BuddR32 wrote:In the photo taken from the exterior of the mock up, look at the four photos framing the windows. Look closely at the fiberglass end capping, was that what was originally proposed? It looks like the front end of the FTA-R-44 SOAC (State Of the Art Cars) from the early 70's.
R32: No. The photographs are of the BART A Car - which was in development around the same
time period as the M1 (1967-68) mockup was on display.
The SOAC dates from about five years later (1972-73) and as it turned out was a pair of glorified
St. Louis Car R44 cars. The easiest spotting feature of the BART A Car is the slanted "nose cone"
along with the large single left window - the SOAC had a large two-pane front end window.
The first photo is the BART A Car and the second is the SOAC.
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