Comrade96

2 hours ago, goliver28 said:

You want to avoid having to take it with the superintendent if possible. 

yeah they told me the same thing when I went through it

27 minutes ago, MikeBonds said:

Let me ask you, is the practical mistake free? Meaning if you ace the important parts(door cutouts, terminal departures, improper zones) and miss some steps like announcements, will they fail you? 

the yard practical has a chance at a do over with a superintendent supervising it

the final road practical is pass or fail and if you fail, thats it

5 hours ago, MJHmarc said:

I don’t think it’s to anyone surprised the R68’s/A’s will be around for a while and will likely replace the r46’s running on the N Q W. 

yeah, thats why I mentioned it as not-so-new news

Got some potential news from the grapevine, would be nothing too new but as always take it with a grain of salt.

Car equipment's current plan is to keep the r68s around for around another 8-10 years due to them being purchased with federal funding way back when, so dont expect the 268s for a while. Of course, the car equipment of today will most likely not be the same car equipment a few years from now, as always, grain of salt.....

Nice theyre finally making good progress on deliveries

29 minutes ago, Amir said:

Who doesn’t snore these days? I have a 3 yr old and after him running around all day at night he snores… even those doctors snore. SMH 

its a valid concern, they don't want people falling asleep while on the job, its to cover themselves but I will admit they go a bit too hard about it sometimes

8 minutes ago, Amir said:

i believe the list got extended. I hope I clear Soon. It not I’ll try to email them to re-add my name to the list. 🙏🏽🤞🏽

yeah this test is good until next feb at least unless they extend it again

38 minutes ago, Vulturious said:

There should be enough in the base order to cover for both the  and , the only problem is whether or not 207 St will be able to have 10 car length maintenance shops. Otherwise, those R179's on the  will not be going to the  and neither would the 8 car R179's on the  will be going anywhere. 

they can always just cut the train in 2 and inspect it that way via 2 tracks instead of 1

18 hours ago, LGA Link N Train said:

And what does this have to do with the current topic at hand? A GO for a 53rd Street Shutdown after 63rd is complete would require near max capacity on 6th Local and 63rd Street so there’d be no space for the  to go to 96th/2nd under this Scenario. 
 

While I didn’t address this earlier, unless we have enough equipment to run the  on QBL, might as well continue with what already works. 

dont pay wallyhorse any mind, none of his plans are meant to help people, just to fullfill the foamer fantasies

29 minutes ago, Bill from Maspeth said:

Maybe they have, internally.

well I mean yes youre correct they did, the RFP (Request For Proposal) is the very first step in that process

if the 2nd option order is purchased for the R211s, then the 268s can wait till the mid 2030s, if it doesnt get purchased then we will need them sooner, probably start around 2030 or so

Man oh man am I glad most of these people dont plan for transit

2 hours ago, Comrade96 said:

the test is active for roughly another year you have time

my bad, meant to say till end of september unless they extend it again.  I thought I was responding to the conductor thread

the test is active for roughly another year you have time

wow lmfao, 6 weeks of not doing much

48 minutes ago, Amir said:

Nice! I’m going to do mine with blue sleep. I tried to go to this spot someone on this forum recommended but they’re charging me $600. Once I complete this test which I hope it goes well I’ll go back to livin see what they say. Honestly it suck’s to have to do this, if the nurses cleared me with everything. The doctor sees that I’m a bit on the heavy side and they still recommend a sleep study that blows. Urine, ekg, vision, blood pressure & hearing came back great. Than she tells me I need a sleep study because I’m a bit big. That blows…. 
 

_** mind you MTA HAS SOME BIG PPL WORKING FOR THEM. 🥴

believe me most if not all those big people are on that CPAP machine, Im one of em

37 minutes ago, Transit Fans said:

I know just like the R211A when they said September 2022 Revenue testing and it got push to March 2023. The MTA always comes with dates that is not always true. 

its not about the dates not being true its about problems that were found that made em push the date back

42 minutes ago, Captain iOS BeeSwarm said:

Will the R211Ts be retired after 10 years like the R110As and R110Bs were, or will they continue to run in regular service until it is time to retire the R211s? 

the only thing I see transit doing with the T's in regards to that is converting them into the regular A sets. Otherwise theyll just run them as normal

15 minutes ago, MikeBonds said:

I know someone who went Friday, the list has been extended a whole year, next class March 4th 

dang, alright then, thats good news for the others here then

7 minutes ago, Amir said:

For us that has been put on medical hold. Once we clear it. Is there a chance for us still? I was put on medical hold on Jan 12. SMH 

Dont rule it out, there may be more classes, get it cleared anyway

13 minutes ago, Ale188 said:

Did 30-day testing restart because of the door problem

IIRC the 211T is not doing 30 day testing, it doesnt have to, the 211A passing its 30 day also applies to the T minus the gangway part. Im not 100% sure though

43 minutes ago, Ale188 said:

Which set?

the hard shell gangway and I believe whatever 4125-29 is hooked up to

Finally got trained on the R211s this morning, got mixed feelings about em now that ive seen what ive had to see

1 hour ago, R142A-6-Train said:

Or perhaps a new door chime rather than the R211 copying from the R160 and R179.

why though? the current one works fine

3 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

The only change the R268's will have is the audio induction loops. 

well we cant say that for certain at this point in time