@West Side Joe posted:I stand corrected. I was under the impression that some stations (14th Street on the East Side?) were lengthened into curves and thus needed the extenders. That's the back story for my layout. 😁
I also understood that some curved stations (City Hall, South Ferry) originally didn't need extenders because the first subway cars only had end doors which were close to the platforms, but that extenders were needed when they started using cars with center doors (not at City Hall, which closed early). In any case, extenders are cool! 😃
Now that is true Gap fillers were needed after 1940 whne the cars had doors the length of the cars The end doors of the old cars would be closer to the platform and I think people were smarter then and didnt step between the platform and car LOL
