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   John Levine to hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk   
   Re: An Idea for the Island Line?   
   16 Dec 17 16:56:23   
   
   XPost: uk.railway   
   From: johnl@taugh.com   
      
   In article ,   
   hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk  wrote:   
   >I was actually thinking of the R-62/R-62A, which runs on the Subway's A   
   >division (IRT).   
      
   Too big.   
      
   >Another alternative to the R-62/R-62A would be the PA4s on PATH, which   
   >run between New York City and northern New Jersey. Those trains went   
   >into service in the mid- to late-80s and are shorter height- as well as   
   >length-wise, due to narrower gauges in their tunnels.   
      
   Still too big.  A little poking around on the LT website finds that   
   tube trains are 2888mm high and 2629mm wide.  The PA4's are 3566mm   
   high and 2813mm wide.   
      
   Informatively,   
   John   
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