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MU (streetcar) operation in Boston.......

Interestingly, the 6300-6400 series center entrance cars were the only such cars not equipped for MU operation in the subways.

The PULLMAN-built "wartime" PCCs, interestingly enough, were delivered without MU equipment; however, in 1959, after the opening of the new Riverside line, all cars in this class were rebuilt for MU operations.......

"NYO"

["MTA:]

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Also, as I had noted elsewhere, PSNJ's deck roof "3500" series were the only cars rostered that had MU capabilities; prior to 1930, all of the "3500s" were shorn of their MU hardware........

"NYO"

["HUDSON RIVER"]

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Further (Boston)............

The center-entrance motor cars purchased by the BERy for service in the trolley subways were also the first cars purchased that were equipped for MU operation.......

"NYO"

["LACONIA"]

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North Jersey Rapid Transit (operated by PSNJ circa-1924 through 1928)

Though all of the JEWETT interurbans in the (small) NJRT fleet were equipped for MU operations, most trains were single car.

Exceptions were charter runs and other special movements; even here, train lengths seldom (with exceptions) exceeded two cars in length.

Interestingly, the cars were equipped with "third rail" shoes to actuate lineside signals.......

"NYO"

["PATERSON"]

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San Diego was another city which operated MU-equipped streetcars.

Into the early 1950s, the BTC (Baltimore) operated two-car MU trains of red-painted deck roof cars; these trains (which ran on the Sparrows Point line) were known locally for years as "Red Rockets"..........

["BALTIMORE TRANSIT COMPANY"]

[Cyberider]

LARy also had a class of cars built in the 1920's that could MU but were rarely used in this manner and later in life, never.

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