MJHmarc
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Alstom knocking on the door.
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the R46’s won’t be retiring anytime soon, They will be OOS just when there’s enough and stable R211’s in service they will be put into long storage like the R32’s were.
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On elevated tracks…
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Wabtec to provide brakes, couplers for New York subway cars. https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/wabtec-to-provide-brakes-couplers-for-new-york-subway-cars/
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I have seen these pics on FB too
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Now someone can truly say they were late because their train caught a flat.
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R211 - 4162, 4163 & 4164 Delivered to SBK
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Makes sense to test the fix on the “first” set before rolling it out on the others.
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You covered this well! I’m sure someone will ask or post something crazy still….
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Oh the homeless are going to love that!
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Cost will be another factor as they cost more than the A model.
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Just keep this in mind people…the MTA President has already announced there will be no changes to service after the manhattan congestion pricing starts. He went on a late morning tv new program and said there’s plenty off room in the system for more people with additional service than what’s running now.
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It’s just not a priority at this time maybe after the order is complete the updates can be done but for now the MTA priority is having new trains just run.
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The MTA president wants the R46’s OOS as soon as there are enough 211’s to match the amount of 46’s in service now. Note i didn’t say retire just OOS.
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4155 and 4156 delivered this evening.
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Oh really, guess I didn’t keep count. Thanks
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Very possible to be increasing the delivery to 2 sets a month.
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4157-4159 delivered with 4155 and 4156 on the way.
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Access to C.I. Yard is limited after flood issues so the is running local on Brooklyn while the express tracks are being used for storage. I guess all the work that was done to protect the yard from floods didn’t work.
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Some are ending at Whitehall St. while some are going over the Bridge via the
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The is back to normal ….with major delays of course.
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The and under it’s temporary Construction pattern.
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trains are running between Forest Hills-71 Av and Whitehall St-South Ferry. 1:30pm update. and from Jay St. or 2nd Ave. are running again with delays.
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No service in queens, they are using 57th as a terminal but there’s only one track so the overflow is going to the Bronx.
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Also non NTT trains are using Bluetooth to send data so there could an OOS train sitting somewhere that the clocks are picking up saying its coming but it’s not