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15 minutes ago, R68OnBroadway said:

Was on the  about two weeks ago and every car I was in had no A/C... I wonder how happy train crews and summer commuters will be when the 62A replacement cars come in.

One thing I know for sure...  the is OVERDUE for newer trains. The R142s on the the other weekend was somewhat of a nice relief from the same ol' rotten R62As that are their.

I read an article from the New York Post couple days ago talking about R62A 1872 being the hottest car to receive the most complaints and it is to be taken out of service for extensive A/C repairs. This car was recently SMS'ed as well as alot of the R62As on the .

They really need to get it together with this subway fleet considering the day in age that where currently in. So far this summer I've been on some rotten/garbage R62As with no A/C and horrible interior lighting.

Sigh, this whole thing just seems like a dumb game of "mine is bigger and better than yours".

8 hours ago, VIP said:

They really should have paired 1901-1905 as a 5-car link and sent it to Westchester! 

25 minutes ago, Calvin said:

AFAIK. 1908 is at 207 St Yard, 1907 was paired with a redbird work train. 

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Also, I don't know if it's me, I never hear the "we are held momentary by trains dispatcher" announcement often now

They should've never broken up R62A (1921-22-23-24-25) for the seatless experiment on the 42nd St Shuttle. They already had enough Livonia R62A sets for the Shuttle to do that.

Lately I've been hearing more and more of "we are being held by train supervision".

I'll put my two cents in on this, first and foremost I will NOT get my pants wet over the NTTs but riding the R142 on the this weekend was sort of a relief for a change. IMO the maintenance at 240th St yard have been depleting on those R62As, the interiors look real depressing and dreadful, that's just on the sets that don't have the LED lights in them yet. Not to mention alot all the R62As that have been SMS's already look and operate like garbage.

Now as a railfan or civilian I don't care what train I ride to get to work whether the train it's new or old. I understand New Generation but even that term can be really cringe worthy for me considering what I've seen first hand on this generation. People want more, more, more to fast and I think this so-called new generation tends to forget how bad New Yorkers had it back in the 70s & 80s with the subway system being how it was all around. Again, I know times have change, but there's absolutely no reason to stress over subway train models just because of perks that your only going to endure for several minutes depending on your commute.

Currently on my way to work uptown, just saw R62A 2221-2225 pass by me going up the . I suspect its either or going to 207th shop or returning back to 240th yard.

7 hours ago, Lance said:

There have been numerous closures of the line north of 137 Street for track replacement in the past few months. Perhaps the incomplete nature of the project is to blame?

7 hours ago, RailRunRob said:

Quite possible. It's definitely isolated to the stretch of track between 145 and 157th.. could be work on the roadbed there.

As a daily rider on the , I can tell you for as long as I can remember that particular stretch of the line has been a cluster (you know what) of NOISE. You only hear the intensity of the noise on the track beds especially when your on a train that's not that crowded. Going northbound btw 145th & 157th Streets and also southbound btw 168th & 157th St the trains unbearably rattle through the tracks with decibel levels as high as the appropriate mark.

The track work that's been interrupting service north of 137th Street the past few weekends has been track removal/replacement on the Broadway Bridge and on the M track around the 207th Street station. There's also some new white LED lights in certain parts of the mine tunnel btw 157th & Dyckman Street.

2091-2095 in service on the .

5 hours ago, Coney Island Av said:

1923 with 2091-2095 to 239 St Yard

1923 I presume will be linked with 1901-1904-1907-1908 to form a five-car set. 

I think 2091-2095 will either:

A) be hooked to the newly formed five-car set mentioned earlier so they can form a full-length train

or

B) will return to Corona Yard 

3 hours ago, Coney Island Av said:

I guess I should clarify: I only said it "might" go back, but I'm unsure if it will, hence why I put that it could go either-or. The five-car set was there to move the single(s) around.

Besides, 1924-1926-1934-1938-1942 all went as a scrambled five-car set, so 1901-1904-1907-1908 could possibly be linked to 1923. 

And an FYI- the singles mentioned earlier were transferred on separate occasions. 

Will or might there's some difference, but I do see your point.

I want to point out I saw 1908 at 207th St Yard doing refuse duty.

1 hour ago, Coney Island Av said:

1923 with 2091-2095 to 239 St Yard

1923 I presume will be linked with 1901-1904-1907-1908 to form a five-car set. 

I think 2091-2095 will either:

A) be hooked to the newly formed five-car set mentioned earlier so they can form a full-length train

or

B) will return to Corona Yard 

That formation makes no sense.

Why would 2091-2095 go back to Corona yard a second time? Its already a linked 5-car. 

13 hours ago, Calvin said:

The is slowly getting upgrades with their R62As. 1716-1720 and 1911-1915 have the brighter LED lights with signs similar to the  line. The sides are painted all white as well. 

Pretty soon, 1701-1705 & 1726-1730 will join that ongoing list. Also 1911-1915 set is still not linked as a 5-car set, still coupled as single sets.

18 hours ago, VIP said:

2221-2225/2346-2350 & 2456-2475 are now Former 240th Street sets. Their Westchester’s cars until the R62A retires. (Although, 240th should send 1826-1830/1841-1860 in exchange for 2456-2475 & 1861-1870 in exchange for 2221-2225/2346-2350) 

This.

Should keep things in order. Common scene.

I would like to point that R62A 1716-1720 (Westchester based) is at 207th St Overhual Shop receiving SMS treatment. By far the first set of many from the to get it. The end bonnets look like they've already been cleaned up.

16 hours ago, 4 via Mosholu said:

What has been going on with 7771 to 7775? I haven't seen it in service on the train for a while.

Its in service, just saw it at grand central.

11 minutes ago, m2fwannabe said:

So, when do the Broadway () R-62A's loaned to Westchester () for the last several years start heading home (or 207, or wherever)? 

Thats what I was asking earlier. Apparently, there still needed on the . Some of the loaned R62As have been there going on 4 years.

2 hours ago, Calvin said:

Once 2081-5/2091-5 are at Westchester for the , 7596-7610 will be at Mosholu for the  . 7116-7125 will head back to Unionport. 

Any status on the 240th yard R62As sets, are those stay on the ?

On 5/19/2018 at 12:18 PM, Calvin said:

1901-1908, 1910 with 1923 are staying at Corona

Makes sense keeping those R62As there for Work Service, Refuse Duty, etc.. considering the retired single-units WF-R33 & 36s that were used for these sort of task are no longer their since early 2017. Those R62As can provide some AC comfort during the summer.

Also, seems as if the R188s continue to cycle through 207th St Overhaul Shop. I saw R188 (Converted) 7541-45 layed up outside the shop recently. 

On 5/15/2018 at 9:31 PM, Calvin said:

1923 and 1924 are grouped together at this time

1923 is still at corona yard alongside 1906 & 1907.

13 minutes ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said:

Fast Track I'd a disaster tonight. They ended service on the and lines wayyy too early past 59th street which means the is getting SLAMMED. Of course they aren't providing extra service either.

Its complete nonsense and there's still another week left of this to deal with. 

1954-57-58-59-60 are grouped together and are layed up on the same track as 2081-85 & 2091-95 at corona yard. That leaves only 15 single 62A sets that remain unchanged.

So an R62 from Livonia was put into service on the today between New Lots Ave & Woodlawn. The consist was 1491-95 & 1581-85.

24 minutes ago, m2fwannabe said:

There's only enough single units to make up two 5-car match-ups at most, IF that's the case:

1954-1957-1958-1959-1960 (cab);

1924 (no LED)-1926-1934-1938-1942.

Even so, 1954, 1942 and 1924 would all have to be modified as "end" cars (full-width cabs & WABCO brake valves at one end) to be moved to  as are 1943-1944-1947-1948-1949.  That would take a little time.

But if this DOES happen, chances would favor a return of the cars on back to , and then those "lovely" Kawasaki R-62s could go back to .

Being equipped as 4-Trippers, I don't think you'd see 1901-1905 matched up as such.  The 1901-1910 group (less 1909) is needed for Work Service as shared with road use.

Some may stay at Corona; the rest may be destined to Livonia and 239 ultimately.

 

5 minutes ago, Bosco said:

Yup.  The only connection between the Flushing Line and the rest of the system is a diamond crossover just east of Queensboro Plaza, a remnant from the days when the BMT and IRT shared Astoria and Flushing.
 

If the  gives the  back the few 2200s and 2400s it has, would that mean the 1800s at 240 St would go back to the ?  Have to say, it's kinda weird having that split between 240 and Westchester.

Just now, m2fwannabe said:

Those 1800s on 1 (1826-30 and 1841-1900) were put there when displaced from 6 by the R-142As by 2002.  The 1826-30 got left behind by its sisters as they fled to Corona in 2003. 

Those 62As on the that are loaned from the should be destined back over to their home base (240 St yard). SMS overhaul work is wrapping up on all of 240 St R62As, just today I saw at least two 1800s that were freshly out of 207 St yard overhauled and running on the . The loaners that are currently on the are whats left to be SMS'ed (2221-25, 2346-50, 2456-2475 30 sets) then the attention could go over to Westchester's R62As which in all likely hood are badly need of some decent maintenance.

7 hours ago, Bosco said:

That's the only way an R62A could run along the line at this point.

It may seem likely, however there's plans to transfer the 62As from the .

1 hour ago, Calvin said:

Question: When the R62As move out of Corona, is the line on CBTC bypass or that CBTC isn't activated?

When I rode an R188 on the last week, the majority of the trip from Times Square to Willets Point was on CBTC bypass.

Hard to believe it's already been a month since the R62As on the were sidelined from service on the Flushing line.

Had a chance last week to take a look at Corona yard from the boardwalk and noticed some interesting sightings regarding those 62As. All the 1900s single-units are deployed around and laid up within each other while the 5-car linked sets (2081-85/2091-95) were also laid up next to each other. 2071-2075 was in the maintenance barn being checked on. Some of the rollsigns display , express, Special, (11) rollsign on car 1926, there's even a express shown on 62A car 1924.