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I have to say…this is very awkward that 4124 is delivered. I mean I know they don’t have to be in numerical order but still. It’s hard for me to think of this number being delivered THIS EARLY!!!

The 211S just transferred to Pitkin with an NIS 160. Proof:

Oh great. This has some foam in it...

40 minutes ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

Passed. The production trains need to do burn in testing before entering service.

They already did burn in like a month or 2 ago

1 hour ago, RSMG106 said:

Photos took in a public viewing area. Besides that, 4090 was delivered silently. Also, 4090-4094 went to Coney overnight.

Ok, MTA. Moving quick I see…

21 minutes ago, RSMG106 said:

R211A deliveries:

4090-4094: South Brooklyn Railway to Coney Island Yard

4095-4099: delivered to South Brooklyn Railway.

But when did 4095-99 get delivered? And how are 4090-94 already goin to Coney!? They just got delivered YESTERDAY!!!

There aren’t just two R211s at SBK. there’s 4!

proof:

1 hour ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

The r46's are not going to retired yet.

Yes, we are going to see the production r211A's gradually enter service. Let's be patient. Don't be surprised if each production train enters service on a weekly or biweekly basis.

The MTA should make sure that things are running smoothly with the r211's before retiring any r46's. 

I know that. I think the 46s are gonna start retiring when there are about 10 10-car sets, though 

8 minutes ago, AZthefoamer said:

NICE! Hopefully we have weekly deliveries consistently from this point.

I hope so too. I was able to see some 46s near Stilwell on Sunday! I could show you the video, but I don’t have a yt channel yet. Ik it had nothin to do with this thread but at least I caught some before they started retiring

1 hour ago, foggymetro said:

Now that the pilot R211A has presumably completed its 30 day revenue service test successfully, more R211A cars have apparently been delivered to SBK in the midnight hours of 2023-06-20. The cars are assumed to be part of the 5 car set 4090-4094. If this is true, following the previous delivery pattern, the cars that were delivered are cars 4094 and 4093.

 

Information adapted from the NYCT Subway Tracking Server.

 

Video link: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1034638308443160597/1120665791319265310/IMG_0845_1.mp4

Cool, it’s nice to have more cars delivered

42 minutes ago, Chris89292 said:

So what happens now that the 30 day test is over? Are they going to put the production sets in service? 

Most likely later on this week. It probably won’t take a while. I was in NYC yesterday and even thought I didn’t see potion, I saw F N and Q trains in coney. But that’s not the point. The production sets might just get in service later on.

2 hours ago, AZthefoamer said:

Today should be the 27th day of testing if my calculations are correct. If all goes well it will end on Sunday which could mean that the next 2 trains will be in service next week.

Yep. You are correct. It’s kinda interesting its 30th day  of testing is on Father’s Day. I have 6/19 on my calendar rn cuz that testing will be done by then if no issues get caused.

1 hour ago, ABOGbrooklyn said:

You're late to the party. R68s are done within this decade.

That was kinda the point of me saying that

This is a f**kING THING!?!?!? I must have not payed attention to anything lately…

Just now, Lawrence St said:

Has anyone else noticed the R211S's have that camera mounted on the top left of the drivers window which isn't on the A's or T's?

Heh, no. I didn’t see it. I must be blind or some in.

Also to everyone, the R211S pilot did some railway testing on Broad channel yesterday, it was signed up as a SI local to Great Kills as the last stop. So that’s  just a heads up for that set

26 minutes ago, AZthefoamer said:

Does anyone know if all four production sets (4070-4089) have all completed burn-in testing and are ready for service when (Hopefully) the pilot set passes in a few days?

Well, 4070-79 did some operator training on June 8th on the F, so that’s good news.

24 minutes ago, Vulturious said:

First video of the R211S testing along West End middle track yesterday (R211A production set was also running around on West End as well) with the second video of the R211S being transferred to Pitkin.

All that’s left at Coney are all the 211Ts. I wonder what that set is gonna do next…

9 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

Yeah, I agree. @BenTheMiner was able to fit SIR into one bullet and his recreations are the exact same dot count as the real thing.

Nice. It’s good to do something except leavin something there. Especially if you think [insert whoever here] did something that you don’t like. It would be cool to fit SIR into a bullet. 

1 minute ago, Lawrence St said:

But announcements??? We must know what they sound like! 
 

I'm not a fan of the blank bullet. They should at least put SI or .

Meh, they probably would sound like the NYCT announcements, just a lil different, something like 'This is a SIR train to Tottenville.' or something different. I get that we should know, but they would sound like announcements from the NYCT in my op. And tbh, I like the blank bullet. The SIR runs on 1 line anyway. And it would be better if they did put the S cuz it would be too small for SI. What I'm confused about is why did they put SIR on the screen things on top of the doors hile the front is just SI? It should fit SIR.

3 hours ago, Vulturious said:

From what I hear, SIR programming is going to be on all R211's (that's including the R211A/T's) which are replacing the  programming.

Very neat. I like the light blue.

4 hours ago, Reptile said:

Is that the final number of R211Ts? We'll have to wait for whatever replaces the R68s for more open gangway trains?

Maybe, maybe not. Depends on if the MTA wants the second option order and if they do, there are two options. 437 R211A or T cars or only 333 of them. Like I said, idk whether they are gonna go for more As or some Ts. And since that is supposed to be 4 car sets, 436/4 and 332/4 equals 109 and 83 cars respectively. It doesn’t equal a whole number. None of them!

11 hours ago, FLX9304 said:

With this set, all 20 cars of the R211T are completed. 

Yep, but there might be more depending on the second option order

16 hours ago, Chris89292 said:

The air pollution makes the image look awesome

Ikr? It can be a poster by the looks of it! Just ass some great text saying ‘R211T’ and print and put it on your wall!

2 hours ago, MJHmarc said:

3 of the 5 r211T(Soft Shell) 4057 4058 4059 ..guess the other 2 are on the way. 

I swear it has been so fukin long to get these guys delivered to NYC. I’m glad they’re finally here! Now we have a fleet set of total R211s from 100-104 and 4040-4089! (I think y’all know that)

Yo, 4080-89 got transferred to Pitkin yesterday. Just a heads up.