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Is there a picture of the strip maps on the R62A (6) before they all moved to the (7)? I know SIR's R44's have this but are all the R62/R62A's getting those blue seats to match the newer trains. I've been on a few on the (7) that had those seats and I think there are a few cars that completely have them. The same thing was suppose to happen on the R46's.

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At 14 & 23 Sts, the (F)(M) is on the outside, PATH is on the inside, and the (B)(D) is below the PATH tracks

What I found interesting about this is why it took so long for the City of New York to get the stupid express tracks done? I mean 27 years was alot of time to wait.

 

When the IND 6th Avenue line was built provisions were made into West 4th and 34th Street for two express tracks (Many people say provisioning in the in the mezzanines in addition to what was previously there in the right of way but I don't think that's the case), they wanted to acquire the Hudson and Manhattan tunnels that were already up and running, and use that as the express tracks, something which was planned I believe even before the construction of the IND 8th Avenue line was completed. I mean it doesn't take too much to know that the tunnels cannot accommodate IND clearances.

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I was wondering about this...are the car markers in the system the oldest signs continually left up around the stations? That's to say, just about every sign has been redesigned and replaced many times over the past few decades. But the car markers are the exact same font and shape as in the 1950s, and I wonder if some of them are even the same physical signs. 

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To be honest, I was actually disappointed when fewer of the R62As and R46s got new blue seats. I think the interiors are one of the best things for each car. I frankly don't like seeing NTT-like seats on the SMEE's.

That was the plan for the R32 SMS but they scrapped that plan

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