LandoftheLost Posted July 24, 2009 Share #1 Posted July 24, 2009 anybody want to see LED strip map and or GPS to be installed on R62A? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R44 5278 Posted July 24, 2009 Share #2 Posted July 24, 2009 It would be extremely expensive b/c each strip map would require extensive circuitry through the roof of the trains. So no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted July 24, 2009 Share #3 Posted July 24, 2009 The R62 is fine without the strip maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcconnell Posted July 24, 2009 Share #4 Posted July 24, 2009 Most R62/As already have interior strip maps in the form of decals, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted July 24, 2009 Share #5 Posted July 24, 2009 It would be extremely expensive b/c each strip map would require extensive circuitry through the roof of the trains. So no. How did they make those LED thingies on the work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted July 24, 2009 Share #6 Posted July 24, 2009 How did they make those LED thingies on the work? Well to begin with, those signs were needed to differentiate between locals and expresses. Many riders were used to the Redbird style with a light indicating local (green) and express (red), so when the R62As came over, there was hardly any chance to tell what was local and what was express. The trains could be missigned, a train that reads "express" turns out to be the local. And many passengers couldn't hear the announcements. So it was more of a necessity. However strip maps, that's a different story. There's no need for strip maps on the R62. Like rmcconnell said, there are maps already on the R62s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted July 24, 2009 Share #7 Posted July 24, 2009 Well to begin with, those signs were needed to differentiate between locals and expresses. Many riders were used to the Redbird style with a light indicating local (green) and express (red), so when the R62As came over, there was hardly any chance to tell what was local and what was express. The trains could be missigned, a train that reads "express" turns out to be the local. And many passengers couldn't hear the announcements. So it was more of a necessity. However strip maps, that's a different story. There's no need for strip maps on the R62. Like rmcconnell said, there are maps already on the R62s. I didnt mean it that way, what I meant was is there a button in the cab or something that switches it from green to red on all the trains in the set, and if so it must mean they had to do some sort of wiring to get it to work, obviously not as extensive as getting an LED display put in the ceiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maserati7200 Posted July 24, 2009 Share #8 Posted July 24, 2009 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R62A 1991 Posted July 24, 2009 Share #9 Posted July 24, 2009 Misleading title btw. And the R62/As are usually grouped and relegated to a single line, unlike the (2)/(5) R142s, which makes their static strip maps fine for now. So no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Vandelay Posted July 26, 2009 Share #10 Posted July 26, 2009 While the local/express signs were in use on the mainline IRT until the redbirds were retired, Corona, decided to deactivate them in the mid-late 1990s to save in maintenance costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
via White Plains Road Posted July 27, 2009 Share #11 Posted July 27, 2009 anybody want to see LED strip map and or GPS to be installed onR62A? No, no and no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted July 27, 2009 Share #12 Posted July 27, 2009 It's obvious this poster is the Chipper10/BusRider of NYCTF. No need to respond to his incomprehensible posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maserati7200 Posted July 27, 2009 Share #13 Posted July 27, 2009 It's obvious this poster is the Chipper10/BusRider of NYCTF. What does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted July 27, 2009 Share #14 Posted July 27, 2009 What does that mean? Exactly what it says. If you read subchat and you observe the posts those two posters make, you will understand the remark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted July 27, 2009 Share #15 Posted July 27, 2009 It's obvious this poster is the Chipper10/BusRider of NYCTF. No need to respond to his incomprehensible posts. Agreed, they're probably related, that's why their questions are rather inane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maserati7200 Posted July 27, 2009 Share #16 Posted July 27, 2009 Exactly what it says. If you read subchat and you observe the posts those two posters make, you will understand the remark Okay.. landofthelost makes similar posts to a guy named Chipper10 on subchat.. gotcha I'm registered at Subchat, read it occasioanly but I only posted maybe 3 times. The only users who I remember are Terrapin Station and Broadway Lion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princelex Posted July 27, 2009 Share #17 Posted July 27, 2009 The strip maps on the R62/A's are just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted July 27, 2009 Share #18 Posted July 27, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted July 28, 2009 Share #19 Posted July 28, 2009 $5 says they're the same person and as for the 7 LEDs, there was a variable power control switch in the cab labled express and local (I was told by someone else what it did, but I don't remember what they said). it had been deactivated, and when the LED signs were put it, the switch was rewired to control them. That exp/lcl switch was the formerly the ENRCON switch, which activated or deactivated high speed field shunting on the cars back when it was still in use. In EXP mode, high speed field shunting was enabled allowing the train to move faster (this was explained a couple of times in old posts, I really don't feel like explaining it again...it's long and fairly complicated, but...ahem..."it makes the train go faster"). In LCL mode high speed field shunting was disabled. Today high speed field shunting is not used on any NYCT equipment, so that switch had no use. So it's now hooked up to the EXP/LCL sign. Clever use of it if I say so myself. The LED seems to work at differentiating expresses and locals to all but the densest of customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted August 1, 2009 Share #20 Posted August 1, 2009 That exp/lcl switch was the formerly the ENRCON switch, which activated or deactivated high speed field shunting on the cars back when it was still in use. In EXP mode, high speed field shunting was enabled allowing the train to move faster (this was explained a couple of times in old posts, I really don't feel like explaining it again...it's long and fairly complicated, but...ahem..."it makes the train go faster"). In LCL mode high speed field shunting was disabled. Today high speed field shunting is not used on any NYCT equipment, so that switch had no use. So it's now hooked up to the EXP/LCL sign. Clever use of it if I say so myself. The LED seems to work at differentiating expresses and locals to all but the densest of customers. Um, what is high speed field shunting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Julio Posted August 2, 2009 Share #21 Posted August 2, 2009 Um, what is high speed field shunting? http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/search.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted August 2, 2009 Share #22 Posted August 2, 2009 http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/search.php Wow! I found the thread (http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6044) and the article within the thread (http://www.railway-technical.com/tract-01.shtml). So thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted August 2, 2009 Share #23 Posted August 2, 2009 Wow! I found the thread (http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6044) and the article within the thread (http://www.railway-technical.com/tract-01.shtml). So thanks. Here's the detail explanation: http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=121586&highlight=field+shunt#post121586 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted August 3, 2009 Share #24 Posted August 3, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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