent NYCTA car orders and even retrofitted to Cleveland's rapid transit cars which also had non A/C cars with sealed windows. |
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