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W.B.:

Thanks for the info.

So the "R-211s" are not of the "open gangway" variety on the "A" line; you often wonder if the current "Em-Tee-Yay" brass have ...

W.B.:

I hear you.

Recall, also, that the famed ex-NJRT motorman E. J. Quinby was instrumental in founding the ERA, back in the dak Depression days of the 1930s.

Now, compare the 1950s to toda ...

W.B.:

Well said.

You brought up a VERY valid point; when things are going downhill fast (no timer signals!) with the Yankees for an extended period, it, indeed, is like a "poysenal" sl ...

Further:

"........NYCTA ordered five 40-foot RTS, similar to the majority of their fleet, but chose to have these buses equipped with Lockheed Martin's HybriDrive propulsion......"

&qu ...

Cab signalling......

Recall that the earliest group of BRT "Steels" were equipped with cab signalling (for operation over the Sea Beach line) but were soon removed, and typical lineside b ...

How ironic (only in "Noo Yawk"!) Shocked

The "Red Hot" Mets beat "Bah-ston" at Citi Field, while the Yankees were PLAYING up in "Bah-ston"(!!) Shocked

(and ...

"Noo Yawk" baseball "nooze" (Friday)

Well, let's see................

METS: Very Happy

YANKEES:

Yup, the Amazin' "Red Hot" Mets have just won their 5TH STRAIGHT ...

Hope some info turns up on the bus company(s) that connected with the South Shore electric trains at Michigan City, back in the 1970s.

I'm guess that that this company(s) have long since either giv ...

From the aforementioned McCausland book (published 2008),,,,,,,,,,,

"........sources close to Millennium confirm at the time of printing that the contract with NJT has been cancelled. New Jers ...

Multiple issues earlier on quite a few of the numbered and lettered subway lines; "A" service in the Rockaways was partially out due to a "police investigation".

And so it goes. ...

Had not the "Em-Tee-Yay" not been so enamored with the GRUMMAN (aka "Borough Bomber"), nor so reluctant to embrace the new "Are-Tee-Es", they MIGHT have fared better purc ...

Just thinkin'......

Had the SAS had opened decades ago (as it was supposed to have been), the line would have been 100% BLOCK SIGNALED!

Too, in later years, I could see "44s" and 46s&q ...

W.B.:

You said it, my friend! Rolling Eyes

"NYO"

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As we have been talking about "See-Bee-Tee-See"..........

Just heard on 1010 WINS that the S.N.C.F. has been brought to a near standstill, do to widespread arson attacks.

Signal cables ...

This coming May (2025) will mark the 90th year that the former City Subway first opened (Broad Street-Heller Parkway)

I doubt that NJT will do all that much in honor of the occasion; there is not e ...