Robert Paniagua wrote:They never got to this on the JMZL lines, that's why the 75 foot cars don't run there.
Yeah I know, and if they decided to ease on some curves on those lines, they would have seen 75 footers, the only place where the J/Z route see 75-footers is in the underground area shared with the E line, the last two eastern stops.
Actually even at Jamaica Center and Sutphin the J doesn't see the 75footers because the E is on the upper level and the J is on the lower level, and the tracks don't connect or intermingle.
Actually, a 75 footer can run to a certain point, but opposing trains can't pass each other at the same time in some spots. Those spots are:
-The Marcy Ave curve from the WillyB
-The Myrtle-Bway curve on the M line
Back in 1976, there was a fantrip run with the R46 bicentenial train that ran from Essex St over the Bridge to Metropolitan Ave (of course they had to watch no opposing train was in those two spots).
As for the J line, not only can opposing trains not pass each other, but the trains can't even make the curves at Cypress Hills and Crescent St. An R46 can't go further than East New York on the J, even if they watch the curves.