Working on the SIRT Clifton shop

Thats cool, a bit beat up. Carl, didn't I get an brass whistle from an SIRT car from you a while back?

 

That my be about 10 years  ago !. During the time period before the fleet   replacement  with r44 cars the  staten island advance always wanted to do storys about how we kept the old cars running. But in  my opinion they  were more reliable then the new  R44 cars. I  didnot like seeing the mu fleet replaced with subway cars and felt that they should of kept at least 4 old cars  around. Maybe  fix them up  for  fan trips and also to keep the tracks  clear  when  snow storms occured.

The old B&O cars were good for clearing the tracks? It must have been a higher up that chose not to save a set. What a shame for a transit company not to have any cars from its past