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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

In this moody 1961 photo, we see a train of heavyweight NYC MUs running on the Hudson Line.

By the time of this photo, the oldest cars (1907) were already over 50 years old.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?78247

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["NEW YORK CENTRAL"]

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The NYC also operated RDCs in diesel territory, both of Croton-Harmpn; for obvious reasons, these cars were known as "Beeliners"...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?40837

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?108752

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["BUDD"]

[Cyberider]

These cars must have been pretty elegant in their early days. Interesting to note that the photo was taken by my friend, the late Ed Davis Sr. He also was the author of "They Moved the Millions" which was about the NYC subway and elevated systems.

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

New Haven MUs...........

The NH operated a large number of MUs;most were heavyweights, but there was also a small group pf postwar MUs, built by P-S, known as "Washboards" because of their fluted sides.

For all their sleekness and modern lines, the 'Washboards" were not destined to enjoy a long service life on the NH.

The most unusual NH MUs were the steel open-platform cars that dated back to the earliest days of NH electrification.

These distinctive cars lasted into the 1950s, and looked much older than they were, which added to their charm (they recalled the narrow-gauge MUs on Boston's Revere Beach & Lynne)

These cars lasted into the the 1950s.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?69326

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["OSGOOD-BRADLEY"]

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NH's formidable arch-roof heavyweight MUs lasted into the early 1970s; they were similar to those operated by the RDG.

The NH's heavyweight MUs were known as "MUTTS" to train crews and shop personell............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?127706

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["NH"]

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Here we have two trains of NH's "Washboard" MUs at Port Chester, on a gloomy day, back in 1955.............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?87843

(courtesy:nycsubway.org)

["DANGER-HIGH VOLTAGE!"]

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Here we see two handsome "Washboard" MUs at the New Haven yards, on a bright, sunny day, back in the late 1970s........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?20191

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["NYNH&H"]

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Pre-Penn Central, pre-AMTRAK, it would have indeed been difficult to imagine that, one day, "GG-1s" would be found at New Haven.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?36823

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?36824

(courtesy:nycsubway.org)

["Amtrak"]

[Cyberider]

Thanks all the interesting info, NYO. Glad you also have Ed's book.

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[Cyberider]

Ed was a retired NYC Subway motorman retired to MT for his later years. He also modeled in S-gauge.

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Cyberider:

Recalling now the once-proud RDC "Daylight Speedliners" of the the B&O; only one unit was spared the torch, and, thankfully, is preserved today..........

https://www.borail.org/collection/bo-no-1961/

["BUDD"]