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Re: Newark City Subway Car spotted in San Francisco

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From: M Greene
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 00:00
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On 19 Sep 1995, fishman@panix.com(Harvey Fishman)wrote and asked a 
question of mgreene@omni.voicenet.com(moi):

 
> How wide were the original B&QT cars?  Somehow they always struck me as
> narrower than the 8000s and other series of equipment.

	The B&QT cars were 8'4" wide, like the SEPTA cars.  Inciden-
tally, I think one of the ex-SEPTA cars is painted in the postwar BOT
paint scheme, which, of course, was never authentically used by a
postwar PCC, though the 1936 PCC's in Brooklyn all wore them.

	Later

	Michael T. Greene
                                      
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From: M Greene <mgreene@omni.voicenet.com>
Subject: Re: Newark City Subway Car spotted in San Francisco
Date: 1995/09/20
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