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As of yesterday, one of the spur tracks coming south of Brooklyn Bridge is permanently out of service. 

Forgetting to turn it back on is a risk. air comfort is always supposed to be on unless passing in proximity to an area where a smoke condition is present.

it’s why the switch is always next to the car lights switch, you turn one on, so should the other. 
 

you also have to be careful because you don’t know what’s wired into what. For example, on the R46s, they ran out of room in the circuiting, so the side LCD signs are wired into the HVAC. Turn off the HVAC on those and you turn off the side signs.

Simple answer... let them "conflict". The system was designed around interlining. 

Also, once again, ridership prefences are not taken into account and you basically are forcing anyone trying to get a very early flight out of Kennedy to switch to a shuttle. 

47 minutes ago, darkstar8983 said:

the  can't be complete due to Stillwell Av Terminal sharing platform space with non CBTC train routes and potential reroutes. So until Broadway gets CBTC rolling  stock, Stillwell Av will remain with standard signals

with the exception of two PM Ds that terminate on the Culver platform and then run lite to Broadway Lafayette, there really isn't any mixing of trains on the Culver platforms at Stillwell. It's not like how B put-ins have to run through the N and Q platforms to get to Brighton Beach. 

What's more, complex interlockings like Stillwell will retain their physical signals even under CBTC.

1 hour ago, RandomRider0101 said:

Yeah I know; I noted that the R160s and R211s have this issue as well. It is a flaw on all these fleets that I don't like. They need to stop putting the HVACs on the roofs.

They're on the roof so they can be easily swapped out and replaced if they break. 

Saw her this morning. About 10AM south bound at Canal street. She was pulling in bound for Ozone Park as the E I was working was leaving. Would have probably been able to make a connection to her if there wasn’t flagging slowing everything down.

that’s a lot of assumptions on your part… starting with the fact that such a project is even in the cards right now.

This current GO is for electrical cable work, as has a lot of the GOs on the line the last few months.

4 hours ago, zacster said:

Does anybody know what work is being done on the Brighton Line this weekend that they shut the line down?  I know they are doing station work at Cortelyou Road but they don' t need to shut the whole 4 track line down to do station work on a side platform.   I walked home in the rain last night from the F because of it.

track work important enough the line has a 10 MPH slow zone in effect at all times between prospect and 7th for the next three weeks. 

Too much transferring. Riders don’t want that. They do not want to sacrifice convenience for speed/ frequency. 

So… the order hath come down from on high….

we’re not supposed to use the CCTV system unless explicitly told to do so by supervison.

that was obviously going to happen but it does beg the question… why put it where it will be easy for us to use in the first place? Why give it an entire screen on the console? 

yeah, that's not "moving with the doors open", that's it settling due to gravity. 

Made it sound like the train successfully took power and started accelerating. 

Now, for the record, all trains come with a "side door bypass" mode. this cuts out the indication system and allows us to move a train with a stuck open door out of the way. So you may see clips and videos and hear stories of people seeing trains with the doors all wide open and moving, but those are ALL going to be trains that are not in service. 

Were that to happen, In my case. as conductor, I would have to ride in the car with the stuck door to make sure no one tries to board should we be forced to come to a stop with said door abreast a platform, say if my partner has to punch for a lineup...

You would very much think this is one of those things where it would be common sense not to do that. A train with its lights off and just one door open pulls into the station with the door already open, should be a sign that ether the train isn't collecting passengers or that you're about to star in a horror video game...

But you just know someone did it anyway and that is the reason we have this policy. 

To answer everyone about the differences, some include:

Cab layout:

The controls for the HVAC and car lights are mounted on the bulkhead wall next to the seat. the cab heater control is now touch screen based instead of a knob (on the NTTs) or an actual high voltage circuit breaker on the SMEEs.

The master controller is in the center of the operating consoles, like on the IRT, instead of off to the right by the window.

The console has three TOD screens now, which can be set up to the user's preferences. 

Specific to the 211Ts are crew operated ditch lights next to switches for HVAC and cabin lights.

general changes

The CCTV system

the abilty to unlock and open the end storm door while on ground level

One truck on one A car per set is non-motorized, with one axle on said truck completely free wheeling 

When we key open the doors, or put the train in "partial close" mode, it affects both door panels in the crew door (which is the term for the doors that can be controled seperately so we can open or close them as needed).

2 hours ago, foggymetro said:

Uh, does the 30-day revenue service acceptance test clock reset? This is a bit early, but someone posted a video of the R211A moving while doors are currently open, on 3/20/23, but taken 3/17/23. I assume not because some trains do this due to incline tracks/brakes, or maybe i'm wrong. I don't know.

Would have to see the video to actually know. Can't judge otherwise. 

1 hour ago, NBTA said:

Ah okay, makes sense.

on top of that, the memo should list all personal who are qualified on the train. IE, my name and pass number should be there. That person wisely avoided doxing a fair chunk of the B division,

Right of the bat, plug doors are a no-no.

the reason we use pocket doors is they are easier to lock out in a failsafe manner.

on every current car, each door panel has a cut out switch, which when fully turned, drops a physical bar directly behind the door panel, locking it in place, along with de-energizing the door motor.

Can a plug door offer that level of safety? 

As I’ve been saying, a lot of the changes are “under the hood”/ “backstage/back of house”-ish stuff the riding public doesn’t get to see or interact with.

So I don’t know how long it’s going to be there or why it’s there (film shoot if I had to guess)… 

but there is an Orion 1 parked on Meeker Avenue just south of Union Street, across from Lorimer/Metropolitan station.

it’s just labeled “transit authority” on the outside and is signed “5 Dorchester”

It is partly due to sign change effort required.

sometimes, just as an example, an N or W arrives at Astoria and the train is switched over to the other line. If it’s an R68, they often skip it for the next 46, since all the 68’s signs are manually changed, where are the 46s, the end signs are motorized.

having to manually crank all those side signs takes a lot of time, which we often don’t have between arrival and departure.

It is partly due to sign change effort required.

sometimes, just as an example, an N or W arrives at Astoria and the train is switched over to the other line. If it’s an R68, they often skip it for the next 46, since all the 68’s signs are manually changed, where are the 46s, the end signs are motorized.

having to manually crank all those side signs takes a lot of time, which we often don’t have between arrival and departure.

4070-4074 have just arrived at Coney Island Yard.

Probably no crew/no crew available that is trained on it. Not everyone is. How I got picked to take the class, I have no clue.

The R32s will NOT be put back into service. Too many new personnel, myself included, are not trained in thier operations. I don’t even know what a drum switch looks like, and I’ve been told they were an annoying part of the train’s set up.

also, their locations where they were usable have gone down. With transverse cabs, if something goes wrong in one cab, then I have the other at the same location. With the half cabs, not so much. My alternate position would require me to work from a different part of the train, with a separate board, most of which have been removed.

10 hours ago, U-BahnNYC said:

I don't understand anything that was said here... the R32s are long GONE. Who's talking about cutting service? 

except... they're not "long gone"... we actually have a LOT of them still squirreled away 

14 hours ago, Wallyhorse said:

This is why I would rebuild Atlantic Avenue on the to the six-track station it once was (and there is enough structure from the old setup left to do that).  In this case, the former Snediker Avenue platform would be rebuilt to serve as terminal/storage tracks, allowing for short-turn runs from there while the four-track structure would go back to actually being four tracks, also allowing for short-turn trains to terminate there OR have the start there with perhaps a "Brown " run from Canarsie on the old route to Chambers for example so the can serve the much busier portion of the line more efficiently.  

So tell me this?

Where do I eat my lunch?

Where do I go to the bathroom?

where do I sign in and out?

where do I sit when they don’t need me?

Wally, these are just an handful of the MANY things you never consider when you start making these plans.

the trains are operated by people. People have needs. I am one of those people. I am not a robot. I need breaks. I need to rest. 8th avenue does not have the space to do that, Canarsie does. So you would have to build a brand new crew reporting base and dispatch facility at Atlantic Avenue….

or just give up on this pointless idea and leave the L alone.

4 hours ago, B35 via Church said:

Not only did I not see that tweet/news, I didn't even know he left London... When was this??

October. 

You know... we do need a full time LIRR president... just saying...