Around the Horn

3 hours ago, trainfan22 said:

Apparently some subway cars did get damaged due to Ida, in the video below is an R142 being TOWED back to the barn, I heard some of the  line's R62A's got stuck in the flooded portion of its route as well. Not my video BTW. Vary rare to see subway cars that's not brand new by towed by a diesel, most times they can limp back the barn on their own power or is pushed by another subway train.

 

 

That's probably the set that got stuck at Newkirk

Aren't the flipdot units stripped already, rendering this question moot?

9 minutes ago, Snorunts said:

6227 (MQ) has a Chase Visa driver side wrap on the front segment of the bus. First time seeing this on an Xcelsior.

Just saw one on 6164 on the M15 as well.

I imagine that the XD40s and LFS hybrids will get them as well as Orion’s continue to be phased out. 

Titan:

77 NEW 2ND/CHURCH

     FOX CHASE

Titan:

78 SOMERSET/G

RICHMOND-CAMBRIA

R42:

brown R

Essex St, Manhattan

95 St, Brooklyn

station sign:

Downtown  To Brooklyn Bridge.             To Bowling Green,

Local                  Late nights to Brooklyn       weekends only

                           also stops here

6 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

Do the side signs on the mockup look bigger then the actual thing? 

That mockup doesn't actually have door pockets so I wouldn't be surprised if they originally wanted to make the windows that large and then as they made the blueprints for the actual cars, realized they screwed up the calculations.

5 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

service in Manhattan is a mess today. 20 minute waits and no rerouting of the via Lex Local to cover the gaps in service.

Do they not have enough cars to run the or something?

But they were running trains on the local... I happened to get one at Spring, and then later got another one at 23rd!

I think the issue is that crews are calling out so they don't have enough manpower to run the full schedule.

6113 is also at Tuskegee Airmen from Quill

7 hours ago, R10 2952 said:

On another note, all this flooding after the MTA supposedly "made improvements" after Sandy... SMH.  Lessons have not been learned.

Back to square one I guess?

Note that the flooding occurred in areas of the system that weren't updated after Sandy. The resiliency projects worked.

17 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

Why not just give the routes to DeCamp or Private Transportation?  clearly has no interest in running the lines.

I would argue that an option on the newest coach bus order specifically for the takeover of these routes should be considered interest enough. This "disagreement" between the MTA and EDC, as I understand it, is mostly about the fine print in the changeover process than anything else.

“8704” is a mistracking 4862. Just seen it on the B64. 

1 hour ago, Future ENY OP said:

u might be correct. Just did a bit of research on 8704.. For the last 4 hours, it's showing that it's on the B6... Rather confusing if u ask me. But the travel time from Mariners Harbor to Bay Ridge is roughly 45 mins to 1 hour (Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this. Staten Island ops please), but from Bay Ridge to Canarsie is a good 90 mins, but it's showing it deadheaded to 86th and Bay Pkwy. So, from this I think it is a glitch and bus is still in Staten Island.

While improbable, it is not impossible that the bus actually could have gone from Yukon to Ulmer Park via the Belt and then entered B6 service... RTSes have done the reverse from UP to Yukon as recently as 2014/15 IINM. 
 

We’ll have to see what route it shows up on in the morning. If it is actually there, I’d love to see it on the B64.

6 hours ago, Future ENY OP said:

Reinstating the B23 is gonna be a hard sell. The MTA feels that the B8 should be able to handle the work.  Truthfully, if they can implement the B90 series they can sure find a way to reinstate some of these routes in the re-design plan. 

I could see the B23 coming back as the 13th/14th Avenues bus with the B16 staying on Fort Hamilton Parkway the full length. Would be nice if it went all the way down to the VA Hospital or even Bay Ridge.

3 hours ago, Maxwell179 said:

Any pictures ?

It's right next to the St. George bound platform at Clifton station, if you want to see it yourself in person

10 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

So August 22 is the last day we will have to see the old platform?

That is correct

For cut-over of the new platform at Times Square:

42 ST CONNECTION PROJECT
Aug 23, Monday to Sep 6, Monday (includes Labor Day)
42 Street Shuttle will not run - Take the instead

28 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Also, aren't these cars suppose to go throughout the entire B-Divison for clearance testing before testing other stuff?

They are training the crews that will operate the tests.

6693 repainted

7 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

I really dont get how the interior seating is an "improvement". It's a step backwards with less seating.

There are more designated priority seats and more room for people in wheelchairs to move around compared to previous cars.

Can I get two Hanovers please?

B65 DOWNTOWN BKLYN

        FULTON MALL

and

B38 DOWNTOWN BKLYN

        TILLARY ST

7 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Did they split up the R211 set with one staying at CI and the other going to Pitkin?

No the other set made the move tonight.

The R211 reportedly has a propulsion problem and that was why it was moved.

3 hours ago, BenTheMiner said:

How does this look?

Those are perfect, thanks! 

Two requests for today:

Hanover

M9 Battery Park City via Avenue C via East Broadway

Titan

64 Wister/Upsal

23rd-Venango

11 hours ago, BenTheMiner said:

Non-MTA requests, let's see if I did this right!

Please let me know what you think!

They look good!
 

For the last one though, I had meant that 30th St Station was a second reading after University City, but that’s on me for writing flip and not explaining what I meant. My bad! 

First off, incredible work! All the signs look great!

1. Hanover

B39 SOHO

         6 AV

2. Titan

NEW BUS IN TEST

NO PASSENGERS

3. Titan

E   ELMWOOD

   MARKET EAST

4. Titan

73x COTTMAN EXPRESS

          CHESTNUT HILL

5. Titan

44 TASKER/MORRIS

    UNIVERSITY CITY

[flip]

44 TASKER/MORRIS

    30TH ST STATION