mark1447 Posted July 15, 2009 Share #1 Posted July 15, 2009 Went Rail-Fanning on the line(Posting shots this week) and caught an R160B #9812, Im guessings its going to be 9808 to 9812 as 5 are delivered once? Sry had to digital zoom as I only get 3x Optical and 5x Digital. BTW(MTR, Fanrail, Kris) I kinda miss the old datasheet, the PDF version is kinda hard a bit, seeing that the car numbers are going in range instead of it being listed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted July 15, 2009 Share #2 Posted July 15, 2009 Nice pic, but we will not revert back to the old sheet. I'll redesign sometime to make it better. I don't want to list out every single number because it gets really nerve wracking at times especially when certain cars are retired or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted July 15, 2009 Share #3 Posted July 15, 2009 MTR- Although I like the old datasheet style the best, I'll be able to live with car number ranges. However, the list of numbers view allows me to see approximately how much of the fleet is retired. I don't know of an easier way to represent that. Percent? The worst part is that the sheet is now updated only every 2 weeks instead of daily or near-daily. Also, the PDF's are quite large for me and need to be saved to the desktop before being opened on my computer to avoid Acrobat crashes. Could you possibly make an HTML version or a PDF w/o the car photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted July 15, 2009 Share #4 Posted July 15, 2009 MTR- Although I like the old datasheet style the best, I'll be able to live with car number ranges. However, the list of numbers view allows me to see approximately how much of the fleet is retired. I don't know of an easier way to represent that. Percent? The worst part is that the sheet is now updated only every 2 weeks instead of daily or near-daily. Also, the PDF's are quite large for me and need to be saved to the desktop before being opened on my computer to avoid Acrobat crashes. Could you possibly make an HTML version or a PDF w/o the car photos? I will remove the pictures because that does take up space. Yes, this will be updated every two weeks or so. Why not? We don't want to have a panic attack daily because something new happens. We're not paid to do this. Ask Trevor who has his roster. Does he update it everyday? It's rather time-consuming and we are volunteering to satisfy the desires of the other people. Please don't ask for too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R44 5278 Posted July 15, 2009 Share #5 Posted July 15, 2009 Is that an option II R160B? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted July 15, 2009 Share #6 Posted July 15, 2009 Is that an option II R160B? Yes it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted July 15, 2009 Share #7 Posted July 15, 2009 when was that taken? cause that set's been there for about a week now. and about the datasheet. no one told me the exact date we were going to do the switch over so i was kind of caught off guard when it happened. and my opinion is that the original sheet was better, even though it was pretty much me who ended up updating it daily. i kind of enjoyed it though. it allowed me to keep the wikipedia pages in sinc with ongoing information, and not have to wait every two weeks for a major update. but i usually don't get a say in this anyway, so watever...:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted July 15, 2009 Share #8 Posted July 15, 2009 Nice catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted July 15, 2009 Share #9 Posted July 15, 2009 when was that taken? cause that set's been there for about a week now. and about the datasheet. no one told me the exact date we were going to do the switch over so i was kind of caught off guard when it happened. and my opinion is that the original sheet was better, even though it was pretty much me who ended up updating it daily. i kind of enjoyed it though. it allowed me to keep the wikipedia pages in sinc with ongoing information, and not have to wait every two weeks for a major update. but i usually don't get a say in this anyway, so watever...:confused: Kris had said he's switching to the new layout months ago. The old sheet is vulnerable to security threats. Having a PDF with controls can protect the information. Well, it's not like the sheet has secretive information or some clandestine FBI material, but we don't want unwarranted users seeking access to mess the information up (i.e: foamers, fantasists). The old sheet may look better since every car is listed, but there are numerous crossouts and stuff. You guys may be used to it, what about the other people? They don't want to refer to any colour coding or crossouts every time something is changed. Honestly, I would rather update every 2 weeks. I don't want to have a panic attack every time something is changed, especially when something major happens. Once again, we will not revert back to the older sheet. If you don't like the new one, I would make proper adjustments to the new one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share #10 Posted July 16, 2009 when was that taken? cause that set's been there for about a week now. and about the datasheet. no one told me the exact date we were going to do the switch over so i was kind of caught off guard when it happened. and my opinion is that the original sheet was better, even though it was pretty much me who ended up updating it daily. i kind of enjoyed it though. it allowed me to keep the wikipedia pages in sinc with ongoing information, and not have to wait every two weeks for a major update. but i usually don't get a say in this anyway, so watever...:confused: Well... i posted this yesterday and I took it yesterday.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maserati7200 Posted July 16, 2009 Share #11 Posted July 16, 2009 Where do I find an up to date version of the datasheet anyway? I usually find it by clicking on the datasheet link in Kris' or MTR's sig, but its like from December 21st or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted July 16, 2009 Share #12 Posted July 16, 2009 Where do I find an up to date version of the datasheet anyway? I usually find it by clicking on the datasheet link in Kris' or MTR's sig, but its like from December 21st or something. http://www.thejoekorner.com/cars/NYC-Subway-Car-Datasheet.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted July 16, 2009 Share #13 Posted July 16, 2009 Where do I find an up to date version of the datasheet anyway? I usually find it by clicking on the datasheet link in Kris' or MTR's sig, but its like from December 21st or something. I will ask Kris to streamline the process of updating and uploading. We will update it every week if there are major updates need to be taken care of. I am in the process of translating the datasheet to other languages so that other people from around the world would understand our subway. So far, I've translated the thing into Traditional Chinese. I will translate it into French and will require a few members here to translate it into Spanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maserati7200 Posted July 17, 2009 Share #14 Posted July 17, 2009 http://www.thejoekorner.com/cars/NYC-Subway-Car-Datasheet.pdf Thanks. By the way, on Tuesday night I was rail fanning and I saw a R32 , so you should add that R32's do run on the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted July 17, 2009 Share #15 Posted July 17, 2009 Thanks. By the way, on Tuesday night I was rail fanning and I saw a R32 , so you should add that R32's do run on the Thanks for the 411. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Feldman Posted July 18, 2009 Share #16 Posted July 18, 2009 R32's are still regulars on the ! As far as the , it is no more except for a rare R40M/42 set, and the has its share of them! 1, or 2 R32 sets are on the now. It should of been that when the was started in December, 2001 when the went to 63rd St., that the older equipment should of gone there in the first place since it is not a full-time line to begin with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted July 18, 2009 Share #17 Posted July 18, 2009 The thinking at that time was to have the newer cars on the new line to attract riders to it to try to keep them off the crowded expresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3348 Posted July 18, 2009 Share #18 Posted July 18, 2009 Although I like the old datasheet style the best, I'll be able to live with car number ranges. However, the list of numbers view allows me to see approximately how much of the fleet is retired. I don't know of an easier way to represent that. Percent? The worst part is that the sheet is now updated only every 2 weeks instead of daily or near-daily. Also, the PDF's are quite large for me and need to be saved to the desktop before being opened on my computer to avoid Acrobat crashes. Could you possibly make an HTML version or a PDF w/o the car photos? Percent sounds like a great idea that I'll introduce in the next edition. The reason I update it every 2 weeks is because I have to send the new sheet to Joe Korman (owner of http://www.thejoekorner.com) and I don't want to bombard him with emails every day with the new sheet. Also, the system has quieted down since the slants retired, so there isn't much of a need to update it as often. I'll introduce a second version of the datasheet for people with slower connections as well. when was that taken? cause that set's been there for about a week now. and about the datasheet. no one told me the exact date we were going to do the switch over so i was kind of caught off guard when it happened. and my opinion is that the original sheet was better, even though it was pretty much me who ended up updating it daily. i kind of enjoyed it though. it allowed me to keep the wikipedia pages in sinc with ongoing information, and not have to wait every two weeks for a major update. but i usually don't get a say in this anyway, so watever...:confused: Yeah, sorry about you not having a say in that...the thing is that you just updated the word file on Google Docs while I updated the actual file on my computer every time there was an update. Every time there were enough updates after a certain period of time, I would update the sheet with my version (which is what I still do with the new version). Where do I find an up to date version of the datasheet anyway? I usually find it by clicking on the datasheet link in Kris' or MTR's sig, but its like from December 21st or something. That was the old link. Click the link in my sig and you should be directed to a link of my new sheet. Thanks. By the way, on Tuesday night I was rail fanning and I saw a R32 , so you should add that R32's do run on the I have, it'll be in the next edition coming out this weekend. BTW, nice pic and catch Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted July 20, 2009 Share #19 Posted July 20, 2009 That was the old link. Click the link in my sig and you should be directed to a link of my new sheet. I'm the process of creating a html version of the sheet. The way you create the original sheet makes it very difficult for me to convert it correctly for viewing on a browser. Can you export to an html file? Subway Datasheet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted July 22, 2009 Share #20 Posted July 22, 2009 I'm the process of creating a html version of the sheet. The way you create the original sheet makes it very difficult for me to convert it correctly for viewing on a browser. Can you export to an html file? Subway Datasheet Good idea, Harry. I'll do that tomorrow, since I have the file saved onto my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted July 22, 2009 Share #21 Posted July 22, 2009 i'm guessing joe didn't update his site yet with the updated sheet? but he did update the other portions of the car status pages on his site... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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