AZthefoamer

On 2/24/2024 at 12:38 PM, subwaycommuter1983 said:

What is even more infuriating is that if God forbid something bad happens to these stupid teens, their parents will have the audacity to sue the MTA when in reality it's the parents fault for being irresponsible.

What are these parents doing, while their teens are subway surfing?

well I guess the kids are supposedly "at school". Many parents are unbelievably irresponsible.

People already were surfing off the back of the R211T. This nonsense is getting out of hand. 

4190-4199 is burn in testing right now.

Yeah some conquestors apparently broke into the back cab of one of them and changed it to an L program (it got taken out of service).

Sounds like an R211T is debuting on the C today (probably 4040).

1 hour ago, RedLine said:

Some more cars apparently got delivered.

4165-4169 according to someone.

They might fix other things or make improvements too, maybe higher quality signage and announcements and things like that.

I am assuming that this is fake, unless anyone can confirm otherwvise.

(Unable to link but it basically says that the R211T will only be able to run on the C). If this is true, I assume option 2 will not contain gangway cars either.

1 hour ago, JustTheSIR said:

I wanted to catch the R211 later so does anyone have the NYCT tracking server?

They are common enough that one can wait half an hour at Penn or something and find one

4 hours ago, slantfan4281 said:

Did they give a timeframe for the 46s as well?

Not as far as I know, though I may be mistaken.

13 minutes ago, slantfan4281 said:

Assuming the SIR sets arrive at the same rate as the R211A sets and the R211S passes the 30 day test by around Thanksgiving, I would make a guess that the R44s will be gone around February or so.

I think the MTA timeline said April-September, give or take.

10 hours ago, Metro CSW said:

Cool, anyways. 4095-99 is now couple with 4125-29. Interesting. Just a small thing.

Is 4085-4089 paired with 4090-4094 then?

Caught an R160 on the B an hour ago. Was running fine.

2 hours ago, trainfan22 said:

I think its mostly railfans that are happy, I rode the R211 the day it debuted in revenue service and some riders asked "well where are you gonna sit?" (in regards to the reduced seating). I don't think A & C line riders mind the R46s.

 

 

IMO there isn't much of a jump in passenger comfort from the R46 to the R211. 

 

 

From a passenger perspective the only pros the R211 has over the R46 is..

 

FIND

 

Automated announcements 

 

 

 

that's about it lol

 

 

The R46 has more seating, I don't like standing so I like the R46s more. 

 

 

Growing up The 75 FT (specifically the 44s and 46s ) cars felt like luxury subway cars compared to the R32 - R42 to me, it made the line seem so much cooler than the which used those loud and raw R32s. R44/46s had smooth stops and quiet interiors. 

 

 

I do realize they are old, in poor condition and need to be retired but I like the R46s, been riding them regularly since the early 2000s. They still ride smoothly and have quiet interiors. 

 

 

 

As a somewhat regular A train rider the R211 is a big improvement. They are smoother, have better lighting, have better rush hour capacity, much better announcements (even if they are underwhelming), better signage, and they generally go faster. I do agree about the seating issue though, but them starting to retire is probably for the best. 

My friend saw 4119 supposedly. Was it testing or actually in service?

Well, a month is 30.4 days or 4 weeks and 2.4 days, so every two weeks is different from twice a month. Not sure which one the MTA will do but every two or three weeks makes sense if they plan to do two trains a month.

On 8/18/2023 at 9:15 AM, zacster said:

Those two sets could just be close without being coupled.

The second image (click the link) seems to suggest that they are.

15 minutes ago, Ale188 said:

I think 4120-24 and 4080-84 are in service

 

That would follow the logical schedule.

8 hours ago, Ale188 said:

I was wonderin why tf Wikipedia said 70 211As built except for 65. Thanks.

I would not trust Wikipedia's numbers very much. I believe more than 70 are built currently.

If they do go on the Rockaway Park Shuttle I would think the A cars would be displaced or retired depending on their performance.

They share a fleet with the A anyway, I would not worry too much about that.

Even the ones on the A have deteriorated a lot, especially in the past year. Commuters definitely prefer riding R179 and R211 cars, as they ride smoother. The only advantage to the R46 is its seating.

30 minutes ago, Ale188 said:

I have video proof, but the thing is, they’re wrapped. I can tell it’s 4090-94. Or maybe I’m wrong. This was from June 20th. Credit to the person cuz that sure ain’t me.

 

 

That must be 4095-4099.

Come to think of it, 4090-4094 was never paired with anything, nor are there any videos to prove it was delivered.

Do you mean 4110?

Has there ever been a fleet swap that everyone was happy with?

770 to replace the R68/A cars currently on the B, D, N, Q, W. If part of the fleet is for the Franklin Avenue Shuttle I estimate up to 12 more. 782. Then I would say 50 or so cars for fleet expansion and maybe Second Avenue Subway. In the case that R211 option order 2 is not exercised (unlikely but not impossible), it would be much more, up to 500.

I estimate 832 cars is a minimum. We will need to see what the MTA needs though.