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42 minutes ago, darkstar8983 said:

It sounds like a waste of resources. The problem with piecewise CBTC implementation is that you make the subway less flexible to reroutes (especially unplanned ones) because specific subway cars are therefore banned from operating on specific routes bc theyre not CBTC compatible 

Also they're putting CBTC on the Culver line but the EL looks in such bad shape they should've  put their time in fixing it up first 

1 hour ago, NewFlyer 230 said:

I can’t see the crosstown line getting CBTC before the 6th & 8th Ave lines. 

Culver Line CBTC finishing up by the end of this year which is why they put the 160s on the 

Has anyone here spotted 8863-8867 and have any idea where it is

17 hours ago, Metajore said:

I was taking the R to College Today and i saw i Cuomo/Siemens set, a Cuomo/Alstom set, and a Siemens/Alstom Set, what is Jamaica doing with the R160's?

Well knowing jamaica yard, it looks like they dont give 2 shts about mixing like coney island yard did lol

R46 at 59st just terminated there. One of the car number is 5498. This might just stay at coneyisland yard starting today because the conductor said its going back to the storage yard 

Custom numberplate 8843-8847 Is now on the 👀 I thought they wouldve kept this set at CIY 

What would happen if they remove the for extra cars 

1 hour ago, Snorunts said:

You need to stop assuming which cars are going where in the future. As of now, the Alstom R160s from CIY are permanently remaining at Jamaica Yard. What happens a few years from now is a mystery to all of us, so just chill out and stop with the guessing game.

Nah dude, from seeing all of richard lewis posts im certain hes just trolling this whole forum

10 hours ago, T to Dyre Avenue said:

I’ve often seen the  sign on R46s since they started running that lone  train to 96th that comes back south as a .

Speaking of which, I boarded car #9792 on the  at 34th this morning. Meanwhile across the platform, I saw car #8926 in all its loud Siemens glory departing as part of an  train. There will be plenty more of that to come, I’m sure.

#8926? Looks like thats a new set that was transfered over.

Speaking of loud siemens motors take a look at this video 

17 hours ago, Snorunts said:

Apparently, all R160 Alstom cars from CIY (N/Q/W) were transferred to Jamaica (E/F/R).

Can we get another update on which R160 cars still remain in CIY and the remaining R46s at Jamaica to be transferred to CIY?

8833-8837 is still at coney island yard because they are using it for some sort of testing at church ave

8843-8857,8868-8877,8888-8892,8898-8947,8958-8962,8968-8972,8978-9012,9018-9102 are left at coney island yard 

8653-8832,8838-9942 (ALSTOM) are at jamaica yard. Every alstom from coney is gone. 

6 siemens sets are over at jamaica now. 60 cars total

8858-8867, 8878-8887, 8893-8897,8928-8937, 8948-8957, 8963-8967, 8973-8977, 9013-9017

No more alstoms left at coney island yard except 8833-8837 

8863 👌

14 hours ago, Snorunts said:

Apparently, all R160 Alstom cars from CIY (N/Q/W) were transferred to Jamaica (E/F/R).

Can we get another update on which R160 cars still remain in CIY and the remaining R46s at Jamaica to be transferred to CIY?

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I saw a siemens set behind Bay 50 Street 5 minutes ago. The numbers are 8898-8902/9023-9027. Is this a put in for today on the R, or is it another transfer? Any ideas

9 hours ago, GojiMet86 said:

Sooo...... according to a post in a FB group, the entire R179 fleet has been grounded because of a door opening enroute...

Um to clarify you mean while the train was moving between stations?  😰

4 hours ago, DaPr03 said:

It was a rerouted R160 F via West End when heading to Coney Island, headed back out of service afterwards for some odd reason

Youre saying it was a siemens set running on the ? 👀 

7 hours ago, NewFlyer 230 said:

I wonder in the short time that the  and  had those R46’s running on them if some people got on the R46   thinking it was an  just because the  has been running with R46’s for probably over 30 years already. I don’t know how long the R46’s have been at Jamaica, all I know is that they symbolic to the R line.  When I think of the  line I think of the R46. The QBL is going to have no type of diversity once all the R46’s are gone. 

Yeah people do confuse them and think its an R.

Ive rode the r46 N many times because i use the line everyday and people do get confused. People get in and ask is this an R is this an R? Then the conductor has clarify that its an N. I mean it has N signage all over but people are not used to it

Today as i was coming back from visting my family i saw a r160 siemens, Not in service bypassing 36st heading uptown to who knows where. 

After this, i got off the D and like right after the D train left another r160 siemens set bypassed the station i think it was deadheading to coney island yard.

Maybe theyre gonna start transfering them over? 

12 hours ago, m2fwannabe said:

It will be interesting to see how the Siemens and Alstom R-160's mix together on and .  If there will again be problems as prior.

Do you think there is a chance the jamaica yard will replace the siemens motors for alstoms just to make every single train set alstom and have no problems with mixing?

Does anyone know what the problems were or are with the siemens sets? I read somewhere that 9803-9942 were also suppsoed to have siemens motors but they got removed for alstoms in the end