• Old New Haven Washboards

    From hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 5 00:42:33 2019
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    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.

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  • From danny burstein@21:1/5 to hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk on Fri Apr 5 02:38:15 2019
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    In <q864pa$1rc$1@adenine.netfront.net> "hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk" <hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk> writes:

    I don't know if anybody reads nyc.transit anymore, though I thought to
    try and post and see what happens.

    [waves hand]

    I do!

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  • From Steven M. O'Neill@21:1/5 to hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk on Fri Apr 5 14:37:40 2019
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    hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk <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 don't think anyone does, nope.

    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.

    I'm not familiar with that location. Is it this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc6q2krVyHU&feature=youtu.be&t=2612

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  • From John Levine@21:1/5 to hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk on Fri Apr 5 15:46:47 2019
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    In article <q864pa$1rc$1@adenine.netfront.net>,
    hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk <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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  • From hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk@21:1/5 to John Levine on Fri Apr 5 21:38:32 2019
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    On 05.04.19 16:46, John Levine wrote:
    In article <q864pa$1rc$1@adenine.netfront.net>,
    hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk <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.

    I remember when I rode it up to New Caanan, how much I thought that it
    rattled.

    No
    video that I know of.

    Same here.

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  • From Phil Kane@21:1/5 to dannyb@panix.com on Sat Apr 6 13:59:10 2019
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    On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 02:38:15 +0000 (UTC), danny burstein
    <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

    In <q864pa$1rc$1@adenine.netfront.net> "hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk" <hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk> writes:

    I don't know if anybody reads nyc.transit anymore, though I thought to
    try and post and see what happens.

    [waves hand]

    I do!

    Me too also, as long as there's something to read.

    Phil Kane
    Beaverton, OR

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  • From J.Albert@21:1/5 to hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk on Sun Apr 14 16:42:23 2019
    On 4/4/19 7:42 PM, hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

    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.

    I got to run the New Canaan set of Washboards once, in 1983.
    I was laid off at the time (from Conrail, Amtrak, AND
    Metro-North), but the MN crew dispatchers called me up early
    one morning and asked if I'd work the job.

    I hadn't made the MN engineer roster (not enough seniority
    to hold one of the original positions), and the first thing
    I told the crew guy was that I was laid off. His reply was,
    "don't worry, you'll get paid".

    So, I reported for the job. The first leg of the job was to
    deadhead the Washboard set from Stamford to New Canaan. I'd
    never run them before, and I actually had to get the
    conductor to show me how to cut the brake valve in. Once
    that was done, I did well enough, got them to New Canaan and
    parked them "in the middle" for their shuttle work later in
    the day.

    So I actually worked as a MN engineer -- and got paid as one.
    I still have a copy of the timeslip in my records!

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  • From hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk@21:1/5 to J.Albert on Sun Apr 14 23:43:01 2019
    On 14.04.19 21:42, J.Albert wrote:
    On 4/4/19 7:42 PM, hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

    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.

    I got to run the New Canaan set of Washboards once, in 1983. I was laid
    off at the time (from Conrail, Amtrak, AND Metro-North), but the MN crew dispatchers called me up early one morning and asked if I'd work the job.

    I hadn't made the MN engineer roster (not enough seniority to hold one
    of the original positions), and the first thing I told the crew guy was
    that I was laid off. His reply was, "don't worry, you'll get paid".

    So, I reported for the job. The first leg of the job was to deadhead the Washboard set from Stamford to New Canaan. I'd never run them before,
    and I actually had to get the conductor to show me how to cut the brake
    valve in. Once that was done, I did well enough, got them to New Canaan
    and parked them "in the middle" for their shuttle work later in the day.

    So I actually worked as a MN engineer -- and got paid as one.
    I still have a copy of the timeslip in my records!

    What month was that?

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