BenTheMiner

5990-5993 possibly retired. Went to Coney Island Yard, returned with no rollsign boxes and one door has no power (half open when train is in motion). Currently in Pitkin barn.

3 hours ago, TyBusLover1 said:

Status on 5810-13?

Same as before.

13 hours ago, zacster said:

After reading through the latest on the R211 I can't understand how they haven't pulled cars for retirement or at least tranfer.

MTA learned from the R179 (or they've already done this). They haven't retired any R46 right now because if the entire R211 fleet gets grounded again, they would need all of the R46. When the R179 was entering service, they still had a lot of R32 sets in storage just in case.

15 hours ago, TyBusLover1 said:

Thanks. Also about 5810-13 if they really are retired then surprisingly CIY yard would be the first yard to formally retire R46s even though their units are known to be the best ones.

I think you're mistaken. The R46s out of Coney Island Yard are performing worse than Pitkin Yard. Though in general they're pretty bad now...

R46 5810-5813 (Coney Island Yard) has been experiencing issues for a while now. It is missing its end rollsign boxes and has now supposedly been retired (to be confirmed).

On 4/15/2024 at 7:23 PM, TyBusLover1 said:

@BenTheMiner what was the last time 6216+18 were spotted?

April 15th

7 hours ago, nikitos6712 said:

They put them outside again?

Yes, the sets are being delivered there from Nebraska, originally placed outside as separate cars. They then move them into the plant for final assembly and such before moving them back out as linked cars.

Discussion among my friends leads to two likely plans for the R211, factoring number of cars for both option orders, separated into replacement and expansion, as well as the plans for the expansion of Jamaica Yard (which can be found at http://web.mta.info/capitaldashboard/allframenew_head.html?PROJNUM=t8100419&PLTYPE=1&DISPLAYALL=Y ):

A. all 5-car sets to Jamaica Yard to cause various displacements (possible plan mapped out)

B. some 5-car sets to Concourse Yard, some 5-car sets to Jamaica Yard

A less likely plan C would be: some 5-car sets to Concourse Yard, some 5-car sets to Coney Island Yard

All of the 4-car sets are likely to be solely for East New York Yard fleet expansion, though personally I would take those sets from the C while replacing them with 5-car sets.

Does anyone know of any other free permanent image (including GIF) hosts? I've been using Discord since it was the easiest way for me to upload and link images, but that isn't an option anymore.

On 4/4/2024 at 6:00 PM, TyBusLover1 said:

Has anyone seen 5970-3 or 6240+2 Pitkin recently?

5970-5973 is in Pitkin Yard and hasn't seen service since August.

6240+6242 was last seen in service in November.

On 3/23/2024 at 9:33 AM, zacster said:

Are the Pitkin cars in any better shape than the CI cars?  Or are they equally bad.  Are they any different, or are they all completely the same and it was just the assignment?

Pitkin R46s are better maintained compare to CI R46s. That's why it's believed that the plan is to have the R211 push some out to CI to retire their worse for wear cars.

20 minutes ago, TyBusLover1 said:

This is the first official pitkin R46 transfer.

Indeed.

5894-5897 and 6186-6189 may be the reason for 2768-2771 and 2772-2775 being transferred from Coney Island Yard to Concourse Yard.

R46 5894-5897 and 6186-6189 have been transferred from Pitkin Yard to Coney Island Yard! The former set is currently in service on the Q.

21 hours ago, crisp8432 said:

Hello BTM! could i get your discord? im trying to get into Destination Sign Making. Thanks!

It's listed on my sign font sheet.

On 3/16/2024 at 8:55 PM, Bx41 boi said:

Hey been can I get these flipdot Front Signs

Flipdot Front

NY BUS RODEO 2024!

Flipdot Front
JOINED BY THE RTA

I made a tier list for various bus destination sign companies and products :p
https://tiermaker.com/create/bus-destination-signs-16928989

3 hours ago, sys said:

Sorry for the confusion but I was trying to ask about the "Luminator 24N" sign in the "BTM's Sign Fonts" google spreadsheet.

That's the font and graphics used on Luminator Titan by New York's NICE (Nassau Inter-County Express).

23 hours ago, sys said:

Hi again I just have another request, but it's just a question and it's about a particular sign that my transit agency uses that I would like to make but it's currently not updated (ref below)


(red part)

I'm not sure what you're trying to ask. This is a 200x24 Luminator (or Twinvision) Spectrum.

9 hours ago, sys said:

Hi! Do you have a template for this side destination?

Yes, this is a 120x16 Smart Series III side sign.

R44 452 confirmed retired. 423 is also retired.

On 3/1/2024 at 1:07 PM, darkstar8983 said:

The R211S is part of the base order, so they should all be on property by end of next year. But according to the chats, looks like the R44s are doing pretty terrible - can someone please comment on how bad it is over there. 

 

Once the first R211S is cleared for service, you can bet it will be run 24/7 and another train of R44s can be stripped down for parts.

Besides the flaws that have already been known about the R44, there's plenty. As mentioned, missing rollsigns so people don't even know if a train is local or express by signs anymore. Also, buckling. And probably flat wheels.

On 2/28/2024 at 5:55 PM, Bill from Maspeth said:

Probably for wheel truing.  It's a regular thing for R46's from Pitkin to get their wheels cut there.

Yep. Not sure why some trains have been there for so long, though.

On 2/28/2024 at 8:23 PM, Ale188 said:

Damn...Discord sucks now, don't it?

Been.

...aaaaand great, now Discord also broke the link for my banner GIF.

R46 6126-6129 still appears to be at Concourse Yard.

R44 421, 434 may be retired. Apparently missing parts at St George. But they still have rollsign (434) and third rail power (via contact shoes). Apparently, the cab door is missing (434).