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  1. That’s why my C/R and I were together for 14 years.
  2. I was actually replying to Jake’s reporting on the LIRR car acceptance progress but thanks for your clarification. Carry on.
  3. Are we talking M9 LIRR or M9A MNRR cars ? They’re different animals.
  4. Thanks for pointing out what many of us old timers see as an important issue. Most of us wouldn’t even pick a job on a line that primarily ran that equipment. Wait until a train gets caught up in the scenario you described and the public and the media will be screaming at the top of their lungs for heads to roll. Carry on.
  5. Although I’ve been traveling to Suffolk County ( Brentwood ) since my inlaws moved here in 1981 I’ve only ridden one SCT bus in my lifetime and that was an exploration trip on the S1. Rode it from end to end just for the experience. I remember telling my father-in-law that as a Brooklynite I wanted nothing to do with a bus system that seemed to stop operating after 7 pm. LIRR had a single track at Brentwood and the station was located on the west side of Brentwood Road. No westbound trains between 4:23 and 7:23 pms on weekdays. Because I worked late pms on work trains in transit I had to get that 4:23 train or catch a ride to Babylon if I hadn’t driven out there to Brentwood. There were times I had to climb up onto the trailing diesel to make that train. The Conductor would read me the riot act after we stopped at Deer Park. When they upgraded the LIRR line to 2 tracks and relocated the station house they installed bus stops on both sides of Brentwood Road although that 3 hour gap westbound remained and then I started paying attention to the bus routes down there. I think there were 3 routes prefixed with an S, 27, 41, and IIRC 47. There were 3 routes prefixed with a 3, A, B and D. I remember the 41 went to the VA hospital and the 3D was for Stony Brook Hospital. Even after reading B35’s adventures with SCT I still can’t see how the service was interconnected. In 40+ years of being around this area I travel to the South Shore Mall, Huntington Square and the Smith Haven Malls by car. I think I was spoiled by NYCTA bus service in Brooklyn and the city in general. Now with the new service out here in Suffolk I notice the 5 and 7 bus routes and I’ve seen a ARBOC (?) with a split 7/11 sign on the front door. The little jitney type buses have no numbers on the overhead signs which is bad enough but I drive through the Hauppauge Industrial area and I noticed old signs or missing new signs at some of the bus shelters or stops. Very tacky in my opinion. For all the fanners I thank you for enlightening me and keep up the good work. Carry on.
  6. Let's try to clear this up. In the real world everything costs money. The is no exception. Think about what you're saying. The is not just subways as you seem to be implying. There are bus depots, transit hubs, railroads, stations and a zillion other things that cost money. A train in the transit museum, lights in the river tubes 24/7 as well as parking facilities. You have equipment in maintenance facilities using diesels. I've been in subway yards where older non-revenue cars were being used by Car Equipment and/or RTO for equipment storage and such. What I'm trying to show that everything in the whether it moves or not costs money. Just my take. Carry on.
  7. I really didn't mean to equate you with a pom pom waver. I was actually focusing on those posters who act as if everything the flacks put out in the press is the Holy Gospel. It's frustrating for some of us oldtimers to see some posters gobble up the B.S.. You've been around long enough that I'd never make the mistake of putting you in that category. Sorry if I offended you. Carry on.
  8. Finally a knowledgeable person who can see behind the curtain. This simple fact should be drummed into the heads of every pom pom waving rah rah believing posters out there. My opinion. Carry on.
  9. Been like that off and on since the early eighties. Nothing really changes except the dates. Carry on.
  10. They are probably run by “ old farts “ because the young people don’t vote because they’re too busy worrying about new trains and buses. A man whom I was taught by and respected 40 years ago said that people were getting dumber instead of smarter as each new generation took over. He was a former USMC drill instructor before he became a Transit instructor and he saw it firsthand. I personally think he was correct. With all of the daily problems on the subways and railroads these days for someone to worry about station signage is beyond comprehension to me. My opinion. Yours may vary. Carry on .
  11. 😃😃😃 you’ve been around long enough to know that many posters don’t even know the difference between real world orders and prototypes. Happy New Year. Carry on.
  12. Try the Transit Employment section for answers to your questions. That’s what it’s for. Good luck
  13. Why not ask your question in the Transit Employment section ?
  14. Perhaps you can elaborate on your point about the Crescent Street curve ? I don’t know your age but BMT Standards , 67 foot cars, ran along the line from Broad Street to 168th Street and Jamaica Avenue. As far as the line’s sharp curves perhaps you should ride it sometime before belittling the route. It’s the 75 foot equipment that was a waste of money in my opinion. The BMT didn’t demolish the Lexington or Myrtle Avenue Elevated lines. The City of New York did it because they would be too costly to repair or replace. The NYCT wouldn’t go back to an oddball fleet again. My experience with the agency tells me that. Carry on.
  15. Hello and Happy New Year to all. Since Thanksgiving week I’ve been in contact with some of my former coworkers discussing subway issues and I’ve formulated a list of some things we’ve talked about. First off is we’re all wondering if you guys really read the website ? There are threads about the unreliability of equipment like the R46, R62, 62A, and the R68 class of cars. Just curious because from Thanksgiving until today there isn’t much information about equipment caused delays. Signal, switch trouble. Network communication problems. Unauthorized people on the tracks. Disorderly people. People struck by trains .We haven’t seen much about equipment issues in either division. The R211 class is undergoing some issues at the moment but we figure those issues will be resolved soon. What we are saying is that some people seem really upset about the wrong things. Either that or they are prone to exaggerating. Look back at what I posted.at the beginning. R9-R211 doesn’t matter. The equipment doesn’t seem to be the reason for most delays as far as we can see. Old timers opinions. Agree or disagree. No hard feelings either way. Carry on.
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