mtattrain

Here are the locations of the current R188s (1st option order not included at this time)

Corona Yard:

R142A Conversions/C-cars: 7211-7215, (1 6-car set*)

Coney Island Complex^:

R188 New Cars - base order: 7811-7821

Unionport/E180 St. Yards:

R142A Conversions/C-cars: 7216-7220/7899

R188 New Cars - base order: 7822-7832

Kawasaki Yonkers Facility or Unknown Location (R188 new cars 1st option order not included at this time)```:

R142A Conversions/C-cars: 7221-7230/7900

* A 6 car train has made its way to Corona, thus a 11-car train is present at Corona (credits to 4P3607). If anyone knows what the numbers are of the 6-car set, please notify me via this thread.

^ R188s may be gone from Coney Island Complex. If anyone knows where they have gone to, please notify me via this thread.

``` 7221-7230 are rumored to be back from conversion, along with a new R188 C-car numbered 7900. If anyone knows where these cars currently are, please notify me via this thread.

Yeah, I'm not sure if they decided putting it in the museum fleet now would guarantee it being preserved or what (it barely runs anyway). I'm sure the 300 Prevost order will retire it for good.

It will... any pre-2003 MCI will have to go with these Preosts.

Im so glad I got pictures of the two at Rock Pk back in August... definitely good timing, seeing as they got slammed by Sandy just a few months later. I am curious, though, what now will they use as school cars?

There is no such thing as the school car program anymore if I heard correctly; the program stopped in 2011-2012.

So now I'm also hearing that the R40 pair at Concourse is also going

Wow, both pairs???

I think he meant the rtss.

You're right; anyway 711 has answered our question lol.

So now the 5000's that were at LGA are gone already, right? (Only when ttmg was down!)

Just 1002 is out of service for now, though 1010 still doesn't exist (from 1001-1026).

There better be vendors on the line selling Gatorade, because the thirst will be high when the R188 begins its 30 day test.

Aint nobody got the monay fo dat!

Correction, they do clean the interiors of the buses. You can blame the animals(passengers) for dirtying up the buses.

True story...

Lets just say I know these things. LGA is tight on maint space.

Soon enough you will get another refute... people are saying stuff on chat bout you lol, though I'm just remaining neutral about the whole thing....

AAANYWAY, how are the Orion 5 CNGs and ex-Bee Line Orion 5s holding up? Any recent retirements as of late?

They can still get rid of the R42s BUT they can't since everything is all screwed up

Yea mun those R44s screwed up the intended replacement pattern.

I guess that swap was coming true again... or maybe these were lucky backups or something?

Wow, didn't know they started the mockup already! Wonder when they will deliver it and where they'll show it!

Nice to see R32s possibly returning on the QBL and 6th ave... the last train left 3 years ago when that R32 stopped running.

Wow, so we cud have been seeing a R42 or then... interesting plan they had.

Anyone know what happened to other R33WFs, R40s 4162-4163 (Concourse school cars), R40As 4392-4393 (Rockaway Pk. school cars), and R40As 4442-4443 (Concourse school cars), since non-R44 equipment is now being scrapped.

That was quite an interesting documentary... real nice to see old stuff (R10s, R27s, R30s) in service right before my eyes!

I did hear it will be doing a 30 service run on the line, Just like how R160 had a 30 day service run on the and

Wonder when it starts...

Not saying I'm totally right, but let me clarify some stuff:

1.) 3352-3353 are NOT in service... Phase-2 R32s have since been retired and disposed of, with the exception of 3350-3353, which are preserved and on-property.

2.) The mothballed R32s were actually stripped on the outside since 2011-2012, so scrapping those units makes sense. As for R32s 3720-3721, I have no knowledge on them except that they are OOS at Coney, so a reactivation of those 2 cars is possible. The mothballed R42s were also marked "NOT OK FOR SERVICE" according to a reliable source, just in case those cars were actually crumbling down too. I also do agree that the mothballed units have encountered serious floods from Irene and Sandy, so that could be a factor too. So saving the OOS R32s would have been impossible anyway, although those R42s could have been saved (10 mothballed R42s remain as of now, so those COULD be very slight possibilities).

Burned!!

Don't think that was supposed to be a burn... and so cold water is unnecessary.

From the TOMC, The TA worker said that the would be extended to Essex St on weekend due to ridership growth.

Wow, this sounds nice! The only problem I see, however, is the lack of layup tracks west of Essex (the closest are at Chambers St. , or they could relay in the Chrystie St. Tunnel... idk)

All of them. They haven't relabled 5894 yet. [/quote

 

Hope those don't retire the Classics that are at NYPD...

What happened to RTS-06 5088? Someone spotted it as retired.

I'm hearing that this swap is going to last longer than most of you assume it will....

So that post on Subchat WAS true... looks like I get more opportunities when I come lol.

1002 back to storage.

Wonder if the MTA Bus D60s are being retired again... and I wonder why ex-5252 could be going OOS again though it has a good 1 year left lol.

According to some of the post documents on the phase 4 plan the Pell St location is likely to be incorporated into a future layup, spur or other equipment type location.

Heard they were going to convert those tunnels to equipment areas so you're right.

All were 6000 series Orion V's. And I wasn't saying that they are all getting scrapped early (although they do have the potential, give the particular effected area). They all got soaked with that salt water and had several multiplex modules starting to rot (rust/corrode) from the inside, out.

Wow, damn... hope the MTA fixes the Sandy Orion 5s, but if they don't, do notify us with more helpful info man!