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It seems that 7927 is avoiding service. Like 2 days before I saw 7928 testing 7927 was still in its testing porition. It's been M.I.A from Corona yard everytime I've visited ever since. Wonder whats going on with it.

Haven't been on the much lately, Anyone seen 7546-50 in service recently??

7536-7540 shouldve been sent off to Kawasaki by now, leaving 7541-7545 as the lowest set. It wont be staying for long though.

Stengel has been pretty good lately with repainting their fleet. Most if not all their OGs have been repainted and I've seen a few NGs repainted as well. Sad to see 6895s black back go.

True, it seems to be that Westchester is much less caring about the LEDs and Rollsigns n the 62As. 1781 had a missing bottom scroll for more than 5 months, 1735 has a missing interior LED sign, 1761 has no LEDs on one side, 1965 has a dead sign, and A LOT have this glitch where only a small section of the LEDs are powered on and Westchester seems to care not one bit about it. But to somewhat bring this thread back on track, 2111-2115 is on the with a majority of its signs still scrolled to , and 7531, the lowest 142A on the should be heading out soon

Enjoy the last of the 75XXs on the while you can, because all thats left is 7531-7590 to be converted. 7531 is the lowest numbered 142A on the , and the rest should be gone by early to mid 2016.

Someone please help me out with this. I've seen pictures of a freshly delivered bus labeled 8090 with Jamaica depot stickers and a new repaint scheme. But I passed the Zerega facility later that day and 8090 was there with its old paint scheme and ENY stickers. I'll post a pic when i get the chance because I'm doing this on my phone but does anyone have any knowledge about this? And 8402 was in service running heavily on the Q5.

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.

Anyone see 7441-7922-7450 in revenue or testing yet?

I highly doubt they would do that. the only way they would do that is if they make the around 75% R32/42, and i don't think thats gonna happen. The and would probably trade a lot so be prepared to see a lot more R160s on the if my predictions are correct, which not to be self centered, but i believe they are.

And Even though I don't mind the being 100% R160, it would be refreshing to even see an R143 on that line. And come on, R143s on 6th Avenue and QBL. That would be AMAZING!!

The R32s and R42s share the same conductors positions. Thats not sounding good for the R32 train.

I'm not saying i don't like the R62A , not at all. They do fit but i feel that the 142As fit the more than they fit the . and the did get some good 62As that corona put a lot of work into fixing up. And i do have to agree that Westchester didn't take much time with the 142As when it comes to maintenance, but i dont see Corona doing a lot for some of the conversions that they're recieving. Ride R42A conversion 7429 and youll see what I'm talking about. and even most of the new factory sets look like shit. but I'd rather have had the 142As from the converted because, 1, they roster would be actually sequential if they ended at 7810, and 2, a lot of people out there want R62As back on the . And the(4) took much more care of their 142As better then Westchester did. I have no clue why I'm ranting but whatever. Everyone has their own opinion and this is how I feel.

I wouldn't mind either an R143 or an R32 on the . And true the conductors position is different on the R32s, and R32/42 conductor boards might have already been removed on QBL, 6th Ave and the 53rd Street cut.

As a daily rider, I personally don't like this swap. I don't think a line thats had NTTs for so long should almost be returned completely back to OTT. Don't get me wrong, it is nice having R62As on the , but not as many as we have and will continue to recieve.

Orion V #191 in Zerega with fresh coat of paint. Thankfully it retained its black back.

Has anyone spotted XD40 #7463? I saw it at Zerega and I haven't heard or saw anything about it being in service.

Bx49 from Clason Pt to 138 St grand Concourse via Soundview Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard