On 01.01.18 22:11, Clark F Morris wrote:   
   > On Mon, 1 Jan 2018 02:38:38 +0000, "hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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?   
   >>   
   > The SIRT never crossed the Arthur Kill and never connected with the   
   > national passenger network unlike the H&M which connected with the PRR   
   > first at Exchange Place and Manhattan Transfer, then at Newark Penn   
   > Station.   
      
   Can't do that now, can you?   
      
   >>>   
   >>> 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.   
   > You are right.  They are modified R44s still in service after over 50   
   > years of use.   
      
   Do they functioning cab signals on that line?   
      
   R-44s originally had the sundial controllers, whilst the R-46s   
   originally had the sliding controller, right?   
      
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