Bill from Maspeth

On 2/21/2024 at 8:57 AM, texassubwayfan555 said:

What is this, I see it here a lot.

Send them to the NYTM! /s

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

On 2/20/2024 at 1:19 PM, T J Trainman said:

ECH is complete. 9354 is going to JFK/FR 

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?

2 hours ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

How? The C runs completely below ground.

The NYPD needs to harshly penalize these teens (and their parents) who are involved in vandalism and/or subway surfing.

I saw a pic of that on facebook.  The "surfing" was 2 males riding on the outside of the train (last car of course).

15 hours ago, poopybutt123 said:

has anyone seen 4454, 4392 BP, hasn’t ran in days along with 4023 JFK

If you haven't seen a bus "in days", there's a very good possibility it's held for maintenance.  

4 hours ago, zacster said:

And when they opened the 2nd Ave Subway they made sure the newest trains were running there.  If Cuomo were still Gov. my guess is they wouldn't have been allowed to swap them for the oldest cars.  He would've had a fit that his pride and joy wasn't being treated right.  

By the time the extension is opened to 125th St, no matter where it ends up there, the R68s will also be gone.

OK then, so what would have been used for the E/F/R?  We would only be running the M with CBTC and wasting all that money spent in putting CBTC along the Queens Blvd. lines because the R46's would not have left?   Even Cuomo would not have the answer for that one!

On Friday I rode on the R211T.  From a passenger perspective I like the train.  I rode northbound from Chambers St. to 168 and southbound 168 to Hoyt Schermerhorn.   It ran nice, except for the hard stops made at the overwhelming majority of stations!   I can live with all the new "bells and whistles".  But from the perspective of operation, I have big issues.

I am going by the rules of NYCT.  I don't want to hear about Toronto or systems in Europe that have similar open gangways, because I don't know their rules for train operation, nor do I know if they have automatic tripping devices which would activate due to an obstruction on the roadbed not seen by the train operator till it's too late.  All I know are the rules for operation at NYCT as per the procedures described below . 

In the case of a BIE, he is required to fully inspect the train from the roadbed if it re-charges.  Debris or a body, they would have struck the automatic tripping device or a stop arm coming up underneath the train before it cleared, or maybe even if no cause is found (this would mean a problem with the train which the t/o would not be able to diagnose).  In case of no clearance areas, the t/o must check in between the cars.  There-in is the problem as his only entrance to the roadbed with the R211T is out the front (or rear 600' away) door. So instead, he has to go into the car body (while getting peppered with harassing and cussing passengers and he has no time to explain the process) and open a side door to climb down.  But suppose there are bench walls in the way on both sides (or some other obstruction) as in an under river tube? Now he can't check underneath the car/from between cars.  Multiply that by several other cars.  Now he moves the train and it goes BIE again because he couldn't carefully check under the whole train.  This is what we're up against as the T/O, Control Center and right up the line as we get into the decision makers.  Also, looking in between the cars from inside a station, you can't get down in between cars because there are no steps, plus there is some piece of hardware protruding preventing one from even reaching the roadbed from the platform.  Of course, the same is true if the train goes BIE in between stations and the t/o is walking the bench wall, he still can't get down in between cars from that way either.

Just wait for the first 12-9 they have with these cars and the body is somewhere under the train and they can't find the body because it's SOMEWHERE!  Police and Fire Department will call NYCT on the carpet about these cars.  Enjoy them while you can, because sometime in 2024 they will be permanently relegated to the Rockaway Shuttle. 

Put that into your vaping pipes and smoke it! 

On 2/12/2024 at 12:58 AM, slantfan4281 said:

Are the worst performing R46s usually designated for the shuttle?

The Yardmaster assigns the cars .  There are 3 eight hour shifts for yardmasters daily, Plus since transit  a 24/7 business, there are many different yardmasters in the course of a week.   

Finally, the Division of Car Equipment makes the cars available because of maintenance requirements.  Therefore whatever is available and released by CED (R46/R179) the yardmaster will assign.  Bad performers or good performers are kept tracked of by CED, not the RTO Yardmaster. 

5 hours ago, TyBusLover1 said:

So the r211S will enter service in March right?

There are ZERO guarantees at MTA.  If somebody says they will enter service at such and such a date and it doesn't happen, then y'all will have fits.

7 hours ago, foggymetro28 said:

Also, I've noticed that the R211T running on the C is 10 cars long (2 trainsets w/ 5 cars each). I know that the C is just a local A, which uses 10 cars, but doesn't the C train run with exclusively 8 cars (2 trainsets w/ 4 cars each)? Is this part of a modernization program to extend the C to 10 cars?

The C has 8 car R160/179's.  The train operator stops at the 8 car marker.  480 foot train, 60 foot cars.

The R46's, also running on the C, are 8 cars long, but the train operator stops at the 10 car marker because each car is 75 feet long/600 foot train.

Each car of an R211T is 60 feet long.  But it is a 10 car train (two 5 car units) equaling a 600 foot train.  So it will stop at the 10 car marker.

In other words, the R46 and the R211T will stop at the same location at each station.

Barriers were installed at Clark St.  lines over this past weekend.

On 1/27/2024 at 4:05 PM, Chris89292 said:

Right now at the Grand central 42nd St Station, the contractors have installed new steel structures above the station, seems like they are using advantage of the GO on the  to complete work at the station

Good.  Those who complain that there is no shuttle service from 34th to Hunters Point can stick that in their pipe and smoke it, LOL!  Obviously piggy backing GO's is a beautiful thing!

3 minutes ago, Bill from Maspeth said:

You are making an assumption.  3594 & 3736 are retired when the fareboxes are removed and they are sent to ECH scrap lot.  Has that been done yet?

Plus why a new thread for this?

 

Plus what is this doing in the Bus Photos and Videos section when there is no Bus Photo or Video here?

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7 hours ago, BaisleyPark4174 said:

With Orion VII Next Generation Hybrids #4119, #4278, #4601 making there way from Baisley Park to JFK to LGA I can safely say those 2 Orion VII Old Generation Hybrids #3594 & #3736 are retired. They didn’t just get 3 new buses for no reason, this ends the old gen era at the LaGuardia Depot.

You are making an assumption.  3594 & 3736 are retired when the fareboxes are removed and they are sent to ECH scrap lot.  Has that been done yet?

Plus why a new thread for this?

21 hours ago, RSMG106 said:

Yeah. It looks like it's done for.

That would be the first one of that group (2011) to be retired and I would blame the auto for crashing, going on fire with it spreading to the bus.  

17 hours ago, Santana04 said:

Bus got fixed next day

I wouldn't call it a major accident if a few panels and a piece of bumper got replaced in one day!

On 1/11/2024 at 9:09 AM, Ale188 said:

It's like the MTA wants to let riders get delayed, and derailments on trains are the perfect way to start.

Not true.  Your post claims sabotage. 

1 hour ago, Arrow III said:

From what I heard on this forum and the NYCRail Reddit forum, the NTSB came because there have been many accidents within the MTA system.  The NTSB wants to investigate what the root cause is of all these accidents.

Speculation or facts?

2 hours ago, Chris89292 said:

This reminds of the 2017 New York City subway crisis  

Don't exaggerate.  Just a stroke of bad luck.

2 hours ago, NoHacksJustKhaks said:

From the looks of it, thankfully people seem to be alright. Definitely bad optics though with the last derailment occuring less than a week ago. 
 

I'm assuming last nights downpour had something to do with this?

Let's wait and see what transit determines to be the cause.

3 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

Somewhat unrelated but apparently there’s an  derailment near West 8th St.

What is going on?

A stroke of bad luck.

1 hour ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said:

Someone mentioned that it was scrapped in 2022, but it has been in regular service at Fresh Pond. It was never corrected in the scrap thread. You can easily find pics and clips of the bus online from last year.

Re: 4068:  Has this bus been physically seen or seen on bus time?  Because those bus time thingies show the "wrong" bus.  I regularly see the Q58 and have regularly/physically seen 4069 but not 4068. 

3 hours ago, RTOMan said:

Some of em are here on this site.. They quiet as church mice though...

I wouldn't doubt that!

On 12/21/2023 at 5:35 PM, xD4nn said:

Looks like it's a New Flyer Monopoly

Who else is available?  Nova is curtains in the US.

On 12/18/2023 at 9:11 AM, limitednyc said:

Only during peak school riding , all they have to do in run all scheduled  service on time .

On time?  LOL!  If the Met bridge goes up for marine traffic there is a delay on the Q54.  Metro Ave. is narrow 2 way street in Queens.  Traffic (cars and trucks) regularly double park making one lane for 2 way traffic.  Worse delays between Met/Cooper and Met/Hillside due to the traffic and double parking.   

On 12/18/2023 at 9:06 AM, Ultimategamer12c said:

Yes that was what I was implying, and also to the fact that I would like to see the Q54 get some artics in exchange.  There's a large chunk of routes that Brooklyn Depots can benefit from if they were to run artics I've been keeping a close eye on most routes as of late and specifically those routes I've mentioned and they definitely need them. It's only a mater of time if they'll give the green light on it and make a change.

FP maintenance area does not have room for artics.  Storage only inside the depot.  Grand Ave. only has enough 60' lifts for the B38 fleet.