Check the Destination Signs
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Nice touch with the destination signs!
I do miss the Rohr A cars.
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All of the original Rohr car floor structures/sub framing were destroyed by BART. Water penetration from continued carpet shampooing ate away the subframing. A switch to new sub flooring/vinyl flooring was too late and served as a 5 yr interim plan until “Fleet of the future” E/D car deliveries. Luckily 3 BART cars were saved by the Western Railway museum and now sit in Rio Vista, Ca.
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Those destination signs are amazing. I haven’t seen anything like them anywhere. Also, the bay area is one of my favorite places to visit so it’s great to see it modeled.
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The BART trains, platform & dest. signs are so cool! Brings back lots of memories to this bay area native. Also liked your review of the Walthers and Rapidio trains and how you populated the cars.
Knew a great machinist/mechanic who worked BART maintenance in the 80s, guessing the Richmond Yard. The BART cars joining the Key System train in Rio Vista makes a double good reason to visit the Western Railway Museum.
Thanks & regards, Peter
Kind of a timely comment in light of the news with Amtrak’s Horizon cars. In the latter case, it looks like the classic dissimilar metals problem - any low alloy steel in contact with aluminum will get rusted away.
Two of the things that I remember about riding BART in my days at Cal were hum from the choppers under acceleration and from the rumble of the MG-set that provided three phase AC power for the A/C.
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