Ftrainfan Posted May 10, 2010 Share #1 Posted May 10, 2010 I think the MTA is stalling the R32 retirement since It's may now and R32s were suppose to retire last month and the R46 train did not happen yet. Please give me feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted May 10, 2010 Share #2 Posted May 10, 2010 Yes, the R32s are being kept because the R44s are now being retired (due to structural issues). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error46146 Posted May 10, 2010 Share #3 Posted May 10, 2010 I think the MTA is stalling the R32 retirement since It's may now and R32s were suppose to retire last month and the R46 train did not happen yet. Please give me feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. W Supporter Posted May 10, 2010 Share #4 Posted May 10, 2010 I'm glad. Those trains look cool...the last of the "Ol' School" trains...along with that one train that's still around. I adore it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R421969 Posted May 10, 2010 Share #5 Posted May 10, 2010 Next time they know stainless Steel>Carbon Steel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queens Surface Posted May 10, 2010 Share #6 Posted May 10, 2010 Yeah, you can thank the ®44s for the R32s being here still.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted May 10, 2010 Share #7 Posted May 10, 2010 I think the MTA is stalling the R32 retirement since It's may now and R32s were suppose to retire last month and the R46 train did not happen yet. Please give me feedback! Yes indefinitely, at least until the next batch of cars will come. As everyone said, the R44s are being retired, so the R32s are being held. As for the R46 , there aren't enough cars to full-length the trains yet. Things really get funny when it comes to the MTA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3348 Posted May 10, 2010 Share #8 Posted May 10, 2010 The R42s are also being saved for now. However the plan is that all R44s will be off the road by September. Out of a once 272-car fleet, only 176 cars remain now, and that number is going to dwindle over the summer. Get your pictures now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Louis Car 09 Posted May 10, 2010 Share #9 Posted May 10, 2010 The R42s are also being saved for now. However the plan is that all R44s will be off the road by September. Out of a once 272-car fleet, only 176 cars remain now, and that number is going to dwindle over the summer. Get your pictures now.Must get pics!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w8Hou Posted May 10, 2010 Share #10 Posted May 10, 2010 Next time they know stainless Steel>Carbon Steel... But they still use carbon steel on all cars especially the new R160s. What you meant was the car body should be all stainless steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTrainExp Posted May 11, 2010 Share #11 Posted May 11, 2010 Are there any other EXTERIOR differences between the R44s and 46s besides that carbon strip that are immediately visible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted May 11, 2010 Share #12 Posted May 11, 2010 But they still use carbon steel on all cars especially the new R160s. What you meant was the car body should be all stainless steel. If you mean the exterior as the car body, then no. However, the frame should be stainless steel so as to make it less prone to corrosion. The R42s frameworks are carbon steel however yet they're structually sound at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted May 11, 2010 Share #13 Posted May 11, 2010 Are there any other EXTERIOR differences between the R44s and 46s besides that carbon strip that are immediately visible? The car number!! You might also want to take into account the fact that NYCT R44s did NOT go through SMS, henceforth there is no new paint on the front. R46s do, so yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QDover Posted May 11, 2010 Share #14 Posted May 11, 2010 Are there any other EXTERIOR differences between the R44s and 46s besides that carbon strip that are immediately visible? Yes there are, the door frames around the doors on the R46 are more rounded when the R44s are more rectangular, and the front, the side with the route letter is narrower than the R44s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstar1 Posted May 11, 2010 Share #15 Posted May 11, 2010 Also R44s front-end car sign is lower, and R46s front-end car sign is higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemoreira81 Posted May 12, 2010 Share #16 Posted May 12, 2010 The R42s are also being saved for now. However the plan is that all R44s will be off the road by September. Out of a once 272-car fleet, only 176 cars remain now, and that number is going to dwindle over the summer. Get your pictures now. And by the time the remaining R32s are finally replaced, they will have passed 50. Historical note: The R32s are the only R-type car to operate in regular service in six decades, and also the only one to reach 46 years in service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traildriver Posted May 12, 2010 Share #17 Posted May 12, 2010 And by the time the remaining R32s are finally replaced, they will have passed 50. Historical note: The R32s are the only R-type car to operate in regular service in six decades, and also the only one to reach 46 years in service. Right you are! And with just minimal maintenance, they can probably still be rolling for another twenty years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted May 12, 2010 Share #18 Posted May 12, 2010 Right you are!And with just minimal maintenance, they can probably still be rolling for another twenty years! Heh. All we know right now, is that these things are expected to go up to the middle of the next decade. Any further we don't know yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted May 13, 2010 Share #19 Posted May 13, 2010 The R42s are also being saved for now. However the plan is that all R44s will be off the road by September. Out of a once 272-car fleet, only 176 cars remain now, and that number is going to dwindle over the summer. Get your pictures now. heh, if they last that long.... at the rate they're going, i'd say by the end of June... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted May 13, 2010 Share #20 Posted May 13, 2010 Well all the railfans swore the R32's could "easily run another XX years" now we all get to see if they're full of it or if they just made a lucky guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE Broadway Local Posted May 19, 2010 Share #21 Posted May 19, 2010 I think the MTA is stalling the R32 retirement since It's may now and R32s were suppose to retire last month and the R46 train did not happen yet. Please give me feedback! I think R32 Brightliners will be on the for a little while yet. I've heard reports that there are no more R32 Brightliners at Jamaica; that there is one set at C.I. and that there may be a set or two back on the . I've also heard that there was a set of R46s spotted on the . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted May 19, 2010 Share #22 Posted May 19, 2010 Today, after I finished my AP, I took an R - 32 ( to 34 St., at around 12:30 or a quarter after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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