S78 via Hylan Posted January 19, 2019 Share #7076 Posted January 19, 2019 28 minutes ago, m2fwannabe said: Several R-179's on and . I’m not so sure about this. The seems to be mostly R160s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted January 19, 2019 Share #7077 Posted January 19, 2019 3 minutes ago, S78 via Hylan said: I’m not so sure about this. The seems to be mostly R160s. Seemingly... but there’s R143’s roaming around as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGA Link N Train Posted January 19, 2019 Share #7078 Posted January 19, 2019 36 minutes ago, VIP said: Seemingly... but there’s R143’s roaming around as well. I still don’t understand why 143’s roam on the and . It confuses me as to why there’re there in the first place. (Aside from the fact that 143’s are housed at ENY) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted January 19, 2019 Share #7079 Posted January 19, 2019 8 minutes ago, LaGuardia Link N Tra said: I still don’t understand why 143’s roam on the and . It confuses me as to why there’re there in the first place. (Aside from the fact that 143’s are housed at ENY) I agree. They have more than enough R160’s and R179’s at this point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subwaycommuter1983 Posted January 19, 2019 Share #7080 Posted January 19, 2019 I saw 3157 on the C this afternoon at 168th Street. It seems that the vast majority of the r179's were pulled out of service due to the issues reported by the Daily news. Will this slow down even more the deliveries of r179's??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhg121 Posted January 19, 2019 Share #7081 Posted January 19, 2019 Lol that R179 ended up doing a battery run via fulton street express to euclid. It was so weird cuz it was terminating on the express track. The right behind came up right behind and switched over to the normal terminating track. Like y not just send it over the switch in the first place instead of unnecessarily delaying train service. So many ppl were shocked it was running express. One lady got on at Bway Jct expecting to go to Liberty but nope. Uptown and also did a switcheroo, on the express and pulled in on the local and the Liberty Ave passenger was fed up as it was wtf is going on? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2fwannabe Posted January 19, 2019 Share #7082 Posted January 19, 2019 1 hour ago, m2fwannabe said: Still just one R-179 train on as we close the week, but NO R-46's (plus one R-160, beau coup R-32's). Several R-179's on and . R-179's on and , January 18: Six for the road, one in reserve. About a half dozen R-160's & four wandering R-143's. Three MK R-42's. The R-143's are used to fill holes in the requirement, just like the R-42's. Not enough R-160A-1's to stretch among all three lines, but more R-143's than needed just for the Canarsie Line. Especially so given there are only those "special" (CBTC) 64 that can run on and the can only use R-160's. DCE approved their use as an exception a few years ago, understanding that the interior strip maps have to be disregarded by Conductors. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2fwannabe Posted January 19, 2019 Share #7083 Posted January 19, 2019 Upon further review: a better question is when or "if" the R-179's at ENY will be used on the someday in the foreseeable future to relieve that part of the equipment crunch? So far, quality issues suggest not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGA Link N Train Posted January 19, 2019 Share #7084 Posted January 19, 2019 10 hours ago, danielhg121 said: Lol that R179 ended up doing a battery run via fulton street express to euclid. It was so weird cuz it was terminating on the express track. The right behind came up right behind and switched over to the normal terminating track. Like y not just send it over the switch in the first place instead of unnecessarily delaying train service. So many ppl were shocked it was running express. One lady got on at Bway Jct expecting to go to Liberty but nope. Uptown and also did a switcheroo, on the express and pulled in on the local and the Liberty Ave passenger was fed up as it was wtf is going on? I hear complaints like that coming from my friends at school. Even some staff complain about that too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jemorie Posted January 19, 2019 Share #7085 Posted January 19, 2019 11 hours ago, m2fwannabe said: R-179's on and , January 18: Six for the road, one in reserve. About a half dozen R-160's & four wandering R-143's. Three MK R-42's. How many R179s total are in regular passenger service and spares combined to be exact? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R68OnBroadway Posted January 19, 2019 Share #7086 Posted January 19, 2019 Hope I can get another ride on one before they retire... I hope they are still here by March, but I would expect them to go into storage or be retired by May or June (assuming that they will go through with the same plans as if the shutdown happened). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGA Link N Train Posted January 19, 2019 Share #7087 Posted January 19, 2019 16 minutes ago, R68OnBroadway said: Hope I can get another ride on one before they retire... I hope they are still here by March, but I would expect them to go into storage or be retired by May or June (assuming that they will go through with the same plans as if the shutdown happened). I don't think they'll retire until the R179 order is complete 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted January 20, 2019 Share #7088 Posted January 20, 2019 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jemorie Posted January 20, 2019 Share #7089 Posted January 20, 2019 Good lookin' Union Tpke. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2fwannabe Posted January 20, 2019 Share #7090 Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) Looks good except for two things: 1) I have a VERY reliable update (including a new inventory list, dated January 11, 2019) that now shows 318 cars total, 130 5's & 188 4's. 2) Deliveries projected for completion in mid August, not September. Not sure which is correct, but in any event there are still short term troubles. Still no movement on restoring more of the C train fleet to service. Edited January 24, 2019 by East New York 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted January 20, 2019 Share #7091 Posted January 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, m2fwannabe said: Looks good except for two things: 1) I have a VERY reliable update (including a new inventory list, dated January 11, 2019) that now shows 318 cars total, 130 5's & 188 4's. 2) Deliveries projected for completion in mid August, not September. Not sure which is correct, but in any event there are still short term troubles. Still no movement on restoring more of the C train fleet to service. I have heard a rumor that it was changed to 318. I would be willing to add more funding to the order to add more 5-car sets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2fwannabe Posted January 20, 2019 Share #7092 Posted January 20, 2019 10 hours ago, Jemorie said: How many R179s total are in regular passenger service and spares combined to be exact? There are 12 trains assigned to East New York (96 cars) and 4 to 207 Street (32 cars). Seven R179's were running on the on January 18. Same date, there were 28 unaccepted R-179's on NYCT property. 156 total. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted January 20, 2019 Share #7093 Posted January 20, 2019 45 minutes ago, Union Tpke said: I have heard a rumor that it was changed to 318. I would be willing to add more funding to the order to add more 5-car sets. I never understood why the original order only had 4 5 car sets. Also, were some 4 car sets later on converted into 5 car sets? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coney Island Av Posted January 20, 2019 Share #7094 Posted January 20, 2019 3 hours ago, R68OnBroadway said: Hope I can get another ride on one before they retire... I hope they are still here by March, but I would expect them to go into storage or be retired by May or June (assuming that they will go through with the same plans as if the shutdown happened). 3 hours ago, LaGuardia Link N Tra said: I don't think they'll retire until the R179 order is complete The R42s are definitely not leaving anytime soon. And they will definitely still be here through March. Plus, there's no official confirmation yet of them retiring so the best we can do is wait. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted January 20, 2019 Share #7095 Posted January 20, 2019 Yep add 1 more 10 car set to the fleet, they're very late. September of 2019 we expect the last car is very unacceptable. The incoming cars mind as well be all 10 cars at this rate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted January 20, 2019 Share #7096 Posted January 20, 2019 R42's are staying for a good while, they won't be going anywhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enjineer Posted January 20, 2019 Share #7097 Posted January 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, R32 3838 said: R42's are staying for a good while, they won't be going anywhere. As I understood it, really nothing is getting retired until the R211s begin arriving, as increased demand and car shortages have made it necessary to keep any and all cars they can run on the B division in service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted January 20, 2019 Share #7098 Posted January 20, 2019 2 hours ago, m2fwannabe said: Looks good except for two things: 1) I have a VERY reliable update (including a new inventory list, dated January 11, 2019) that now shows 318 cars total, 130 5's & 188 4's. 2) Deliveries projected for completion in mid August, not September. Not sure which is correct, but in any event there are still short term troubles. Still no movement on restoring more of the C train fleet to service. Inventory list? Is this like a roster or something like that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subwaycommuter1983 Posted January 20, 2019 Share #7099 Posted January 20, 2019 4 hours ago, Union Tpke said: Thanks for sharing the information. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B46 via Utica Posted January 20, 2019 Share #7100 Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=undefined&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwj85Lvly_vfAhUrh-AKHSXxDoYQzPwBCAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nydailynews.com%2Fnew-york%2Fny-metro-r179-mta-train-car-20190108-story.html&psig=AOvVaw3ZClXsSLQqprGzkeLAvuq5&ust=1548047318779421 This article may interest some of you I've noticed that the 179s have had their fair share of consistent breakdowns and defects. I am aware of the possibility that can just be an effect of the "New Subway Car Phase" but I would like to shed some light on what is going on specifically. My experiences with the 179s personally haven't been really good. Edited January 20, 2019 by B46 via Utica 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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