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WTH.. 4451 on the S53

Well, yes they are. Every time a R160 on the comes, people jump on board, even the Riders. But when an R32 comes in, people wait for the next one. This is from my personal experience.

You probably saw me then

They even sent a MCI on the S79...Im not kidding.

Nuh uh.

Hopefully the B37 does make a comeback I'll start taking that home from now on im on a super crowded B63 right now and this fat lady sitting next to me is killing me!!

It wasnt hard to grab an R38 or R40 Slant you just had to Ride the for the slants and the for the R38s lol

I didn't like the slants but them again that's just me i saw one on the a few years ago being rerouted over the to bay ridge and i had to get on it .

Woahh I just saw a jackie Gleason C40LF with a roof ad...a new C40LF with the ad above the Windows going across the bus.... it's on the B70 right now

I saw that one too never seen that before it was on the top right?

I miss R32s on 4th ave

B23 resurrection idea (also addressing Mysterious2train's post)

 

When the route was axed, it seemed like a no-brainer at the time as it did not serve anywhere useful at either end. However, I would propose a resurrected B16 which would serve SUNY Downstate (main) and Kings County Hospital and Maimonides while at the same time. To that end, I would propose this route that preserves the Cortelyou Avenue portion of the B23, but does away with the 16 Avenue segment, as it is equidistant between 14 and 18 Avenues.

 

First stop would be New York Avenue at the B44 stop (the last stop eastbound would be at the near side). Make a left at Winthrop Street and another left at Nostrand Avenue. Take Nostrand Avenue down to Beverley Road, and make a right. At Flatbush Avenue, make a left and then make a right at Cortelyou Road. At the end of Cortelyou Road, make a left at Dahill Road, then a right at 16 Avenue, and another quick right at 39 Street. Follow 39 Street to Fort Hamilton Parkway, and make a left. Run straight down Fort Hamilton Parkway to 86 Street, and make a right. Follow 86 Street to Shore Road, and make a right. The last stop would be at the front door to Fort Hamilton High School.

 

Return to East Flatbush: Right at 83 Street, right at Colonial Road, left on 86 Street, left on Fort Hamilton Parkway, right on 37 Street, right on Dahill Road, left on Cortelyou Road, left on Flatbush Avenue, right on Beverley Road, left on New York Avenue, to Lenox Road, and stand.

 

Evenings and weekends: the B23 would terminate at 4 Avenue and 86 Street (far side) and not serve Fort Hamilton High School.

 

With this, the B16 would also get a reroute to a wider street. Instead of using 56 and 57 Streets between 13/14 Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway, the B16 would instead use 60 Street, which would give B16 patrons better access to the Pathmark and other stores at a mini-mall at 13 Avenue and 60 Street, and as 60 Street is a wider street, there would be fewer chances for delays.

 

In addition, B16 school trippers would no longer be needed, and B23 school trippers from Fort Hamilton could instead run to 45 or 39 Street and cut out there with a very short deadhead to Gleason.

That's something I hope would someday happen but I only say that cuz I live around there

There's 8 in the depot, 7 left in service, 818, 847, 878, 881, 902, 958, 983. 920 has been out of service for about a week now so that's done for..

 

Reserve: 824

 

Scrap/Hold : 812, 855, 859, 868 (being stripped along with 903, 934 & 987 in the bays at EC) 923, 942, 945, 978.

Baby come to JG!

This one came outta no where.. 493, 496, 500 & 505 (C40's) @ Ulmer Park from SC, all in the yard now.

Holy.....

Anybody rode the via 6 Av this weekend?

Yea I did I was suprised when I got to Broadway and saw the across the platform

What the? Is it me or is the back different?

Hoping for 16, 63 or 70 or the 37 if it comes back

Before the R142's came didn't the and have all R62A and wasn't the and lines consist of R33's and R36's. I know the had the R33 and R36's and the was R62's.

 

Oh yeah when did those R26's R28's and R29's retire.

No the was pretty much exactly the dame as now, the and I know was all redbirds the mostly R62s and some R33s I think. The was like half R62As and redbirds, the was 9 car R62As

I caught 3 R32 trains in Manhattan alone during midday, holy crap how many are there!?

just saw a O5 on the from my house looked like 6315

Lucky I just stood outside for a little trying to see one would ever appear on the or : and I didnt see one although I was lucky enuf to catch 2 old new flyer c40lfs 881 on the and 902 on the

I never rode an Orion V CNG...lol

I also never rode a Orion V Ex Bee Line

I also never rode a New Flyer D60HF

And lastly i never rode a New Flyer XD60.

I only rode Orion V CNGs when Jackie had those I can't remember after that though and like D60s I guess yea when I'm not here in BK, Orion Vs from Bee Line I gotta be honest with you wtf is that? XD60 me neither

Why the heck do they want to get rid of hybrids?

Omg R160s in Upper Manhattan!!!

Is SC also gonna retire their Orion V CNGs at the end of June?

Btw saw 902 twice today at random on the B43 wasn't expecting that at all lol

Wow I just saw 902 on the B70 yesterday though before I got on the train at 95 st.

From what I saw today there are at least 2 more sets of R62As at Westchester Yard apart from the ones that were already there until now. Also, the R62A that was used for one round trip during the afternoon rush until now was used in at least 2 trips today.

He's right there is another set on the the cars are 1721-25 and 1731-35 both in service right now i think...

I still don't understand the big deal about the R188s, it's the exact same shit that's been on the IRT lines for the past 13 years.

 

But re; your question about yards, I'd assume the personnel would be trained to work on the cars, because shuttling them back and forth between Pitkin and ENY is not an efficient idea at all.

With the R188s it'll just be that it's on the line lol.

4897-98 back at u.p from MQ just pulled up at 9:55pm

Yes and thank god too many RTSs. I just saw 4897 on the B74 @ Coney it still has MJQ stickers on it.

Lol if I was alive for when the R32s ran on the , , , and sometimes, , , and , then so were you rofl... This was only in 2005. But like you said, you didn't start riding until WAY after they axed the majority of the fleet and threw it into the ocean.

I miss those years the 32s were spread out like almost every route had them @ the same time

It says " Content not found " when I clicked on the fb link.

263-264 WF - JG.

320-324 JG - WF

Sweeeeet thanks West Farms do we get any of the good buses back from WF? Like the Orion 7s?