TwoTimer Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1951 Posted December 15, 2012 Why isn't the stopping at Pelham Pkwy if the station has 2 island platforms? What you mean? Oh BTW, 4 track isn't a thru track, there's nothing on the roadbed on the uptown side express side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1952 Posted December 15, 2012 (edited) The other day I was running an errand near Penn Station (8 Ave Side) and needed the D. Instead of taking the A to the D, I went to the uptown local platform so I could catch either the C or the E, both of which connect to the D, and combined come more often than the A at that time. A C comes right away and I get on, and see an A arriving across from me. I COULD have easily ran across the platform and got on that A at 42 st (wooo express past 50 St!!!!), but instead I stayed where I was, and beat it into 59 St because that A was being held south of 59....because there was a D coming in right ahead of it. If I changed to that A, I would have had to wait another 10 minutes to catch the next D. I never got a straight answer about Pelham Parkway but it supposedly has to do with not having proper signals to handle a station stop there. Edited December 15, 2012 by Snowblock 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDTA Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1953 Posted December 15, 2012 Is the MTA ever going to come out with schedules for the or with their respective sections closed? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1954 Posted December 15, 2012 No. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDTA Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1955 Posted December 15, 2012 No. Why not? We know South Ferry and the Rockaways will be out until at least June, it's not like the Montague or something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1956 Posted December 15, 2012 How do you know that? They claimed that A3/A4 were gonna be out for 3 YEARS after the Chambers relay fire, and they were back in a month. I was also told that the Dyre branch would be down for WEEKS after the hurricane, and we were running shuttles 4 days after the hurricane. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDTA Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1957 Posted December 15, 2012 How do you know that? They claimed that A3/A4 were gonna be out for 3 YEARS after the Chambers relay fire, and they were back in a month. I was also told that the Dyre branch would be down for WEEKS after the hurricane, and we were running shuttles 4 days after the hurricane. But seeing how were a month and a half into the recovery process, I think they would have a pretty good idea of how long it's going to take. Remember, the MTA originally said December 2013 for the Rockaways, but they threw that out as time went on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1958 Posted December 15, 2012 So there's your answer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejr88 Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1959 Posted December 15, 2012 (edited) What you mean? Oh BTW, 4 track isn't a thru track, there's nothing on the roadbed on the uptown side express side. I never got a straight answer about Pelham Parkway but it supposedly has to do with not having proper signals to handle a station stop there. Ohh ok. Thanks. I haven't been in that station in years. Edited December 15, 2012 by alejr88 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim92 Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1960 Posted December 15, 2012 Yesterday, there was CRAZY delays on the uptown and trains from Times Square on. There was even a train on the express track at 103 st on the 1 line. There was also major delays on the 1 also. What caused this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim92 Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1961 Posted December 15, 2012 My day today on the train... As im walking over the bridge to get to Livonia Av, I see the leaving and I thought nothing of it. Catch the next one and get off at the junction to catch the or into the city (didn't matter which one, I was only going to Chambers). The comes first (R32 of course) and I get on in the front to look out the window. I get past Utica and I see an going the other way but there's no one in it (signed as one and all). I get right outside Nostrand and I see the R42 going the other way. Then I get to Franklin and I see an going the other way on the local track. Once I get to Clinton-Washington, the finally catches up to us. We pretty much stayed behind it the whole time, the signals was just clearing by the time we get to them. I pick up my girl from BMCC and once we get to Utica, I see the same R42 going the opposite way. R42s on the ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainmaster5 Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1962 Posted December 15, 2012 To answer the question(s) about Pelham Parkway on the line. As mentioned earlier the uptown express track, Y4, ends just south of the station. There is no trackage from that point to north of Baychester where it begins again and continues up to s/o of Dyre and switches into Y2 track and on to the station. Y4 is a layup track on the Dyre end and was a layup track between the Morris Park and Pelham Parkway stations. Before the test track was put in Y3 served the same purpose as Y4 did at the same locations. I have made sration stops on Y3 at Pelham Parkway when the normal track, Y2, was blocked but those times I did it were technically unauthorized. The Desk Superintendent was told, by me, after I did it. I used to have a good relationship with what was then Command Center.. My reasoning was that there were passengers waiting on the island platform and I saw no reason to bypass them in that situation. Their only recourse was to cross over to the Dyre-bound platform, travel n/b to Dyre and board a s/b train to bypass Pelham Parkway again. Waste of time, IMO. The reason the trains appear to bypass Pelham Parkway in this G.O. is simple. AFAIK there is no 10 car marker or conductor's board at Pelham Parkway on Y3 track so therefore no legal stop. As I've pointed out in the past, common sense is not so common down here in RTOland. Carry on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1963 Posted December 15, 2012 I have to look again, but there is a C/R board there but no [10]. When they ran the GO where they had station stops at Pelham Pkwy, a TSS was on duty at the platform at all times. Rule says when there's no [10] stop at the end of the platform to ensure the entire train is berthed in the station. Right now they are having issues with Fordham Rd and 145 (both ) with GO's that go down the middle. In both locations at the [10] car southbound stop, the c/r is off the board on the offside (northbound board is off in both locations) even though the train is fully berth properly in the station. Some supt's on the phone even wondered if there was a board there (SMH), and wanted a TSS to go down to verify there's a board, even though I told him yes. Southbound at 145, the train stops right at the punch box. But when on the and you come north into the station, the punch box is about 10 feet away from you. On a fun note, the next time any of you are at 145LL, take a look at where the northbound [10] is on 1 track (a move sometimes done when there's two 's in a row). I wont say anything more, I'll wait for someone on here to go report it. You will lol and SMH. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollOver Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1964 Posted December 15, 2012 R42s on the ? 24 out of the 48 remaining R42s run on the regularly now. The rest are on the . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1965 Posted December 15, 2012 The rest should be transfered on over once new trainsets come in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1966 Posted December 15, 2012 24 out of the 48 remaining R42s run on the regularly now. The rest are on the . Isn't that just a temporary thing while the R32s are in the Rockaways? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollOver Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1967 Posted December 15, 2012 Isn't that just a temporary thing while the R32s are in the Rockaways? Yes it is. Sorry if the term regularly was wrong. I'm saying it is regularly because of the present data sheet from Joe Korner's site. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro CSW Posted December 15, 2012 Share #1968 Posted December 15, 2012 Isn't that just a temporary thing while the R32s are in the Rockaways? IIRC, the R32s maybe sent back on regular service and a set (or 2) of R46s are to be sent to the . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted December 16, 2012 Share #1969 Posted December 16, 2012 Speaking of those R42s, missed a set of them again today. Number of times I've missed them across the platform or while running in on the A/C is huge now, never catch them. I see 3714 got a new paint job during the SMS, when was this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted December 16, 2012 Share #1970 Posted December 16, 2012 Supossably they're going to send some 46's over to the Rockaways so that the can run OPTO. They really need to either get those R42's off the line, or make them 10 cars, since they have to stop at the 10 car marker in order to give the C/R a board to point to, which means that passengers at some stations need to dash 150 ft just to get into the rear car if they were waiting at the arriving end of the platform. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim92 Posted December 16, 2012 Share #1971 Posted December 16, 2012 24 out of the 48 remaining R42s run on the regularly now. The rest are on the . oh ok 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted December 16, 2012 Share #1972 Posted December 16, 2012 Supossably they're going to send some 46's over to the Rockaways so that the can run OPTO. They really need to either get those R42's off the line, or make them 10 cars, since they have to stop at the 10 car marker in order to give the C/R a board to point to, which means that passengers at some stations need to dash 150 ft just to get into the rear car if they were waiting at the arriving end of the platform. Its funny watching them do it at Broadway Junction lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subwayfan12 Posted December 16, 2012 Share #1973 Posted December 16, 2012 Free transfers between Junius street or Pennsylvania Avenue and Livonia Avenue ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDTA Posted December 16, 2012 Share #1974 Posted December 16, 2012 Free transfers between Junius street or Pennsylvania Avenue and Livonia Avenue ? It's been suggested, but it doesn't exist, and an infrastructure transfer would be difficult, due to the tracks that cross the tracks pass Junius going to Linden yard, and I think Penn would be too far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subwayfan12 Posted December 16, 2012 Share #1975 Posted December 16, 2012 It's been suggested, but it doesn't exist, and an infrastructure transfer would be difficult, due to the tracks that cross the tracks pass Junius going to Linden yard, and I think Penn would be too far. As in 59th street and Lex-63rd street 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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