Brighton Express

On 4/28/2021 at 8:49 AM, darkstar8983 said:

The  used to have "8 AV MANHATTAN" as its Western terminal before the R160s arrived, to which it was changed to 8 Av-14 St.

I also agree with you when you say there's no point in having shortened destinations when there is plenty of space for the name. 

 

Examples:

 - 34-HUDSON (I would change it to 34 ST-HUDSON YDS)

 - WILLETS PT (change to METS-WILLETS POINT)

- MAIN ST (change to FLUSHING-MAIN ST)

*better stated, ALL of the  train destination signs are needlessly abbreviated

*ANY ROUTE - KINGS HWY (why not type out HIGHWAY)

- 86 ST (change back to GRAVESEND-86 ST)

 

*I can be here all day, but one thing that does drive me up a wall is when I see routes and destinations misspelled (not abbreviated). We're not in First Grade. such misspellings include the rerouted  via West End display of BRODWAY EXP, the  destination signs CENTRL PK W LCL

This is the smallest annoyance ever but the the one thing that triggers me is the signs that display LOC instead of LCL. I think they are doing it on the R142s.

On 4/22/2021 at 10:08 PM, <6>PelhamExp said:

Random - But I wonder why the R160s and R179 program lists the  northern terminal as 168 ST/MANHTN as opposed to WASH HTS-168 ST the way the R46 is coded. There isn't a 168 Street station anywhere else in the system, so why the MANHTN part? 

I might be remembering this wrong but I swear I've seen some  trains that just say "168 St"

That might have been during the R160 swap with the  though I can't quite remember

17 hours ago, BenTheMiner said:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d9cQ8mAmp78AtavgXt4lAu5ey7Uimp2sEKNHuoY0nQU/edit#gid=0
Here you go! I haven't found all the programs so feel free to help me by replying.

Definitely the most comprehensive list I've seen so far! There are a few missing but you've got most of them for sure. Thank you very much!

19 hours ago, R68ACTrain said:

But it is....

I'm starting to think that you didn't even open it lol, it's not entirely accurate whatsoever being from 2020

18 hours ago, darkstar8983 said:

 - 80 R160B-2, 210 R160B-1 (decreased run time on the  reduced service requirement to 29 trains)

Pretty sure the  has some R160As as well, and the  some R160Bs

Guess Jamaica just alternates the pool like @NewFlyer 230 said

22 hours ago, Calvin said:

Current R160 assignments on page 14: https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/2020/2020-06-bulletin.pdf 

Exactly what I was looking for. Wish it was easier to find this information. Although I'm starting to see that is isn't accurate myself because I know for a fact that the  is using some R160Bs, ***and I also just read the date was 2020***

Now if only I could find the programs...

If this has been asked before, direct me to the respective thread.

I was wondering where we can view current R160 yard assignments, if they are available to the public that is. I know you can sort of see this information on Wikipedia, but there's really no distinction between the R160A and R160B assignments between the yards. 

Also, is there anywhere that we can see the available NTT programs, I guess this goes for both the R160 and R179; I'm honestly curious to see what sorts of wild programs are out there. I've seen the K shuttle on some R179s, and have heard that some of them even have the V program. So if anyone knows where I can find this information, of if it's even available to the public at all, I'd be very grateful for your help.

5 minutes ago, R10 2952 said:

Welcome back, man- it's been a minute.

Thanks man, great to be back!

2 hours ago, Stormxx said:

 

If phase 2 costs $4.5 bill for just 3 stations, who knows how much it'll cost for a brand new  train??

That's why you want to do something like this in phases. Use the money you have to at least alleviate some of the overcrowding while you work on obtaining more of it. Someone above said the 2030s is when we'd start seeing the , and I wouldn't be surprised if that's the late 2030s.

With that being said, I'd anticipate a small rise in the fares to help shorten this timeline, and as more and more systems are being built, this makes the research / development and construction costs a little cheaper (not that much, but anything helps). Definitely helps to have the people on your side as well, if you can prove to them the additional line has a greater overall benefit to the system as a whole, this could help tremendously with funding. Wouldn't really bet on that option though.

32 minutes ago, Stormxx said:

So the R211's will be used on the , , , , , , , , , , and  lines?

Don't see it happening with the , but the  are going to get them for sure due to overcrowding.

If they're in Jamaica I'd also expect the  and possibly the  to use them as well. Don't know if ENY will get them, seems like they're finally getting the R179s under control

Was a mess on the today. We were delayed for 2 hours. Stuck at Church, Parkside, between Prospect and 7th, between DeKalb and the Bridge, and between 8 and 14 for a LONG time. Ended up having to re - schedule our train to Virginia. This is what I saw;

via Broadway Local and VERY delayed

via tunnel to Whitehall St

via Broadway Express to 57 St

They told us multiple times at Church Av downtown via 6 Av Local to 2 Av

and possibly some running up Culver or Sea Beach who knows... It was a mad house out there.

There is a water main break along the QBL line from Jackson Heights to Forest Hills affecting and and service.

 

Reroute!

I also don't see how the would be affected.

Buses run between 65 St and Jamaica Center

Chambers St to Queens Plaza (Some trains via QBL Local to 65 St)

Coney Island to 21 / Queensbridge (Some trains via QBL Local to 65 St)

Shuttle Union Turnpike to 179 St (Trains skip Van Wyck and Stuphin Blvds)

No Changes

Metropolitan Av to Chambers / Broad St

95 St to 65 St

That ACS-64 is looking really nice!

New situation (actually a variation of the last one):

 

Broken switches and rails make the Chambers Street terminal unreachable, though it does not effect the tracks and platform that goes through to the Cranberry Tunnel

 

At the same time, the switches at Broadway-Lafayette are in a position so trains can only operate to/from the Broadway-Brooklyn line from the local tracks there (trains coming from Essex are unaffected by this). 

 

These will take 8-10 days to fix.

via 8 Av Local

to Chambers St via 8 Av Express

via the between W4 and Jay St

via Nassau to Chambers / Broad St

Saw a D at Chambers yesterday, makes sense now lol. Saw a few work trains on the 6 Av Express as well, since the ran via the from W4.

is also extended down to Chambers via Nassau.

Lol I like the R46 / R68 hybrid that I'm guessing you made.

Wow that first shot of the is really nice.

Crazy to think of how far all of this has come. Looking at some of these first pages, I would have never guessed we would have this kind of content coming out in 5 years. Keep up the good work Green and Subway.

Well I have no updates lol. I haven't played Trainz in a while because I don't have a suitable computer to play it on.

Same here lol. The last time I logged into Trainz was about a year ago or so. The game keeps crashing, I get content errors on every train except for the pre GOH R46, guess I just gave up on getting the stuff from trying to work.

Did try out a lot of the tunnel stuff though, been a while since that came out, but it looks and plays really nice.

Those have been out for a long time... I think they are on BDC? I remember they were somewhere back in this thread if you want to go hunting for them.

Something that another Admin from BDC Projects posted on, and something I am fully aware of, and support. I know this issue has been addressed before, but: A) It has gotten worse, and B) This admin has a better way with words than I did the first time around. Maybe I was too forward and aggressive, but I share this admin's concerns and I think this is the right step. This is NOT meant as a knock to those of you guys who are dedicated members/fans. I looked at each of the member names personally, and though some of you fell outside the 30 day rule, your support kept you in. I really want BDC Projects to become a place where we can all convene, and while I have my role in this situation (not being around as often because of work), I will work to make the site better and more enjoyable for everyone.

 

New pics will be posted there and on this thread in the coming days!

http://www.bdcprojects.com/index.php?topic=288.0

 

-A   

I can't access content anymore because I no longer have Trainz on my computer, and believe me Ace, I would love to get some posts up there now and then, but I have forgotten what my password is. But I agree, you need to start cracking down on the people who are just there for the downloads. It is kind of hard, and you don't really see a lot of posts over there, like someone did say. Maybe the best idea is to switch over to payware content like Magicland had. 

Magicland would be proud Subway. That's some good stuff right there man.

Ace, i cant seem to install your R62 updated Textures, can you please tell me what to do?

Updated textures? Wow I have been looking for these for years.

Wow I am very sorry to hear about him. Condolences. I enjoyed all of his work and I hope he is in a better place now.

@Brighton: I spoke to BStyles a few weeks ago---he's doing well, still shipped out in the Navy. He was back here in NYC for a month or so and did some texture grabbing. He's working on a really good R62A model for OpenBVE that he's hoping to convert to Trainz and release soon. The scripting department within BDC Projects is looking at ways to have the rollsigns change individually like their real life counterparts. Also, a shell for the R160 has been completed by Mikey186 from Auran (another BDC-er), and Randy from OpenBVE Connection is supplying us with the textures necessary for that model; Randy has done some excellent work on NTTs for OpenBVE over the last year or so.

That's all I got right now. Rolling stock is not my forte, and I haven't had the time to really sit down and learn the ropes. Instead of going balls to the wall and try to learn everything myself, I've helped assemble a great team of developers with varying strengths so that something is always being worked on. I've got my scripters (Mikey & Vaughn), my sound guys (several openBVE guys and Daniel), my texture person (Shomari), my Sr Content Developer who specializes in 3DS Max and is miles ahead of me (Jon Hull), and of course the big man himself Styles, who dabbles in a little bit of everything, but whose forte is rolling stock and being the only (AFAIK) cross-developer who's very proficient in openBVE & Trainz. I'm more of a signals/little tiny details/route building expert over anything else. I develop small items, but the big things that require scripting and such---I merely front ideas lol.

Awesome Green, I knew you would never let us down. Keep up the good work man.

Green, what's the status on some new trains? I haven't been around for a while, since my old computer doesn't run the program very well. I'll get it fixed eventually. But I remember that the R160 got started up, and the R142. Haven't seen BStyles around for a long time.