Fan Railer Posted November 23, 2016 Share #3326 Posted November 23, 2016 Maybe, maybe not. Never assume anything with the TA lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted November 23, 2016 Share #3327 Posted November 23, 2016 I caught it too last night https://youtu.be/GFRjDv7TjzA 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewYorkElevated Posted November 24, 2016 Share #3328 Posted November 24, 2016 (edited) So much progress being made for these subway cars. Edited November 24, 2016 by TheNewYorkElevated 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted November 24, 2016 Share #3329 Posted November 24, 2016 Test train sighted on the Franklin Shuttle tonight. Once-in-a-lifetime RARE dankness right there. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted November 24, 2016 Share #3330 Posted November 24, 2016 Now that's a rare sighting there. I guess we can't accuse the MTA of not being thorough in their clearance tests. I mean, what's the likelihood of the 179s ever running on the Franklin Ave shuttle? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted November 24, 2016 Share #3331 Posted November 24, 2016 Hsve it run to City Hall LL! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDNQ2345 Posted November 24, 2016 Share #3332 Posted November 24, 2016 I don't know maybe the next test gonna be BMT Eastern divison, BMT Broadway line, BMT Sea Beach, and BMT Astoria line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted November 24, 2016 Share #3333 Posted November 24, 2016 Franklin Shuttle testing. Credits to MTA T Train: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesman8 Posted November 24, 2016 Share #3334 Posted November 24, 2016 And how do you know that? Are you TA? The 42s are not going anywhere until after the L shutdown, regardless of how many R179s have been accepted. Actually, R42s are beginning the scrapping process before the L shutdown. I can confirm this from inside the TA, one we hit 50 179s those will all be starting off on the J/Z and the 42s will begin their farewell journey. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted November 24, 2016 Share #3335 Posted November 24, 2016 Actually, R42s are beginning the scrapping process before the L shutdown. I can confirm this from inside the TA, one we hit 50 179s those will all be starting off on the J/Z and the 42s will begin their farewell journey. So none will be preserved for work service? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesman8 Posted November 25, 2016 Share #3336 Posted November 25, 2016 So none will be preserved for work service? As far as i've heard, they're in such bad shape underneath that they are losing money trying to maintain them. SMS apparently was a temporary fix and they are beginning to crumble. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted November 25, 2016 Share #3337 Posted November 25, 2016 As far as i've heard, they're in such bad shape underneath that they are losing money trying to maintain them. SMS apparently was a temporary fix and they are beginning to crumble. Oh damn! That's worse than I thought... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj Hammers Posted November 25, 2016 Share #3338 Posted November 25, 2016 R179s visit the Franklin Shuttle: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesman8 Posted November 25, 2016 Share #3339 Posted November 25, 2016 Oh damn! That's worse than I thought... Yeah, I reacted the same way. However, the 32's are actually in much better shape and we should be seeing them in lines we've never seen before, because we have a car shortage. 32s won't leave for what I can expect is 5 - 8 years. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cone E Island Posted November 25, 2016 Share #3340 Posted November 25, 2016 (edited) So far, it's been on IND lines like the , / , , , and . Basically, the entire IND minus the . Progress is going nice so far. Not long till we see one on the rest of the BMT lines besides the and Franklin Ave . Probably testing on Broadway/Downtown Brooklyn is next. Edited November 25, 2016 by Cone E Island 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDNQ2345 Posted November 25, 2016 Share #3341 Posted November 25, 2016 (edited) So far, it's been on IND lines like the , / , , , and . Basically, the entire IND minus the . Progress is going nice so far. Not long till we see one on the rest of the BMT lines besides the and Franklin Ave . Probably testing on Broadway/Downtown Brooklyn is next. and also BMT Astoria , BMT Sea Beach , and BMT Eastern Division Edited November 25, 2016 by BDNQ2345 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted November 26, 2016 Share #3342 Posted November 26, 2016 So far, it's been on IND lines like the , / , , , and . Basically, the entire IND minus the . Progress is going nice so far. Not long till we see one on the rest of the BMT lines besides the and Franklin Ave . Probably testing on Broadway/Downtown Brooklyn is next.By default, the and were the first ones because of Pitkin and 207 yards respectively. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesman8 Posted November 27, 2016 Share #3343 Posted November 27, 2016 By default, the and were the first ones because of Pitkin and 207 yards respectively. Haha, yes, I guess that is quite true. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstar1 Posted November 27, 2016 Share #3344 Posted November 27, 2016 Remember the first R160 train sets were tested on before going to other Subway lines. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailRunRob Posted November 27, 2016 Share #3345 Posted November 27, 2016 Remember the first R160 train sets were tested on before going to other Subway lines. I remember that. The 86XX cars right? Why was that? Did length are endurance conditions play a role for testing? Was the supposed to get some of that order maybe? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted November 27, 2016 Share #3346 Posted November 27, 2016 I remember that. The 86XX cars right? Why was that? Did length are endurance conditions play a role for testing? Was the supposed to get some of that order maybe? I think the was supposed to get the now and cars or something like that, but a combination of the power problems they suffered in the Rockaways and the R44 fiasco changed that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted November 28, 2016 Share #3347 Posted November 28, 2016 I think the was supposed to get the now and cars or something like that, but a combination of the power problems they suffered in the Rockaways and the R44 fiasco changed that. The was actually the first line to receive R160s but ended up being liked the 6th line (Excluding those rerouted Trains). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailRunRob Posted November 28, 2016 Share #3348 Posted November 28, 2016 (edited) I think the was supposed to get the now and cars or something like that, but a combination of the power problems they suffered in the Rockaways and the R44 fiasco changed that. I remember the power issues with change over with LIPA. Did they ever get that worked out with the power change over? Does seem like the 179's has had any of those issues. Do you know was it issues with propulsion? or subsystems \The was actually the first line to receive R160s but ended up being liked the 6th line (Excluding those rerouted Trains). Did they run on the before the ? What line did they do the 30-day qualifier on? Edited November 28, 2016 by RailRunRob 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhg121 Posted November 28, 2016 Share #3349 Posted November 28, 2016 They were on the i believe Sent from my iPhone using NYC Transit Forums mobile app 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted November 28, 2016 Share #3350 Posted November 28, 2016 (edited) Did they run on the before the ? What line did they do the 30-day qualifier on? I think the Alstom set was always on the / but the Kawasaki set started on the and the moved to the . Edited November 28, 2016 by Around the Horn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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