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Old 13th January 2004, 11:43 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Jonathan J. Baker wrote:
> In <> "David Ng" <kyngg@> writes:
> >"F" Culver line is still unoriginal. The actual names were:

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> >BMT Culver line (F) [used to connect with BMT 4th Av. subway]

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> And 3rd and 5th Avenue Els, no? That's what I thought those ramps down
> to the Culver tracks along 37th St. were for.


Yup.

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Old 14th January 2004, 08:30 AM   #22 (permalink)
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>Leave the colors on the map where they're an organizational aid, and
>carry the color over to signs for consistency's sake, but don't pretend
>that you can solve any problems by grafting colors onto a system that
>can't even distinguish between three different types of southbound A
>trains.


The A-train...is that the one to Chicago? <g>

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