On 29.12.17 2:32, Clark F Morris wrote:   
   > On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 12:28:06 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 7:45:26 AM UTC-5, houn...@yahoo.co.uk   
   wrote:   
   >>> On 27.12.17 3:59, John Levine wrote:   
   >>>> In article ,   
   >>>>     wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>> Under H&M, the system had variable fares depending on distance.   
   >>>>> Also, I believe there was joint ticketing with the railroads   
   >>>>> who terminated at PATH (Hoboken and Newark), and that on   
   >>>>> the Newark run conductors collected tickets.   
   >>>> They were a real railroad and were happy to sell you a through ticket   
   >>>> to Chicago or anywhere else.   
   >>>   
   >>> Was the same possible on SIRT, since it was B&O?   
   >>   
   >> I haven't seen anything suggesting it was ever connected to the Mainland --   
   >> there would have been rail ferries as for crossing the Hudson before the   
   Penn   
   >> tunnel and then the Hudson Tubes.   
      
   Would they not have been able to buy tickets further afields as the line   
   was part of a larger network?   
      
      
   >   
   > There was something special about the R42s and their predecessors that   
   > ran on the line because they ran on track accessible by the B&O trains   
   > on the Arthur Kill? bridge to New Jersey.   
      
   Do you mean R-44s? I never heard of R-42s running on SIRT.   
      
   > The trains weren't   
   > interstate but they ran on mainline rail.   
      
   Are SIRT trains fitted with cab signals, BTW?   
      
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