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I Spy a Redbird!

- Peter - Tuesday, June 5th, 2007 : goo

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For those of you who are not ers... the boxcar-like "Redbirds" are a classic style car that ran on the IRT express lines for EVAR and were retired in 2003.

www.forgotten-ny.com/SUBWAYS/lastredbird/lastredbird.html

I spotted one this past weekend. Though, admittedly, it was as a repurposed crew-car on a work train.

www.nycsubway.org/cars/workcars.html

And check out the creepy artificial reefs they made out of the rest of the obsoleted fleet:

www.nycsubway.org/cars/redbird-scrap.html

Pardon the lo-fi pic; I had to move fast to get the elusive shot...

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joey: 6th Jun 2007 - 02:07 GMT

who said they could toss those cars in the ocean, anyway ?

platano: nice

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