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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Here's a train of "10's" on BMT rails, signed for the "#16 CANARSIE"........
http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?24359
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Ever wonder how the "10's" would have looked if they sported storm doors with porthole windows, a la R15/16? 
I LIKE the look!!!!! 
(this storm door came from an R-16, and was installed on R-10 #3141).........
http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?150300
http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2459
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Now, in direct contrast to the previous photo, this view dates to 1982, and was snapped at the Concourse yard.......
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"NOSTALGIA" (Bedford Park Blvd., 1970)
The aura of nostalgia is indeed quite powerful, here.......
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Battle-scarred R-10 #3214 leading an "E" train at Union Turnpike, 1980 (I can still remember R-10's also appearing on the "E", about this time, and hopped aboard one whenever I could!)
Much nostalgia here, including still-in-use markers, incandescent station lighting, as well as vintage signage.
Note, too, the "HUDSON TERMINAL" curtain proudly displayed by #3214 ("HUDSON TERMINAL", lower Manhattan terminal of the H&M/PATH until 1971, had been gone nine years when this photo was taken)
(I'm VERY lucky to have one of those classic platform column signs decorating one of my walls today!)
http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2501
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NYO--
Thanks for those links...some great stuff in there. That interior image of the R-10 with the three extra seats installed...I have never seen that before. Was it just one car, or a whole train of them? Like a BMT Standard...
One thing I recall about the older cars, in the pre-air conditioner era...
The standard roofed R-10's and R-14's were much cooler inside on a hot summer day, than the later R-15's with their 'dropped ceilings', and hidden fans. The drop ceiling did not allow the heat to rise as well, despite the grates in them for that purpose. Nor did they have the vents that could be manually opened during the warm season... |
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| traildriver wrote: | NYO--
Thanks for those links...some great stuff in there. That interior image of the R-10 with the three extra seats installed...I have never seen that before. Was it just one car, or a whole train of them? Like a BMT Standard...
One thing I recall about the older cars, in the pre-air conditioner era...
The standard roofed R-10's and R-14's were much cooler inside on a hot summer day, than the later R-15's with their 'dropped ceilings', and hidden fans. The drop ceiling did not allow the heat to rise as well, despite the grates in them for that purpose. Nor did they have the vents that could be manually opened during the warm season... |
traildriver:
You are quite welcome; it takes a LOT of "hunting" for the links and photos, but is IS a quite REWARDING "chore"!
The R-10 with the 3-2 seating; AFAIK, it was only one car that recieved that new, revised BMT-style seating arrangement (I do recall riding this car on the "CC"/"C", back in the 80's, and thought it quite unusual, when I stepped inside the car!)
Speaking of "cooler" cars (remember the small, caged, angled fans on the R-10's/12's/14's, used instead of the large "paddle fans" used in prewar equipment?)..........
The first "Tee-Yay" experiment with a/c took place in 1955; this installing a/c in R-15 # 6239) today a part of the NYCTM collection) four packaged* a/c units of one-and-a-half tons capacity.
(*this meant that these a/c's had the compressor and the evaporator mounted in a single unit)
A year later, 10 R-17's were equipped with six a/c units of one-and-a-half-ton capacity; these were letter increased two-ton units, increasing the a/c capacity to 12 tons (of course, the a/c equipment made the cars QUITE heavy, to say the least!)
Despite the novelty of a/c-equipped with subway cars, all experiments failed; the a/c units were left inside the cars that had had them installed, but, were later removed and replaced with the commonplace "Axiflow" fans.
These early a/c units failed for several reasons: noise and vibration were often at intolerable levels, they were hard to access for repairs, and they had limited capacity.
Ironically, the H&M/PRR purchased a new fleet of cars for their "joint service" to Newark; these were the "K"/"MP-52" cars that had the distinction of being the first production model. a/c-equipped rapid transit cars in the nation.
Again, the "Tee-Yay" was on the spot, but it was not until 1967, when ten R-38's were placed in service, all equipped with a/c.
Now, it was a given that all new subway cars would be equipped with a/c, which, of course, was indeed the case (recall, too, the rebuilt Redbirds, with thick steel stanchions installed, to support the added weight of the a/c installed when the units were rebuilt), from ceiling to floor.........
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