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Transit officials admitting for the first time that the current ongoing overnight shutdown did not save the
any money whatsoever.
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On 1/8/2021 at 7:31 PM, GojiMet86 said:
Vanshnookenragen with an IND Second System track map:
https://www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2021/01/ind-second-system-track-map/
https://www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/docs/IND_trackmap.pdf
That is one of the most detailed track maps I have ever seen. One would have been able to get on a subway train at any neighborhood in the city if this plan was fully realized. This is like levels of expansiveness one would see in Paris, London, Seoul or Tokyo.
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I haven't posted in this part of the forums in a long time. Here's a showcase of the best from the second half of 2020, with four videos at the end. Here's to a better New Year for all of us. Enjoy!
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14 hours ago, Lawrence St said:
@Union Tpke while on the topic of closed station entrances, I will never understand why Bedford Park Blvd is the only station on the Concourse line with an exit to an underpass, and then another random exit at 203rd St. I know it used to have a full length mezzanine, but why was it built this way?
Bedford Park Boulevard was one of many of those IND stops that was designed to handle a huge number of passengers in anticipation for population increase in the city (but that never happened, it started to decrease during the 1970s).
14 hours ago, Lawrence St said:Did it have a full length mezzanine?
Yes. But like any other IND stop with a big mezzanine, half of it is closed off.
14 hours ago, LegoBrickBreaker101 said:Kingsbridge Road also has an entrance to an underpass as well, along with two other entrances at the street level (Kingsbridge and E. 196th)
A few stops along the line also have entrances to the underpass as well at numerous other east-west streets that intersect Grand Concourse, with Fordham Road as an exception. 167th and 170th also have underpass entrances, but they've been long closed off. The underpasses were built for the long gone trolley lines when the IND was expanding into the Bronx during the early half of the Great Depression.
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Here's one of the 8-car sets that was spotted on the
line today. Note the 10-car R179 
train on the northbound track at the end of the video to the left.
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Two of the biggest banks in the United States, Bank of America and JPMorgan have been awarded up to $900 million dollars of the
's debt, with the main goal to finance the transit agency's projects for the subway, railroads and buses. Bank of America got $600 million dollars and JPMorgan got $300 million dollars. The bonds related to this sale are due in 2050, 30 years from now.
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8570 has active readers.
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Cool YouTube finds showing footage documenting some of the long gone southern Brooklyn trolley lines.
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This is a very concerning and scary time for NYCT, quite possibly it's biggest challenge since the financial crisis of 1975 and 9/11 combined. I have a really bad feeling the subway system is gonna start seriously deteriorating and we're gonna start seeing graffiti and deferred maintenance on every single subway car in service (just like the 1970s and 1980s) if the
isn't getting the money it needs to carry out improvements.
10 hours ago, R68OnBroadway said:As far as I am aware most mainstream politicians didn't take secession after 2008/2012 seriously. The current Republican party may be a disaster but their antics shouldn't be an excuse to dissolve the union. I wouldn't seriously consider it unless they started to crack down on most civil liberties (ex. banning abortion) or undertook some foreign policy disaster. The country is far stronger united on a global scale and I fear splitting it will leave a global power vacuum that an authoritarian regime such as China will be more than happy to occupy.
Off topic here, but that worries me too. The nation cannot continue divided as it is right now, people are tired of things being like this, it's completely unsustainable. The last thing the world needs is to be one huge dictatorship, which would be a nightmare for humanity.
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R179 out of service for the second time in a row. Now I can see why Bombardier almost went out of business and Alstom took over their train manufacturing division. The R179s have a really bleak future here...
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RIP to legendary train photographer and photo collector Joe Testagrose, just read the news of his death. I remember going on nycsubway.org in the late-2000s as a kid seeing his photos of long gone trains from past decades. I never get tired of looking at them to this day still. Joe's photos will live on for future generations to come. He will never be forgotten.
😞
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On an interesting note from the IRT, Westchester set 2470-2475 is now apart of the
. Just spotted a few days ago heading northbound.
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Interesting update to put here: Mastercard has posted the first OMNY related advertisement on Twitter earlier this week. According to Second Avenue Sagas, the ad apparently aired on break during the 62nd Grammy Awards. From the looks of the DOWNTOWN yellow tile by the camera panning at the band near the end of the commercial to the far left, it was likely filmed at 163rd Street on the
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1 hour ago, Future ENY OP said:
Rumor is true. Byford is out.
No... NO!!! There goes any chance of the
gaining any respect from the general public in terms of service and reputation. He is gonna be missed by alot of New Yorkers for a long time. It feels like the subway is doomed. 😞
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17 hours ago, Union Tpke said:
@RR503 This Capital Program is really going to kill the agency.
Screen Shot 2020-01-18 at 8.34.09 PM by Union Turnpike, on Flickr
Screen Shot 2020-01-18 at 8.34.15 PM by Union Turnpike, on Flickr
Possible bankruptcy?
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14 hours ago, Around the Horn said:
OMNY installation list:
137 Street-City College
I should mention by base I mean the square on the bottom part of the turnstyle above the MetroCard swipe. If that doesn't count then I apologize for the mistake.
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137th Street-City College has bases. May look at the rest of the
line north of that stop sometime soon to look out for anything OMNY related on the turnstyles.
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2356-2360 of the
has the original side signs although the front one has been updated.
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Is there a good chance the runs for the first day will not happen this weekend? I'm seeing the weather for this Sunday, and it's rain all day (i.e. people less likely to attend, not to mention keeping the vintage equipment away from bad weather as what happened with the Lo-V a few years ago; a run to Yankee Stadium cancelled due to rain).
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Assortment of vintage train operations of the early fall from late September to late October. It has been a long time since I've last done a dedicated photo post, but I thought I'd go ahead anyways since the heavily awaited Holiday Rides are starting this weekend. We will begin by viewing the Parade of Trains and end with the 115th anniversary celebration plus a video. Enjoy!
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Was onboard a Manhattanville unit on the M96 yesterday (an Orion VII NG) that had a 'coming soon' reader. Didn't memorize the number though.
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54 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:
History Question;
Why was Lexington the only line to be built without an "express station" at 33rd St? Or does this date back to the original IRT H system and why its built as a local?
Because that is where the Park Avenue Tunnel starts and the tunnel planners had to space out the northbound and southbound tracks to accommodate this, hence why the local track is a bit taller than the express track there. It's interesting to note here that while that stop was being built, trolleys ran through the tunnel before cars and (correct me if I'm wrong) the area wasn't that fully developed then as it today.
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any money whatsoever.
line today. Note the 10-car R179 
train on the northbound track at the end of the video to the left.
. Just spotted a few days ago heading northbound.
R211 Discussion Thread
in New York City Subway
Posted · Edited by TheNewYorkElevated
My prediction for the B Division fleet once the R211s hit the property:
-The Base Order will be reserved for the
, 
, 
, 
, 
and 
lines to retire the R46s for good. The 
, 
and 
will also use some of the 211s as well alongside the R160s they have on hand at Jamaica, making them completely NTT lines. There could be a chance that the 
and 
might get the R211s to retire some R68s if the 
wants to have the B Division fully modernized by the end of this decade, although the 68s will likely by retired by a new train car contract. The R32s currently on reserve are completely done for good. The 
, 
, 
, 
and 
will receive the open gangway sets due to these lines having high ridership.
-If the Option order is exercised, the
, 
and even 
lines will receive the four car sets.
-R160s will be bumped out to service on the
and 
trains more often.
-R179s will more or less stay as is.