R179 Discussion Thread

[VIP]

6 hours ago, RTOMan said:

They have been testing them often..

Doing it again this week actually..

Rumor has it once the R211s are coming in service en masse the ten car R179s will get sent to Queens..

I heard that from someone at Continental tower. The TA wants the  and  fully R211 since the 13 sets of the R179’s would be a complete odd ball fleet. Meanwhile the R179 has similar parts and features as the R160’s. If those cars go to Queens they’ll break them up and put them on the  

[Bill from Maspeth]

On 9/5/2023 at 2:18 PM, trainfan22 said:

I just seen an NIS R179 come though 71st - Forest Hills on the express track heading towards Jamaica Yard..

School car perhaps?  CBTC testing perhaps?  

[VIP]

On 9/6/2023 at 3:51 PM, Bill from Maspeth said:

School car perhaps?  CBTC testing perhaps?  

CBTC testing…

[darkstar8983]

On 9/6/2023 at 2:43 PM, VIP said:

I heard that from someone at Continental tower. The TA wants the  and  fully R211 since the 13 sets of the R179’s would be a complete odd ball fleet. Meanwhile the R179 has similar parts and features as the R160’s. If those cars go to Queens they’ll break them up and put them on the  

But since CBTC has to start on 8 Av, that probably won’t happen until the  get fully NTT. Then they can start pushing out R179s to ENY and Jamaica or wherever. So until then, the R179s will be needed as the placeholder NTTs. That order was botched from the beginning, because not only did it create an odd ball fleet, but R179 fleet itself is sub divided into 5-car and 4-car sets.

Edited September 25, 2023 by darkstar8983

[Ale188]

3268-72, 3278-82 were in service as backup cars for the  on 9/20 because of R46s slowly retiring. Just a heads up. It is unknown (IMC) if they still are on the  or if it was just a one-day thing for the incident on @Lawrence St's topic.

Edited September 26, 2023 by Ale188
Update

[R32 3838]

4 hours ago, Ale188 said:

3268-72, 3278-82 were in service as backup cars for the  on 9/20 because of R46s slowly retiring. Just a heads up. It is unknown (IMC) if they still are on the  or if it was just a one-day thing for the incident on @Lawrence St's topic.

It has nothing to do with the R46s. The R179s are apart of pitkin yard and the Rockaway just happend to use R179s since they were probably the only trains available. Plus since more R211s are in service on the , It makes sense to use a whole set (2 5 car trains) for the shuttle. The R211s will also be used on the shuttle when the time comes.

 

And the R179s have been on the rockaway shuttle before in the summer of 2021 and 2022 they popped up 1 time in those 2 years

[4P3607]

While I've been told the Rockaway Shuttle is assigned a mix of R46 and R179, the line is currently using 100% R179 sets. 6020-6021-6019-6018 was the last R46 to run the a few days ago. 

 

[Nova Fly Guy]

On 9/26/2023 at 10:42 PM, R32 3838 said:

It has nothing to do with the R46s. The R179s are apart of pitkin yard and the Rockaway just happend to use R179s since they were probably the only trains available. Plus since more R211s are in service on the , It makes sense to use a whole set (2 5 car trains) for the shuttle. The R211s will also be used on the shuttle when the time comes.

 

And the R179s have been on the rockaway shuttle before in the summer of 2021 and 2022 they popped up 1 time in those 2 years

There is no backup the R179 have been assigned to the  since last pick it will be full R179 once enough R46 are gone.