Oh, I'm sure various Seashore members have opinions about 3352
that may or may not be positive. The summary version is: the car
operated for 6 years without the center door, approx 1904-1909.
ca 1910, the center door was cut in and the fish belly girder plate
added. This door was pneumatically operated with a trigger attached
to the same levers that manually close the end door. In the early
20s MUDC was added and the box under the motorman's window was
modified.
Because 3352 represents "the first" IRT car, Seashore chose, many
years ago, to attempt to restore it to 1904 condition. This meant
removing the center door, replacing the missing seating, replacing
the wood slat flooring. removing ceiling fans and battery lights,
removing all MUDC equipment, etc. It should have also involved
replacing the ME21/AMRE brake system with AMR/M19, changing the
compressor, and some minor control group mods. There may be a few
other changes that I'm forgetting.
Basically, the project got stalled in the middle of all this and
the car is in limbo.