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I would like to state for the record that I did not share the bulletin to anyone. 

It was an internal news bulletin. I just figured you guys should have fair warning that major changes are coming without going into too much detail.

you’ll have some answers come Monday, don’t worry.

dude... just because a trackway exists does not mean it needs to be used for passenger service. We use the 135 spurs all the time for non-revenue moves and storage. 

Starting this weekend, there will be static metal fences installed at certain stations along the edges of the platform. Trains will need to line up exactly with openings in these fences to allow passengers on and off.

Finally saw the R68 Apple the other day. Something that has long eluded me.

Before I start, I would like to touch on the “it would be too short”… 

145 to the Trade Center is 20 stops.

A one way trip on the Canarsie line is 24 stops.

so it’s really not that short, when you think about it.

After all, a north/south mile in Manhattan is 20 blocks. When you do that math, a Manhattan local would get you about 8 1/2 miles.

That being said, like I said, there are a lot of logistical issues to go over before one can really consider such a plan. 
 

what yard would each service use, and by extension, what restrictions would those yards put on the lines?

whoever comes out of 207 for the 168 service, you’re stuck with the 8 car 179s. They’re not there because of a shortage, technically, they’re there because they’re all the 207 shop can support. The inspection board tracks can’t hold a full 10 car train, which means one of two things; you ether only service 5 cars at a time, leaving about 1/3 the shop track empty… or you get shorter trains. And given the load on the C, it made sense to order the 8 car units. In the old days of married pairs and single unit cars, you just needed to uncouple 2 and service the other 8, problem solved.

sure the C has R46s and the A will park in 207 yard, but those 46s are Pitkin Shop’s responsibility. 

just because a line can layup a train in a yard, does not mean they are based in that yard. 8 car 179s layup in Pitkin… but they’re the reverse, “property” of 207.

going with your idea… the B would have to use the C’s R179s. The C would use the D’s R68s out of Concourse and the D would have to become a Coney Island based line.

as it is right now:

the C needs 21 trains in the AM and 19 in the PM.

The B needs 25 in the AM and 23 in the PM.

And the D required 29 in the AM, 28 in the PM and because of the three it’s the only one that currently runs overnight, it required 11 trains for that.

Moving them around now, throws all of that out of whack without considering if the yards and shops can support such a move.

Top 10% station. 

1 hour ago, RTOMan said:

Always found it fun i can see what work they are doing on the Non Employee site than the Employee site first...

Yeah, there’s unconfirmed chatter the M is going to be going to Chambers again, which is the reason the current version of the GO ends mid February. I guess we’ll get some kind of clue next week.

4 hours ago, CyclonicTrainLookout said:

On the two weeks of Feb 5-9 and Feb 12-16, Jamaica-bound  will skip 75 Av, Briarwood, and Sutphin Blvd 24/7 due to CBTC installment. Jamaica-bound  will stop at 75 Av and Briarwood during this period. Manhattan bound services for both lines are not affected.

Pretty sure this is the counterpart of the work done last summer that had the F express Manhattan bound.

IIRC, that was switch replacement at Brairwood…

They don’t load the actual GO documents to our internal site until about a week or so before hand, but it’s probably track maintenance on 53rd street. Place hasn’t gotten a break since August…

12 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

I’m sorry, did you say EIGHT? I know that PM rush is over at Eight-ish, but people still use the subway at the same volume around 9-10 PM. 

Technically I said about 8:30…

which is also about the time the E and F start all local service southbound.

The 2027 M… that’s the last counter-clockwise train to depart Continental. (Yes, I’m one of those weird ducks who doesn’t like using North and South for the closest thing we have to a circle line)

the last clockwise train is the 2037 out of Met that arrives at 2156.

So you have about an hour and 20 minutes of peak direction M service arriving at Continental that doesn’t go back.

One positive of keeping the F on 63rd, during the M’s operating hours it allows a one transfer connection to the G for QB local stations. Sending the M on 63rd means that will be a two transfer trip 24/7 as it currently is. 

additionally, on the base schedule, the M ends service on the QBL rather early.  Under normal circumstances, the last M train to depart Forest Hills is the 2027.

meaning the F would have to switch over to the other tunnel with the 2032 out of 179.

The problem with this plan really pops up when discussing car assignments.

First of all, half the reason the service patterns operate the way they do now is because of what yards are where and what they can handle. Car Equipment makes that call, not us. 

Second of all, the C and B were switched in part because the B was not a full-time operation uptown.  this meant the A had to cover 155 and 163 when the B wasn't running there. so unless you intend to institute Brighton Express service on Saturday and Sunday, then every daytime Saturday and Sunday A would have to cross to the local and then back to the express. that, plus making those two extra stops, will slow down A service.

The 63rd street tube allows more F service. And I’m not sure they’re keen on the idea of having the F bounce between the two tubes every day. 

there is an at home version of the first round test (had to do that one myself), but the second round does require going to the sleep lab. first time in a bed other than my own in over 5 years at that point and it was one of the worst nights sleep I'd ever had. To my perspective I didn't even fall asleep, turns out I got a couple of hours in. must have passed out and didn't even notice. 

I guess when it rains, it pours.

F train jumped the tracks between West 8th and Neptune.

Another important tip/reminder for you all…

I should not have to say this… but long and the short of it circumstances from a recent day at work compels me to say to you all:

HAVE YOUR TOOLS WITH YOU! Even if your job seems like a milk run things can and do go wrong.

no I didn’t do anything wrong, this was someone else’s mistake, but I don’t want to any of you get taken out of service.

1 hour ago, zacster said:

1.  Miscommunication.  The OOS train was likely told that it was clear to go to 240th St, and they thought they had a clear track.  The in service train crew and the tower did not know this and was crossed in front of the OOS train, and the OOS train was not made aware of it.

 

With the Mainline A division’s ATS system, everything is handled from control outside of the terminal dispatcher’s work.

Control handles the switches. Control sets the lineups. 

1 hour ago, QM1to6Ave said:

Ahh, thank you! This may sound dumb, but what does "cutting out the brakes" mean exactly? The train can still be stopped.manually, right?

I mean it’s literally what it says on the tin, cutting out, disconnecting, the brakes for that car/cars
 

there are some hidden spots where there are controls to turn off the brakes on a car, allowing it to be moved if the brakes would otherwise be on.

13 minutes ago, 553 Bridgeton said:

So there you have it, no back up safety features in place. Apparently they was controlling from the 3rd car. My guess mgt wanted this train back in the yard asap putting pressure on the crew. My friend is a op on the 2 line and I know the kind of pressure that exists to get things done. She had a lite train from 241-flat, upon entering 96 they pushed her on the local but then yelling at her(over the radio)for stopping in stations, but with a train right in front wtf can you do. 
 

The culture within MTA mgt needs to be cleaned up. 
 

One thing for sure my money has them putting front facing outward cameras on all train soon rather then later. 

Firstly, it was the 6th car, the cars in between have had their controls cannibalized, along with the fact the third car, like the other 5, wouldn't not be mechanically connected to the back half of the train where everything works. 

secondly, if you're running lite, you're not allowed to stop within stations unless it's to punch, drop off/pick up personal (a TSS or an RCI for example), or in the event of an emergency, Lite trains are supposed to stop outside of the station until they are sure they can continue on beyond the station. 

1 hour ago, QM1to6Ave said:

I don't understand how one of the two trains wasn't stopped by a red signal 

when we cut out the brakes on a train, the trip cock does nothing. 

“You’re a (b word)! You’re a (p word)! You’re a racist!”

did he really think I haven’t heard all that before?

What I've said is what I know.

Give an example of such a circumstance. was working the Alpha a few weeks ago. 

Passengers rush past me at beach 67th as I start hearing loud music. 

I turn and look through the cab door window into the passenger area and there is man standing there making a fuss. I open the door a crack, and politely ask him to turn the music off.

Argumentative behavior ensues from him.

"Just do you job." he yells... alongside a lot more colorful language... 

"Sir... I am doing my job. I am, if you'd like, the 'captain' of this train. I am asking you to turn that off. If you choose to ignore me, I will have to get the police involved."

More fussing...

I sigh, closed down and called control. 

he was running his damn mouth all the way till Euclid until the cops took him off. 

okay, first of all, being emotionally disturbed isn't a crime in and off itself. 

Pulling the brakes like that is, at best, a misdemeanor. 

And while it was the inciting factor, there was other human and/or mechanical error that led to this happening.

If that b/o train had stopped. if the crew had been able to release that one cord.

as for the vandals... did you not catch the one little detail...

It was recorded.

A short while ago we wouldn't have known. Now we have CBTC and CCTV monitoring that area.