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Re: How was it to ride the subway lines in the 60's and 70's? (94086)

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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Feb 9 16:56:02 2000, in response to Re: How was it to ride the subway lines in the 60's and 70's?,
posted by Bill Newkirk on Wed Feb 9 16:45:56 2000.

That is correct. It wasn't until the connection to the Culver line opened in 1954 that windshield wipers were needed.

The lack of headlights didn't make operation dangerous per se. I got a big kick out of it because the tunnel lights alone made the I-beams between the local and express tracks look like silhouettes. Plus you couldn't see the track very easily.

Oh and Chris, did you know the R-16s didn't have headlights originally, either?

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