Four Years ago today 8/17

[R33WF 646]

Four years ago today. The First R160 went into service on the (N)line

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[mark1447 685]

Boy you do know your history Anth.

[LRG 217]

Yup...the had SEVEN different car types running all at one time...R32, R40 (Slant), R40A (Slant/Mod), R42, R68, R68A and R160.

[Princelex 287]

Wow, it's been 4 years already?! Damn, time sure does fly. I rode that set this day in 2006 and I was floored. If there was ever a time that I was "foaming", it was that day. I rode it from Queensboro Plaza to Coney Island and then from Coney Island to 59th St-Lex Ave. Everyone in the car was marveling over the cars talking about how nice it was. I was like a kid in the candy store riding that train. I truly loved it and I still enjoy the R160's today. :cool: :tup:

[NYtransit 457]

Yup...the had SEVEN different car types running all at one time...R32, R40 (Slant), R40A (Slant/Mod), R42, R68, R68A and R160.

 

and thats why it was my favorite line :cool:

[DJ MC 1,208]

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[R62A 1991 2]

Sure was a sight to see, all the different car sets on the . I remember waiting at 20th Av to photograph it with Trevor Logan & someone else that day and we caught an R32 right before it.

[iGeMiNix 22]

Good times those were 4 years ago. Now it is just more of the same. I think the most every line has is about 2 fleets now.

[R160 35]

I was on that train...doesn't seem like 4 years ago.

[R68 Subway Car 254]

Happy Birthday to the R160. I remember when the R160 was a rare sight. Now those cars are everywhere!

[PATCOman 196]

Happy Birthday to the R160. I remember when the R160 was a rare sight. Now those cars are everywhere!

 

Which was why I did not really care about the R160s debut.

[Sea Beach 8]

I still like the , regardless if its R160 or R40, but man those 7 different car types on the Sea Beach were the best :cool:

[Ftrainfan 13]

Which was why I did not really care about the R160s debut.

 

Same here , I really did not focus on R160s until they started running on the line. Since the (F)'s my home line!

[PATCOman 196]

Heck, I won't care about the R160s until they are endangered.

[DJ MC 1,208]

Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters

[YankeesPwnMets 569]

Na, if the American Museum of Natural History gets the money and more space, they might keep some R160s and maybe 1 set of retired R179s there one day. I wouldn't be suprised

[NX Express 292]

Na, if the American Museum of Natural History gets the money and more space, they might keep some R160s and maybe 1 set of retired R179s there one day. I wouldn't be suprised

 

Only issue...the R160s are not Natural History...by far.:eek:

[Guest lance25]

Yankeespwnmets: Why would a train be in a natural history museum?

[Grand Concourse 2,690]

Exactly, he's got the wrong museum, it is the Transit Museum.

 

As for the 1st day of service, I got on it at Canal [too late for 57/7th]. Thank god for the more direct line.

I had no idea it has been this long ago.