7 Flushing Line

Just passed by Corona depot on the LIRR. There was an R188 set at the back (didn't catch the numbers) that looked like it had a red diamond around the at the side destination sign, similar to the LEDs on the R62A. Can anyone confirm this?

....but QV is getting stuck with 89 of those lame, old ass Lfs'. While Jamaica gets a whole bunch of new buses fresh off the factory line. Hardly seems fair to me.

 

In my opinion, what should have happened was that Jam should have kept their 45 from 2011 and gave the 8090-8120 to Queens Village. Or, give some of those earlier 2011 buses to ENY. But, alas, once again, QV gets the shaft. Just like GA in Bklyn.

I can't say I agree completely...in fact, I'm quite glad QV is getting their 2011 LFS back. I actually like the 2011 LFS more than their 2015/16 counterparts, for reasons including the seating arrangement and the rear window. Also, any post-2011 bus is an upgrade over the 1997-98 RTS, so perhaps it wouldn't be so good to say that QV is getting 'lame, old ass LFs'. Yes, JA may seem to be getting all the new buses, but in my opinion, QV getting 2011 LFS is so much better than getting Orion NGs. Just my 0.02.

8068 on the Q27.

8065 at QV. Currently riding it on the Q27. Have any additional 80-series LFS returned to QV from JA?

Nice catch! Really hope the old program officially returns to the R188s.

From what I know on the , 7591-7600 have the new motors. 7511 used to have the same motors as 7810, but has since been retrofitted to standard R142A motors. On the as far as I know only 7756-7760 have them, and those cars also have very bright lights.

Just wondering, why do they have to change the door motors on the converted R142As? It seems like the doors are weaker on the R188s, people can even push them back open now.

Not sure if already mentioned, but 7285 is paired with 7326. Just saw it at Flushing station.

Wait, what? Why? Why not swap out a broken set for another one of the same size?

My guess is that it would be easier to just take one train out and replace it with another train, instead of having to decouple the broken half of Train A, decoupling the corresponding half of Train B, and connecting the working half of Train A to the other half of Train B.

Have 7301-7310 entered service yet?

Just saw a set with 7320 lead car testing on the Flushing-bound track at 46 St.

I caught R142A (I know its an R188 but I like calling them R142A's because its really the best way to distinguish them between the newer R188s) Testing on line again, one of the car numbers were 7232. It had signs saying "R188 test train"

Based on the number sequence I would guess that set was 7231-7240+7890? I hope this means we will be seeing conversion sets in service soon

I learned to take these reports with a grain of salt. Kawasaki has a near-perfect track record. Most of the Japanese companies do. The factories are so damn efficient that nearly everything gets caught before it leaves their property. It's a system called "Kaizen". Kawasaki has provided a large amount of New York's rolling stock that arrived in the past 30 years, both subway and commuter rail (R62, R68A, R110A, R142A, R143, R160B, R188, M8, C3). The only fleet to have issues was the M8. To put things in perspective, Alstom messed up with both of their contracts (R68 and R160A).

Sorry for the accidental down-vote. I was drinking coffee while navigating the page and by mistake I clicked the down-vote button, and there doesn't seem to be any way to undo that. Sorry!

Because I like to see it in order.

Yeah I agree with you man, so much more pleasing to see a train set in order...

Could have sworn it was 10, Oh well at least we get 8 brand new R188 sets

Hmm... according to Wikipedia...the 2010-2014 capital plan originally called for 146 new cars to be purchased, and of these new cars, 110 cars would go to make up ten new 11-car trains (with the remaining 36 cars as "C" cars). But in the latest revision, only 103 new cars will be purchased to form eight new 11-car trains. Kind of unfortunate in my opinion, but definitely better than a fleet comprised 100% of converted R142As...

I can confirm that as of today (04 Feb.) at 19:46, there are three sets running on Line 7. I couldn't catch the numbers, but I was on 7811-7821 towards Flushing (exp) and saw on the way two other sets pass by on the Manhattan bound local track.