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STARTING THE "NYCMTS" CAR EQUIPMENT ROSTER LISTING HERE AS FOLLOWS:


PRE-WAR STEEL IRT SUBWAY CAR TRAIN MODELS, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE FOLOWING CLASSES;

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IRT STEEL High-V (High Voltage Controllers) SUBWAY MOTOR CARS - TYPES: GIBBS, DECK ROOF AND STANDARD (Hedley Body Design) STYLES (Modified Motor cars w/ manually - (via levers) operated end and center doors) AND HI-V TRAILER CARS - - - -

IRT STEEL LOW-V (Low Voltage Controllers) MOTOR AND TRAILER SUBWAY CARS - - - -

IRT STEEL LOW-V ( Low Voltage Controllers) "1939 WORLDS FAIR" 'STEINWAY' MOTOR SUBWAY CARS - - - - (25 2-car sets built for IRT service on the (Queens, New York) route to the New York Worlds Fair of 1939-40) - - - - mated with IRT standard Low-V Body Steinway Motors.

 

IRT STEEL 'GIBBS' HI-V SUBWAY CARS

Rear of last car of local train - a Gibbs Hi-V Motor - seen pulling out of local EL station near end of the platform.

 

Head-on Rear view of an IRT "Gibbs" Hi-V Motor car with Manually operated Door controls - seen at rear of local train leaving a local station platform on the "EL" and rounding the curve in background.

 

This view seen from the motorman cab of an express train on the el shows a 3/4 view of an IRT Steel "Gibbs" Hi-V Motor Car with manually operated door controls as it brings up rear of a local train taking the curve for a diverging route on the EL in the same direction.

 

IRT Steel subway "Gibbs" HI-V motor car seen at head of El train at local station platform

 

IRT STEEL DECK-ROOF HI-V SUBWAY CARS

IRT Steel Deck-Roof Hi-V Motor # 3659 seen at head of train in layup on center express track on the EL

 

Track side view of an IRT "Deck Roof" High-V Motor car with "Manually Operated Door" controls seen at head of Hi-V local train as it changes routes via track switch on the EL junction after it leaves a local station.

 

IRT Steel Deck Roof Hi-V Motor # 3662 seen at rear of local train leaving El station. Car 3662 preserved at Branford Trolley Museum, Conn.

 

IRT STANDARD (Hedley) Hi-V SUBWAY CARS

IRT Hi-V Motor # 3739 heads train of steel subway cars along the EL on the local track

 

IRT Steel Standard-Body Hi-V Motor # 3739 seen in mid train at EL local station stop

 

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IRT STEEL LOW-V SUBWAY CARS

IRT Steel Low-V Subway train enters local station


 

Looking down from Interlocking Tower-house stairway, a local train of IRT steel Low-V cars, with motor (left) and following trailer car --are seen leaving an Express Station on the El.

 

Local Train of steel IRT Low-V cars squeals around sharp curve as train approaches the island platform of an Express Station on the El. Express track is at right

 

IRT STEINWAY "1939 WORLDS FAIR" TYPE, LOW-V SUBWAY CARS

Trackside level view of IRT 1939 Worlds Fair Steinway Motor car at head of a Local Train switching routes on the EL under a bright mid day sky !

 

Two IRT steel "1939 Worlds Fair" (Low-V) Motor Steinway cars seen at rear of train leaving an island platform express station as seen from towerhouse stairway.

 

TRACKWALKER VIEW OF ELEVATED LOCAL TRAIN WITH A 1939 WORLDS FAIR IRT STEINWAY CAR AT THE REAR, MERGING FROM ONE ROUTE TO ANOTHER AS IT ENTERS EL LOCAL STATION.

 

Looking across the EL trackway from an EL Local Station platform to an IRT 1939 Worlds Fair Steinway Low-V Motor at rear of Local train leaving station's opposite platform

 

5 Car IRT El Local train of Steinway Cars with two 1939 Worlds Fair Steinway Motor type cars at the rear of train seen from opposite platform stopped at an EL Local Station under a cloud filled mid day blue sky !

 

IRT 1939 Worlds Fair Steinway Low-V motors are the 2 rear cars of local train seen departing an elevated local station platform, as seen from opposite station platform.

 

For MORE photos of my Pre-War IRT Steel subway car model photos, check this Photo Album Page Link !! Click each thumbnail for Larger Photo

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