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Looks like there's eight different retired R-32s for 100 even again: 3410/11 (again), 3606/07, 3621/3644, 3820/21. The other eight are evidently now UN-retired.

Looks like another trade today was 5742 & 5782 for 5-pack 8748. 8758 & 8793 apparently swapped under SMS at the Shop. No exchanged equipment.

Thank you!

Not yet, as Friday had 9 & 9 OK on the AM, just R-179 & R-32. Just one, maybe two R-32 on in AM. Any idea on PM? Monday maybe? Love the 50% full-trains on if so! Lets get to 100% soon! Long overdue.

Now its back up to 130. Check 3834/35 on Feb 7.

That tape has been there for many years. If someone else knows why I'd love an explanation though Another "Retired" R-32 pair (3834/35) was wandering on the during Friday. The other is saying in there too. Hmmm.

Yeah well they might as well get rid of the rest because the fleet will be too tight to be supported (long-term, meaning as long as 2022) anyway. All I can offer is that those R-211s better work!

Does this mean 3818/19 was gone and another on in its place?

Have we yet found that fugitive R-32 train on the ? N-3673/72-3468/3445-3446/47-3818/19-S

Next week? 3 trains per week to Jamaica. All done this week.

Sounds like there's another coming by this afternoon. Watch for lonely Alstom R-160A-2 set 8693-8697 to complete that group at Jamaica. They must think they're lost by now, the poor things. Queens Will Be Assimilated...Resistance is Futile (quoth Third of Five)

When the next group of R-46s is transferred to Coney Island, they will have about received the halfway: 200 at Coney Island, 196 at Jamaica (plus 354 at Pitkin).

Still two more trains to enter revenue service: 3030-3049. Am surprised that the first isn't already running but was not in evidence.

Department of Crawling with Electricity is a little slow on the draw sometimes. Record keeping is not done at a snap as it wouldn't surprise if there might still be a B Type or so still shown as stand-by somewhere. The consist in question was: N-3673/72-3468/3445-3446/47-3818/19-S. February 3. The only pair in those four NOT to be retired were 3672/73. Don't know if those six dead are still walking, but after checking every single R-32 in service as of February 4, there were NONE other on the retired listing.

3448-49. 3446-47 were on the retired list.

No doubt the 222 R-32s had and basically needed a fleet ratio nearly 100% just to keep enough available to meet the requirements on a daily basis, whereas the turnover was just incredible due to age, wear and tear. Plenty of such explanations were made but others disagree. Better by "someone else" to provide the "surplus" parts than the "surplus" complete cars to protect the schedules. And the R-179s are just doing so well anyhow aren't they, too? How is it the R-143s are in a never-ending revolving door too? Look at it this way: in 2008 ENY was overdone at 628 total cars, with every possible track space then jacked but no way the need for every car that was then there. Here its 684 an all NTT fleet in 2020 and the "company" is concerned about a possible chronically shortage . This we call progress.

Department of Crawling with Electricity is a little slow on the draw sometimes. Record keeping is not done at a snap as it wouldn't surprise if there might still be a B Type or so still shown as stand-by somewhere.

Is it based on this one or they the same? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1l6kZ05gU-4fMhf5rc9GX5igW6d97vq9_nn0WSJkNTxM/pub?single=true&gid=0&output=html Same Excel sheetspread as provided back around 2013 as updated. Quite accurate as of now (gee whiz...)...

ERA Bulletin is "outdated" up to December 15, but things are going so fast with the swaps and R-32/R-42s retirements, the Bulletin will be long to catch up in a very short window. Best next shot is March issue if can catch a little plateau in mid February. Don't know yet. I do not understand why the question if the R-42s are retired. Retired means retired, nothing else. Same with the R-32s. What I heard in mid December was that MTA (ie Guv'nah) wants the works (all R-42s, x of R-32s) removed from the property early spring. Maybe the chief wants to commercial such a promise kept because of the 318 "new" cars have all now arrived.

My reaction to the R32s being retired... Even my dog cried! Meanwhile, The R-32s are now down from 140 to 122. These 18 are now retired effective January 31, 2020: 3354/55, 3416/17, 3454/55 (dang, didn't make it...), 3484/85 (double dang...), 3688/89, 3732/33, 3774/75, 3834/35, 3888/89. All was quiet today (Monday). Might be a good sign that the R-32 roulette wheel has at least paused for now.

Evidently the idea was to dispose of the R-42s and the nth number of R-32s as retired this coming spring. Maybe that idea is now tamer thanks to the R-179s unsteady footing?

The R-32s are now down from 184 to 140. These 44 are now retired effective January 30, 2020: 3406/07, 3419/3740, 3426/27, 3428/29, 3436/37, 3445/3468, 3446/47, 3518/3519, 3548/3593, 3586/3587, 3590/3591, 3610/11, 3650/3767, 3660/61, 3728/29, 3730/31, 3770/71, 3818/19, 3822/23, 3872/73, 3876/77, 3896/97. Of the 82 overall, 18 that were retired had operated at East New York. The rest (64) have always been running out of 207 Street. 3410/11, 3454/55 and 3483/85 WERE retired as of January 3 then reactivated. They are still in passenger service as of January 31. It looks like they're going to make it. Round and round she goes, we hope the R32 roulette wheel has stopped. That's the long-rumored number of 80 (actually 82) R-32s retired. Whether that will be enough, the wheel has to be stopped??!!...

You're believe me its 5826-27-29-28. Back reverse cracked again.

OK, so what you're meaning is 8683-87 and 8708-12 were moved to Jamaica on January 31? That would leave just 10 at Coney Island, then we'd move on to the original Kawasaki-Alstom R-160Bs (8713-8837). Those were the very first R-160s used on the and back in early 2007. Hard to believe they are on the road for 13 years already...

Actually it was 24 this past Monday (January 27). The R-32 fleet went down to 184 altogether.