From: Phil.Kane@nov.shmovz.ka.pop   
      
   On Tue, 21 May 2019 00:29:32 +0100, "hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk"   
    wrote:   
      
   >> In 1949 Flushing became IRT only, and the Astoria platforms were cut back,   
   and the line made BMT only.   
   >>   
   >Yes, though I think that the Astoria Line was still legally A division   
   >and used A-division radio frequencies.   
      
   Huh?  The TA didn't have radios on  trains until well into the late   
   1960s or early 1970s or even later, when the Astoria line was well   
   into BMT operation.   
      
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