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  1. cl94
    I was about to mention that. If running the down 6th, it'd be easier to send it to Brighton to avoid messing up the .
  2. cl94
    The or would run local on CPW to make up for it. Brighton express service can be suspended by moving a couple trains over to reduce headways
  3. cl94
    Any idea on when they're heading down? If we have an idea, I'll camp out near Albany and grab pictures of them going down. Know a few good spots.
  4. cl94
    No. A transfer will likely be built to Grand Central. Tracks have quite a steep grade as they're about to duck under the river. Welcome to the forums.
  5. cl94
    I made a really shitty video of the last week. Not posting it because of how shitty it was, but I have it.
  6. cl94
    Theoretically if something Fs up the 63rd Street tunnel and an is at 57th Street. They'd just route most of them through 53rd Street with delays and possibly have an short-turn on Second Avenue to reduce the issues. Not sending the to Queens would require extending the , which would be more trouble than it's worth.
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    I was at Lex/63rd last week and from what I could see through the false wall, everything looks just about complete at platform level. If stuff really is that complete, December might not be out of reach.
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    It is a 5 car set. They only have one out. A few people on board and around running tests. Going back and forth along their third rail-equipped track a couple miles from the plant. As long as they keep it on the third rail, it's visible to anyone driving by.
  9. cl94
    From the Bombardier test track Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk
  10. cl94
    Yeah, I have. Yeah, it's a dump, but if I'm going to be up that way, it's worth the half an hour it takes to make a side trip. And for those of you asking why I'd be up there, look at my location. New York takes a heck of a lot more planning than Plattsburgh, even if I take Metro-North.
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    I live 2 hours from Plattsburgh. Being as I might be doing something up that way anyways, it's worth a little detour to try and get pictures. Honestly, it's easier for me to get to Plattsburgh than it is for me to get to New York at this point as it's a heck of a lot easier to head north than south.
  12. cl94
    The only 2 IRT lines that exchange fleets (the 2 and 5) have strip maps that show both. Everything else just stays on one line.
  13. cl94
    Alright, where exactly is the plant? I'm in Albany, so I might have to get up there and see for myself.
  14. cl94
    They implemented the split to keep designations as they were before the north side closed.
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    The R188s were basically built to the same plans as the R142As to save money. Also, as has been stated repeatedly, most of them are just R142As upgraded for CBTC. Would be quite odd to have a train where one car has a FIND and the others have strip maps. You won't like this either, but the R179s will basically be R160s, again likely to save money on a redesign and speed the introduction of new cars.
  16. cl94
    I agree. The MTA's problems are minor compared to what happens elsewhere. How many people die in New York due to equipment issues? WMATA has killed more people in its history due to technical issues than the MTA or any of its predecessor agencies have in their history, including Malbone Street and Union Square.
  17. cl94
    The Bay Parkway thing isn't rare either- all NB trains are running express on Sea Beach with stops at Bay Parkway and 8th Avenue due to station rehabs.
  18. cl94
    FRA regulations severely limit OPTO, but there is not an outright ban. A second crew member is required for any reverse moves, for example. Most US railroads (especially the Class Is and virtually all Class IIs) operate with 2 crew members on board. In Europe, OPTO is common at all levels of freight and passenger rail.
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    Granted, 600 foot trains doesn't stop Washington from running OPTO at all times. It's horribly inefficient, as the doors don't open at an island platform until the T/O gets over to the other side of the car, but they still do it. In fact, the only systems I can think of other than New York that don't run OPTO for everything are Toronto and PATH, the former of which is almost identical to the IND in dimensions with a C/R doing the doors from the back.
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    It isn't the only reason, but it is part of it. If you decompose into 60 foot equivalents, we have fewer cars now than we had pre-2010. There are roughly 130 spare R68s, amounting to ~16 spare 8 car trains. With inspections and breakdowns, that doesn't leave much room for extra service. Theoretically, they could throw some R46s on the , but again, those are basically reserve cars for the .
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    Equipment and money. Not only does it reduce the number of crews required, but this was a few months after the retirement of the R44s was announced. Since a bunch of R32s/42s and all 38s/40s were already gone, there are now fewer 600' train equivalents in the system. This is part of why the is still 8 cars - not enough cars for everything to have full-length trains.
  22. cl94
    The could run local via tunnel as well. Doesn't mean it's going to happen. If the ran through the tunnel, everyone would be jumping off at Dekalb to catch a .
  23. cl94
    No. The is likely making a comeback. Second Avenue will probably need all of the service it can get.
  24. cl94
    As was I. Made the SRO experience a little more pleasant.
  25. cl94
    There's a reason why everything that runs express on 4th Avenue bypasses Dekalb as well. Head on over to nycsubway.org and look at the track maps if you don't know. The ran express in the olden days because the south side of the bridge was closed. The passenger load in Astoria was why the was extended to Ditmars when the was discontinued. It should probably run there on weekends, but that's a moot point now that the is likely coming back.
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