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Is that one dirty and one clean...? 😀

I'm assuming those Long Beach super-expresses are primarily for Manhattan beachgoers???

Yeah, I like the 179, but I do find they vibrate at high speed, which is pretty unpleasant, taking away from their general smooth ride and quietness.

I don't understand this thinking, though. The people that "don't use" the system benefit from it. They should pay as well. Shut down mass transit, and gridlock everywhere; nobody goes anywhere.

A lot of these people can afford it, they just choose not to pay. Just check out the wares of some of these fare beaters. Some rocking the latest gear. But hey, somehow funds for transportation just isn't important.

I also wonder if open storm doors would've been a bad thing in this type of situation? Imagine a stampede between train cars. And if someone falls and triggers the emergency brake... Bad situation made much worse. Open gangways all the way.

Those are old elevated structures. Newones aren't even noisy anymore. For example: the JFK Airtrain viaduct over the Van Wyck. Also, the upgraded LIRR Atlantic Avenue viaduct in Brooklyn which, if I'm not mistaken, has rubber dampers. Technology has significantly lessened the noise trains make.

Honestly, trains aren't even loud anymore. Especially with continuous welded trail and concrete ties.

Our trains are so nerfed. They barely reach 45 on the Rockaway Flats. Anything above that has to be grade aided.

Yes, they do I saw some yesterday.

Smelly train cars are a minority. We should not eliminate a feature that will increase capacity and efficency because of a smelly car here or there.

I don't understand the narrative of no good came of this. This guy was caught red-handed. It's good that this behavior was exposed, because I'm pretty sure this is not the first time this was done. He didn't just get out the bed and say, I'm going to be a rude person today, he just got caught. Employees with attitudes like that is bad for business. If I'm an employer, I want to know. Plenty of people have perfected phoniness; they know how to act when the boss is around. Real character is when you act right when no one's looking. Who's to say that this incident didn't stop something more serious from happening down the road. Also, maybe another employee that hasn't been caught has learned from that man's mistake, saying, hey, I better get my act together, or that could be me.

Interesting, to say the least.

I'm saying what's the point of having a limit that our trains can't reach, unless it's grade aided? A 50 sign on a flat makes no sense to me if trains can barely do 44, period. If a train does 50 on the Rockaway Flats it was probably wind aided. 😃

What's the point of these 50 mph signs when our trains can't do any more than 45 on a flat? 😕

So, what happens to it once they're done with it?

Right

So I'm assuming that the 10-car set will start running in service this week, am I right...?

167 St on the train is now open. Funny thing is, it wasn't when I was going northbound around 7:15 pm, so they just just opened it. Stopped there around 8:50 pm, southbound.

So...don't have open gangway trains because of homeless people... Not cool at all. Not all homeless smell so bad that they stink up an entire car. And if they do, they have to be removed, that's a health hazard.

Passed by 174-175 Streets earlier and I have to say, it's looking nice...! From what I can see most of the tiles look clean and/or new.

I'm all for elevator replacement, but, an entire year!? There must be some serious work going on there.

Yeah, why didn't the just tunnel bore the whole thing all at one time, that's like the easiest and quickest part of the whole process!?

Yep. Pay now, save later; save now, pay later. They need to abide by this, it would really help them.

The 8th Avenue stations are looking better as the weeks go by. I see work being done by workers during the weekends. I'm not even asking for new tiles during the enhancement. A simple cleaning would suffice.