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Quick question:

It would seem that, with the infusion of new "Are-Tee-Es" in the early 1980's, that replacement of the "Borough Bombers" would have been high on the "Em-Tee ...

Graffiti...........

It was, as we know, that rampant subway graffiti established a firm stronghold in "Noo Yawk", beginning in the 70s; it was, indeed, an unsettling "social commenta ...

W.B.:

You and I, both (and many older fellows) still lament the passing of both classic SMEE equipment and, of course, the time-honored RFW.

Now, I have to be honest here, and have to say that t ...

W.B.:

Agreed.

Perhaps a another good moniker for the "R-16" might have been the "Jumbos"? (when compared to the "R-17")? Wink

I, also, would have loved seeing ...

Just a little "aside" here...........

Recall how the "R-12/14s" were scaled-down versions of the "R-10s" (aka "Thunderbirds"), built by ACF/

I have to adm ...

W.B.:

Thanks, as always, for the additional info.

Just curious, when the "Em-Tee-Yay" first started taking delivery of "Torpedoes", who got the first?

"Em-Tee-Yay&quo ...

Here's three early-1980s photos of "stoa" RTS ("PA"-series)..............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156271

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156292

https://www ...

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W.B.:

Compare these photos depicting an early "Hi-V" (IRT) with an LIRR "MP-41"............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?138710

https://www.n ...

Now, look at the "Aitch & Em's" 33rd St. terminal, which opened in 1940, the same year that the "Eye-En-Dee's" 6th Avenue line opened.

Though the "tubes" were inde ...

In the "color band" tile schemes and streamlined look (i.e. no elaborate mosaics), "fer shurr"; don't know about the other parts. Philly's subway certainly drew from "Noo Yaw ...

W.B.:

Agreed; that photo was, indeed, NOT of the best quality.....not by a long shot.

But, again, it was quite a symbolic image, especially that the veteran "Jetson" was still wearing ...

"LEADING THE SUCCESSOR" (Livingston & Boerum, 1981)

This 1981 photo is indeed symbolic; here we have (still attired in classic "Tee-Yay" green) "Jetson" #2067, clo ...

W.B.:

Speaking of "toid rails"........

Recall, in 1963, the "Q" cars had their old "El-style" third rail shoes swapped for the subway ("tongue") type..... ...

Merrick & 89th Avenue, 1981.

Not only, at this late date, does "Dangerfield" #5673 still proudly wear its original green paint, but it is also mercifully free of any unsightly graffit ...

I seem to remember reading about the Culver shuttle that it was the only trackage not to have had its third-rail placement rearranged to conform to the rest of the "B" Division system (combi ...