jon2305

R32s: 3550/3772/3773 recently SMS'ed.

All 9 of the (leftover R62A singles) are currently at Corona yard. Also, SMS overhaul work continues on Westchester R62As. Latest car set to receive improvements is (1736-1740). SMS overhaul also continues on some of the R142s & R142As from the .

Is the extension to Secaucus still up for discussion?

Possibly 2755, 2275 is an R62A unit.

History note: Back when the R62A's where the backbone of the , alot of unusual movements would occur that involved singles being inconsistently matched up together as long as it made for the required (11 cars-revenue service) for the . Early on around the 2000s, some linked 5-car sets that were already on the were traded over for leftover singles that remained on the mainline in order to compensate for the positioning of the C/Os in operation on the flushing line. i.e.. some of those (1800s) sets that currently roam the did serve the flushing line back then until being transferred back over the to the mainline and were displaced by Corona's R62As singles and even whatever Livonia yard had leftover at the time. I hate to sound redundant but in the case of (1921-22-25). If you look at the track record on this particular set it was grouped together as a singles 5-car consist a few times in the past, but by the very end of 2015 and on that New Years Eve it was moved over to the , it was there for a brief period until returning over back to the around early 2017 to cover up for R188s derailment mishaps that happened outside of Mets-Willets station. Other singles 5-car groups like 1916-1920/1961-1965 did the same thing but where never broken up. Afterwards, yes it was kind of mismanaged to separate 1921-22-25 from 1923-1924, only to have them as a seatless set experiment. Why break up a 5-car set that was 1921-1925 is beyond me. What they should've done from the beginning was take one of the R62As that were ALREADY on the 42nd St roster and experiment with those which they did however it was all after 1921-22-25 received the treatment. Maybe it was the LED green/red side lights that brought the attention for the set to be broken up and since it is Cuomo who is well documented is fascination with bright, shiny light shows and colors I wouldn't be surprised. In conclusion, at the end of the day of course it's only trains, nothing special as long as they mechanically run well and operate safetly with working A/C's during the summer months of course. Before you know it, these trains will be bound for retirement/scrapping and all this conversation about 1921-22-25 so on and so fourth will be completely irrelevant and life will go on.

R62As 1931-27-04-52-1940 already have (Westchester) green stickers on them.

Interesting, 1791-95 was just recently SMS'ed at 207 St Shop. Might be a rhetorical question but why would the need more R62As? Also, 1921-22-25 are the oddballs on the 42nd St considering those LED green/red side lights are obviously irrelevant on the Shuttle and should've been reunited with 1923-1924. Getting back to the Flushing line it's good to see that CBTC is progressing somewhat on the . Going westbound towards Manhattan you can see signals with green flashing lights up until before reaching Queensboro Plaza. Corona yard maintenance continues to do what they do best and that's properly maintaining their fleet, some of the converted R142A/R188s look better now then when they were on the several years ago.

Recently on the , I've seen a few sets like 2306-2310/2156-2160 were recently in consist so I was able to see the white LED lights in 1-(10-car consist). Nothing special to be honest but, R62As definitely don't look utterly depressing with those lights as oppose to a lot of them that still do have the older florescent lights.

's purpose with the ESI program is to "enhanced" the visual amenities and customer flow of the subway station's but by the same token maintaining the respect and consistency of the original layout and design of a station. Design wise the station should keep it's originality, no need for some drastic changes to the walls. Still think elevators are needed for those with disabilities but it is what it is.

I guess so SMH... So far the list of green stickers include: R62As (1686-1690)(1701-1705)(1751-1755 Note: 1751 still has only 1 purple left)(1811-1815)(1966-1970)(2006-2010) (2471-2475).

R62A 1811-1815 new green stickers. They're beginning to arrive people.

Has it been in service yet?

Tried to snap a pic from a moving train earlier but take a real close look a those trains.

They would replace all the sets that have those purple stickers which they genuinely should since those 62A's don't serve in passenger service anymore. I'm not to sure about the 240th yard red ones since there's a few from the 1900s sets that still have them.

Guys take my word on this, got the word from a buddy of mine at Westchester yard. New green stickers to be applied to the R62As. One recently SMS'ed R62A already has them. Not sure which set though.

Just to clarify, R62A 2221-2225 only has the interior white LED lights, they dont have the LCD green local/red express sign lights on them.

All the R62A nonsense aside, this thread was to simply document the R188 car order. I read an article that talked about the two derailments that occurred early last year with the R188s as well with all the other derailments that happened within 2017 calendar year. Evidence was found that on half of the R188s wheel flanges were worn down which cause 2 of the sets to derail just west of Mets-Willets Pt station. They had to replace half of the wheels on the R188s both New & Converted sets.

1903 is farmed at 207 yard still on garbage duty the IRT mainline.

Anyone know when exactly the 42nd Shuttle Reconstruction project is suppose to begin?

The stickers don't matter anymore... hence forth my gripe about R62A 2221-2225 still sporting a red 240th St yard , get's SMS'ed and moved over to the .

This is actually doable expect for one thing, theres a number of R62A sets on the Shuttle that were victims of the Cuomo "seatless" experiment. If to have those trains moved over to the then I'd would suspect the seats would need to be put back. This is a stellar idea IMO and is something the Department of Car Equipment could take a look at, however I can only imagine that all this process with the R62As would require some overtime labor when you include adding the bench seats back, removing or adding the LED signs, not mention configuring & re-configuring the width cabs on some of the sets that already do or dont have them. I truly believe the main focus right now on the R62A fleet is the A/C tune up.

Good morning all, R62As on the today!

R62A 2221-2225, has had some SMS work done to it and is sitting outside 207 st shop sign up as a . This set still doesnt have those LED local green circle & express red diamond signs. How and why was this former 240th yard set chosen for the line in the first place. This only just continues to break up the order of the R62A fleet in general. This set was supposed to be just a loan from the (1), it just seems like a real mismanaged decision IMO.

And it ain't the first time with this nonsense as it's been well documented. Two cars from the 1891-1895 set can't remember which one exactly, but 1892 had to be one of them.

Another garbage R62A 1800s on the with no A/C (2 consecutive hot cars in a 5-car consist). SMH