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This reminds me of a funny story. So they closed off a car on the line. We were heading toward TSQ. The real trouble happened when we got to Junction Blvd. Whoever was closing down the car forgot to lock the other side as well. So the doors opened on that side since it's an island platform station and until we got to 82nd st-jackson hgts, someone alerted the conductor and I don't think the conductor was in that car, otherwise she could unlock the cab door but she went around from the 6th car to the 4th car to unlock the storm door. The people in that car were straight chilling before they realized they were trapped in that car, so it makes you wonder why do they close off the cars? Caused quite a few delays that day and we made battery runs to the end of the line.

 

 

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It's better to have a train with one car closed off, instead of an entire train out of service. Especially during the rush

Kind of meta: has this just turned into a general SBS thread now?

I guess so.

I'll allow it lol

I got on an local this AM at 59th Street where the doors to the third car didn't open. No one was in the car.

 

I didn't think R46s had that capability.

None of our cars have that capability lol. One has to go to every door panel and individually lock (isolate) every door.

 

More than likely, something happened in that car (blood, vomit, a turd lol, etc) and instead of taking the entire train out of service, they just closed that car off and it'll be dealt with at the end of the line.

How's the South Ferry terminal coming along? Is it still likely to be opened next month?

From the pictures I've seen, it looks like it'll be open by June 25 like they planned

What will be the numbers that the R211 will be assigned to both NYC Transit & the SIR?

It's wayyyyy to early to be thinking about numbers when we ding even know who's building them.

Would they really build a facility just for an order?? How long would construction on just that facility take? What happens to the facility after this order?

 

 

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It can also serve as a parts and Rosie center afterwards

So cold means a bus is running late?

Running hot/X minutes up = early

X minutes down = late

Not really. the tracks are abandoned because City Hall station was part of that loop. 6 Trains might use it to change to northbound or vice versa but im not sure on that.

You can legally still ride through City Hall loop. Bowling Green loop on the other hand, is illegal

Was Grand Av supposed to get the XD-60s for the shuttle? Then when the train construction is complete, the buses transfers to MJQ?

Plans changed.

 

The buses Grand Av was gonna get are going to Quill instead.

Theoretically, what would need to happen for Jackie Gleason to get a few of Tuskegee's now spare D60HF's for the B9 shuttle extras that run from 59 Street to Bay Ridge?

 

The crowding is insane during the PM rush.

Diesel fuel not pumped from drums lol

Is it me or does the R179 left all those station really quickly or maybe it could be a 8car train ?

8 car train

There is a redbird work car on a siding between the Staten Island Railway's Stapleton and Clifton stations.

Which number? I really want to see this.

RD344. Ex-R22 7441. It's used as their de-icer car, and has been there for years now.

Question: Does the split the train in 1/2 at Eastchester-Dyre Av or at E.180 St?

180 St

I'm just realizing when 4811 got repainted, they gave it back doors. I'm on it now and it got another repaint with white doors

The way the assignment is set up, seems like the is mainly R32. The riders don't seem to mind them either is what's peculiar.

Because they're grateful that a train shows up

 

 

Mm, would it kill them to use Flatlands at night? I forgot about ETC but right outside of SI these things are non-existent. Do people drive to St. George and take the ferry? or is MTA mainly collecting those fares.

Given the current setup of the WB B6/82 near Rockaway Pkwy, them using Glenwood in both directions would be a huge improvement. That backwards loop routing they take now is ridiculous, and it would stop the confusion at that stop on Flatlands/E. 96 St.

 

My only gripe with this SBS routing is that all the time it saved abandoning the backwards loop routing would all be negated sitting in Rockaway Pkwy traffic

Huh?? Is there a picture you could show us?

D1: Manhattan bound local track

D2: Jamaica bound local track

D3: Manhattan bound express track

D4: Jamaica bound local track

D5: relay track

T1: Manhattan bound track

T2: Jamaica bound track

Where did the original IRT Second Avenue Elevated end/start?

It started at South Ferry. Went up Water St, Bowery, 1 Av, across 23 St to 2 Av and all the way up 2 Av with both local and express service.

 

Stops were...

-South Ferry (all)

-Hanover Sq (all)

-Fulton St (all)

-Chatham Sq (all)

-Canal St (local)

-Grand St (local)

-Rivington St (local)

-1 St (local)

-8 St (local)

-14 St (all)

-19 St (local)

-23 St-1 Av(local)

-34 St-2 Av (local)

-42 St (all)

-50 St (local)

-57 St (local)

-65 St (local)

-72 St (local)

-80 St (local)

-86 St (all)

-92 St (local)

-99 St (local)

-105 St (local)

-111 St (local)

-117 St (local)

-121 St (local)

-125 St (all)

-129 St (all)

I just looking at the vanshnookenraggen subway map and was thinking of the original IRT line. There were no express stops between 72nd street and Union Square?

With the original layout of the system (we not gonna get into detail about the specifics lol) after 14 St-Union Sq was Grand Central on the platform. After that was 72 St-Bway since Times Sq (at that tine) wasn't a huge hustle and bustle area like it is now. Tines Sq on the Shuttle platform was a local station.

Going to start randomly deleting random posts that are not related to the topic at hand.

 

If you want to feel some type of way about it, tough luck.

 

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Sidenote, 2826 is now officially a Yonkers bus.

I feel some type of way lol

Why can't it be dynamic? There are no stops between the airport and 74th Street/Roosevelt Ave, why can't the B/O use the GCP when there is no traffic, and avoid it when there is traffic?

They almost always do that, even the M60 would. It depends on the day and how bad traffic is

Yep all trains affected by Dekalb Jct are suspended at their respective terminal stations or discharged at subsequent stations. Mad traffic on McDonald ave is not helping any one.

 

 

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That had nothing to do with the since all trains this weekend are going up to 96 St because of the being out

If they were to expand the Jamaica Yard, how much more space would they need? Are train yards ever double decked? (besides say179th Street/Hillside)

The closest to being double decked we have are 239 St and ENY, and those are just yards with 2 levels to them

No program to E180 st also.

Unrelated note, rode a R68A G train today. Is that rare? And also do G trains share cars with the B?

 

 

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R68As on the are nowhere near rare. Since the is out of Coney Island with the naturally they share cars

 

 

Maintenance of the R32's is really expensive as time goes by. It's hard to find parts and trains keep breaking down, it's certainly expensive because MTA keeps putting money in to maintain them. 50 million I believe to maintain the aging fleet. You can't create custom solutions with something that old. You need to install new hardware.

That's not completely true.

 

Since the R32s are of the SMEE family, many parts are shared with other cars (a big advantage), plus there's parts from 32s that were reefed that they saved.

 

And with the museum cars, many parts are made in-house

Hmm, technically Lexington Ave 63rd St doesn't have tiles. It has panels right? Maybe they can let the water slide down behind the panels lol

 

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Yeah it's panels there. Easier to replace