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NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by randyo on Sun Jan 12 21:27:23 2020 Back in the 1950s and before, NYCTS M/M were required to wear overalls and a matching jumper in what was called a “pinstripe.” The pinstripe was similar to the current RR style hickory stripe but the stripes were narrower approximately half the width of the hickory stripe. At some point the TA allowed hickory striped overalls which seemed to be favored by IRT M/M. Starting in 1966, the TA was required to provide all uniforms but the M/M declined although it was recommended they purchase their own uniforms in order to look “professional.” Eventually the TA got away from the railroad image and changed the uniforms to the current dark blue trousers and white pinstriped shirts. I have noticed that many CTA M/M opt to wear overalls but it seems that they are only in the hickory striped as It seems that the pin striped overalls are no longer available. Does anyone out there know when the clothing manufacturers stopped making the pinstriped overalls and why or have any detailed information about them? Also, does anyone know why there were two types of striped overalls in the first place? |
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[PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Jan 12 22:35:09 2020, in response to NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Sun Jan 12 21:27:23 2020. 
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Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jan 13 02:24:08 2020, in response to [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Jan 12 22:35:09 2020. I believe that is from an IRT instruction book for M/M probably from the late 1920s. What is interesting about the photo series in that book is that while that photo shows the M/M entering a Lo-V, the inside shot of that same M/M was taken in the cab of a Hi-V. Unfortunately, the photo isn’t clear enough to tell if the M/M’s overalls are pin stripe or hickory stripe but from what I was told by the old timers, IRT M/M preferred hickory stripe. |
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Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jan 13 06:53:43 2020, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Mon Jan 13 02:24:08 2020. I believe that is from an IRT instruction book for M/M probably from the late 1920s.That was from a photo since I don't have that instruction booklet. So I was close about the year of the photo. What brought me to that conclusion was the collar on his shirt that was popular in the 20's. Also the crispness in detail of the Lo-V rivets not showing decades of steel dust accumulation. Bill Newkirk |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Jan 13 07:56:17 2020, in response to NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Sun Jan 12 21:27:23 2020. Amazon hickory stripe overalls.Amazon pinstripe overalls. |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Jan 13 08:36:02 2020, in response to NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Sun Jan 12 21:27:23 2020. I don’t have any answers about that but it makes me wonder how come so many photos of trains from the 70s show the motorman dressed in regular street clothes. |
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Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by BLE-NIMX on Mon Jan 13 08:38:32 2020, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Mon Jan 13 02:24:08 2020. In the 1980s we were issued uniforms from Northern Blvd flagging quarters in LIC consisting of one pair of thinly striped coveralls, 3 pair of cotton matching pants, 1 jacket and long/short sleeve conductors blue shirts with "M" logo. They did not like bleach, BIE walkarounds in tight tunnels, comfortable when new but shrunk without polyester blends, and were replaced in 1991 by full conductors colors for the train operators.. There is one picture in the R10 section of NYC.org, image 115600 which I can not figure out how to link which shows them brand new to give you an idea what Gunn was thinking at the time |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Jan 13 08:58:18 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Jan 13 07:56:17 2020. Amazing-zon has everything:):):):) |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Mon Jan 13 09:52:45 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Jan 13 08:36:02 2020. Yep. My personal observations bore this out as well. |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Mon Jan 13 13:31:04 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Jan 13 07:56:17 2020. Nice, I didn't knew that Amazon sells stripes. |
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Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by VictorM on Mon Jan 13 13:33:32 2020, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by BLE-NIMX on Mon Jan 13 08:38:32 2020. Here's the photo. |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Mon Jan 13 14:34:51 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Jan 13 07:56:17 2020. You'd look fabulous in #4 of the Hickory Stripe variaty |
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Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Jan 13 14:51:02 2020, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by VictorM on Mon Jan 13 13:33:32 2020. And what is the motorman wearing? |
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Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jan 13 17:24:32 2020, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jan 13 06:53:43 2020. What stands out about the M/M’s uniforms on the NYCTS is that blue shirts and long ties were required rather than the traditional bandanas often worn by steam RR engineers. That particular Lo-V was one of the later ones that had MUDC as delivered instead of retrofitted like the older ones. I had heard at some point that those higher numbered Lo-Vs had the numbers painted on the panel behind the door rather than on separate enameled number plates which the high numbered Lo-Vs displayed. The way I heard it the World’s fair Steinways were delivered with the enameled number plates and enameled number plates were also ordered for the rest of the high numbered Lo-Vs but not installed till the late 1930s. |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jan 13 17:31:49 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Jan 13 07:56:17 2020. It e pinstripe ones do look very slightly different but its hard to tell since I can’t get a close enough view of them. |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jan 13 18:07:05 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Jan 13 08:36:02 2020. As I mentioned, after 1966, C/Rs and B/Os received uniforms from the TA but the M/M opted not to receive them and many started wearing street clothes like their LIRR and Conrail (now M/N) counterparts. I sometimes wore them over my good trousers since on days when I had a midday run and a gig that night. I would go directly from work to the performance and I didn’t have time to go home and change so I would remove the overalls ald leave them at my work location till the next day. Even back in the days when uniforms were required, some brave M/M operated without the proper uniform. There was a M/M who worked the Brighton Exp who wore dar brown overalls instead of pinstripes and the #1 senior M/MN on the IRT, Freddie Day wore a dark suit and fedora hat even back in the days of the H-Vs on Bway. I still remember the first day I met him at V/C and he was coming from 240 Barn with a bunch of the car equipment employees who were in street clothes and I was quite surprise when this well dressed executive looking gentleman entered the M/M’s cab and charged up the train. I’m not sure of the exact year but sometime in the 1980s the MTA issued pinstripe overalls before changing to the current dark blue trousers with white shirts and black stripes. It seems that the trend these days is to get away from the railroad image on most transit systems although the last time I was in Chicago, many of the M/M (or RT Operators as they are now called) chose to wear hickory striped overalls. |
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Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jan 13 18:15:33 2020, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Jan 13 14:51:02 2020. Those are what we used to call pinstripe overalls. The OP described them as “thinly striped” but whatever they were called, that is the type of stripe that was considered to be the official TA M/M’s uniform. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find any pinstripe overalls anywhere on line. The broader hickory stripe overalls as once worn by mainline RR engineers are in plentiful supply and that is what the CTA M/M wear. I haven’t been able to find any info on pinstripe overalls from any websites and that includes Google which usually has everything. Although I haven't attempted to contact Lee or Carhartt (who made overalls under the brand name “Headlight”) I suspect that nobody working for the major workwear companies would have any idea what I would be talking about if I asked. |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Mon Jan 13 19:02:28 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by Train Dude on Mon Jan 13 14:34:51 2020. LMAO! |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Jan 13 20:29:42 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Mon Jan 13 18:07:05 2020. Thank you |
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Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Jan 13 20:31:00 2020, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Mon Jan 13 18:15:33 2020. They probably wouldn’t. |
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Posted by BLE-nimx on Mon Jan 13 23:59:31 2020, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Mon Jan 13 18:15:33 2020. Gale Sobel made the one pictured in the C train picture. |
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Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Jan 14 01:32:32 2020, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by BLE-nimx on Mon Jan 13 23:59:31 2020. Is Gale Sobel some sort of clothing company? |
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Posted by BLE-nimx on Tue Jan 14 02:18:05 2020, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Tue Jan 14 01:32:32 2020. Were the supplier of uniforms through the nineties I don't know about now |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Tue Jan 14 14:06:01 2020, in response to NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Sun Jan 12 21:27:23 2020. I wore the stripes till my retirement. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Tue Jan 14 14:42:59 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by ChicagoMotorman on Tue Jan 14 14:06:01 2020. Cool! |
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Posted by Bzuck on Tue Jan 14 14:49:01 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by ChicagoMotorman on Mon Jan 13 13:31:04 2020. Amazon sells everything! |
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Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Jan 14 17:04:49 2020, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by BLE-nimx on Tue Jan 14 02:18:05 2020. So far from what I was able to find on the net, the company no longer exists. |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Jan 14 17:24:46 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by ChicagoMotorman on Tue Jan 14 14:06:01 2020. I remember seeing you with them when I was at the ERA convention but those were the currently available hickory stripe as opposed to the thinner pinstripe that was more prevalent here on NYCTA. Back in the old days, which type of stripes were more prevalent on CTA when both types were available? |
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Posted by BLE-nimx on Fri Jan 17 22:18:10 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Mon Jan 13 18:07:05 2020. When did they stop issuing caps and badges? |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Jan 18 03:12:20 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by BLE-nimx on Fri Jan 17 22:18:10 2020. Not exactly sure. I actually don’t recall the TA issuing any caps and they currently don’t issue badges although they could since a generic badge with the title “Operator” could be used by simply issuing the same badges as the bus operators. I do know that when I became a M/M in 1958 I was issued a badge but that was the only item the TA issued to the M/M besides the handles and keys. Being that I worked most of my time on the BMT (B1) I never wore the badge since even though they were issued, BMT M/M never wore them. |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by BLE-NIMX on Sat Jan 18 14:51:35 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Sat Jan 18 03:12:20 2020. I only saw 2 motormen that had caps and badges, one was Battle at Concourse Yard, the other was a guy out of 179. They did issue line baseball caps to all T/Os for their picked lines. I still have my Rockaway Line C cap somewhere in drawer next to my old cab door latch. |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sat Jan 18 15:45:12 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Tue Jan 14 17:24:46 2020. Have we met? |
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Posted by randyo on Sun Jan 19 18:16:27 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Sat Jan 18 03:12:20 2020. Typo. I became a M/M in 1968, not 58. |
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Posted by randyo on Sun Jan 19 18:19:49 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by BLE-NIMX on Sat Jan 18 14:51:35 2020. What year was that? In any case, I wouldn’t have fit in with a line upon my cap since I worked vacation relief for my first pick and had a combination of 2 lines on my second. What about a T/O with an RDO relief who may work 3 or more lines within a week? |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by randyo on Sun Jan 19 18:56:19 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sat Jan 18 15:45:12 2020. A couple of times both at the joint ERA/CERA convention and the ERA convention a few years later. On one of the occasions I believe you were the M/M on a Red Line train out of Howard. |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by BLE-nimx on Sun Jan 19 19:13:17 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Sun Jan 19 18:19:49 2020. About 1990. RdO reliefs got caps for their daily picked lines. I don't know about XXL although they had enough caps for anyone who happened to be around while they were handed out |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sun Jan 19 20:07:18 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Sun Jan 19 18:56:19 2020.  This I'm afraid is me.
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Posted by Express Rider on Sun Jan 19 20:59:55 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by BLE-NIMX on Sat Jan 18 14:51:35 2020. Could an enterprising TO/ moterman have made his/her own badges/pins for their uniform for any of the three divisions, or perhaps a real or improvised pin/badge from pre-1940 privately owned days, or were such personal additions to uniforms strictly prohibited? |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jan 20 00:41:25 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by BLE-nimx on Sun Jan 19 19:13:17 2020. But even a RDO relief T/O could work 3 different lines within the M-F week. Work a R Monday off T/W an E on thurs and an F on Fri. |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jan 20 00:43:45 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sun Jan 19 20:07:18 2020. That’s they way I remember you overalls and all. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jan 20 01:21:04 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by Express Rider on Sun Jan 19 20:59:55 2020. I never heard anything against it although prior to 1966 when M/M were required to purchase their own uniforms it might have been frowned upon. During the period when M/M were not strictly required to wear uniforms, there was probably little the TA could say about it. |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Mon Jan 20 09:40:24 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Mon Jan 20 00:43:45 2020. LOL. Thank you. |
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Posted by BLE-NIMX on Mon Jan 20 10:14:40 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by randyo on Mon Jan 20 00:41:25 2020. Some guys I knew got more than 1 line cap. I don't remember signing for them. Even work trains got a cap. I depended where you were when they were handing them out |
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Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jan 20 16:04:22 2020, in response to Re: NYCTA M/M’s overalls., posted by BLE-NIMX on Mon Jan 20 10:14:40 2020. That would make some sense. I was also thinking that several patches could be sewn o to the front of the caps to reflect all the lines the T/O is working. If he/she were working vacation relief then the cap could have a V and an R. |
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