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Could very well be if they are working on the middle platform. Pretty much anything to make Chambers Street look nicer would be a welcome change of scenery

According to the sign at the end of the video on the mezzanine, it's likely related to adding elevators to Chambers Street. It seems like a side effect of that project is that Chambers is also receiving a facelift, at least to some degree. Well-needed, IMO

If you're referring to the LED lights and stanchions, a lot of the R160s on the (as well as the ones that were running on the ) have been getting the whole deal–stanchions, LED lights, and floor mats. I've also seen a number of R142s with yellow stanchions (not looped), as well as the LED lights (can't remember if they've gotten floor mats or not).

I saw a whole bunch of 32s on the today - I ended up riding a R160 down from 125 St, and boy, I can't wait for the 179s to begin service on the . That express is quite a nice ride on a NTT (the particular 160 I was on had an almost perfect ride, with nearly no bumps!), even with the timers after 86 St. I also saw those 179s out on the , and was able to catch a video of one of the sets flying into 42 St (Not sure what the first four cars were but the last four were 3186-3189). All I can say is that the 32s are a great fit on the express, and so it's a treat to see the occasional set on the , and this weekend's service change meant that many express R32s were to be had. The and are truly the best for variety right now!

Got a link somewhere? Or something to look up that might help one find it?

Sadly it might be true, as Kawasaki just faces a lot of competition at home in Japan. There are six major rolling stock manufacturers in Japan, so it's quite a saturated market (Kawasaki, Hitachi, J-TREC, Kinki Sharyo, Niigata Transys, and Nippon Sharyo, just based off a quick skim of Wikipedia)

Could have been the S.P.E.E.D. unit, as I noticed the 8th Avenue Line seemed suspiciously absent from the list of changes they've settled upon for speed limit increases (looking at you, southbound Central Park West express after 86th Street)

I don't even get how some of the conversion cars still have like dirt smears and whatnot from the . It boggles my mind that they wouldn't have at least gotten a nice power wash or something in the process of moving them onto the .

I also think there's at least some tint to the windows since the factory-new LCDs also seem a bit darker, but are in fine condition compared to the range of what you find (perfect to just broken outright) on the R142A conversion cars

Yup, I hung around 86th and was talking with someone who rode one set, and we saw two other sets arrive heading uptown to end their runs. Glad to see the 179s back in action on the

Really? I thought they just moved the heaters for the cars back under the seats.

Just like the 32s

I think the signals default to some sort of manual operation if a non-CBTC train is present. That's why non-CBTC trains on the cause so many headaches, since due to the lack of a redundant block system like the , trains have to become much further apart for safety.

which at least anecdotally supports that.  Thanks for the info! That kink in the tube just drives me nuts whenever I take the , and it didn't seem to have an obvious purpose for existing.

I don't think so. There's a pretty gentle curve that would be the one just outside of Vernon-Jackson, but the one I'm talking about is before that. It's a very small S-curve, and it goes just a slight amount to the right from the tunnel's path up to that point.

Exactly what I was thinking when I read that. Wouldn't the 30-day passenger test imply 3010-3019 would be running in service as to, y'know, complete said test?

Once again Aaron is doing great work. And if you're not reading Signal Problems, you definitely need to fix that.

I'm going to assume the actual R262 will look something like a hybrid of the design features of the R142/As and the R211s. It seems the MTA has pretty much solidified NTT car design, even with cars like the R211 taking on at least a bit of a changed design from the R142/As and R188s, and R143s, R160s, and R179s.