Rode the Triplexes many times as a kid on the Brighton express. We would stand in the drum between the cars hoping that we would be closed in on an especially tight curve!
And to top this,the pattern set by the D's,was carried through on the R1/9's,as the carbody was a single unit variation,on that theme! Pressed Steel also built a batch of the R1/9's,so they had the expertise! I'm surprised that no one has noted the obvious designs! Add to the current MTA designs,are repeating the AB/Steels headends,and that includes the LIRR/MNCR M-1's to M-3's,and the AC/DC NH units! Thank you for your attention! Thank you 😇 😊!
Would transfer from the Jamaica line at Canal Street and take the Brighton Express D types to Brighton Beach. Usually would be in the first car at RFW breathing in all that wonderful tunnel air until we got to Prospect Park. From there, it was great ride running through everyone's backyards. I always wondered why there was a "C": posted on the southbound express track just after the Ave H station. Eventually I figured out that it was to tell the motorman to "Coast" to save electricity consumption. I think they still had to apply power coming into the Kings Highway station.
I never had a chance to ride on the Triplexes. They were so well-built they could easily have lasted at least another ten years. Unlike the R-16s, which were put out of their misery, the Triplexes were still running like tops when they were sent to premature slaughter. The TA wanted to get rid of all "non-standard" subway equipment, and that included articulating cars.
I believe that New York City Transit will abolish the 75' long railcars slowly but surely. In fact, I once rode the D-Type train in 1976 during the BMT Diamond Jubilee Tour. Furthermore, I know that people call the Agency, New York City Transit Authority. However, it lasted until April 1996, when it went under the ownership of Metropolitan Transportation Authority, that people know as "MTA." Therefore, the Agency is renamed as "New York City Transit." By the way, I am a subway buff.
Rode the Triplexes many times as a kid on the Brighton express. We would stand in the drum between the cars hoping that we would be closed in on an especially tight curve!
The D-Type Triplex was the first subway car to include open gangways.
They were for the Brooklyn Manhattan Transit (BMT Lines), and were probably compatible for the Independent (IND) lines.
And to top this,the pattern set by the D's,was carried through on the R1/9's,as the carbody was a single unit variation,on that theme! Pressed Steel also built a batch of the R1/9's,so they had the expertise! I'm surprised that no one has noted the obvious designs! Add to the current MTA designs,are repeating the AB/Steels headends,and that includes the LIRR/MNCR M-1's to M-3's,and the AC/DC NH units! Thank you for your attention! Thank you 😇 😊!
Would transfer from the Jamaica line at Canal Street and take the Brighton Express D types to Brighton Beach. Usually would be in the first car at RFW breathing in all that wonderful tunnel air until we got to Prospect Park. From there, it was great ride running through everyone's backyards. I always wondered why there was a "C": posted on the southbound express track just after the Ave H station. Eventually I figured out that it was to tell the motorman to "Coast" to save electricity consumption. I think they still had to apply power coming into the Kings Highway station.
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I never had a chance to ride on the Triplexes. They were so well-built they could easily have lasted at least another ten years. Unlike the R-16s, which were put out of their misery, the Triplexes were still running like tops when they were sent to premature slaughter. The TA wanted to get rid of all "non-standard" subway equipment, and that included articulating cars.
I believe that New York City Transit will abolish the 75' long railcars slowly but surely. In fact, I once rode the D-Type train in 1976 during the BMT Diamond Jubilee Tour. Furthermore, I know that people call the Agency, New York City Transit Authority. However, it lasted until April 1996, when it went under the ownership of Metropolitan Transportation Authority, that people know as "MTA." Therefore, the Agency is renamed as "New York City Transit." By the way, I am a subway buff.
The D types actually entered service in 1927, 1928 besides the original 2 sets of 1925.
Let us see if some R211 cars would follow in the path of the D-Type cars.
Yeah they are, the ones that will is called the R211T
@@amazing50000 There could be an order of fewer R211T cars. However, I think the R211T cars would really work out nicely. Thank you for typing to me.
@@amazing50000 I would still hope for more R211T cars made but in a larger order than in the original one. Thank you for typing to me.
These were my favorite subway cars. Rode them often on the Brighton Line.