LGA Link N Train Posted August 20, 2017 Share #26 Posted August 20, 2017 I can't wait to see schools start! (for an obvious reason)Well, once school starts I'll be riding some R179's to school Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk 24 ..... 24. ..... Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk They'll still retire at some point Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from Maspeth Posted August 20, 2017 Share #27 Posted August 20, 2017 What doesn't make sense to me is that why won't the MTA use the upper level as a flying junction for northbound trains without demolishing the upper level??? If this was done, then Metropolitan bound trains won't cross in front of Manhattan bound trains, this should have been thought of years ago when the Myrtle Avenue EL was torn down south of Broadway Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk Even if money was available, I would expect community protests. You would probably have to "take" peoples' property and you would have trains squealing around a curve where trains never were before. Some families would now have a train outside their window, and believe me, they wouldn't be too happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGA Link N Train Posted August 20, 2017 Share #28 Posted August 20, 2017 Even if money was available, I would expect community protests. You would probably have to "take" peoples' property and you would have trains squealing around a curve where trains never were before. Some families would now have a train outside their window, and believe me, they wouldn't be too happy.True, but something has to be done in some sort of way Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from Maspeth Posted August 20, 2017 Share #29 Posted August 20, 2017 True Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk Well, something needs to be adressed soon. Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk Nothing needs to be addressed. The viaduct/current connection footprint is being rebuilt. The decision has been made. Therefore, there is no way another new connection via Lewis Ave. is going to be constructed. I had noticed they hadn't even started working on the viaduct yet. Why are they waiting to finish one before starting the other? The viaduct is not supposed to be a second phase; it was a separate project that would take longer than the bridge, so I thought they would start together, and the bridge would simply be finished first, not one following the other. Maybe they didn't start work because work trains had to bring supplies in to do the bridge replacement near FP Yard and they need that connection? The R42's will be retired by the time the shuttle has been halfway through the life span if it's service Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk Those trains are stranded in FP Yard today, then as of 9/2 are stranded for service between Met and Myrtle/Wycoff till the viaduct is rebuilt. So those R42's can't be retired till the work is done because replacement cars can't come in to FP Yard! It seemed like that track replacements were before the shutdown, which also didn't seem to make sense. (But I was told that it was so the work trains could access the area). Btu still, the tie bumpers and blocks on the switch are already in place, so it doesn't look like the viaduct was still being used for work trains to pass. As with any GO, in order to get work trains into and out of the work area, the tie blocks and bumpers are simply moved for work train movements. Well, they were still doing something that required a crane and a work train at Seneca Avenue about two weeks a Tie blocks and bumpers WERE moved to get that equipment in. So will the new M shuttle be single track? No. One train on each track going back and forth, each on a 10 minute headway. Just one train overnight on a 20 minute headway. 12 cars needed with 12 cars spares. Well, once school starts I'll be riding some R179's to school Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk They'll still retire at some point Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk They'll retire at some point but certainly not while they are being used on the M shuttle between Met and Myrtle/Wycoff. True, but something has to be done in some sort of way Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk The current viaduct is being rebuilt. Period. No new connection by Lewis Ave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted August 20, 2017 Share #30 Posted August 20, 2017 Well, once school starts I'll be riding some R179's to school "once school starts" Does anyone else want to tell him? yeah, no. The prototypes need to go through their 30 day passenger service acceptance tests first. that's 30 full days with no faults or issues. If the train gets at stuck door on day 29, then the clock restarts. then the production cars are delivered and start going through their own burn-in processes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGA Link N Train Posted August 20, 2017 Share #31 Posted August 20, 2017 "once school starts" Does anyone else want to tell him? yeah, no. The prototypes need to go through their 30 day passenger service acceptance tests first. that's 30 full days with no faults or issues. If the train gets at stuck door on day 29, then the clock restarts. then the production cars are delivered and start going through their own burn-in processes. Well, either way, I take the from Jamaica and sometimes the to school (only if I have to) and I already know about the 30 Day acceptance test but still....I'm going to Transit Tech so an R179 will eventually show up on those 2 lines Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted August 20, 2017 Share #32 Posted August 20, 2017 Will the M shuttle buses be modified accordingly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryB Posted August 20, 2017 Share #33 Posted August 20, 2017 Will the M shuttle buses be modified accordingly? http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/MyrtleAvenue/MyrtleRebuildingProcess.html#happening What's Happening to Service PHASE 1 PHASE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhg121 Posted August 20, 2017 Share #34 Posted August 20, 2017 Do we know which depots will operate for phase 2? Sent from my iPhone using NYC Transit Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted August 21, 2017 Share #35 Posted August 21, 2017 Why 6-Car R42's for shuttle and not 4-car train sets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGA Link N Train Posted August 21, 2017 Share #36 Posted August 21, 2017 Why 6-Car R42's for shuttle and not 4-car train sets?I have no clue Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted August 21, 2017 Share #37 Posted August 21, 2017 Why 6-Car R42's for shuttle and not 4-car train sets? The inspection shop they built at Fresh Pond Yard can only hold a 2 car married pair. 6 cars gives you closer to normal capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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