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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Aug 17 19:48:35 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by TunnelRat on Fri Aug 17 13:36:09 2007. Absolutely, it was stupid. However, something also needed to be known was that back at that time, you were TOLD if anyone or anything was on the tracks, trains were stopped if there was any activity. Only thing we didn't get a stop order over was for a dog on the tracks and even that stops the trains now. But yes, it was incredibly stupid, I admit.But FWIW, I was watching the iron while doing this, and had a clear shot of view or I wouldn't have even thought about it. And the cord was only a half second away from my hands if I had to pull it. Still, no excuse. I was 20 at the time and brainless. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Aug 17 19:49:37 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Aug 17 12:11:53 2007. It was around 81st, and like I just said to Tunnelrat, only a few fleeting seconds - long enough for effect, not long enough to have lost sight of where I was going. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Aug 17 20:01:07 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by MJF on Fri Aug 17 11:32:14 2007. I'll bet that RandyO remembers if you don't ... when the 42's were new, they came with (IIRC) a "Frost King" ammonia-based air conditioning system that had a nasty habit of bursting pipe and SNOWING in the car. White powder dump. Any of you guys remember those? I had one such dump on one of my trains one day and when I walked back to the car, couldn't BELIEVE the mess. :) |
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Posted by R68A - 5200 on Fri Aug 17 20:35:58 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by Railman718 on Fri Aug 17 19:39:38 2007. Another reason those Japanese units are better than their Canadian counterparts. Can you think of more from a design/operational standpoint? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Aug 17 20:49:37 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by Railman718 on Fri Aug 17 19:39:38 2007. Something's terribly wrong there, and I suspect it's the design specs. In Canada, they know about cab heat, and why it needs to work. :) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Aug 17 21:37:11 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Aug 17 20:01:07 2007. I'll bet you wished you'd had an R-1/9 consist.:) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Aug 17 21:38:50 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Aug 17 19:49:37 2007. Which direction was downhill? I can't remember. I do remember that on my very first CPW dash, the motorman gave it juice as we reached 103rd Street. We were headed n/b. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Aug 17 21:40:17 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Aug 17 19:48:35 2007. I wonder if anyone said or thought, "Hey, the side signs just went out!" |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Aug 17 21:43:53 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Aug 17 21:37:11 2007. Usually got my wish, but in the end you took what you were told to. :) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Aug 17 21:51:15 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Aug 17 21:38:50 2007. Actually, both directions as I recall ... the "peak" was around 96th street and north and south of that point was downhill in each direction although the slope s/b into 59th was a bit gentler than the decline PLUS the ramp towards 103 ... as best I remember ... |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Aug 17 21:52:35 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Aug 17 21:40:17 2007. Heh. Not a whole lot of them had working bulbs to begin with, and no ... lights going out on subway trains (including the entire car) was something that folks were So used to, they hardly noticed. Only sharp-eyed MMI's would know and even then they couldn't be sure the bulbs were intact anyway. :) |
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Posted by MJF on Sat Aug 18 00:22:30 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Aug 17 20:01:07 2007. Nope. I would have remembered THAT happening.Oh the weather inside is frightful... |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Aug 18 00:27:41 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by MJF on Sat Aug 18 00:22:30 2007. I think the 40's did that as well. It was truly a sight to see ... like a cocaine dealer's convention gone horribly wrong. Ah-choo! :) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Aug 18 15:31:40 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Aug 17 21:52:35 2007. As I've said, the last time I saw an illuminated side sign on an R-1/9 was in 1968. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Aug 18 15:34:03 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Aug 17 21:51:15 2007. N/b at 103rd, the express track dives down through the station so the n/b local track can slide over. The tunnel section between 103rd and 110th is one of the very few spots on the IND where there's no crash wall bewteen the express tracks, just heavy I-beams. Then at 110th, the n/b express track ramps back up halfway through the station. |
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Posted by monorail on Sat Aug 18 22:12:45 2007, in response to Re: Larry Line Jacked Up...., posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Aug 17 21:40:17 2007. side signs went out on a date with the front route sign to a secluded destination...... |
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