http://www.gothamist.com/2004/10/05/ebv_on_the_irt.php All comments for EBV on the IRT en-us 2007 arts_jen Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:33:04 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jencarlson@gothamist.com jencarlson@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/10/05/ebv_on_the_irt.php#comment-31778 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/10/05/ebv_on_the_irt.php#comment-31778 Comments Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:03:58 -0500 <p>I was in an F train once when some high school kid pulled the cord. We were between Smith/9 and 4thAve/9th and the train went screeching violently to a halt, sending people and coffee cups flying.</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2004/10/05/ebv_on_the_irt.php#comment-31776 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/10/05/ebv_on_the_irt.php#comment-31776 Comments Wed, 06 Oct 2004 08:09:34 -0500 <p>Modern trains such as the R-142 and R-143 (the new white-interior ones) have circuitry which prevents the emergiency brake from functioning if the train is more than a small distance outside of a station. In theory, this will prevent the trains from becoming stranded under a river everytime some joker decides to pull the cord.</p>