Dj Hammers

Plans can change and in this case, they have slightly. Expect the R42s to go south, but the may keep some R32s.

That actually wasn't a fleet transfer. ENY's "Cuomo wrapped" R160 consist went down to Pitkin Yard for annual emergency brake testing in the Rockaways. They were out in the Rockaways today, actually. It will be returned to ENY soon. For background context, a train from each car type is tested every single year. Right around now is when that testing is done.

FYI - This transfer has been delayed. When I say "tentative" it's for good reason haha.

ENY to 207 soon (tentative): 3810/3811 3730/3731 3718/3719 3682/3683

It was 3080 and its brethren haha. They were down at CIY for some work. They went back to ENY yesterday around 10am or so.

Hey, you can believe whatever you want - I don't think its a worthy use of time to argue over the nuances of how emergency MOW work is scheduled and communicated. I thought it would be nice to provide some clarity on what actually happened for those who may have appreciated the additional information. Unfortunately, I guess that comes with a nice dose of accusatory harassment on the side. Sorry, I guess(?) My response was in regards to the work being done on the 23rd. Obviously, I could have mentioned that there was indeed postponed work that was scheduled for the 16th that could have been (mistakenly) construed as completed on the 23rd, but that wasn't really relevant to the conversation. Why would I mention the details about work that was done the week before if the focus of the conversation was on this week's emergency GO? Furthermore, to my original point, if the work at 18th Ave did turn out to need to be done with a GO, an emergency GO would have been scheduled for the earliest moment possible with no precipitation, not the Wednesday of next week.

I wouldn't be so hasty in throwing "you're wrong" out. There's a reason why I said what I said, considering the fact that I've looked directly at the plans for all of this emergency work.. There were two frogs that needed work, one at Ditmas and one at 18th Avenue. The one at 18th Avenue ended up being fixed under traffic (The one that originally was going to be done with an emergency GO on the 16th). Originally, it was thought that the whole frog would need to be replaced. It was found that the frog could be repaired instead of replaced. Obviously, it's not like the Twitter account would announce that the "work that was going to be done at an undetermined time" would not need to be done with a GO after all. Nobody is paying that close attention anyway, well, most people. The work at Ditmas on the 23rd was a completely separate issue. The need to do the work at Ditmas just happened to be identified right after the work at 18th Ave had been completed (Under traffic).

Not at all. This was an emergency GO that was scheduled on Tuesday for emergency frog repair. If it was supposed to be for last Thursday and got rained out, the nature of the issue would have necessitated rescheduling for the next immediate available time window. We wouldn't have waited half a week.

The video:

R142As heading from Westchester Yard to Mosholu Yard for service, taken 15 minutes ago:

Say goodbye to the last remaining R142A 6 train..

ENY to 207: 3520/3891 3644/3621 3924/3925

3102-3105+3114-3117 was transferred to ENY tonight for burn testing prior to entering service on the J. 3118-3121 should arrive this week. Stuff is moving along smoothly.

This is very accurate. As I mentioned before, the marginal delay impact of MDBF differences between fleets is very small, and only becomes worth considering when the relative difference between the MDBF of two fleets is over ~150K. Besides the ability to handle crowds, there are some other factors, like electronic vs. non-electronic signage and shop familiarity with car classes that go into the decision-making process. However, the main goal is usually to maximize throughput, with all other factors being secondary, subject to cost considerations. A good example was the decision to place the R62As on the 6, rather than the 4, in order to not "contaminate" the entire Lex express service with the empirically-demonstrated increased dwell times of the R62A fleet in areas of high station crowding. I'm sure that this has been repeated before, but the term "overcrowding/insufficient capacity", while used as a delay "cause", is more accurately a definition of a symptom of a delay. Many operational factors, including the relative impacts of car assignments, can have an impact on this "bucket" of delays. I'm sure you (RR503) know that, but I think it deserves explicit clarification for others. To put it simply, overcrowding is often a symptom of other operational issues, rather than a discrete cause of delay.

First up is the A getting temporarily filled up with R32s from ENY. Then things will start to get interesting in the fall. Always subject to change though.

It’s already planned out. There will be a small amount of swapping during the summer, and things will pick up in the fall. Subject to change though.

Typo. 3109-3106

Turns out they only went to Concourse last night. They’ll go to westchester tonight.

3109-3016 are the next cars to be delivered.

2071-2075 is now at Westchester Yard. It was held at 9th Avenue lower level until the FastTrack ended, and went up to Westchester very very early this morning.

Yepppp. So there should be another chance to catch this

Atlantic Avenue, about to head north

And right on cue - 2071-2075 heading to Westchester. Currently at Queensboro Plaza, about to head south via the N line

Definitely not today but in the upcoming days for sure.

2071-2075 going to Westchester very soon