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Several months ago, I pointed out that the size of an inspection shop had a direct correlation to how many trains it can support and therefor how many lines could be based there. 
 

Another factor I would now like to bring in is the logistics that goes in to the repair and inspection shops. If, as an example, we kept the 32s in active service at Pitkin for the A and C… then Pitkin would need to set aside storage space for parts for four different car classes. 32, 46, 179 and 211.

that’s another serious issue that does not get discussed, replacement parts. Department of Car Equipment was having discussions about cannibalizing the master controllers in one cab of some R46 sets to maintain the others, effectively locking them as fixed 8 car trains.

i must point out what that bit of information came from a line superintendent about a year ago. So in the meantime they probably changed their minds and decided not to go through with that.

but that is a serious issue, we can’t get replacement parts. And if we could get them, given the short remaining service lives of the 46s, we might order too much and be stuck with extra or order too little and go back to square one.

and remember, right now I’m talking about the R46s. The R32s were even worse at parts availability and their MDBF was absolutely in the toilet.

Keeping them around for the sake of 8 minute headways instead of 10 on the C in the off peak was not worth the obvious headaches the decision makers knew would happen if we did that.

34 tends to act as if it's "first among equals" on the B2 channel, like they think they're control or something. You're calling Essex or 59 or WTC and they'll butt in.

They're like that one person who has to get involved in every conversation.

They'll get involved with Rockerfeller, or 42nd/8th, control or not. Especially under normal circumstances there is no one in the tower at Rockerfeller to call if something's gone wrong. 

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/2023/12/08/person-struck-by-metro-north-train-at-chappaqua-station/71850198007/

He was my cousin. 

We are supposed to know all active rolling stock in our division, regardless of what our jobs entail. 
 

Besides, not everyone picks one line and stays there thier whole time in transit. Some people move around. So someone who picked an F job might want to move to the A out of Lefferts one day. This would require knowing how to crew the 211s.

Look, R32s have been run into the ground. We don’t even use them as work motors. Every pickup I have seen as an employee, and the sandlite trains, all have R42s as power.

We have exactly 1 train of them in fully functional condition and that is the movie train.

the issue with the 211s is not on par with the 179s. No one has been put in danger: it’s just cracks, leaking oil and the trains sliding.

the latter of which is something that happens this time of year anyway.

yes, it is going to take some time to get fully fixed, but that’s because we’re not half assing this. 

5 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you.

You’re free to be wrong.

7 hours ago, R32 3838 said:

But now there has been numerous issues with the R211s and the R46 fleet is being pushed to it's limits due to the lack of spares. They took a gamble and is now somewhat paying for it.

And you want them to take a different gamble on out of date, inefficient, broken down buckets of bolts…

Like… there is a small shopping list of items I need at arms length at all times. I carry them in my backpack. 
 

with the R32s, if I were trained on them, I would have to carry that every time I switched sides because I would not be able to leave it behind in one cab, because people are breaking into the cabs and stealing our tools.

that is and of itself is grounds for them never being used again.

there is a pile of reasons you never consider when making your argument.

removing the R32s kinda shortened B Division Schoolcar. It got my class on the road faster.

5 minutes ago, darkstar8983 said:

Yeah moving main-line R160s now is not as feasible as it was before (2020-2021 when the  was on 10 minute headways) due to the 63 St tunnel reconstruction. There would have been enough R160s available had they done my plan for the track reconstruction:

reduced , normal  service, no , and  service every 8 minutes between Metropolitan Av and 47-50 Sts, and alternating trans to 57 St-6 Av and to 71 Av (each on a 15 minute headway during rush hours), and the current setup all other times.

You plan would not have worked any differently  and Jamaica is not giving up 10 car CBTC equipment, even at gunpoint.

1: they didn’t get scrap happy with the 32s we still have plenty squrrled away… the problem is they stopped training new employees on them.

2: they would not have fixed the problem because, like it or not, they were 60 years old and just as if not more inclined to break down. 

I mean, might have been having Neier as my main TSS might have had something to do with it. Woman didn't make superintendent for no reason. 

The rule they enforce strictly In Schoolcar  with bags is that the shoulder straps be removable or, in the Kaka’s case, coverable, so that they can’t get snagged on something.

Such as, for example… a moving train passing you.

You will be taking your stuff with you when you go on road operations. in the event of the road blowing up, once your full 8 hours hits, instructor TSSs will send you home from wherever you are when the happens. The classroom side of being a student does not give overtime.

Is this thread really necessary? We have a fleet swap thread.

as for your point… there is nothing to say right now. We know only that the first batch of 211As are for CBTC on 8th Avenue.

On 11/30/2023 at 3:15 PM, VIP said:

We need to know this because? 

Well excuse me for being happy… 

The other RTO employees here know full well what a big deal this is for someone like us.

If someone were to tamper with it, punching something they shouldn’t, there is a cancel button.

Flushing line is CBTC territory. Whole different set of rules.

23 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

That’s so fun! When can we expect MTA to cancel CBTC work on QBL, since it obviously isn’t working!

CBTC was working fine. It was everything else that was the problem. System did it’s job as it was designed to do (for once)

You know the QBL is up a creek without a paddle when the R train your crewing beats the F that left 71st before you to Queens Plaza.

emergency work caused them to leave a work zone active until about 5:40… and I made a 5:30.

a work train was taking forever to get out of the way.

and my train went CBTC-BIE.

Probably a printing error…

4 hours ago, RTOMan said:

That's better then.. Yet..

That "Yard Tour" did happen before ...

I know the T/O who got caught up in that he fessed up took his days the TWO went down too because they was told a  was coming on D2 and they had the Relay Fleeted in...

I think I remember it making the news about someone taking the wrong lineup at Briarwood and ending up on D9 with passengers…

1 hour ago, RTOMan said:

If its something like CTL then yeah after the yard tour and back up on D1 track train is discharged...

 

Did some checking, they seemed to have stopped partway down the ramp. Train was discharged while still partly in the station and was then reversed back fully into the station on D2, then sent to lite to Parsons with a “call me when you get there” message.

How… did he lie on his pre-employment paperwork?

For the new T/Os, from your partners in the middle.

there are many, many stations where the leaving signal is obstructed from the conductor’s position (such as EVERY station where the platform is on the offside)

if the leaving signal is at danger, give us a long buzz immediately after the doors are open.

do not assume we can see the signal or that we also have holding lights.

also, on a related note, when in CBTC territory, conductors can not see if you have MAL or not.

For example, during the day, at 75th Avenue on D1, the leaving signal switches to CBTC flashing green a good 10 to 20 seconds before you get MAL. Those of use experienced on the corridor know this and wait, but a lot of very new people don’t and automatically respond to the holding lights switching off. You need to be attentive to that.

2 hours ago, RTOMan said:

Once i saw that GO i knew this wasn't going to be finished in Feb...

This might last the Whole Winter Pick or most of it...

I can not be the only one who thinks the CCD crew has bitten off more than they can chew.

like, having to write the local E and F into the public facing timetables…

If they had common sense, they would have temporarily suspended QBL CBTC East, moved the layups back, then the work trains could move in and out of the GO via D3 and D4 unimpeded in the overnights. But no… the entire corridor has to be upended for over an hour every day just after the rush.

i already hated the all local F… now they throw it in at 11AM… with the Romeo’s in the mix?

someone planning this has never worked a road job…

On 11/23/2023 at 7:22 AM, Blitzer120 said:

Whats a "CHOW"?

Onomatopoeia of the emergency brakes being activated. 

The G.O. On T2 has received an extension into mid December.

I’m guessing this means they probably won’t really get started on T1 until the beginning of January. Got to take down all the construction barriers blocking T2 for one thing.

On 11/21/2023 at 11:11 AM, IAlam said:

In a lot of cases though punching the wrong route probably isn’t the end of the world. 

Tell that to the E crew who took a train full of passengers into the Continental Relay last week because they weren’t paying attention…

under normal circumstances, taking the wrong lineup, of which punching wrong is a subset of, the conductor is required to pull the cord at the next station as per rule. You punch for 8th when you’re supposed to be going down 6th, that’s a CHOW! the moment you get to spring street and stop. 

the only exception is taking a local lineup when you’re supposed to be on the express. Express on the local is express unless told otherwise. I personally prefer to be told directly ether way, but that’s just me…