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   John Levine to hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk   
   Re: Old New Haven Washboards   
   05 Apr 19 15:46:47   
   
   XPost: misc.transport.rail.americas   
   From: johnl@taugh.com   
      
   In article ,   
   hounslow3@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 rode them back and forth between New Haven and NYC when I was in   
   college in the 1970s.  Even then they were pretty clapped out.  No   
   video that I know of.   
      
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   Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly   
      
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