R32 3838 Posted January 28, 2019 Share #7176 Posted January 28, 2019 3 hours ago, Train92 said: Wouldn't it be easier to send the rest of the 8 cars to CI instead of Piktin? Move would be as so: 179 to CI -> 's R68 moves to / / -> R160 from CI moves to Jamaica -> R46 moves to the / -> R32 to CI for . Cycle repeats with R32. It's been repeated, the R32's aren't going to the If the R160 swap happens, the is getting R46's and possibly the R42's 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted January 28, 2019 Share #7177 Posted January 28, 2019 25 minutes ago, R32 3838 said: It's been repeated, the R32's aren't going to the If the R160 swap happens, the is getting R46's and possibly the R42's No, You were correct about R42’s being a “reserved” fleet. They’re going to be Pitkin’s property but OOS until an R179 craps out. They’re going to be reserved spares (not used in regular passenger service) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subwaycommuter1983 Posted January 28, 2019 Share #7178 Posted January 28, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, VIP said: No, You were correct about R42’s being a “reserved” fleet. They’re going to be Pitkin’s property but OOS until an R179 craps out. They’re going to be reserved spares (not used in regular passenger service) I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that the r42's should be preserved as a "reserved" or " emergency " fleet once all r179's are in service. In fact, this is something that the MTA should do moving forward. In other words, subway cars should not be scrapped immediately after retirement. They should be preserved as an "emergency" fleet until the newer cars are running smoothly. Edited January 28, 2019 by subwaycommuter1983 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted January 28, 2019 Share #7179 Posted January 28, 2019 56 minutes ago, subwaycommuter1983 said: I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that the r42's should be preserved as a "reserved" or " emergency " fleet once all r179's are in service. In fact, this is something that the MTA should do moving forward. In other words, subway cars should not be scrapped immediately after retirement. They should be preserved as an "emergency" fleet until the newer cars are running smoothly. I believe they always did this, when the 160s we're coming in, the 32-42 cars usually went to Concourse yard for storage for a bit before being moved to 207th for disposal. Also R40 Slants came back on the N after the 160s pushed them off the line, due to the Siemens units needed to be sidelined for some issue they had. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR503 Posted January 28, 2019 Share #7180 Posted January 28, 2019 1 hour ago, VIP said: No, You were correct about R42’s being a “reserved” fleet. They’re going to be Pitkin’s property but OOS until an R179 craps out. They’re going to be reserved spares (not used in regular passenger service) This move has a lot less to do with reservedness and more, I think, to do with Canarsie chaos. They need somewhere to put the 42s while all this is getting worked out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted January 28, 2019 Share #7181 Posted January 28, 2019 1 hour ago, trainfan22 said: I believe they always did this, when the 160s we're coming in, the 32-42 cars usually went to Concourse yard for storage for a bit before being moved to 207th for disposal. Also R40 Slants came back on the N after the 160s pushed them off the line, due to the Siemens units needed to be sidelined for some issue they had. Nah they sat in concourse until they cleared out 207th and moved them to get stripped. That's why we had a car shortage after everything was reefed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted January 28, 2019 Share #7182 Posted January 28, 2019 What’s pretty good about the R179’s are the “Will Not Stop” FIND feature... it stays displayed until after it leaves the station. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted January 28, 2019 Share #7183 Posted January 28, 2019 Although I don’t post much on the subway side of the forum. However, I boarded a train. Looks like the new R179 series. Car # 3172 yesterday. Also spotted a set of cars ending at 3180. Just wanted to know if the R179 cars start in the 3100-3200 series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted January 28, 2019 Share #7184 Posted January 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Future ENY OP said: Although I don’t post much on the subway side of the forum. However, I boarded a train. Looks like the new R179 series. Car # 3172 yesterday. Also spotted a set of cars ending at 3180. Just wanted to know if the R179 cars start in the 3100-3200 series. 3050-3069, 3074-3149 , 3150-3181 are the current R179s in-service. 3182-3213 are being tested. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ of JGD Posted January 28, 2019 Share #7185 Posted January 28, 2019 4 hours ago, VIP said: What’s pretty good about the R179’s are the “Will Not Stop” FIND feature... it stays displayed until after it leaves the station. Yeah, I seen it when the J was skipping 111 St 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coney Island Av Posted January 30, 2019 Share #7186 Posted January 30, 2019 3182-3189 finally in service on the this time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted January 30, 2019 Share #7187 Posted January 30, 2019 3206-3209 are reportedly on their way to NYC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2fwannabe Posted January 30, 2019 Share #7188 Posted January 30, 2019 Logjam broken at last?!? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2fwannabe Posted January 30, 2019 Share #7189 Posted January 30, 2019 20 hours ago, Coney Island Av said: 3182-3189 finally in service on the this time. So that might be it for the last R-160A-1's at 207. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2fwannabe Posted January 30, 2019 Share #7190 Posted January 30, 2019 16 minutes ago, Around the Horn said: 3206-3209 are reportedly on their way to NYC The delivered and unaccepted list is only showing cars up to 3205. Has been for like a month. So these new delays push first delivery of the 5-car sets to end of March, probably their revenue service well into April, maybe May 2019. The final delivery now projects into September. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subwaycommuter1983 Posted January 31, 2019 Share #7191 Posted January 31, 2019 There are still r160's running on the C. I rode on one of them earlier today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T J Trainman Posted January 31, 2019 Share #7192 Posted January 31, 2019 I saw 1 R160 set on the C earlier this evening, 8645-8648, 9967-9970 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S78 via Hylan Posted January 31, 2019 Share #7193 Posted January 31, 2019 4 hours ago, subwaycommuter1983 said: There are still r160's running on the C. I rode on one of them earlier today. 5 minutes ago, T J Trainman said: I saw 1 R160 set on the C earlier this evening, 8645-8648, 9967-9970 That was probably the remaining set you guys saw since there’s only one on the . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted January 31, 2019 Share #7194 Posted January 31, 2019 15 hours ago, Around the Horn said: 3206-3209 are reportedly on their way to NYC 15 hours ago, m2fwannabe said: The delivered and unaccepted list is only showing cars up to 3205. Has been for like a month. So these new delays push first delivery of the 5-car sets to end of March, probably their revenue service well into April, maybe May 2019. The final delivery now projects into September. AtH is correct. Deliveries are resumed as of yesterday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brakethrow Posted February 1, 2019 Share #7195 Posted February 1, 2019 So what are train operators saying about the 179s ? Do they like running them ? Also what new information is shown in the cab screens compared to the 160s ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHacksJustKhaks Posted February 1, 2019 Share #7196 Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, brakethrow said: So what are train operators saying about the 179s ? Do they like running them ? 2 From what I've heard, some actually do not since the design of the cab is less intuitive for them, and much smaller which makes it uncomfortable to make certain runs. Opinions vary though, I'll have to find out more... Edited February 1, 2019 by NoHacksJustKhaks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 2, 2019 Share #7197 Posted February 2, 2019 Apparently the 10 car R179 is now in service on the . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted February 2, 2019 Share #7198 Posted February 2, 2019 1 minute ago, Lawrence St said: Apparently the 10 car R179 is now in service on the . Source? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted February 2, 2019 Share #7199 Posted February 2, 2019 17 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: Apparently the 10 car R179 is now in service on the . 16 minutes ago, MysteriousBtrain said: Source? The picture on Facebook is of a test train that ran tonight signed up as an A train. It is NOT in service. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Railfanning Posted February 2, 2019 Share #7200 Posted February 2, 2019 5 minutes ago, Fan Railer said: The picture on Facebook is of a test train that ran tonight signed up as an A train. It is NOT in service. By any chance can I know what facebook group you’re referring to? I dont see it on TNPV. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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