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30 minutes ago, Deucey said:

I do remember reading something about drilling tunnels uptown for phase 2

I mean, they still will have to bore tunnels from 105th to 110th, and 120th to 125th/Lex.

3240 and 3239 arrived tonight at 207th Street. I got to see them actually unloading 3240, and saw 3242 and 3241 just behind it, ready to be linked up with tonight's deliveries. 

3240:

3239: 

3240 being winched off the trailer, with 3241 in the background (maybe 3242 if you look hard enough!) 

They're here! 3242 and 3241 arrived last night – didn't see them unload it since for some reason the locomotive wasn't coming, and I was cold and needed to get back home...

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1 minute ago, happy283 said:

what does "the feb" stand for?

I'm guessing it was a typo of "GWB"

2 minutes ago, Around the Horn said:

Around 9 or 10 at night

Thank you! I'd been wanting to see them deliver a car before they were all here, and never knew in advance when a car would be coming!

44 minutes ago, R32 3838 said:

3241 is in Jersey at the Feb waiting for delivery at night

What time do the cars typically come over the bridge? 

1 hour ago, CenSin said:

That sounds like a terrorist’s wet dream.

From what I saw they had heavy security. I saw a photo of massive lines just to be screened for the ferry, let alone get on

1 hour ago, Calvin said:

Today's Cherry blossom outcome

Seems like it was poor planning on many accounts – good weather also probably caused even more crowds than expected. Reportedly not just the subway was jammed – the bridge was closed to traffic, ferries were packed, and the tram had giant lines. 

26 minutes ago, EphraimB said:

Can you show me a picture of what the signal of which train goes first looks like?

Referring to the  on the local, it would be a green/yellow signal over a yellow signal on the bottom, which indicates a diverging route. Your  would then have a green/yellow over green, indicating it's clear to proceed straight through the interlocking. 

20 minutes ago, 4 via Mosholu said:

What I meant to say was that terminals like Whitehall don't use the Spanish solution the way Main Street - Flushing uses it or even 180 and 145.

At Flushing I know they do it to allow people to get to trains that might be leaving before the train on Track M. Given the small staircases and large crowds, it's a lot nicer to walk through a terminating express on Track M than to cross over. 

3 hours ago, RR503 said:

My favorite example of this is the  and  in Queens. If either of them incur so much as 15 seconds of delay from the terminal to 75, they’re basically guaranteed to delay their follower at 75.

Every time I've been on the QBL during rush (mind you I am a complete outsider to what's happening with RTO), I see a complete line of express trains. Roosevelt often has large crowds, and train after train they come in, crawling in with the ST signals active. And of course all that is felt at Forest Hills where you have late  trains making the local switch, delaying s behind it, and so on and so forth. It's not just a hidden thing that small delays can cause problems to spiral

17 minutes ago, T to Dyre Avenue said:

White is too bright (when new). And it doesn’t stay clean for long, even when you clean it regularly.

I think a perfect example of paint on stainless steel is the M8s on Metro-North. The red stripe along the carbody with the black ends looks very sleek, IMO

10 minutes ago, RR503 said:

This has sadly become one of the driving pieces of logic behind CBTC — management does not trust the people of RTO to operate a consistent rush hour railroad at any respectable throughput

I also don't trust riders to make that possible. If CBTC can allow for better service management between small gaps caused by things like crowding and passengers holding doors, then I don't see any disadvantages here. Sure, there's a lot of changes to be made in management, but I can imagine it's very frustrating if a train crew is doing everything properly and the passengers are messing things up. 

18 hours ago, bobtehpanda said:

Trams in Europe can be, and often are, a mix of sections that you might call a subway, light rail, or a streetcar.

Even in the US they can be like that. I just went to Portland, and the MAX trains both run on the street in downtown, with fairly frequent stops, and also on dedicated ROWs outside of downtown, with further station spacing. I remember in San Francisco the Muni Metro also ran in a tunnel under Market Street, but ran on the surface like a streetcar route outside of downtown. I know the MBTA's Green Line also does this on one of the branches, with other branches running on dedicated ROWs

1 hour ago, GojiMet86 said:

I know it's Cuomo colors, but I have to say that paint scheme really looks sharp. It's amazing how even a little paint in the front can add so much character to the car

1 hour ago, Bay Ridge Express said:

chairs, metal poles, now this crap... 

What's next, another subway car? 

1 hour ago, R32 3838 said:

R179 is heading uptown from far rock should be at Hoyt by now

So why was it MIA for like a week? I heard software upgrades? 

29 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Boats arent going anywhere.

I mean...that's not entirely true but yes, the trains should get priority

5 hours ago, CenSin said:

Waste of money and human resources... every time a homeless pitches a tent on a train, all the work is undone immediately.

Homeless don't pitch a tent on the outside, though. The deep cleaning also makes the exteriors look far better – some R160s and R188s looked really, really crappy with tons of black smears. 

1 hour ago, Around the Horn said:

At this juncture CBTC is becoming the standard rather than just a capacity boost. So its less about capacity and more about the signals have reached the end of their useful life.

Exactly. I think it's more that the fleet is rapidly approaching the point where a large portion of it will be compatible with CBTC, and also the fact that the  and  (the two most isolated lines) are now complete with CBTC, so the TA is moving on to the rest of the system. 

7 minutes ago, Harlem Crosstown said:

At least Hoyt-Schermerhorn still has em.

And Grant Avenue, right?

20 minutes ago, RR503 said:

prevent it from going to 30+ with some ops changes. 

If only Fulton could get a 30 tph local...

5 hours ago, Around the Horn said:

That part actually is correct. They did that two years ago when SAS opened.

But wouldn't they still have to bring them back sooner or later? I thought the plan was for Broadway to lose some R160s, and replace them with Jamaica's R46s. 

Edit: thought that it was referring to future yard assignments, not past. So if I am understanding correctly, Jamaica lost R160s, but will be getting them back soon? 

8 hours ago, VIP said:

Hey, I’d like to know who or where you’re getting this misinformation....

Why in the world would Jamaica be losing the cars that would be needed for Queens Blvd CBTC...

12 hours ago, NoHacksJustKhaks said:

That sounds like a legal nightmare frankly between the  and the city, it'll take years for that idea to pass in the area (if at all). I'd focus on making the raising and closing process of the bridge quicker and/or more reliable for now, or raising it higher.  

Isn't it a turnbridge? Also, I know that they just brokered a deal to limit traffic through the Portal Bridge, so it's not an impossible idea.