From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 2:02:45 PM UTC-4, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > On 12.04.19 17:19, Peter T. Daniels wrote:   
   > > On Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 7:15:26 PM UTC-4, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > >> On 11.04.19 23:02, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
      
   > >>> Do they use IRT work trains on the BMT-IND?   
   > >> That's a good question, the answer to which I honestly don't know.   
   > >> A division trains' smaller size makes it physically possible for them to   
   > >> run B2 and B1 divisions. They would not properly berth at stations,   
   > >> however, which might create safety and union issues for the work crews.   
   > >> The tripcocks on B2- and B1-division trains are also on the left,   
   > >> whereas A-division trains' are on the right. Thus, they would be subject   
   > >> to rule N37 -- proceed restricted and be prepared to stop within half   
   > >> distance of sighting, IIRC.   
   > >> I am thus guessing that any safe movement of A-division trains over   
   > >> B2-/B1-metal would require a locomotive to haul them.   
   > >> It's much easier for B2- and B1-division trains: There's simply no   
   > >> loading gauge for them on A-division. I mean, they had to modify tunnels   
   > >> on the Fulton Street Line to accommodate the R-38s.   
   > > Sorry, New Yorkers don't know "A" and "B" divisions, only IRT-IND-BMT,   
   > > though those designations may work for foreigners and Philadelphians   
   > > like hancock.   
   >   
   > The average New Yorker, who simply uses the subway to get to and from,   
   > and doesn't care about it, might now know it. I would imagine that   
   > people here know the difference between them, however, and so I will   
   > continue to write this.   
      
   No, nowadays they're called "the number lines" and "the letter lines."   
      
   The distinction between IND and BMT was blurred with the Chrystie Street   
   connction in 1967, but the IND is the A-G, the BMT is the J-Z.   
      
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