Steel dust in subways

[Tracknut 0]

I've been hearing about steel dust from some members. What has the MTA done about this if anything? Do train cabs have any filtration for this?

 

I'm starting to think its a fact of life for T/O's and train Conductors. It comes with the job. Am I right?

[Harry 1,088]

I would think its a fact of life working the subways and it just comes with the job. It is a scary feeling knowing your lungs could be filling up with that stuff.

[Brighton Local 703]

I heard it can be cancerous too, which is a scary thought

[Queens Surface 434]

What is steel dust ?

[BMT4Life 0]

What is steel dust ?

It's exactly what it sounds like. Steel dust from the rails and wheels. Ever see the black dust along the utililty and equipment lines in the subways.

[Phil D. 0]

When my brother was a T/O, he use to say when he came back home and he was sick and blew his nose, you can see the steel dust in the tissue.

[RTOMan 1,996]

When my brother was a T/O, he use to say when he came back home and he was sick and blew his nose, you can see the steel dust in the tissue.

 

I still do..

 

Six years in Motors and it can drive ya nuts, really..

 

I wash my work clothes separate from my other clothes beacuse of it..

 

When i come home i make a bee-line right for the shower..

 

Im also finding out that the B Div "car classes" are a bit more dirtier" than the A Div car classes, i guess due to age..

[Queens Surface 434]

It's exactly what it sounds like. Steel dust from the rails and wheels. Ever see the black dust along the utililty and equipment lines in the subways.

 

Oh the black dust, Thanks

[sebbieprops 0]

Certainly isn't the most pleasant thought, especially since it could potentially cause cancer. Then again, unfortunately, it's just one of the risks involved with the job.

[error46146 1,007]

is the smell of the subway associated with the steel dust? (im not talking about a smell where someone took a piss or other stench, but that smell when you first walk right into the subway and you or at least i start to notice, or when your walking on those grates on the street and the train goes by and you can smell it in the wind)

[Brighton Local 703]

is the smell of the subway associated with the steel dust? (im not talking about a smell where someone took a piss or other stench, but that smell when you first walk right into the subway and you or at least i start to notice, or when your walking on those grates on the street and the train goes by and you can smell it in the wind)

 

 

Oh, I know that odor! :eek:

[R32 3348 11]

My friends all hate that smell. I love it.

[Pablo M 201 35]

Oh, I know that odor! :eek:

You can smell it best around PATH.....

[DOB2RTO 29]

It's not just the subways guys/gal. I worked in Rye Playland at the Autoscooters (big bumper car arena). Every time I would wipe my nose, black soot aka steel dust, would be on the tissue. Guess for me I will be used to it in the subway, since I already dealt with it.

 

As for the subway smell. I LOVE it. They should make it into an air freshner (without the steel dust particles of course).

[Harry 1,088]

It's not just the subways guys/gal. I worked in Rye Playland at the Autoscooters (big bumper car arena). Every time I would wipe my nose, black soot aka steel dust, would be on the tissue. Guess for me I will be used to it in the subway, since I already dealt with it.

 

As for the subway smell. I LOVE it. They should make it into an air freshner (without the steel dust particles of course).

 

I like the smell of the wood timber (not exactly steel dust) used as sleepers or thats what I think it is at the yards especially the 36th Street Yard. You can get that smell when at the 9th Avenue station on the West End.

[DOB2RTO 29]

I like the smell of the wood timber (not exactly steel dust) used as sleepers or thats what I think it is at the yards especially the 36th Street Yard. You can get that smell when at the 9th Avenue station on the West End.

 

 

That smell of wet timber wood?

[Harry 1,088]

That smell of wet timber wood?

 

I don't think its wet timber. I think its the stacks of stored timber at the yards. The same wood they use for some power lines.

[Ghostface Brown 0]

I dunno what exactly it is, but the PATH must have a whole lot of it as the PATH smells really bad.