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1 hour ago, Fan Railer said:

Speculation doesn't change what will eventually become reality. So I say let them speculate. Things would be a LOT smoother if people just ignored the stuff that they don't agree with.

Exactly, people just choose to argue instead of ignoring things.

With that said, lets get this topic back on track. Let's try and get back on common ground and cut out all of the pettiness, okay?

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4 minutes ago, R68OnBroadway said:

I haven't paid to the R179 delivery in a while, so can someone tell me what sets have been delivered and where they currently are?

2 minutes ago, B3 Via Av U said:

Whats up with the 10-car R179s as of late? Did they magically teleport themselves back to Plattsburgh or something? 

3010-3019: MIA, recently seen testing in the Flats, either at CI or Pitkin

3050-3057: Testing, at ENY

3058-3065: In service, at ENY

3066-3069, 3090-3093: In service, at ENY

3086-3089: Delivered, testing, at ENY

3100-3101: To be delivered tonight to ENY

3098-3099: Presumably to be delivered this week to ENY

3070-3085, 3094-3097: ??.  Any reason why they're way out of order and they're delivering the first 31XXs before filling in that 16 car gap?

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Inquiry about other cars and to answer question below
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7 minutes ago, R68OnBroadway said:

I haven't paid to the R179 delivery in a while, so can someone tell me what sets have been delivered and where they currently are?

3010-3019- MIA

3050-3057- ENY

3058-3065- Currently on the (J) in passenger service

3086-3089- ENY

3066-3069-Currently on the (J) in passenger service

3090-3093-Currently on the (J) in passenger service

3094-3097- 207 St

3100-3101- Being delivered to 207 or ENY 

@Bosco beat me to it but forgot to include 3094-3097. And 3094-3097 will be transferred to ENY.

 

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1 minute ago, Coney Island Av said:

3010-3019- MIA

3050-3057- ENY

3058-3065- Currently on the (J) in passenger service

3086-3089- ENY

3066-3069-Currently on the (J) in passenger service

3090-3093-Currently on the (J) in passenger service

3094-3097- 207 St

3100-3101- Being delivered to 207 or ENY 

@Bosco beat me to it but forgot to include 3094-3097. 

 

3094-3097 are in at 207 St?  That would be weird considering we all know they're not going on the (C)...

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1 hour ago, Bosco said:

A3070-3085, 3094-3097: ??.  Any reason why they're way out of order and they're delivering the first 31XXs before filling in that 16 car gap?

The higher the number, the greater the state of modification as manufactured.  They're the most up-to-date.  Lower numbers will follow after receiving post-production mods in Plattsburgh, but against NYCT's desired delivery requirements, so may take a little while.  Anyhow, it answers the question as to which way the continuing deliveries will go (up or down), so we might deduce that 3102-05 aren't far behind.

All R-179's are delivered by flatbed truck through 207 Street Shops in a "raw" state.  Final assembly and preliminary testing has also been done at 207 Street lately, but had earlier been undertaken at Pitkin.  Means NOTHING against their service assignments, so when preliminary testing is complete they get moved to their operating facility (currently ENY) for 500-mile "burn-in" before entering revenue service.

It sounds like there is at least one more train burning in this week:  3086-89 plus 3094-97.  Their acceptance would make up 3 trains overall.

3050-57 and 3010-19 probably need(ed) a lot of retroactive remediation work and reliability measurement before their final acceptance testing can start.

I must profess some surprise there have been no more interruptions as yet!

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