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5 minutes ago, Ale188 said:

ENY most likely

ENY already has R179s. They aren’t going nowhere but sit in the  & . 

13 hours ago, Metro CSW said:

Cool, anyways. 4095-99 is now couple with 4125-29. Interesting. Just a small thing.

Interchanging now begins. Kool. You might see 4060-4064 with 4460-4464 one day. 

13 hours ago, Kamen Rider said:

The R211s have functionally identical automated announcement system interfaces as the R160s. On top of that, as part of the qualification class, you have to program it. You can't crew the train without qualifying on it and you can't qualify on it unless you can, among other things, set the announcement system. 

 

Technically, per rule, the Train operator is supposed to set the announcement system at the terminal. In reality, more often than not. we conductors do it.

 

If an NTT runs blank, more often than not, it's because the route isn't programed in. 

 

The other issue is that, sometimes, and this has happened to me with one of the 211s, the tachometer got out of whack and had to be reset, so the announcements were playing out of synch. 

No problem and thanks for that. 

1 hour ago, trainfan22 said:

4113 and the other cars in its consist has the exterior digital signs off, train is running in service blank. Probably some kind of teething issue.

Or someone doesn’t know the computer controls inside the cab. That’s been happening on every new vehicle whether it’s a bus or subway. 

56 minutes ago, slantfan4281 said:

Makes sense, they're on their last legs. But I'd imagine if the R211s don't have any issues they're not going to want a ton of R46s sitting in yard taking up space, and the lack of asbestos in the cars would make scrapping them easier. I guess in that case we're looking at a late 2024 retirement for the SIR cars and a mid-late 2025 retirement for the NYCT cars unless the first option order gets further delayed. 

Once the base order is done with deliveries, the first option orders follows direct. The  has already made the deal for first option cars. They will make the deal for the second option once the first option is 1/2 way done

45 minutes ago, MJHmarc said:

4155 and 4156 delivered this evening. 

That completes the first 100 cars 

36 minutes ago, aemoreira81 said:

It was 3200-3251, but excluding 3209 and 3212. They were split between Yukon and Castleton.

I was close though. Missed by 7 buses. Plus, some of the 3000s on their last licks made it to Charleston a week before the takeover of  &  

On 9/30/2023 at 12:55 AM, Travis Mcnonald said:

Dispite being over 15 years old, I'm surpised none of #3500-3783 ever transferred over to NYCTA like many of BC's Orion V CNGs did (and even MCI D4500CLs).

The 3200-3243 MCIs went to Staten Island for a while until their regular coaches came back 

1 hour ago, JustTheSIR said:

What the hell

bro doesn’t know what he’s talking about

the SIR runs on third rail just like the rest of the system and I’m pretty sure I can still hear propulsion coming from the R44 B cars, along with the fact that it’s mostly flat, I’m sure the R160s and/or R179s could easily handle their B cars turned into trailers

I bet you haven’t even been to SI before 💀 

I’ve been on that line longer than you have. And I’m not your bro

9 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

What are you going on about? uses the same power system like we do. And for heavens sake, stop calling it a railroad. Logically, It hasn't been a railroad since the North Shore was abandoned. 

I say it how I call it, whether you like it or not. & what do you mean “We”?! 

14 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

From a cost stand point, no. Do they deserve some type of NTT's? Yes. But not the R211's.

Now hear me out on this: the previous NTTs, the R160s and the R179s are not equipped for railroading. They wouldn’t even survive on railroad service if they were to be put on it. Most areas require canatary for overhead power. Both R160s and R179s would cost an extra $5K to put 2 over the car power and feeders to power them. No third rail shoes. For non electrical railroads, the R160s and R179s will have to put special trucks with one square box on top of A cars, while B cars lose ALL propulsions. The B cars would be “trailers”. 

3 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

IMO, I feel like giving R211's to SIR is a gigantic waste of money. But hear me out why,

The R211's have a lot of features (such as LED screens, LCD screens, etc) that won't be needed for SIR since it's such a small line. I think that the original plan of giving them option order R179's or R160's would have better and cost-effective.

So you think Staten Island don’t deserve these R211s?? The Republican politicians in that boro wanna have a word with you. 

On 9/30/2023 at 12:58 AM, Travis Mcnonald said:

IIRC, the R38s were #3950-4149 weren't they? It's been almost 15 years since they last saw service.

The numbers from the R10s weren’t used until the R179s came in (not counting the R110Bs) 

On 9/28/2023 at 6:45 PM, Calvin said:

With 4150-4154 on property and 4155-4159 will come soon later either next month, the first A-car unit, 4150 is the start of the past R40 slant unit that was on the subway system back then. And, to note, for now, no R46s are on retirement (just now) but a few AA sets that are at Pitkin Yard are in-storage. 

On the roster thread, since number plates get recycled into new train cars, I only used new tech trains with older SMEEs 

New Techs since 1999:

R142 6301-6499 <> R16 

R142 6500-6899 <> R17 

R142 6900-6999 

R142 7000-7009 <> BMT Green Hornet

R142 7010-7029 <> BMT Multis 

R142 7030-7049

R142 7050-7180 <> R21 

R188 7211-7299 <> R21

R188 7300-7590 <> R22

R142A 7591-7749 <> R22

R142A 7750-7810 <> R26

R188 7811-7859 <> R26

R188 7860-7936 <> R28 

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R143 8101-8249 <> R27

R143 8250-8312 <> R30

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R160A1 8313-8349 <> R30

R160A1 8350-8411 <> R30A 

R160A1 8412-8569 <> R30

R160A1 8570-8652 <> R29

R160A2 8653-8712 <> R29

R160B1 8713-8805 <> R29

R160B1 8806-8842 <> R33M 

R160B2 8843-9102 <> R33M 

R160B1 9103-9232 <> R33M 

R160A2 9233-9305 <> R33M

R160A2 9306-9345 <> R33WF

R160A2 9346-9523 <> R36WF

R160A2 9524-9557 <> R36M 

R160A2 9558-9769 <> R36WF

R160 9770-9974 are new to TA 

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R179-1 3010-3049 <> R10

R179-2 3050-3237 <> R10

R179-1 3238-3327 <> R10

41 minutes ago, Ale188 said:

Cool. I will try to do part 4 when I have time.

Ok

On 9/27/2023 at 10:06 AM, IAlam said:

Well looks like they were dumb enough to record themselves. But with how many time this has been recorded over I wouldn’t know where the original comes from. 

The dude in the hoodie is head of these conquestors 

9 hours ago, Ale188 said:

Any pics? I know I might be sounding like a jerk but I just don't want it to be falsely reported.

Whenever he posts from what numbers are delivered, he gets his sources. Then it’s your turn. 

38 minutes ago, MJHmarc said:

 4150, 4151, 4152, 4153 & 4154 Delivered 

95 cars, 4155-4159 makes it 100 R211As delivered. 

On 9/18/2023 at 7:57 AM, Ale188 said:

Cool. Those are only 05-06 ones, cuz I keep catching the 08 ones

Bus changes: 

SO: lost 3430-3434 to AL, lost 8070 to RET 

45 minutes ago, Ale188 said:

Exactly. I 100% agree with this statement. I'm tryin to make proposals for HO scale trains, but which scale is bigger?

The O. It’s the same as if you was getting a 1/43. The HO is 1/87. I have 1/3 of my collection in that scale. 1/3 in 1/43 & 1/3 in 1/50, 1/64 & 1/76

17 hours ago, ThatSubwayFan980 said:

Imagine that there was an alternate universe where the R211s weren't made while the R46s and the R44s from Staten Island kept running as long forever. Yet, they are still retiring in this universe thanks to the R211s.

You want old cars to run forever, go get yourself a O or HO scale of them. 

On 5/14/2023 at 10:24 AM, B35 via Church said:

The Q9 should be another option for a JFK - Jamaica route (over that of the Q3)... I still believe there to be latent demand for it to this day, but thanks the good ole AIRTrain (among other things), forget it....

The current Q3 to Lefferts AIRTrain is brutal... If you thought the thing was unreliable when it used to terminate at T4 & T5, maaaannnn.....

You’re 100% right about that. Ppl need something faster than the Q3. So they got a man less air train. Unless you don’t want raccoons prawling at you in the middle of the night, then I suggest that uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu………..,……….

1 hour ago, Trainmaster5 said:

I'm sure that I'm older than you and most posters but we had the Transit Police riding the system overnight before Rudy G was elected. NYTP rode trains, especially in the IRT from the Bronx to Brooklyn nightly. We also had a Vandals Squad that concentrated on the train yards that dealt with the " no talent artists ". I'm personally offended by your insinuation that minority leaders actually support these criminals. My opinion. Carry on.

I wholeheartedly agree with you. The Transit police has been doing this since (you know the date). The VS of the NYCTP was the ruthless. They would nab ppl who intruded the yards. 

1 hour ago, Wallyhorse said:

That '90s style crime crackdown would likely now lead to massive lawsuits against the city by advocates for minorities and so forth.  What Giuliani did when he was mayor from 1993-2001 would never fly today because of that.  

That’s because today, some ppl think that they’re entitled to whatever. It doesn’t work at all