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  1. This is very interesting. Was 5917 at CS last week?

     

     

    Yes, it was here is a photo I took of it a few days ago

     

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    MTA NovaBus Articulated 5917 on the Q44 Limited by Queens Surface 295, on Flickr

     

    The CS arctics are at various depots because the themoking Nova LFSA's are having issues with their HVAC's like one person posted earlier, they are just there on loan, i saw 8866 on the Q17 this afternoon so 8866 is at Jamaica, orion V 5969 was on the Q60 earlier i got a pic of it

     

     

    8866 has been at Jamaica for a good amount of time now.

  2. The R42s need the typical SMS mechanical work done, aside from the rust removal and the repaint, ie, reconditioned trucks and wheels, new suspension springs, etc.

     

    I actually find it kinda hard to tell the SMSd 32s apart from the non-SMSd ones. I think it's because they didn't use the blue suspension springs on the trucks or something, a feature that I go looking for first when trying to determine how recently a car has gone through the program. Any help here, TwoTimer?

     

     

    They don't have to use the blue suspension springs...some R62As are running around with yellow suspension springs.

  3. I'm sayin though....

     

    The Q1 for the most part is used as a backup/2nd-ary option to the (crowded) Q43.... Just on that alone would be a reason not to add LTD service on the Q1..... Also, You already got the 36 LTD over on Jamaica/Springfield; it's excessive to have LTD service on the Q1 & the Q27 along Springfield - When the 36 & the 1 both travel along Hillside & both end at 165th bus terminal.....

     

    While I don't know how well the braddock spur performs in comparison to the springfield spur, I can honestly say the Q1 is not all that well used along Springfield....

     

     

     

     

    This is an argument that supports keeping Q1's on Braddock, but by no means does it support giving the route LTD service....

     

     

    Yeah, the Q1 is really a feeder route to the Q43 as soon as the Q1 hits Hillside Ave. from the QV or Bellerose terminal, it always picks up a few passengers. Really the Q36 does not have really that much more ridership than the Q1. The Limited is really pointless since it's all local stops after 212.

  4. Babylon trains are extremely crowded out of Penn but once Jamaica is reached there's room. This can be attributed to selfish, drunken pricks who take up seats with their crap and are better off taking the (E) to Sutphin. They're not too far off from the bums down there.

     

    Is there a reason LIRR trains haven't been going so fast from Woodside to Jamaica? I can understand being slow through the East River Tunnels and immediately before Jamaica for the switches, but I haven't seen them going any faster than 30 past Sunnyside and all the way past the curve..

     

    They have been doing some work on the tracks over there so they might set up a slower speed restriction between Woodside & Jamaica.

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