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No.131650  

This would be really cool if it became a widespread thing, I hope the WMTA gets on board with this

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1951466-mta-to-experiment-with-centipede-like-subway-cars/

>> No.131651  

I was expecting multi-articulated subway trains from that headline tbh.

>> No.131652  

They're standard everywhere else by now (even in Canada and Mexico) and I don't understand why agencies in the US are only just now starting to seriously consider them.

>> No.131653  

>>131652

muh crash protection?

>> No.131654  
File: 1454005912755.jpg -(86720 B, 602x378) Thumbnail displayed, click image for full size.
86720

>>131653
The FRA doesn't regulate subway systems. Furthermore, some of the first open gangway cars in the world were developed in the US.

Pic related of an experimental set ordered by the BMT in the 30s.



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