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Bill from Maspeth

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  1. Who said? Since the "coneheads" are new buses, procedures can change.
  2. It's not necessary to list transfers between JFK & FR because they share the same fleet and are listed as one depot on all Bus Rosters.
  3. We have separate discussion boards here having to do with both the Brooklyn and Queens redesigns.
  4. That train had better not be leaving the yard for service.........because the barrier springs are not in position between the 5th and 6th cars. I would imagine it's a transfer to 207YD or a regular yard move in Pitkin.
  5. Any bus in said depot was assigned to any route in said depot. Same is true for today. A given bus in a depot is not assigned to the same route. This is how NYCT operates.
  6. God forbid! Everybody wants to be the one with the scoop that a certain bus has been retired. And how many times have we seen that the information is WRONG! I've been saying the same thing on this site often. A bus is scrapped when it has been towed out of the depot. Not before!
  7. One track of the 3 is for wheel truing only. Inspections: they take priority. They must be done on the day specified. If there is a defect that can't be repaired that day, it has to wait to go back in so the next group of cars can be inspected the next day, but in the overwhelming majority of cases, the inspected cars would be good to go out the next day for service. The backlog of "trouble cars" have to wait. But in the case of the Concourse R68's the troubles are repaired pretty quickly since the D does not have a large spare factor. Even if they had more spares, more cars would have to wait their turn to get in the barn. And that statement goes for every barn. As long as the D makes full service every rush hour, it's all good.
  8. Probably for wheel truing. It's a regular thing for R46's from Pitkin to get their wheels cut there.
  9. Please familiarize yourself with this board as well as nycsubway.org to educate yourself about the equipment. The mta does not build subway cars. That job is contracted out. R46's from the mid 70's are being replaced now and all their replacements are not even ordered as of today. Here they are replacing about 750 cars. There are over 1,000 IRT cars older than the R68/68A's. These should be replaced prior too. So we have a long way to go before we can order R268's which would ultimately replace the R68/68A's.
  10. You asked what a 12-9 is. It's someone struck by a train in any matter. Could be on the platform (train striking someone while the train was either entering or leaving the station, Could be the person under the train too
  11. I'll go out on a limb here about 9354. How do we know that 9354 is a training bus at JFK/FR for the operators and maintenance personnel? When they get their allotment in, maybe they'll keep it, or maybe they'll send it to Eastchester?
  12. I saw a pic of that on facebook. The "surfing" was 2 males riding on the outside of the train (last car of course).
  13. If you haven't seen a bus "in days", there's a very good possibility it's held for maintenance.
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