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honestly, even our internal MTA ability to use other sections of our agency's network are a complicated mess as to who gets to do what where and when... though, for the record, I should point out that the Q70SBS to the airport is free for everyone at all times anyway...

well, problem #1 with that... Who's serving 205th street? The direct Mikey up 6th avenue is popular with riders. Then again, 95% of these sorts of plans involve, for lack of a better wat to put it, "robbing Peter to pay Paul" in some fashion.

They’re rusted. they’re leaking. the heat sucks. I have to half kneel on the seat to do my job. somebody with no brain put the crew doors at the number 2 end. I can’t train line unlock the storm doors without leaving my key in the slot. The destination sign controllers are half busted. and possibly the most annoying thing about them is they only have one buzzer button per cab, on the operating console. All other car classes I’m trained on have at least three, one on the console and one on each set of door controls. most starting stations where I’m on the offside “stand clear of the closing doors please”. Close rear section. Check for indication the rear is locked Close front section. Check for indication the front is locked Sweep back to front. Turn key control key to “run”. Give my partner the two long buzzer signals and off we go. r46s, when I turn the key to “run” and I’m on the left side, I have to run over to the console, give the two buzzes and then run back before my partner takes power because they sometimes forget to give me a second to get back.

Here’s the thing. One the one hand we are talking about nearly 50 year old cars, built by a company that no longer exists, using out of date technology that no one supports. On the other hand, brand new, state of the art equipment that is under warranty and form whom replacement parts can easily be purchased. we are also still dealing with the effects of a massive supply chain disruption caused by COVID. we cannot keep the R46s running forever as they are and we are not getting the R211s fast enough. some of the 46s have to go to support the others. This is just a fact. We do not have the resources to build every single replacement part we might need ourselves.

First off, don’t use that word. second, as I keep saying but no one seems to want to listen, the staffing shortage is still worse than the car shortage. Hell, they’re still short me for another week, I’m still on Grand Jury duty. and third, parts for the 46s are becoming too scarce. There is a point where keeping the class running means sacrificing some of them to retirement for their important components and it seems we have reached that point. plus i… I have to admit… something about having them on my train bothered me. also there have been a few times where CR/s (not me) have started setting up in the wrong cab because they weren’t paying attention.

Literally the only confirmed detail is the R211T and R211S will commence passenger testing within the next year. past that, it is all up in the air.

Yeah... I think I can count on one hand how many times I've used my sign changer since I left School Car. It might have something less to do with how many conductors there are and more to do with only the 62s and 68s still need them. When it comes to Astoria, it's just quicker to not change them, wait for an R46 and change that. takes less than a minute and no physical effort. R68 Novembers stay Novembers, while Whiskeys stay Whiskeys unless it is absolutely necessary. Now once the R46s are gone and the Broadway line has more R68s... well... i guess we'll jump off that bridge when we get to it. It does seem to more be coming from the armchair Line Superintendents... but to a certain extent it makes sense. When someone suggests the idea of moving the R back to Astoria is usually when this argument comes up the most. Going with your 3 example, you had Lenox on the 3's route... The R would have nothing on route, and all put ins and lay ups would require deadheading, which they see as unnecessary and or wasteful. If an R train needed to be added or removed from service, say needed to be Shopped on Arrival... "on paper" it feels easier to do that at Forest Hills and roll her down into Jamacia Yard vs having to run light up to (depending on circumstances) 36th or 59th and then lite down the west end or Sea Beach.. for every put in or lay up

So… I just got to meet Charlie Pellett…

… I give them one day… ONE DAY… and what do I get? Surfers! So, I am currently on paid leave for Grand Jury Duty. Yesterday, I had to go in to work since the courts were closed and per contract, when you’re not going in to court, you have to come into work. they gave me a job, I do it, they ask if I want to do one extra trip… Pull into a station, I see a bunch of kids standing around at the far end of the platform… We start to leave and two of them leap onto the side of my train. they ran when I pulled the brake. this grand jury gig is four weeks. I give them 1 day and this is what I come back to.

I told you guys about that feature back in March. side note, the lighting does not train line, both crew members need to turn it on independently.

… and people wonder why I was so willing to do Grand Jury Duty…

The MTA owns Metro-North and LIRR and have final say on everything ether of them do. Why do you two hang on to this insane nonsense? Nothing ether of of you have said is true and you’re sitting there having these crying fits when I call out your misinformation. fact: the MTA owns both railroad companies outright and by extension all thier properties. This is like arguing that the person who runs Disneyland doesn’t have to listen to Disney Corporate. fact: the MTA has final say on all decisions affecting these companies. If the MTA is okay with Amtrak running to Ronkonkoma, the LIRR must abide by that decision. Also the Ronkonkoma extension is still on their maps and website. fact: the only Amtrak owned and operated trackage the MTA currently uses is the east river tunnels and Penn station. Fact:The only east of Hudson trackage Metro-North uses but does not own is the trackage owned by CDOT. all of this is readily available, public information. you want to live in a fantasy world, that’s on you two. You’re not dragging the rest of us along for the ride. It’s misinformation like what you’re spouting here is how dangerous rumors start.

See… this here, this is why I do not trust a word of what you’re saying. The only section Amtrak actually owns is the Empire CONNECTOR from Spuyten Duyvil creek down to Penn. the rest is owned by the MTA (Spuyten Duyvil to Poughkeepsie) and CSX (the rest) Amtrak leases, operates and maintains the line from Poughkeepsie to Schenectady, but doesn’t own it. are you going to call that BS as well…?

Wow you are thick headed… you were the one insisting before that Amtrak and CSX own the Hudson line and rent it to Metro-North and you have the nerve to tell ME I don’t know what I’m talking about? the MTA has final say. Not LIRR. If the MTA works out a deal with Amtrak, then that’s what happens. The LIRR must accept it because the MTA owns the LIRR.

you don't seem to get the idea that THE LIRR HAS NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER. If MTA HQ signs off on it, they MUST accept it. and given what the MTA is asking of Amtrak for Penn Access, a little quid pro quo might just be in the cards. And it's four or five trains PER DAY. Actually, correction, three round trips per day. So six trains total. So maybe that means one every three to four hours at max. they have enough room for that. and, again, the LIRR uses AMTRAK's rails every day, but they "refuse to work with Amtrak"? That doesn't make sense. also, you haven't given an ounce of evidence to you claim. the idea is the people who ride this will stay on the train to travel further. This is not a Ronkonkoma to Penn service, this would be a Ronkonkoma to WASHINGTON service. Or Roanoke, or Norfolk or wherever. This isn't them trying to get into the commuter rail business to compete with the MTA, this is them trying to open up the island to direct intercity travel for the first time since WWII Also you have yet to admit that you don't know who owns Metro-North's rails, and somehow have the authority to tell me, someone who works for the MTA, what's what...?

I’m “mad” you’re claiming false information as fact and are getting angry when an MTA employee corrects you. the MTA owns all of Metro-North’s current east of Hudson trackage in New York State. the LIRR is onboard with the Amtrak expansion, in part because IT is the one that uses Amtrak owned right of way, specifically the East River tunnels and Penn Station. we have spent millions of dollars expanding the capacity of the Main Line to Ronkonkoma. Four or five Amtrak trains each way squeezing in will not have and adverse effect on railroad operations. the LIRR is not an “independent railroad company”. 2 Broadway says jump, the LIRR says “How High?”

Metro-North only does not own the CT sections of the New Haven Line, which are owned by CDOT. It has owned the New York sections of the New Haven line, including where it is part of the NEV, since its inception, as the state bought the line in the Penn Central bankruptcy.

That’s presumptuous of you, considering it would only be a few Amtrak trains a day.

Of my class of 10, we’re down to four. Just because people are going through the process doesn’t mean they’re staying.

They did. That’s how work and trash trains move through the corridor. It’s just that the QBL has such sky high frequency at certain hours…

I think we will be able to make do in the short term. the system being installed is designed to allow non-reporting trains to enter its territory. It’s just that doing so causes issues with the CBTC enabled trains moving at their best flow levels.

Google has recently driven thier street view car past the main Lincoln Kawasaki complex and you can now see a lot of cars outside the factory, five of which are not wrapped up and are clearly R211s. 4115, 4116 and 4117 are sitting front and center. two more are off in the distance, hard to see their numbers.

We’ve been explained that to him for years and he doesn’t listen...

Your were probably going through there when RCC takes control of the interlocking from Queensboro Master. when they have control over the complex from Court Square up to the 63rd street connection, it can get dicey when a train needs to move to or from Crosstown. when RCC takes over, that move is an absolute headache.

The two Ts we have are prototypes. We can still make changes. Hell, we bought two to test the two different gangway connections.