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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 18:35:44 No.892438 View Reply Report Delete

Quoted By: >>892581

ITT: Vintage subway trains.

Pic related is the based tier BMT AB Standard train, with seat placement, adjustable windows, ceiling fans, innovative conductor-controlled automatic doors, automatic couplers(including automatic voltage connectors), and electric headlights.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 18:38:10 No.892440 Report Delete

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And the nigger-tier IRT Lo-V, which was designed without any forethought and requires an entire fucking crew to operate.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 18:47:19 No.892443 Report Delete

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I wish I could ride on those things without being surrounded by sweaty weird foamers

I feel like I have cooties standing in a crowded vintage subway train

Now I just wait for the next one to come along

Fuck foamers, they love to take a fun thing and make it creepy

You're one of them, aren't you op. Yes you are, you sweaty gross foamer you

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 18:50:46 No.892447 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>892450 >>892454 >>892606

Go big or go home, I say. The Central London Railway (now the central Line) used to have locomotive pulled trains going through it's tunnels.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 18:59:20 No.892449 Report Delete

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>>892443
No. I don't ride trains except for when I have to(i.e getting from one city to the next when the weather's shit and driving by SUV can be a death sentence). When I lived in NYC I felt the same way you do, surrounded by fat autists with cameras and such. I'm just interested in the technology that trains of different eras used, and the engineering that was required to make them.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:00:21 No.892450 Report Delete

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>>892447
Is that a steam engine?

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:11:36 No.892453 Report Delete

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:13:41 No.892454 Report Delete

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>>892447
>The Central London Railway (now the central Line) used to have locomotive pulled trains going through it's tunnels.

The Metropolitan did it better >>892453, as usual.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:42:34 No.892476 Report Delete

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This is a preserved subway train from 1924, when Barcelonas first subway line entered service. It was in use into the 70's iirc, but has been restored to more or less it's 1924 appearence. The interior hasn't been fully restored, it uses fluorescent lights instead of incandescent bulbs. Looks pretty neat, though.

It runs every now and then on special occasions, but it's always late at night when the subway isn't running (something about tension and current and whatnot) and on a stretch of double-tracked tunnel (that is, tunnel with no wall between both tracks) in case of a breakdown to make evacuation easier. But still, it gets to run, which seems fair enough.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:53:19 No.892483 Report Delete

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Although it's not entirely a subway train, this unit from the late 40's belongs to a suburban line which works a bit like an extended subway (running mostly above ground outside Barcelona), and has urban services which do work like a subway, sharing tracks with suburban services.

It, too, is in working condition, and they run it every now and then on special occasions (some years ago when money wasn't such an issue they used to run historic trains on a regular basis and without need to buy an extra ticket), and this one can run during operating hours with no problem.

Also it's been beautifully restored to it's 1940's style on the inside as well, with wood and chrome finishes. There's one second class carriage with padded seats, and two third class carriages with wooden seats. I wish they'd get it out more often, riding this thing is pure distilled WIN.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:00:36 No.892484 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>892649 >>892655

Everything about current American subway systems just feels antiquated compared to their European and Asian counterparts. Even NYC's, Philly, and Chicago's new rolling stock looks like it came straight outta the 30's

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:29:54 No.892493 Report Delete

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>>892450
Nah, that pic was taken after electrification. That's a tiny GE electric locomotive.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:34:59 No.892496 Report Delete

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>>892493
>aluminium cars with modern cabs and clean plastic and steel interiors
>looks like something from the thirties
I can't tell if you're retarded or if this is just shitty bait.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 22:42:42 No.892520 Report Delete

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1938 Stock London Underground

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 22:47:19 No.892521 Report Delete

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Waterloo and City old stock 1940

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhLPiFJROSg

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 22:51:38 No.892524 Report Delete

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1967 Stock retired 2011
First driverless trains in the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wcuc8AQkhM

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 22:52:08 No.892526 Report Delete

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Siemens Duewag Type U1, the 1965 prototype of the cars for the Frankfurt U-Bahn, when it was introduced it was the first modern light rail car in the world. Three cars were build and they were used in regular service untill well into the 1970s. Two of those cars were scrapped, one remains in the collection of the Frankfurt Transit museum.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 23:27:16 No.892542 Report Delete

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>>892524
B-but we had driverless trains running since 1964.
http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1966/08/18/pagina-19/32657774/pdf.html?search=L%C3%ADnea%20IV%20metropolitano
>Desde el primer día de 1964 todos los trenes de la línea II vienen funcionando automáticamente y han recorrido ya más de dos millones de kilómetros sin anomalía alguna
means
>Since the first day of 1964 all trains on line II having been running automatically, and have run for over two million kilometres without incidence
the newspaper article is from 1966 btw

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 01:44:55 No.892577 Report Delete

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>>892542
They had a prototype set up in 1960

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 02:00:48 No.892580 Report Delete

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>>892577
I don't think it's really about prototypes, or we could likely go back many decads to find experimental examples, but in any case our system was running tests since 1960 as well. From the same article:
>Un día del mes de junio de 1960, en la estación de Vilapiscina, el agente que iba en el centro del coche de cabeza de un tren de dos unidades cerró las puertas del mismo, que se puso inmediatamente en marcha, sin que ninguna de las tres personas que iban en la cabina de conducción hubiesen accionado ningún aparato de los mandos. Por vez primera circulaba por vías españolas un tren sin conductor, experiencia que con carácter oficial se repetía el 28 de enero de 1961, con la asistencia de diversas autoridades y del consejo de administración de la compañía.
>One day in the month of june of 1960, at Vilapiscina station, the agent in the center of the head car of a two-car train closed the doors of the train, which immediately started running without any of the three people in the drivrs cabin actioning any control apparatus. For the first time a driverless train ran on spanish tracks, experience that was repeated with an official nature on January 28th, 1961 in presence of various authorities and the company's management.
It goes on to say that tests continued until commercial revenue service started on January 1st 1964.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 02:20:57 No.892581 Report Delete

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>>892438
This a preserved model of the Sprague-Thomson trains that ran from 1908 all the way to 1983.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 02:25:59 No.892582 Report Delete

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>>892581
There's a lot of preserved post-war rolling stock but the MP 51 is probably the most important of the bunch since it's the first rubber tyred set introduced on the Parisian system and it served as the test bed for the automation system that was formally implemented in 1967.

People call it "Grand-Mère" (Grandma) for these reasons.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 02:32:43 No.892585 Report Delete

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>>892582
Over on the other side of the pond, the MR-63s used in Montréal are still in active service despite being in use since the system opened in 1966.

They're slated to be phased out as the new Azur sets are introduced but the things are perfectly fine mechanically speaking and could run for another 50 years.

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Latios</span> Mon 26 Oct 2015 05:49:59 No.892591 Report Delete

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The lineage did its 50 year run then pissed off to indonesia
Aluminium bodied car

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 07:27:58 No.892606 Report Delete

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>>892496
Not him, but do you think >>892447
shows aluminium cars with modern cabs and clean plastic and steel interiors?

I can't tell if you're retarded or if this is just shitty bait.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 11:14:23 No.892635 Report Delete

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>>892581
what is the cluster of 5 light bulbs for

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 12:57:41 No.892649 Report Delete

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>>892606
>>892496 was supposed to be a reply to >>892484 and not >>892493.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 13:23:52 No.892655 Report Delete

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>>892484
You are wrong. If anything it's further away, you don't even have moquette seats.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 14:39:28 No.892668 Report Delete

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>>892450
Nope, electric.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 14:47:56 No.892671 Report Delete

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>>892450
Nope but we went there.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 15:18:49 No.892685 Report Delete

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>>892671

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS4dQ_KR7AI

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:49:30 No.892735 Report Delete

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>>892521
i remember that - rickety but charming.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 19:06:37 No.892744 Report Delete

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>>892671
>>892685
It has always seemed fascinating to me someone would consider running a subway with steam trains.
>Oy mateys, let's run this 'ere steam train in the underground, wot could possibly go wrong?

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 19:17:58 No.892745 Report Delete

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>>892744
This was in 1863 don't forget. They literally didn't have that many options.

Electric power wasn't invented, nor had diesel, cable power would be too complicated, slow and inefficient and vacuum power (yes, they considered that) didn't work.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 19:52:39 No.892757 Report Delete

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SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 22:56:20 No.892790 Report Delete

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>>892745
I'm a trainfag on /n/ my friend, I know electric traction wasn't around in the days the Underground opened, I just find it curious that they wouldn't think it's a bad idea to run an underground railway with steam engines. After all, you could just build elevated lines which seems to make much more sense than a steam-powered subway.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 04:12:30 No.892838 Report Delete

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>>892790
The Metropolitan line is cut and cover, it also has many open sections along the route which allowed for ventilation.

You wouldn't be able to run steam on a deep level line, it is hard enough keeping it cool down there with electric traction.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 04:15:42 No.892839 Report Delete

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>>892790
Also,

>just build elevated lines which seems to make much more sense than a steam-powered subway.

The whole concept of the Underground came about because the government didn't allow the railway companies to build lines across central London as it would destroy too many historic buildings. So they came up with the Underground idea as a means of bypassing the central London railway ban.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 20:15:28 No.893075 Report Delete

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>>892757
SQUUUUUUEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAL

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 20:57:50 No.893088 Report Delete

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>>892757

The E is great inside of Queens. Maybe it's because I take the R to work though, which sets my standards low. Inside of Manhattan, I don't bother with anything other than the IRT lines.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 21:18:06 No.893093 Report Delete

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 21:20:49 No.893095 Report Delete

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>>893093
What line is that?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 21:48:09 No.893104 Report Delete

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>>893075
>>892757
WHHHIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRR *grind*

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 21:52:43 No.893106 Report Delete

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Wish they used this colour scheme on the newer trains

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 22:12:31 No.893111 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>893114 >>893133 >>893366

>>893106
Can't tell if Ireland, Scotland, the US, or even England...

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 22:16:40 No.893114 Report Delete

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>>893111
Toronto

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 23:09:58 No.893133 Report Delete

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>>893111
Those sets were used in Toronto. You may be getting a UK vibe because they were built by the GRC&W in Britain.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 19:20:29 No.893360 Report Delete

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>>893095
IRT West Side Line.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 19:27:39 No.893366 Report Delete

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>>893111

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 15:23:06 No.893578 Report Delete

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>>893366
Why is that a fail?

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4000 Series

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5000 Series

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6000 Series

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