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Posted by Randyo on Thu Sep 2 15:13:06 2010, in response to Re: R44/46 on the (C)?, posted by Dj Hammers on Wed Sep 1 21:02:00 2010. The traditional systems, NY, Boston, Philly and Chicago always had some bit of variety in a large part due to those systems having had their lines built by several different companies with their own needs, infrastructure constraints and car design concepts and, only after years of private operation, were taken over by regional transit agencies. The newer systems like WMATA, BART LAMTA etc, who built unified systems from the start, developed a standard design for all their rolling stock so they never had any variety to begin with. Now that the older systems have been taken over by their respective regional transit agencies, the trend is to standardize the appearance of their rolling stock as much as possible given the physical infrastructure constraints of the various lines that make up their respective systems. When you think about it though, the pre war lines of the NYCTS in many cases also lacked variety. Although the IRT had several different types of cars that were incompatible with each other, they were for the most part virtually identical in physical appearance the only small exceptions being the 1939 World's Fair cars and loosely, the deck roof Hi-Vs. Prior the the introduction of the D types, the BRT/BMT steels (often referred to as "standards") were an attempt at a standardized car design and with the exception of minor changes in the roof design and side destination signs, were for the most part identical in appearance. The IND R-1 through 9 also provided little if any variety in appearance and was also an attempt by an early transit agency to operate a fully standardized car fleet. Even if smaller car orders were to be placed, it would probably make no difference since the MTA will probably retain the same design regardless of the number of car purchased per order as was the case with the R-1/9s. Whether most railfans like it or not, the trend in these times is towards standardization of equipment so I wouldn't look for nay significant changes in car design on the NYCTS for the foreseeable future. |
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