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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Mar 12 14:39:21 2019 Why weren’t the Multis classified as “E-type?” |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Tue Mar 12 14:56:18 2019, in response to BMT E-type, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Mar 12 14:39:21 2019. Why weren’t the Multis classified as “E-type?”Probably for the same reasons why the Multi's, Green Hornet and Zephry weren't called the E, F or G Types. These cars were so modern and state of the art (for that time), I guess the BMT would rather assign catchy names to them to appeal to the riding public. That's my theory. Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Tue Mar 12 15:11:33 2019, in response to Re: BMT E-type, posted by Bill Newkirk on Tue Mar 12 14:56:18 2019. Good question, Bill! Even the later BMT World's Fair rebuilds were know as the "Q" types. Give us an "M" for the Multis! |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Mar 12 15:17:45 2019, in response to Re: BMT E-type, posted by Bill Newkirk on Tue Mar 12 14:56:18 2019. Muti-section is descriptive rather than catchy. The A/B-types had "Standard" and the D-type had "Triplex." "E-type Multisection" would have been analogous. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Mar 12 15:18:03 2019, in response to Re: BMT E-type, posted by Elkeeper on Tue Mar 12 15:11:33 2019. Q for Queens. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Mar 12 18:12:20 2019, in response to Re: BMT E-type, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Mar 12 15:17:45 2019. In all my time riding the BMT from the 1950s, I never heard the terms “standard” or “triplex” used. The 67 footers were called “steels” in the Eastern and “ABs” in the Southern and the triplexes referred to simply as “Ds.” According to some sources, the Qs were not usually referred to as “Q types” but merely as “Q cars” since they didn’t fall into the BMT’s scheme of lettering types of cars like the H & M did. |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Tue Mar 12 19:59:21 2019, in response to Re: BMT E-type, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Mar 12 15:18:03 2019. Yup! |
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Posted by Dan on Wed Mar 13 15:22:05 2019, in response to Re: BMT E-type, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Mar 12 15:17:45 2019. Weren't the cars purchased from SIRTOA given a BMT letter type designation? |
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Posted by randyo on Wed Mar 13 17:10:14 2019, in response to Re: BMT E-type, posted by Dan on Wed Mar 13 15:22:05 2019. AFAIK, not officially. |
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Posted by Westcode44 on Thu Mar 14 21:59:13 2019, in response to Re: BMT E-type, posted by Dan on Wed Mar 13 15:22:05 2019. BMT Motorman called them "B-29s"WE-44 |
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