Around the Horn

Someone else on a discord (who claims to be in RTO) was making this claim over the weekend, which is where I think the poster got it from.

That's typically only used to turn around a very late bus before it reaches Cooper Union. Used to see them occasionally at Hunter with the old "M102 24 ST" sign up which got changed about a year ago.

An R211T was spotted at Forest Hills this afternoon, probably heading to Jamaica Yard

That's what it looks like when you remove the hard shell

If they could fit all the peak trains in 53rd Street, they would

When normies get kicked off of a train because the doors stopped working, that opinion changes real fast. Just last week the lost three trains in one day with mechanical problems. Those longer wait times start to pile up.

It says a lot about the state of manufacturing these days that such a common sense component was not already developed and installed on these buses from the jump.

As much as I personally would like to see an R211 on the (really its just I wanna see full color bullets again) there is no need for Broadway to get them. They can get R268s in ~10 years. Any combination of would be ideal landing spots for the R211s given CBTC install and crowding conditions and one simply needs to ride one of the current sets on the to see it in action. The extend of the discourse is just going to be this in circles until something actually happens.

4952: Quill to Kingsbridge

I would assume that the short term goal is number 1 and the longer term goal is number 2.

In every CBTC install, the lines in question became fully NTT at least a year before installation was complete if not more. This is a moot point.

403: Jackie Gleason to Ulmer Park (was on the B1 this morning)

They stopped for a while because the track they used to enter the system was under construction. They accepted another R211T set last week so we should be good now for further deliveries

Good list but I personally would give the the R38s instead of the R32s

Seems like the MTA is officially moving forward on this. They are "inviting vendors to participate in an RFP process for the procurement of consulting services for the R262 and R268 Subway Car Contracts" I would imagine the 2 year contact terms means they expect to put out an RFP for the cars by then. https://new.mta.info/document/112931

Actually I think he would approve of that given the alternative, as long as the remains as frequent as it usually is. The shuttle buses on 4th get universally panned by politicians and residents in the neighborhood alike.

That's not a problem. Could I get the destinations on a single line of text like a 62 sign though? Also could I get an R211 sign? via 53 St/6 Av Local 4 Av Local Bay Ridge-95 St

Forgot to reply earlier, the R62 sign by itself is fine

Looking at the video that everyone is talking about, the door lights did not actually glitch out. The train was using the local program on the express track so the train thought the doors were going to open on the left but actually opened on the right. This suggests that the door lights and Door Open sign are linked to whatever program the train is signed up for.

Could I get an R62 side sign Gun Hill Road, Bronx Hanover Square, Manhattan teal and if you're taking R211 side sign requests, could I get GR in white on a green circle with Navy Yard Ballpark and OR in black on a orange circle with Eastern Market? Thank you!

I was told that apparently the older bulbs are no longer manufactured

While we're on the subject of teething issues and troubleshooting, I'd also like to note that the R211 is the launch customer for this new version of the Alstom OPTONIX propulsion.

To add on to what Fan Railer said, crews have been instructed in the R211 service bulletin to only return the train to Pitkin Yard when a problem occurs on the road.

487, 751 and 797 JG to UP 751 is currently on the B3

The base order of the R262 is funded in this capital program