Woodside7878
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Kawasaki is managing better on its orders then Bombardier. Since Bombardier is manufacturing at a fast pace that makes alot of mistakes is no wonder why delivery delays keep happening. Bombardier should follow Henry Ford's assembly line pattern like Boeing did when building the 787 dreamliner, that if they got the space and time to reorganize.
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Does anyone knows that the B train does not go to the Montague Tube only the Manhattan Bridge and also if clearance in the tube is an issue the MTA should of made sure that every fleet could go through when they rehabilitate the river tunnel.
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What about digital advertising, it would be better then the old fashion ads we see currently on the fleet
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The R68/A should of been having the LED after the R62A finished theirs LED testing. Does anyone thinks GE would the candidate for the R211 or CAF from Spain since Kawasaki will be the only one to win the contract if the M9 order will be on time in its delivery. Maybe Boeing will go back on building subway cars since they built light rail cars and Chicago's rail cars in the 1970's. This is my opinion.
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I don't understand why the MTA didn't upgrade the interior lighting on R188 from florescent to LED like they did to some of the R160, it's much brighter and doesn't turn yellow when it nears its end life. Also the when the C car was install to the existing set, the view of a brand new car with 13 or 14 year old cars is an eyesore during the night.
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Like the "Woodside-61 St" & "Flushing-Main Street" stations as an example.
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34th Street Station is not opened yet because of "construction delays"
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I wonder why the MTA didn't upgrade the exterior signs to LED instead of LCD when they order 88 new cars, LCD isn't very bright and get messed up when not maintain (6 train fleet)
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Well, when the first R188 set 7811-7821 was in service as an express train, the conductor notice why the interior signs was not showing the express sign but the people in charge of the train said that there was a glitch in the software and soon will be fix. Well then it took long to fix a 3-8 minute software change, especially when the 7 train fleet is near becoming all R188 line.
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Strip maps on the 7 Line already has the station printed it is just covered by a black strip to ensure that the passengers not to get confused. When the 34th Street station opens, the black strip covering the station on the strip map will be removed.
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I forgot that the tracks was replaced during fastrack, the MTA track workers must of solve the tracks swaying since the cars were rebounding a lot at high speeds
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Must be the suspensions springs and shock absorbers that reduce buckling of the cars for a smoother ride, the suspensions during that time was wearing out similar to a car's suspensions and shock absorbers when the car is rebounding more often than normal.
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Again with the R142 and R142A swap, First of all Bombardier back off from the contract bid because it was an engineering challenge and a small order ; Second of all, the 2 & 5 need the R142s because they share the same terminals for route switch at Brooklyn College. So the 6 fleet was the only option and has the first prototype in service (7211-7220) and Kawasaki like the order
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Yes, the antennas are use to communicate with the train and/or motorman. The third rail supplies the power at 600-750 DC volts, the tracks act as an neutral conductor bringing the used power back to the grid. anyone knows how electricity work could understand this. The third rail creates an electro-magnetic field that can disrupt any signals, so the antennas and receivers are built high enough to prevent any problems with the connection to communicate
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The Corona Yard is now 50% both R62As and R188s, the time it is 100% R188 is at the end of 2015. The rate the conversions and transfers is slow but it's fine since the CBTC is not ready for for operation until 2016.
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The JFK Airtrain is an example of CBTC, no motorman and conductor, runs on computer just as same that is happening to L train and soon the 7 train
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R62A car# 1806-1810 are still on the 7 line and running, I went today to find out how many R188 were running and majority was R188 since I saw about 9 R62As running during off hours.
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any sets in service and a R62a on the 6?
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I wonder if the R179 will be delivered by rail like they did to the R142
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I wonder if the R179 interior will have bright LED lighting like the experimental LED lights on the R160 that were successful, it better than the fluorescent lights that is on the current fleet.
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I know how i feel about ads, they are annoying and waste time.
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I think the 240 ST R62As are not going to be assigned to the 6 train, they`re only on the 6 when an R142A set is due for Yonkers and a Flushing R62A set had arrived at Westchester.So those 240th Street yard R62A will be there until all of Flushing R62As are displaced by the R188 and assigned to the 6 train with extras cars assigned to other yards.
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They are not LEDs, Its the plastic that is new and transparent to make the fluorescent lights look like the cool white LED color, If cleaning the light diffusers with a stronger cleaning solution or replacing it with new ones will make the car interior more brighter.
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It's similar to Alstom's problems when they were building the R160A, R179 test train is going to the same welding problems as the R160A
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It's Alstom all over again, Remember the welding problems at Alstom's Lapa, Brazil plant, again history repeats itself