by BobLI
Why did the MTA go with a different vendor for the next order of bi-levels? Didn’t it make more sense to be comparable with the existing c1 cars and add to that fleet?
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BobLI wrote: ↑Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:45 am Why did the MTA go with a different vendor for the next order of bi-levels? Didn’t it make more sense to be comparable with the existing c1 cars and add to that fleet?Bob-(going off the original topic):
The pings were retired suddenly after one of their 1910 "temporary shop trucks" disintegrated on the Main Line at high speed, causing the car's floor to strike a bridge beam at Woodside or Forest Hills. The bridge beam's still bent.I believe that the west of Flushing derailment was the same problem, as the train remained intact. The engineer was commended for bringing the train to a safe stop.
Kelly&Kelly wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:33 pm Hey 452! I know the one you mean, and I'm not sure either. But I know that dent will be there long after we're both gone.Thanks for the film link, that was an amazing watch.
Speaking of the ping-pongs, lots of them in this video of the LIRR I remember:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZNpVWMj08w
RGlueck wrote: The MU car is strung with an electrical cable beneath its windows.Are you sure that's an electrical cable and not spray paint ?
If the location is Sunnyside yard, what are these three cars doing there ?I have photos of the Jamaica OBS at the Black River & Western, along with the LIRR's Rotary Snow Plow in 1979. Not all the cars were going to the scrapers. Many boxcars still didn't have graffiti on them in 1972. I also agree that that is spray paint on the MP54.
Also note the absence of graffiti on the boxcars.