A few days ago, Mr. Newkirk submitted to Subchat a posting dealing with BMT Standard destination signs. A BMT standard car is shown above on the Culver Shuttle and shows one type of destination sign. According to Bill, there was a period in which the destination signs had readings like the typed copy above. According to the original article, the typed page was produced from looking at destination signs on some BMT standard cars in 1932 while those original signs was produced in the 1920's. There are many surprises here, because many of the settings where for elderly elevated lines that would become extinct years later. For example, there is a setting for Park Row Manhattan. Would heavy BMT standard cars would have able to make it across the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan without the Fulton Street elevated line and Brooklyn Bridge not altered for heavy steel equipment? What about the destination "SEA GATE"? Sea Gate is at the western tip of Coney Island and was served by trolley cars. To provide this service, would some of the BMT cars be equipped with trolley poles (like the early Sea Beach Line) or would third rail need to be installed?
Other interesting questions remain and this will be continued later.
Interesting Read: Original Destination and Route Designation for BMT Standards
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Just received this document, typed many years ago showing original readings for BMT Standard routes and destinations. There are some unusual readings for older elevated routes. Perhaps the BRT had hopes of rebuilding older els to accommodate BMT Standards. That's my guess. I don't know which series or if all Standards had them. These signs were out of the Standards by 1932. None are known to exist.
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