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W and V letters on since the mid '80s


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I read that the (W) and (V) route letters existed on the subway indentification scrolls since the mid '80s. The (MTA) was planning these re-routes since then. This was interesting being that I thought those route letters were recently added but know that I think about it, it makes sense.

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Are there existing rollsigns for the letters which aren't currently in use for a line (i.e: H, I, K, O, P, T, U, X, Y)?

 

H and K still exists (blue) and I believe U X and Y are white. Not sure about I O P and T. The JFK Express still exists on rollsigns.

 

ALso A Division rollsigns have other numbers on them. Seen a photo of an R62/A in the yard signed up as a 12 (green) and 11 is in purple

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H and K still exists (blue) and I believe U X and Y are white. Not sure about I O P and T. The JFK Express still exists on rollsigns.

 

ALso A Division rollsigns have other numbers on them. Seen a photo of an R62/A in the yard signed up as a 12 (green) and 11 is in purple

 

Okay, I see. Thanks for explaining.

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H and K still exists (blue) and I believe U X and Y are white. Not sure about I O P and T. The JFK Express still exists on rollsigns.

 

ALso A Division rollsigns have other numbers on them. Seen a photo of an R62/A in the yard signed up as a 12 (green) and 11 is in purple

 

That's true!

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I've seen a photo of an R62 rollsign with the 13 but totally forgot which color it was. I think it was green. Also seen a photo of the 10 which IIRC, is red. Both photos were by Dante Angerville.

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No I was wondering if those routes ever ran on a line. I know they're not current lines! LOL

 

8 used to refer to the third avenue El shuttle in the Bronx, but the cars themselves were usually marked 'shuttle'. AFAIK the others have never been used.

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IIRC, P and T are both white.

 

IIRC, the 8 was supposed to be the same as the <6> and the 11 was proposed to be the <7>. I think the 12 was supposed to be a East side version of the 2. IDK about the 10-- maybe that was supposed to be a skip- stop of the 4, but I'm not too sure.

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I've seen some Grand Central Shuttle Trains bearing the (8) bullet.

 

Sometimes the GC Shuttle is referred to as the "8", as the Rockaway Shuttle is still sometimes called the "H" - this distinguishes them from each other and the Franklin Shuttle which AFAIK is always "S"

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