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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Apr 16 22:03:55 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Apr 16 22:01:00 2015. Indeed they did! :) |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Apr 16 22:04:04 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Apr 15 19:27:01 2015. That's the one. You were reunited with a long-lost friend that day. I still remember your routine as you got 1689 ready that morning.. |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Apr 16 22:05:36 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Apr 15 14:19:49 2015. I remember when Nancy rode by on 6688. |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Apr 16 22:06:24 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Apr 16 17:54:47 2015. 1689 is "Kev's car".:) |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Apr 16 22:08:15 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Apr 16 22:04:04 2015. It was every day stuff, aside from having to raise a trolley pole too. :) |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Apr 16 22:09:53 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Apr 16 22:05:36 2015. Heh. It was funny ... all those guys with cameras and woman running train. She ended up in the cab all day on one train or another so the foamers could get pix. Lulz |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Apr 16 22:10:54 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Apr 16 22:06:24 2015. Nah ... as much as I like my arnines, I never got the chance to actually do any WORK on the car. That's what it really takes to deserve to "own" a car there. |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Apr 17 13:20:28 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Apr 16 19:31:50 2015. Correct. As I understand it, the city purchased the entire NYW&B ROW from Harlem River all the way to the Bx city line. One of the reasons it was initially part of the IND was that it was purchased prior to unification and the IND was the only city operated subway at the time. Some of the original IND second system plans called for a new subway line not to far from the NYW&B ROW in the Bx to be connected to the SAS but after the city purchased the ROW, plans were altered to connect the SAS to the newly acquired Dyre Line instead. Those plans remained in place even through the fiscal crisis of the 1970s but since parts the former ROW infrastructure S/O E180 have been removed that is extremely unlikely to happen even if the SAS were eventually to reach the Bronx. |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Apr 17 13:25:48 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Apr 16 19:34:54 2015. It seems that many of the vintage railcars that go to “trolley” museums all over the country these days are rapid transit cars rather than streetcars as the number of vintage trolleys diminishes. Eventually, if it hasn’t been done at some museums already, Boeing, Kinky Sharyo and Siemens LRVs will start to show at museums as they will become the new “vintage” railcars. |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Apr 17 16:45:00 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by randyo on Fri Apr 17 13:25:48 2015. As the population ages out and is replaced by those who never saw any of the older gear in service and cannot relate to it, museums need to have things that are meaningful to their current visitors just to keep the funding coming in. |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Apr 17 16:53:12 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Apr 17 16:45:00 2015. Exactly. |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by 3-9 on Fri Apr 17 17:40:08 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Apr 16 17:53:41 2015. If you put those grime-covered glass balls underneath them and have little hammers bang them just before the train comes, it would be even more realistic. :-) |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Apr 17 17:46:13 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by 3-9 on Fri Apr 17 17:40:08 2015. Don't knock it. When I worked there, those clanking sounds let us know that a train was coming around on the adjacent track and to clear up when looking for what dumped my train. :) |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Apr 17 19:16:46 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Apr 16 22:10:54 2015. IMHO it deserves to be Eddie's car even though I understand Eddie doesn't go up there very often anymore. Never will forget his classic response as he watched me load my newly-bought IND signbox back in 1980: "He's building a subway car at home." |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Apr 17 19:20:07 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Apr 16 22:08:15 2015. It would have been nice to turn the heat on as well, but the museum's electric bill was going to be high enough already. |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Apr 17 19:21:25 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Apr 16 22:09:53 2015. After we were done posing inside (and I had a chance to work the doors) it was put away. I don't think anyone except Nancy ran it. |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Apr 17 21:01:51 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Apr 15 14:19:49 2015. Kevin, you forgot when we posed in the A-B type?
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Apr 17 23:27:11 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Apr 17 19:20:07 2015. The lights were dimming as it was with W-3 out there on the other end of the line. That definitely would have bankrupted the museum and caused the overhead to burst into flame. :) |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Apr 17 23:29:17 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Apr 17 19:21:25 2015. She did get to run it down the line and back with a crowd while we were screwing around in the BMT house. :) |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Apr 17 23:31:20 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Apr 17 21:01:51 2015. Heh. Musta Passed out on the arnine smoke and forgot. ;) |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by Express Rider on Fri Apr 17 23:56:04 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Apr 17 21:01:51 2015. an alternative Sgt. Pepper cover? |
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Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by Express Rider on Sat Apr 18 00:41:21 2015, in response to Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by GIS Man on Thu Apr 16 08:52:53 2015. At 6 that's perfectly understandable. |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Apr 18 09:08:49 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Apr 17 23:27:11 2015. It wouldn't be a stretch to say 1689 is power-hungry. |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by Stef on Sat Apr 18 09:22:51 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Apr 18 09:08:49 2015. All RT Cars behave the same way, PCC, Northshore Car, etc.When I was in all my glory at B.E.R.A. (back when I was excessively foaming), I used to do switching moves with the R17 between the barns and Avenue L in first point only. I didn't need to spike the power. The only time I had to bend that rule was to get a quick shot in series coming out of the loop. There was a slight grade at that location. "The Shot" was a momentary thing. No one from the office was screaming, Thankfully (RIP George B.!). Definitely a whole other lifetime. Respectfully, Stef |
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Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Apr 18 12:43:49 2015, in response to Re: Quest for Kevin or other Motormen Re: Flying the Subway Express (Feb, 1938), posted by Stef on Sat Apr 18 09:22:51 2015. I heard that 6688 had a lot of get-up-and-go. |
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