MTA 1575, 484         
Date: 12/28/2014 Location: Manhattan, NY Views: 216 Collection Of:   Tim Darnell
Locomotives: MTA 484(Electric M.U.) MTA 1575(Electric M.U.)    Author:  Tim Darnell
MTA 1575, 484
Picture Categories: Transit,Passenger,Action This picture is part of album:  TADs NY Subway system
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Tom Beckett General Ah, 1575. I remember riding this car in regular service in the 70's. It's an R-7A, essentially an R 1/9 with an R10 body. I don't recall now exactly why it got the new body-I think it was an experiment of some sort. I miss those old cars. In the 70's when things were rotten and the city had no money, a lot of times the new(R 44's at the time) cars would have a variety of mechanical ills, from brake system issues-the P wire was a new development on those cars-to air conditioning. At least with these, you could open the end doors and get a good breeze going through the train when it was moving. And for a high school kid, riding between cars was the way to go. You'd probably be answering questions from the JTTF if you did that now. 12/29/2014 1:49:45 AM

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