From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 7:42:35 PM UTC-4, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > I don't know if anybody reads nyc.transit anymore, though I thought to   
   > try and post and see what happens.   
   >   
   > I recently watched an episode of "Hill Street Blues," specifically S1   
   > Ep14, and it showed footage of an ACMU 4400 (a.k.a. Washboard) arriving   
   > at what is now Harlem - 125th Street.   
   >   
   > Is there any other video footage of them that anybody can recommend?   
   > Alternatively, are there any other photos of either the interior or the cab?   
   >   
   > That model was one of the predecessors to the M2, though it had a   
   > relatively short service life of 20 years.   
   >   
   > I myself took a trip on a Washboard in the early 1980s, when they were   
   > relegated to the New Canaan Branch. I remember the ride as being very   
   > rattley.   
   >   
   > BTW, the "Hill Street Blues" also footage showed an M1A arriving into   
   > the station.   
      
   The show was not set in any specific city, but the exterior of the police   
   station shown was in Chicago. It was filmed in Los Angeles.   
      
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