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  1. What is the deal with the connection to the A train in the subway option? Looks like they copped out on designing a proper junction or they were short on time to do so. Since the ROW is on a dedicated viaduct/embankment, I was thinking have the southbound RBB line duck under the NB Rockaway track before coming up to join the SB Rockaway track. The price tag is pretty steep and will be a big hurtle. I'm thinking maybe build the line in two phases, QBL to Atlantic and then Atlantic to Aqueduct.
  2. Don't know if this was mentioned elsewhere: MTA's Memorabilia and Collectibles are having a holiday special until the 18th, 50% off all inventory except tokens. Site: http://web.mta.info/nyct/materiel/collectsales/index.html Have you asked them about picking up an order? In the past I've gotten a yes from them, but I was never able to make it to the city at the right time.
  3. Ironically, looks like the "renovations" we're part of the cause. Post reported that a section of the prefab wall collapsed onto the roadway causing the derailment. https://nypost.com/2017/11/26/crumbling-wall-causes-subway-derailment-in-bay-ridge/
  4. Anybody notice that the Transit layer on Google Maps now has the station outlines for NYC Subway? Or am I just late to the game?
  5. That looks great! Would you mind putting up some pics of how you setup your power and tell a little about it? I've got a few signs that I'm looking to power and I've been trying to get as much info as possible. Sent from my Moto G using Tapatalk
  6. How much of a cost is that trade-off? I don't think it's that enough to warrant a deeper station, and the benefit would only be in one direction, since trains going the opposite way have to climb back up that hill. I'm not even sure if you'd save two minutes on the schedule cutting across the geo-strata. You will definitely pay much more up front in construction, as well as down the road in infrastructure maintenance. Looking at the profile that they have in the construction methods brochure, 86 St station is crested in the recommended technique that you mentioned, which decreases the depth of the station, which in turn decreases construction costs as well as vertical circulation time for people entering the station. Sent from my Moto G using Tapatalk
  7. I've finally got my eyes​ on some drawings. Looks like depth of bedrock and the drive to stay in bedrock to simplify tunneling (which keeps costs down) controls the track grades and depths (as it should). Sent from my Moto G using Tapatalk
  8. I think the reason for building 72 St so deep was to facilitate the connection to the 63 St line, which by that area is poised to cross under the East River. 63/Lex is a deep station with two levels. Then the tracks rise from 72 to 96 to reach the level of the tunnels already constructed in the 1970s. A 2-3% grade is a moderate grade for a subway. Makes sense why the Q train feels to me like it wants to take it's time between 72 and 86. Sent from my Moto G using Tapatalk
  9. If we're talking about the bell mouths on the NYCT level of the 63rd st tunnel in Queens, they did not. If there was any type of extension at all it didn't extend any further than across Northern Boulevard where they made the ESA connection to the existing 63rd St tunnel. I remember seeing older documents planning for the NYCT yard, but none of the project's contracts call for any tunneling done for anything but LIRR/Amtrak. Sent from my Moto G using Tapatalk
  10. Dude, they should've at least performed some dust remediation before beginning full revenue testing. That's a fair amount of dust getting kicked up by the trains. That third rail shoe is arcing like crazy from it. Sent from my Moto G using Tapatalk
  11. In addition to what was mentioned above, I think the reason why the and trains don't say "4 Ave Local/Express" is for a couple more reasons: 1) The 4th Avenue Line has multiple routes that branch off of it and... 2) These branches make up a substantial part of their respective lines' routes in Brooklyn and are more or less these lines' namesakes. Therefore, if I get on a southbound express train at Atlantic-Barclays, I know it's express on 4 Av, what I need to know is will it take me to the West End Line or the Sea Beach Line. Since I have a limited number of destination signage slots for each code, it's best I be as concise as possible. Now, going the other way to Manhattan, I think they kept the same designations so as not to confuse people. I usually know that a Sea Beach Local will run local on the 4 Avenue line, because that is where (by normal daily service definition) I have my local/express options. Sent from my Moto G using Tapatalk
  12. You can see that the QJ, the and the KK had the first letter covered for the service updates during the 1970s. Also the M had the 'exp' covered. It's interesting that they had provision for the MM to go via 6 Ave since the 1960s. For some reason the Special and Shuttle readings are the same size inside and out. They don't really fit in the interior space. Sending you a PM.
  13. A couple more rolls added to the collection. Pictured is a SMEE B Division Side Route Rollsign from the late 1960s: I Set it up in an R32 side frame along with the R27 roll I got last month: I also have a matching 1960s end destination route sign, I'll try to get pics of it later. Speaking of sign frames, does anyone have any extra R32 side frames or parts (like many people have an R32 frame just lying around...)? A couple of the plastic gears on my frame are cracked and I don't think replacements will be easy to find.
  14. Nice! You got your hands on some real beauties!
  15. I'd want to say good to awesome. The KK roll I got for $100 and the R27 one for $150 (two different vendors). It's a really great environment, plenty of people to talk with - many who have been around for a while - all who love what we love.
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