R62A 1991 2 #1 Posted August 18, 2009 My original intention was simply to pop up to 168th St & see the chaos or whatever. But then I heard someone at Utica this morning talking about how they were operating the express later, so I decided to head up there too. Once again (the first time was during the Pilot Express), we were held outside of 149th St-Grand Concourse for about 9-10 minutes, completely eradicating any time savings we would have made along the Jerome Av EXP. And we were going pretty darn fast. Anyway, on with the photos. First, I popped up to 168th St to just see how crazy things were. The elevator line was pretty long, but there were cops and loads of MTA workers there. They still turned trains at 137th St for midday layups at that yard. Now, onto Jerome. "This is a Woodlawn-bound train. The next AND last stop is Burnside Avenue." Now the train's program did say "To Burnside Av," but that is what the announcement said. And then an R142A arrived to take people on the to Manhattan. My camera was the victim of a bad focus, so I didn't get a shot at all of the back end. But then this came in no time to Woodlawn anyway. Took it to Kingsbridge to get one shot of the . And I got it. I then went to Woodlawn. A bird simply walked into the train. And then, we were off. But not before one of my pet peeves happened. The train left without setting a program. When it did set the program, we ended up with: Which was correct except for the fact that we did make a stop at Moshulu. I'd like to know what the policy is for setting programs before leaving a terminal. At Utica, because trains leave quite quickly, usually they don't set their programs until half-past Kingston. Usually that means that the announcements aren't synced until Atlantic Av. In this case, we were synced at Burnside, which was fine. A video: And I'm back home now. Hope you enjoyed! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2Line1291 24 #2 Posted August 18, 2009 Nice pics. The Jerome EXP is temporary? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R62A 1991 2 #3 Posted August 18, 2009 Nice pics. The Jerome EXP is temporary? Thanks and yeah, it's a G.O. this Tuesday & Friday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark1447 685 #4 Posted August 18, 2009 Awsome! Pics And wow that bird just wanted a fast ride to Manhattan or where ever// Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
via White Plains Road 192 #5 Posted August 19, 2009 Wonderful pics and vid and good catches! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel The Cool 3,730 #6 Posted August 20, 2009 nice photos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R32 3348 10 #7 Posted August 21, 2009 Nice pics and vid! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EE Broadway Local 17 #8 Posted August 21, 2009 Very nice pics! I like the one with the pidgeon! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4th Ave Local 6 #9 Posted August 21, 2009 Nice pics and video! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PATCOman 196 #10 Posted August 21, 2009 Slammin pics! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeystoneRegional 246 #11 Posted August 22, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
