Joe C Posted October 16, 2009 Share #26 Posted October 16, 2009 dont be suprised if they tested on the . i was on the train with my cousin whos a conductor on the line, and he told me that they're trying to make the Jamaica and Coney Island yards all R160's. my mouth dropped, lol. but brighton local is right... Concourse Yard: Concourse Yard Lay-Up: ( Coney Island Yard: ( ( Franklin Av) Coney Island Yard Lay-Up: ( once in a blue) East New York Yard: East New York Yard Lay-Up: Fresh Pond Yard: Jamaica Yard: 36-38 St Yard: None 36-38 St Yard Lay-Up: ( (Once in a blue) ENY handles the and lines.Fresh pond is a storage yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted October 16, 2009 Share #27 Posted October 16, 2009 It doesnt seem like that because it made 2 trips,CI bound and BX bound,and dont forget the one on the weekend. and dont forget some of the R68 went for SMS,so they need replacement sets and these R160's couldve been the temporary replacements. It was in service... and arent all 98** in service and finished testing? Option 2 order of R160Bs 9803-9872 will go to the and 9873-9942 will run on the because these cars have different propulsions, as far as I know. According to what you're saying R160A/B might appear on the due to the rehabbing of the R68s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted October 16, 2009 Share #28 Posted October 16, 2009 they're only up to about 9852 in deliveries at this point in time, however, since everyones bogged down in homework i guess, no one's been able to keep consistant track of the deliveries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bveguy Posted October 16, 2009 Share #29 Posted October 16, 2009 The R160 I caught was an 89** and went for service afterwards. It doesn't mean there are 2 sets on the . The first one I caught was 8853 IIRC, and is not on the after I caught it. So go from there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted October 17, 2009 Share #30 Posted October 17, 2009 Option 2 order of R160Bs 9803-9872 will go to the and 9873-9942 will run on the because these cars have different propulsions, as far as I know. According to what you're saying R160A/B might appear on the due to the rehabbing of the R68s. I don't think so, because if it was car shortage, why would they take 160's, which some on the line might not be qualified for, when the ( and have identical 68's, and also similar 68A's. That's what the used to borrow all the time. If anything, you would think they would throw the 32 on there, because then it would be based in Concourse, where it might end up in storage after use anyway. (and whatever 68 it would have borrowed stay on the (, and any JYD 160 needed to fill any CI shortage be borrowed by the instead). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted October 17, 2009 Share #31 Posted October 17, 2009 dont be suprised if they tested on the . i was on the train with my cousin whos a conductor on the line, and he told me that they're trying to make the Jamaica and Coney Island yards all R160's. my mouth dropped, lol. but brighton local is right... Concourse Yard: Concourse Yard Lay-Up: ( Coney Island Yard: ( ( Franklin Av) Coney Island Yard Lay-Up: ( once in a blue) East New York Yard: East New York Yard Lay-Up: Fresh Pond Yard: Jamaica Yard: 36-38 St Yard: None 36-38 St Yard Lay-Up: (Once in a blue) In addition, the calls 207th Street home since that's where all the R32s are kept, whereas the and some of the numbered lines (, , ) lay up, I think. I remember seeing R62s and R142s there when I toured the shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted October 17, 2009 Share #32 Posted October 17, 2009 In addition, the calls 207th Street home since that's where all the R32s are kept, whereas the and some of the numbered lines (, , ) lay up, I think. I remember seeing R62s and R142s there when I toured the shop. R62s and R142s go there for SMS and stuff like that. As far as I know the only IRT route that lays up trains there is the . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3348 Posted October 17, 2009 Share #33 Posted October 17, 2009 I heard from people on here that theres a few sets based out of CIY,but I guess there wrong? :confused: They're wrong. The is based entirely out of Concourse but lays up trains at CI. Vice versa for the (. arent all 98** in service and finished testing? No, far from it. Out of 9803-9942 only up to 9842 are delivered, and up to 9832 are in service. dont be suprised if they tested on the . i was on the train with my cousin whos a conductor on the line, and he told me that they're trying to make the Jamaica and Coney Island yards all R160's. my mouth dropped, lol. They don't have enough R160s to make either yard all R160s, let alone both. Trains can test on any line in the system though, so it wouldn't be a surprise if they showed up on those three lines. Option 2 order of R160Bs 9803-9872 will go to the and 9873-9942 will run on the because these cars have different propulsions, as far as I know. According to what you're saying R160A/B might appear on the due to the rehabbing of the R68s. The plan now is for all R160s to go to Jamaica. The R68s are also not getting rehabbed, but they're just going through normal inspection like all cars do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted October 17, 2009 Share #34 Posted October 17, 2009 R62s and R142s go there for SMS and stuff like that. As far as I know the only IRT route that lays up trains there is the . Thanks for clarifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error46146 Posted October 17, 2009 Share #35 Posted October 17, 2009 Yup, That was it most likely, It just Railfans foaming over a peice of Junk that's not even assingned to the . very well said lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted October 17, 2009 Share #36 Posted October 17, 2009 It doesnt seem like that because it made 2 trips,CI bound and BX bound,and dont forget the one on the weekend. and dont forget some of the R68 went for SMS,so they need replacement sets and these R160's couldve been the temporary replacements. It was in service... and arent all 98** in service and finished testing? The R68's got an SMS back in 2006-7, They are not getting SMS, The r46's are currently getting SMS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engineerboy6561 Posted October 17, 2009 Share #37 Posted October 17, 2009 I saw 9848-9852 laid up in 207 St Yard this morning. I don't know how long they've been there but they are most likely going to be testing soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTA1992 Posted October 19, 2009 Share #38 Posted October 19, 2009 Maybe it was an train that got rerouted over the for whatever reason, but the crew changed the sign to avoid confusion? But I saw that R160 just outside Bay 50th Street on Thursday. The only car I remember is 9834. It was testing. It had those 'R160 Testing' paper signs on the windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted October 19, 2009 Share #39 Posted October 19, 2009 The R68's got an SMS back in 2006-7, They are not getting SMS, The r46's are currently getting SMS. Actually it was the R68A's that got the SMS during that time period... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3348 Posted October 19, 2009 Share #40 Posted October 19, 2009 But I saw that R160 just outside Bay 50th Street on Thursday. The only car I remember is 9834. It was testing. It had those 'R160 Testing' paper signs on the windows. If it was testing then it doesn't mean R160s are going to the . They're not. The car will test on that line for a little while and then enter service on the and . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bveguy Posted October 19, 2009 Share #41 Posted October 19, 2009 To sum this whole topic up, there is no R160 mystery nor are there 2 sets on the . Just because I caught one a while ago doesn't mean that it is still running on the line. And I AM well aware of what I catch and what I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted October 19, 2009 Share #42 Posted October 19, 2009 To sum this whole topic up, there is no R160 mystery nor are there 2 sets on the . Just because I caught one a while ago doesn't mean that it is still running on the line. And I AM well aware of what I catch and what I don't. Thank you. I wish everyone would stop getting hype over rolling junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nature Posted October 20, 2009 Share #43 Posted October 20, 2009 Like i took that today on the west end know its blur its a NIS R160B manhattan bound idk where it was going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Beach Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share #44 Posted October 20, 2009 Like i took that today on the west end know its blur its a NIS R160B manhattan bound idk where it was going. Thank you for this pic! you see im right,theres a set on the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted October 20, 2009 Share #45 Posted October 20, 2009 Thank you for this pic! you see im right,theres a set on the Didn't you see what he said under the picture? It's a NIS consist on the . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted October 20, 2009 Share #46 Posted October 20, 2009 I don't think crews are trained to handle those things. Ethier that was an rerouted , NIS train going to get washed in the BX or an set burn testing on the for whatever reason. It doesn't make any sense for the to get R160s, its R68s are fine. If they were short most likely they have sent over an CI 68 or an 60FT SMEE... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted October 20, 2009 Share #47 Posted October 20, 2009 i dont get it, if the R160s are on the then why isnt there a set in the Bronx and Manhattan but only Brookyn? Or they change from the to the ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted October 20, 2009 Share #48 Posted October 20, 2009 i dont get it, if the R160s are on the then why isnt there a set in the Bronx and Manhattan but only Brookyn? Or they change from the to the ? Again, R160s don't belong to the !!! The only thing I can see that's reasonable is if the borrowed a set from Coney Island. What were the car numbers on the consist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted October 20, 2009 Share #49 Posted October 20, 2009 Again, R160s don't belong to the !!! The only thing I can see that's reasonable is if the borrowed a set from Coney Island. What were the car numbers on the consist? Idk and care lol. Leave the with the R68s! Its most likely the only route that didnt change fleet since it got into the in the late 80s.. For the B div.. R62As has been on the and even since too.. The with R44 doesnt count really since it did change during time but kept it.. Its like saying switch the R68 with R68A on the .. There is no diffrence on that case. same R68, just mechanically different. Plus i dont think Concourse can take NTTs yet, there Yard shop doesnt look good for NTT. Not sure and there is the Qualification for the employees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted October 20, 2009 Share #50 Posted October 20, 2009 And there's no need to, where would you move all those R68's anyway? The A? Point is: it's best to just leave the R68's on the D since the D doesn't change north and south terminals and even if it runs on Sea Beach, Brighton, or Culver - it still will go to CI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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