Jchambers2120

Prior to the mishaps with the R179 fleet the used mixed length fleet of cars. It ran 8 car R46’s (600 feet stop at the 10 car marker) and 8 car R179’s (480 feet stop at the 8 car marker)

I’m not trying to be ‘that guy’, but I have to agree with @RTOMan here there’s just something’s that you have to experience for yourself. Lines that have longer run times tend to have decent recovery time & more depending on the actual job you’re working and I’ll leave it at that. When they had the G.O on the (N) line the crew change happened at Kings Highway, but barring any G.O’s the (D) is the only one that does that regularly.

I’m kind of confused as to what the original poster is asking as well. To clarify somethings trains remain in service until they reach their respective terminals regardless of it’s after 1am. When they arrive the police help the train crew remove everyone from the train/escort them out the station. While the train is in the terminal it’s left with the doors open for the cleaners to do their thing until it’s time for departure then it runs light picking up TA employees along with police. The underlined part in your post hit the nail in the head I don’t know where people pull these ideas from. I know I’m not telling a group of people they have to get off mid route with no alternative.

Interesting find today working the Charlie. It looks like they’ve been updating the R179’s. The set I had today had the same “ding” that the Lirr M7’s have when you press the PA button. I also noticed the pause between “the next stop is” announcements and transfers has been reduced. It’s still not as fluid as the R143/160, but an improvement nonetheless.

Gotta pay your dues bro we’ve all been through it I’m sure they explained that stuff to you in orientation about how this job is. When you actually get to pick your first job you won’t be seeing weekend RDO’s for years.

Not that I’m aware of, I’m receiving this information as it becomes available. There’s still a lot of crews unavailable. Those lines aren’t running normal, they’re still using the “essential service” supplement.

For those interested. As of today 5/1 the has resumed regular scheduled service. On Monday 5/4 the will resume service to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue. On Wednesday 5/6 the # line will resume regular scheduled service.

I forgot to add, as of tomorrow 4/29 the # 2 & 4 lines will resume normal weekday service. Slowly but surely... As far as the F/M swap I haven’t heard anything regarding such a change. Our pick started last Sunday and the only change that I know of is the to 96 street being discontinued on the weekends.

It’s scheduled to return on Wednesday.

That and being one day closer to finishing probation.

To answer your question simply, no. What has been happening though is people who do have picked jobs fall to the board (become available to be sent any location/line within that subdivision) due to a new supplement they’re running with the decreased service so theoretically someone who has a picked job on the could be sent to work a job on the if their picked job has been cut, but if you have an assigned job with scheduled trips you can’t just be sent elsewhere to another line after you complete your trips. Train dispatchers don’t even make those kinds of decisions.

It’s not that they’re not necessarily needed the union pushed to get these trains off the road to prevent conductors from having to change cabs amidst this pandemic.

Well the pick got postponed due to this ongoing pandemic so it looks like I’m stuck in the B for the time being. I miss my “toy trains” but hey it is what it is.

Believe it or not some of the old timers actually enjoyed working the CC, at least the ones I’ve spoke/interacted with. The job itself wasn’t bad. Me personally I prefer to work on longer lines like the because I don’t like to ping pong back and forth all day.

Some things never change Me personally the is my favorite line to work in the A Div followed by the and . It definitely is a family environment at Lenox/NLTs. I was never a big fan of the deuce or the 5, and the 1 & 6 make me vomit. The crew office kept me at White Plains with 1 trippers on the or the yard jobs on the that paid. It was a give and take since I live in BK too and don't drive but a 1 tripper is a 1 tripper. I once had a TSS ask me was I XL west side because he always say me on the 2/5 lol, nope XX. Towards the end of my XX days in the A div the crew office kept me on the (Out of Lenox) which is perfect since I live on the in Brooklyn. Depends on the title and the and qualifications. I lucked out and got called for Conductor when I was 21 still in college. Just monitor MTA.info periodically and file for what you qualify for.

I can’t see them holding out on classes for conductors for the remainder of the year. They’re extremely short C/R’s right now in the B division. I’ve had the crew office call my cellphone and the terminal I was working at to ask me to work an RDO for the next day it’s crazy. They're going to be short one less person come April 26. Back to the A I go.

As a conductor absolutely. There's the obvious of not having to make announcements, along with the local recycle NTT's have, the adjustable seat and there's more leg room along with a bigger window which for me at 6'2 is important. I've banged my head many times on the R46's. With that said the R46's are the best SMEE equipment, or atleast my favorite to work on in the B div they're not terrible trains, but overall I'd take a R160 any day of the week. The R143's are hands down my favorite trains to work out of both divisions.

"Quite a few" is a bit of a stretch. Most of the 160's left at CI are used on the on The other day on the line my partner asked the dispatcher if we would get 'lucky' and he laughed right in our faces. There was nothing but 46's on the road. @MarkGuy Thanks! I'm just as confused as you are it still hasn't sunk in fully haha.

I’ve heard the line referred to Alpha along with Apple on the radio. And the line is referred to as George not Gulf. Random: I was so happy to snag a Siemens 160 on my last half on the Nancy today. I don’t mind the 46 equipment, but it’s nice to get a break on a tech train and they’re so much more comfortable. Well all tech trains except for the 179’s, I’d rather a SMEE

As long as the NOE stated no work experience was required you should be fine. I started at 21 as a conductor with no prior work experience.

As these trains come in road crews will be qualified on them, alot of people who work on the line have jobs on the line aswell. Hopefully the R142/262 fleet and the 7th Av/Lex CBTC systems are cross compatible and I'm sure the engineers behind those projects will look into this. It's almost expected for a train to run via the west side because of an incident on Lex. Looking at the train itself I'm not really a big fan of the mockup it'll probably look better in person, however I'm still ecstatic for these trains and wonder when can we realistically see them built/placed into service. I'm tired of the hot car situation every year on the along with how uncomfortable those cabs are on the way 62/a fleet. They've had their time...

OKURRRT! Okay I’ll leave now 🥴

The cabs inside the trains are horrible too, I’ve ruined some of my shirts and coat from placing my arm on the windows.

The train doesn’t have to be cleaned out at Bowling Green. It’s no different than the current setup at BB on the and provided the crew made proper announcements most people will be off the train at Fulton Street.

Man those AM jobs that drop out at Burnside are the ish, those are usually the heavy hitter penalty jobs and the WAA is beautiful lol. Am crews atleast when I worked one of those jobs start up at Woodlawn make a trip down to Utica and on our way back we drop out at Burnside. Midnight crew go from WDL-NLTS and on their last half (2nd trip) from Utica they drop out at Burnside.