realizm Posted September 15, 2014 Share #1 Posted September 15, 2014 The requests trickle through the bowels of the New York City subway system, funneled to workers more accustomed to calls about tunnel fires or ceiling leaks. A problem is reported at Columbus Circle one recent afternoon. A passenger could be in great distress. Delays are minimal, but movement on the tracks has perhaps never been slower. So would a crew mind collecting its helmets and hauling its mechanical claw to rescue the turtle — fumbled by a rider — currently plotting its very methodical getaway from Midtown train traffic?Read more: Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted September 15, 2014 Share #2 Posted September 15, 2014 Too bad civilians still think it's smart to hop down and rescue items by gauging with the train times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted September 15, 2014 Share #3 Posted September 15, 2014 At night trains run every 20 mins you can get something off the tracks real quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparen of Iria Posted September 15, 2014 Share #4 Posted September 15, 2014 At night trains run every 20 mins you can get something off the tracks real quick. Assuming a train has just left and you're on the IRT, which has signs telling you how far away the next train is, AND you're tall and strong enough to get up back onto the platform AND there are stairs at the ends of the platforms as a safety measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elantra06 Posted September 16, 2014 Share #5 Posted September 16, 2014 At night trains run every 20 mins you can get something off the tracks real quick. That there is what will get you injured or killed. Yes revenue (passenger) trains run every 20 mins at night but now you forgot about the work trains, yard transfers and car washes that can come thru at anytime. Plain and simple, STAY OFF the tracks. Folks will nerver learn. When I used to work the PM shift and had a car wash I've already had to come to a sudden stop outside the station because some idiot sees the countdown clock says the next train is in 15 mins and decides to jump down and grab his phone. He never expected a train before them. Golden rule is a train can come on any track at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elantra06 Posted September 16, 2014 Share #6 Posted September 16, 2014 Assuming a train has just left and you're on the IRT, which has signs telling you how far away the next train is, AND you're tall and strong enough to get up back onto the platform AND there are stairs at the ends of the platforms as a safety measure. Those only tell you when the next passenger train is. It doesn't inform you about any other trains that are approaching. Those countdown clocks are not all ways accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted September 16, 2014 Share #7 Posted September 16, 2014 Looks like some folks got death wishes Huh? Go ahead jump to the tracks... Hopefully the families wont sue cause of stupidity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted September 16, 2014 Share #8 Posted September 16, 2014 I've picked up a stylus I dropped before, took 5 seconds. Later in the evening, quiet, no trains coming, could see the way down the tracks. I'd say the users on this forum would have a better sense of when it's "safe" to do something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted September 16, 2014 Share #9 Posted September 16, 2014 I've picked up a stylus I dropped before, took 5 seconds. Later in the evening, quiet, no trains coming, could see the way down the tracks. I'd say the users on this forum would have a better sense of when it's "safe" to do something like that. You really can't say that.... Everybody is different. Common sense goes out the window at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted September 16, 2014 Author Share #10 Posted September 16, 2014 I've picked up a stylus I dropped before, took 5 seconds. Later in the evening, quiet, no trains coming, could see the way down the tracks. I'd say the users on this forum would have a better sense of when it's "safe" to do something like that. Just be careful the next time. Yeah no train was coming but then again if the police comes for whatever reason and finds a person on the tracks that can become a count of criminal trespassing, that may be another way of looking at it. We all know how the NYPD can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biGC323232 Posted September 16, 2014 Share #11 Posted September 16, 2014 Im simply going to a transit employee....I will never go on the tracks..Not all station's have the third rail away from the platform... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted September 16, 2014 Share #12 Posted September 16, 2014 I've picked up a stylus I dropped before, took 5 seconds. Later in the evening, quiet, no trains coming, could see the way down the tracks. I'd say the users on this forum would have a better sense of when it's "safe" to do something like that.I agree. I don't see the harm of doing this at Park Place on the Frankin Shuttle on the overnight hours when there's one train on the entire route and it just left the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted September 16, 2014 Share #13 Posted September 16, 2014 I agree. I don't see the harm of doing this at Park Place on the Frankin Shuttle on the overnight hours when there's one train on the entire route and it just left the station.The subway in NYC is anything but predictable. I've memorized patterns and formulated methods to determine where and when trains show up, and I'm always surprised when the "rules" are broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted September 17, 2014 Share #14 Posted September 17, 2014 I agree. I don't see the harm of doing this at Park Place on the Frankin Shuttle on the overnight hours when there's one train on the entire route and it just left the station. Question is, who in their right mind would ride the Franklin Shuttle overnight in the first place??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted September 17, 2014 Share #15 Posted September 17, 2014 Question is, who in their right mind would ride the Franklin Shuttle overnight in the first place??? <<<This guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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