Pu3rToRoCk8947 Posted August 5, 2009 Share #1 Posted August 5, 2009 At approximately around 8:45 or 9:00 am this morning i was walking on 39 Street and 2nd Avenue and behind Costco i saw something amazing.I couldn't really tell the make of it but it was a subway car on top of a long flatbed truck.I looked at it closely and it looked like a R44 or R46 sorry no pics but i found that suprisingly strange.Does anyone know why that particular subway car was there and is it a common sight around that area to see subway cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted August 5, 2009 Share #2 Posted August 5, 2009 At approximately around 8:45 or 9:00 am this morning i was walking on 39 Street and 2nd Avenue and behind Costco i saw something amazing.I couldn't really tell the make of it but it was a subway car on top of a long flatbed truck.I looked at it closely and it looked like a R44 or R46 sorry no pics but i found that suprisingly strange.Does anyone know why that particular subway car was there and is it a common sight around that area to see subway cars? Do you think that next time you could go back and provide us with a pic with a cell phone or borrow your friend's camera? It would be more helpful. (Unless anyone else knows what's at Costco around that way....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 5, 2009 Share #3 Posted August 5, 2009 That's the SBK yard behind and across the street from Costco. I actually have to go 3 blocks from there to update a file server. I'll see if I can drive by and get a photo of what's there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pu3rToRoCk8947 Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted August 5, 2009 Next time i'm going to have to carry a small digital camera or camera phone,you never know when it can come in handy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted August 5, 2009 Share #5 Posted August 5, 2009 At approximately around 8:45 or 9:00 am this morning i was walking on 39 Street and 2nd Avenue and behind Costco i saw something amazing.I couldn't really tell the make of it but it was a subway car on top of a long flatbed truck.I looked at it closely and it looked like a R44 or R46 sorry no pics but i found that suprisingly strange.Does anyone know why that particular subway car was there and is it a common sight around that area to see subway cars? Its an R44 from the SIRT on its way to get an SMS at the Coney Island Overhaul shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R44 5278 Posted August 5, 2009 Share #6 Posted August 5, 2009 I think that you're referrring to a scrapped R44 sitting in a scrap yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted August 5, 2009 Share #7 Posted August 5, 2009 Its an R44 from the SIRT on its way to get an SMS at the Coney Island Overhaul shop. Beat me to it, without knowing any more that was my guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted August 5, 2009 Share #8 Posted August 5, 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...
Harry Posted August 5, 2009 Share #9 Posted August 5, 2009 It was still there when I passed by. Snapped a quick pic or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted August 5, 2009 Share #10 Posted August 5, 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...
MTR Admiralty Posted August 5, 2009 Share #11 Posted August 5, 2009 Car 405 got SMSed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted August 5, 2009 Share #12 Posted August 5, 2009 Holy hell! That looks cool! I didn't know they drove the trains to get their Scheduled Maintenance. I thought they loaded them on a barge and delivered them to Coney Island that way instead. Interesting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maserati7200 Posted August 5, 2009 Share #13 Posted August 5, 2009 I've seen some SMS'd R44's at 9th Avenue going into the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Julio Posted August 5, 2009 Share #14 Posted August 5, 2009 So the train barge at the South Brooklyn Railroad yard is still operational? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNIGHTRIDER3:16 Posted August 5, 2009 Share #15 Posted August 5, 2009 It is A hot pic ,I've never seen any train car on A flatbed-trailer ,I've seen pics of R160 on a bed and now this one .This car is getting those blue seats right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted August 6, 2009 Share #16 Posted August 6, 2009 So the train barge at the South Brooklyn Railroad yard is still operational? If you mean the one at Bush Terminal, then yes. It is run my the New York and Atlantic Railroad and the float grabage trains to New Jersey as well as other things too. You can see the car float from the Belt Parkway ramp near Owls Head DEP plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted August 6, 2009 Share #17 Posted August 6, 2009 It is A hot pic ,I've never seen any train car on A flatbed-trailer ,I've seen pics of R160 on a bed and now this one .This car is getting those blue seats right? I believe so and black floors, most certainly painted ends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Julio Posted August 6, 2009 Share #18 Posted August 6, 2009 If you mean the one at Bush Terminal, then yes. It is run my the New York and Atlantic Railroad and the float grabage trains to New Jersey as well as other things too. You can see the car float from the Belt Parkway ramp near Owls Head DEP plant. I know about the Bush Terminal yard but I was talking about the SBK yard by 39th St I assume they brought it through there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Vandelay Posted August 6, 2009 Share #19 Posted August 6, 2009 As has been said before, that is an R44 from Staten Island, on its way back from SMS at CIYD. p.s. R44SIs are NOT known as R43s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R110B Posted August 11, 2009 Share #20 Posted August 11, 2009 they will lose their original look that sucks but im glad i got shots b4 the sms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE Broadway Local Posted August 11, 2009 Share #21 Posted August 11, 2009 they will lose their original look that sucks but im glad i got shots b4 the sms. Good deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Local Posted August 12, 2009 Share #22 Posted August 12, 2009 Its an R44 from the SIRT on its way to get an SMS at the Coney Island Overhaul shop. That's exactly what it is :tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted August 13, 2009 Share #23 Posted August 13, 2009 I know about the Bush Terminal yard but I was talking about the SBK yard by 39th St I assume they brought it through there? I did not know there was one. Last time I was down there in the late 90's, the track ended at a bumping block in a court yard formed the wharehouses down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Julio Posted August 13, 2009 Share #24 Posted August 13, 2009 I did not know there was one. Last time I was down there in the late 90's, the track ended at a bumping block in a court yard formed the wharehouses down there. I mean I could be wrong. It's been a while since I dug into the history of the South Brooklyn Railway, New York & Atlantic Railway and the New York Cross Harbor Railroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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