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Credit goes to MTA Bus Transit Fanner

Are those Novabus LFS at Baisley Park Depot permanent?

Some people were waiting to board the train that just stopped in the middle of the platform. It wasn’t fully in the station and people were wondering why the doors weren’t open yet. Watch video at 1:49.

I have two questions, were the R32’s design based on the R30? What was it like riding the R30? I never got the chance to ride any subway cars that were around before I was born. Since I was born in ‘95, some subway cars were already retired before my time. However, I do remember riding the Redbirds on the , and but I had no idea that B division had their own version of the Redbirds. I did spent the time on nycsubway.org reading They Moved The Millions and found it interesting about every single design of the subway cars (pre R-68). I was honestly quite annoyed that the current NTT fleet all look alike but after reading They Moved The Million, I realized that the transit agency has been doing this for decades. Here’s the way I look at it: Subway Cars Following The R1 Design R4, R6, R7, R9, and R10 with few minor changes to the exterior and interior. Smaller version of the R10 designed for the A division called the R12 and R14. R15 looks similar to R12 but with a major facelift, having an arch roof design. R16 basically a R15 but for the B division. R17 basically a R16 but for the A division. R21 was just an updated version of the R17. R22 similar to the R21 but with few minor changes. R26 looks similar to R22. R27, a upgraded version of the R16 with few modifications. R28 basically an updated R26. R29 is just an updated R28 model. R30 is identical to the R27. R32’s design looks like the R30. R38 looks similar to the R32. R33 is just a updated model of R29. R36 looks similar to R33 but with a few changes.

Bus number 2021 just got rear ended by a car in Far Rockaway on the n33. https://go.citizen.com/VWxBcLSgMzb

So I was going through the nycrail Reddit and someone made a post asking why the MTA doesn’t retrofit older subway cars to up-to-date standards. What I found interesting was a link to nycsubway.org page showing a photo of an R10 prototype subway car that was rebuilt with an R42 front end (obviously it was scrapped). Now that is something that I didn’t know about. Imagine a R143 or R160 with R211A front end.

I feel like the design of the NTT all look similar but with a few changes, whether it’s on the outside or inside. The way I look at the R211A, it looks like any of the previous B-Division’s NTT trains other than a few changes like the front with route bullet and destination, different propulsion, smaller windows, and wider doors to name a few. To go off topic for a bit, it kinda reminds of Taipei Metro‘s C301, C321, C341, C371, and C381 which all look similar with different propulsions but the C381 has a different front design, which doesn’t look flat.

You know that fight that happened at 181 st Station on day 1 of the R211A? Well here is the story about it from the NY Post:

This was going too far. Group of railfans standing between subway cars to take a photo @19:39 in the video (not my video btw).

Apparently a fight had broke out while the R211A was at the station.

As much as I like riding the R179s, the delay between announcements are annoying. Will the MTA ever fix it or that’s the least of their problems? I see that there’s no announcement delays with the R211.

Has anyone used ChatGPT to see what type of responses they get from it? Like a question about why a subway station was built the way it was or what are the difference between subway car A and car B. Some information that ChatGPT gives might be incorrect. I have been having fun messing around with it for a few hours. For example, I asked ChatGPT why R160 HVAC was louder than R179 and got this response: How accurate is this answer?

Credit to DP Transit, Jon Railz, and TheTransitProductions respectively.

Is there a reason why DOT place the bus time sign where the countdown clock is facing towards traffic when standing at the bus stop? The angle placement is so weird. https://www.flickr.com/photos/188467864@N02/51877487340/in/dateposted-family/