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Union Tpke

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  1. Here's a color picture of the IND World's Fair Line Line: IND 1939 World's Fair Line Location: World's Fair Line Car: R-9 Series (Number Unknown) Collection of: Joe Testagrose Date: 6/18/1939 Location: Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street Route: A Car: R-4 (American Car & Foundry, 1932-1933) 636 Collection of: Frank Pfuhler Notes: Car on shuttle track at Hoyt. This group of cars used in A or shuttle service (while it still operated).
  2. If it was an R160A yes, but you don't know that it wasn't an R160B.
  3. R160s are currently on the L R160s have ran on the .
  4. World Peace took the F train from the Queensbridge stop to 34th street. "It was a focused ride... 10-15 minutes." Metta world peace did take the F train to MSG tonight. "I took the train just like every other hard working New Yorker." -said Ron Ron
  5. I was also wondering; perhaps into 5 car sets or perhaps to the Grand Central Shuttle or possibly work service to retire more Redbird work trains
  6. They have purple stickers except the Broadway Singles in the 1900s, 1891-1895, which I see know and then and possibly a few more.
  7. They only mention buses if they are to an airport or if they are SBS otherwise the FINDs would be really crowded.
  8. I also didn't know the Q10 went to Forest Hills? It goes to Kew Gardens.
  9. The is mostly coonsisted of R160s due to the Montague closure, for someone who doesn't live in NYC, I understand why it would be amazing, I love the R32s; i hope the live as long as possible hopefully past 2017 You mean R62A
  10. I've seen it before as well. A post reads "It was due to unspecified work on the lead in tracks to the Jamaica Yard or near there. The M was cut back to 57 St/6 Av for the last few hours of service."
  11. Because the R188s will be exclusively used for the line, no other lines. There won't be a need for strip maps. Earlier in this thread there was a discussion about this,
  12. Photos from today's date in history courtesy of nycsubway.org Line: BMT Nassau Street/Jamaica Line Location: Gates Avenue Car: BMT D-Type Triplex Photo by: Hal Smith Collection Collection of: Joe Testagrose Date: 10/23/1962 Line: BMT Brighton Line Location: Sheepshead Bay Route: QJ Car: R-7 (Pullman, 1937) 1480 Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Date: 10/23/1969 Location: Intervale Avenue Route: 2 Car: R-33 Main Line (St. Louis, 1962-63) 9017 Photo by: Joe Testagrose Date: 10/23/1971 Also a day of multiple fan trips Line: BMT Nassau Street/Jamaica Line Location: Hewes Street Route: Fan Trip Car: R-10 (American Car & Foundry, 1948) 3298 Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Date: 10/23/1976 Location: 75th Street/Elderts Lane Route: Fan Trip Car: R-10 (American Car & Foundry, 1948) 3298 Photo by: Steve Zabel Collection of: Joe Testagrose Date: 10/23/1976 Location: 168th Street (Demolished) Route: Fan Trip Car: R-10 (American Car & Foundry, 1948) 3298 Photo by: Steve Zabel Collection of: Joe Testagrose Date: 10/23/1976 Line: BMT Canarsie Line Location: Livonia Avenue Route: Fan Trip Car: R-10 (American Car & Foundry, 1948) 3298 Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Date: 10/23/1976 Line: BMT Broadway Line Location: Times Square/42nd Street Route: Fan Trip Car: R-10 (American Car & Foundry, 1948) 3298 Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Date: 10/23/1976 Location: Kings Highway Route: Fan Trip Car: R-10 (American Car & Foundry, 1948) 3298 Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Date: 10/23/1976 Line: BMT Astoria Line Location: Ditmars Boulevard Route: Fan Trip Car: R-10 (American Car & Foundry, 1948) 3298 Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Date: 10/23/1976 Line: BMT Astoria Line Location: Ditmars Boulevard Route: Fan Trip Car: R-10 (American Car & Foundry, 1948) 3298 Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Date: 10/23/1976 Line: BMT Astoria Line Location: 39th/Beebe Aves. Route: Fan Trip Car: R-10 (American Car & Foundry, 1948) 3298 Photo by: Steve Zabel Collection of: Joe Testagrose Date: 10/23/1976 Line: IND Rockaway Location: Beach 105th Street/Seaside Route: Fan Trip Car: BMT A/B-Type Standard 2392 Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Date: 10/23/1977 Line: IRT East Side Line Location: Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall Route: Fan Trip Car: Low-V (Museum Train) 5443 Photo by: Joe Testagrose Date: 10/23/1979
  13. No the only operates R62s It doesn't run R62As. The are the only cars running R62As. They are both borrowed from the The orange strip is for Livonia Yard, which is how you can tell the R62 set on the is from the .
  14. On wikipedia it says that the R40 School car 4162-4163 pair was transfered from East New York Yard to Concourse Yard for storage and then scrapped. Is this true? If so, when was it transfered and when was it scrapped? I know that wikipedia is not always accurate though. On nycsubway.org R40 page it says that it is still a school car at ENY. I know that it sometimes takes a while to get updated. Can someone tell me what happened to the pair.
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