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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Sep 20 08:51:00 2025 "The Elevated Railways of Brooklyn and the BMT Subway", Volume 3 has just been published. This book is authored by Mr. Eric Oszustowicz and is a goldmine of information on the BMT. There is a notation on page 439 that December 18, 1918 Standards 2208 and 2274 were damaged beyond repair in an accident north of Chambers Street Station. Two new car bodies were built by ACF which was then building the 2500 series cars with the same car numbers to replace these two cars . The author notes that this means the 952 not 950 Standards were built. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Sep 20 14:13:52 2025, in response to 952 Standards, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Sep 20 08:51:00 2025. A similar vein to what happened with the IND old timers. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Sep 20 21:31:10 2025, in response to Re: 952 Standards, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Sep 20 14:13:52 2025. Which brings up a thought. Not that I know much about the IRT, but several R17's had very short lives.As for the B Division, the D Types did well, just one set (1 renumbering) lost to a collision. And that was like 30 years into their lives. As for SMEES, I think the R27/30's had it rough as 4 were lost in the Met fire and 1 on the Astoria line. The 32's had quite a few wrecks before they were GOH'ed. They lost 4 R38's at a young age. They lost slants 4420/21 at a young age, R42's were lost too, especially 4680/81 lost by the time I got hired in 1979. Several others lost early like 4714/15 and 4766/67. The R44's had many losses at a young age whereas just 2 R46's pre GOH were lost at 179 lower level when a motorman had a fatal heart attack before he took out the bumper block and crashed into a wall. The luckiest ones are the R68/68A's. None lost at all but 2755 almost was when it was sideswiped by a work train in CIYD before it was released for service. This is all from memory. Specifics at www.nycsubway.org |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Sep 21 07:41:56 2025, in response to Re: 952 Standards, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Sep 20 21:31:10 2025. One R-16 was lost at a young age. They took one of the R-11s and modified it so it could m.u. with other SMEEs. It saw service on the Curly. |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Sep 21 10:08:26 2025, in response to 952 Standards, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Sep 20 08:51:00 2025. 
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Sep 21 10:08:57 2025, in response to 952 Standards, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Sep 20 08:51:00 2025.
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Posted by Avid Reader on Sun Sep 21 10:53:38 2025, in response to Re: 952 Standards, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Sep 21 07:41:56 2025. They took one of the R-11s and modified it so it could m.u. with other SMEEs. It saw service on the Curly.Just how much modification needed to be done? Where they Downward modified to R/10's or upward modified to R/16 specs? |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Sep 21 13:29:44 2025, in response to [PHOTO] Re: 952 Standards, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Sep 21 10:08:26 2025. What sort of damage did it sustain? Those BMT standards were damn near indestructible! |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Sep 21 14:53:40 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Re: 952 Standards, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Sep 21 13:29:44 2025. What sort of damage did it sustain? Those BMT standards were damn near indestructible!The damage was probably on the other end. Bill M. |
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Posted by italianguyinsi on Mon Sep 22 12:53:06 2025, in response to Re: 952 Standards, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Sep 20 21:31:10 2025. That's why the number plate of 2755 has a different font ? |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Mon Sep 22 13:11:23 2025, in response to Re: 952 Standards, posted by italianguyinsi on Mon Sep 22 12:53:06 2025. Yes. |
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Posted by mta t on Mon Sep 22 19:43:46 2025, in response to Re: 952 Standards, posted by Avid Reader on Sun Sep 21 10:53:38 2025. Upward modified to R10 and R16+, given SMEE was more modern than AMUE tech used on R9 and older. |
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