bigrene18 Posted December 24, 2010 Share #26 Posted December 24, 2010 Both the R30s and R33/R36 WFs were overhauled at the same time at Coney Island, 1985. Neither had a full rebuild, but the R30s did get completely new GE SCM controllers and motors. Ironically, these would be installed on the GE R36s [9560-9769] during their 1991 overhaul when the R30s were being mothballed. In a way, the R32 could though of as a stainless version of the R27/30. The stainless construction reduced the weight by 10,000 lb to 69,000 and therefore light enough for AC when rebuilt by MK. Yup, true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted December 24, 2010 Share #27 Posted December 24, 2010 Unless those cars are some how single units cars(which they arn't) the rail adhesion car and 8506 can't move under their own power. The Rail Adhesion car is hooked up (I believe) to either a redbird or a R32. I assumed it can run under its own power since it actually sees service...unless its just a dead car that's pulled around by the other cars To a point. Married pairs cannot be split up and mated with singles and expected to run properly. Married pairs with their mates in classes R26-42 can run with anything else in the R10-42 SMEE classes though. That was one of the reasons I was talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1103 Posted December 26, 2010 Share #28 Posted December 26, 2010 For anyone who is curious here are the R30 survivors. : Yeah, I doubt we'll be seeing that car coming outta there without a nameplate, since it's been an office for who-knows-how-long.....:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted December 26, 2010 Share #29 Posted December 26, 2010 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
105th St KK QJ JJ J Posted December 26, 2010 Share #30 Posted December 26, 2010 I know it's highly unlikely but I would love to see a R-30 fan train painted in the blue and white color scheme.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted December 26, 2010 Share #31 Posted December 26, 2010 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Vandelay Posted December 29, 2010 Share #32 Posted December 29, 2010 Actually, R26-R30s(Not R29s) could and did run paired to single cars. If in a train of properly mated cars or singles, they would work well enough. R27/30s would occasionally run with R16s(and theoretically R10/11s, but I never heard of such occurring) on occasion when their mates were OOS. R26/28s would occasionally run with R12-22s when their mates were OOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1103 Posted December 30, 2010 Share #33 Posted December 30, 2010 Speaking of the R-27, where IS it now? Do they still have it in Pitkin, and is it still being used for work service...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted December 30, 2010 Share #34 Posted December 30, 2010 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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