Far Rock Depot Posted February 19, 2019 Share #7576 Posted February 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, mine248 said: Wow. I’m surprised at this (like if this is the case, then why don’t they just lock them by default?) The feature is only on 75ft cars. Those are locked by default for safety reasons. The fact that when on curves, the doors are extremely misaligned and the anticlimbers are narrow. On every other car, they are left unlocked to assure that if any incident happens, passengers can escape to the other cars. If you remember when the 142s and 160s first arrived they had handles on both door panels , now only one of them has a handle. This is because in Europe, a car full of passengers got robbed because the criminals wrapped a chain between the two handles, locking everyone in. This can't happen with only one handle. This is what was told to us by our TSS in school car. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Rock Depot Posted February 19, 2019 Share #7577 Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Fan Railer said: Storm doors are required to be locked on 67 foot cars and up due to the swing of the cars when navigating tight corners and switches, and they are. 46, 68, and 68A doors are locked, as are the storm doors on the BMT Standards when they are used for Museum services, but from my understanding can be opened by the crew in an emergency. There's no rule requiring their locking on shorter cars, and I think until recently, it was not illegal to move between cars that way. Hell, back 40 years ago before air conditioning, storm doors were clipped open to improve airflow in the cars. The R110B was never locked. 67ft is the maximum length allowed to be unlocked as long as the truck center difference is the same as the 110B, which was slightly longer than the standards. The swing isn't too extreme. I asked this in New Car Engineering and again in School Car. Edited February 19, 2019 by Far Rock Depot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted February 19, 2019 Share #7578 Posted February 19, 2019 1 minute ago, Far Rock Depot said: The R110B was never locked. 67ft is the maximum length allowed to be unlocked. The swing isn't too extreme. I asked this in New Car Engineering and again in School Car. Not so true for the Standards, it seems. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Rock Depot Posted February 19, 2019 Share #7579 Posted February 19, 2019 Just now, Fan Railer said: Not so true for the Standards, it seems. The standards have more of an "overhang"-and a shorter truck center difference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted February 19, 2019 Share #7580 Posted February 19, 2019 Just now, Far Rock Depot said: The standards have more of an "overhang"-and a shorter truck center difference. Also a narrower storm door and no recess between the door and the actual end of the car. There's literally nothing to grab onto once you step outside of the storm door on those cars lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 19, 2019 Share #7581 Posted February 19, 2019 Since the R46 and 68's are 75 feet, how come they manage to not hit each other on the 36th St curve into 9th Av on the (D)? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted February 19, 2019 Share #7582 Posted February 19, 2019 Just now, Lawrence St said: Since the R46 and 68's are 75 feet, how come they manage to not hit each other on the 36th St curve into 9th Av on the (D)? This is getting unrelated to the 179... But to answer your question, literally because they measured the clearances throughout the system before they bought those cars and determined where they could go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Rock Depot Posted February 19, 2019 Share #7583 Posted February 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, Fan Railer said: This is getting unrelated to the 179... But to answer your question, literally because they measured the clearances throughout the system before they bought those cars and determined where they could go. Fan Railer hit it right on the nose. Infact, if you go onto NYCSubway.org, youll see pics of a special car they built to mimick the size of the R44s to test the clearances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whz1995 Posted February 20, 2019 Share #7584 Posted February 20, 2019 20 hours ago, Fan Railer said: Storm doors are required to be locked on 67 foot cars and up due to the swing of the cars when navigating tight corners and switches, and they are. 46, 68, and 68A doors are locked, as are the storm doors on the BMT Standards when they are used for Museum services, but from my understanding can be opened by the crew in an emergency. There's no rule requiring their locking on shorter cars, and I think until recently, it was not illegal to move between cars that way (hence the installation of pantograph gates on the 40 Slants. Hell, back 40 years ago before air conditioning, storm doors were clipped open to improve airflow in the cars. The only reason I see for this rule (it being illegal to pass between cars using the storm doors in the absence of an emergency) being implemented in our time is the lawsuit happy nature of our society. Back in the day, if you f**ked up and injured yourself or died, it was understood that you were at fault. Nowadays, every idiot around the corner is trying to make a quick buck, and will sue anyone and anything for whatever they can get. There were also several deadly incidents between the cars in the last December. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whz1995 Posted February 20, 2019 Share #7585 Posted February 20, 2019 I would like to take the R179 A from 59st st to 125st st express and feel its acceleration. Some of the T/Os drive super fast in this segment with avg speed of 50+mph if my calculation is correct. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junjun441 Posted February 20, 2019 Share #7586 Posted February 20, 2019 12 minutes ago, whz1995 said: I would like to take the R179 A from 59st st to 125st st express and feel its acceleration. Some of the T/Os drive super fast in this segment with avg speed of 50+mph if my calculation is correct. That might be a bit... dangerous. Also there are timers on that stretch. But I do think it averages around 40 MPH between 96th and 110th streets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHacksJustKhaks Posted February 20, 2019 Share #7587 Posted February 20, 2019 30 minutes ago, whz1995 said: avg speed of 50+mph if my calculation is correct. The train definitely can hit 50, but I don't think it is average speed in general IIRC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR503 Posted February 20, 2019 Share #7588 Posted February 20, 2019 The max you get 59-125 in either direction is 42-43. It's GT40s 86-116, and 25s (?) around to 125. The acceleration differential, though, is quite noticeable. Rode it Monday and...damn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share #7589 Posted February 20, 2019 Full program updates can now be seen at the top 👆of this thread for your convenience. This way everyone can keep current or reference something without having to go back and find the information in a previous post or page. As mentioned elsewhere, this will be rolling out across all major threads in all forums. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted February 20, 2019 Share #7590 Posted February 20, 2019 1 hour ago, East New York said: Full program updates can now be seen at the top 👆of this thread for your convenience. This way everyone can keep current or reference something without having to go back and find the information in a previous post or page. As mentioned elsewhere, this will be rolling out across all major threads in all forums. Thanks. Just a note; page 19 is posted twice lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted February 20, 2019 Share #7591 Posted February 20, 2019 On 2/16/2019 at 8:26 PM, subwaycommuter1983 said: Several years?? Some are already kicking and screaming about the retirement of the r42's and r32's and they still hope that both will stay in service forever and forever. A lot of railfans are still pissed that the MTA is changing plans in terms of car assignments, but the MTA has the final word. There were likely people who did the same when these 32s and 42s pushed out the Arnines back in the day. They'll get over it eventually. Or they won't. Either way, those old cars are leaving and not even an early retirement of another car class will stop this now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfan 007 Posted February 20, 2019 Share #7592 Posted February 20, 2019 On 2/18/2019 at 10:31 PM, Cait Sith said: Just so you guys know, the times for the 179s are not consistent. Last Sunday, it ended its trip at Far Rockaway and went to the yard around 9:30-9:45PM. This past Sunday & Today, it ended its trip from Lefferts and went into the yard around 8:30PM. And the last thing you guys need to do is bother personnel about the train. When it ran on day one, a ton of fans were bothering line personnel about it.... For those who want a more specific time, yesterday it left 207th at 6:30pm, terminated at Lefferts, and then was NIS heading to the yard at 8:00pm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Ridge Express Posted February 21, 2019 Share #7593 Posted February 21, 2019 I'm pretty sure our interests in the R179 have already died down quite a bit 😂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted February 21, 2019 Share #7594 Posted February 21, 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Bay Ridge Express said: I'm pretty sure our interests in the R179 have already died down quite a bit 😂 When the rest of the 5 car sets start coming in, the foam will pick up. Edited February 21, 2019 by trainfan22 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coney Island Av Posted February 21, 2019 Share #7595 Posted February 21, 2019 (edited) As for car assignments, I'm still on the fence over them until there's actual solid proof they're changing up. I don't expect even close-to-accurate info to be final, because nothing is really confirmed at this point, especially considering Cuomo's cancellation of the hard work and planning of the shutdown (which was already said to be definite a few months prior). Edited February 21, 2019 by Coney Island Av 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlgorithmOfTruth Posted February 21, 2019 Share #7596 Posted February 21, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Coney Island Av said: As for car assignments, I'm still on the fence over them until there's actual solid proof they're changing up. I don't expect even close-to-accurate info to be final, because nothing is really confirmed at this point, especially considering Cuomo's cancellation of the hard work and planning of the shutdown (which was already said to be definite a few months prior). Oh boy, not this again... I was hoping that the first 10-car set of R179s on the would cause people to forget about this. Too much of a headache. I'll get my wish once more of the 5-car sets start rolling in. Edited February 21, 2019 by AlgorithmOfTruth 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted February 22, 2019 Share #7597 Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) 3214-3217; last night. Edited February 22, 2019 by Fan Railer 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enjineer Posted February 22, 2019 Share #7598 Posted February 22, 2019 On 2/19/2019 at 12:07 AM, Fan Railer said: storm doors were clipped open to improve airflow in the cars. And still are on the Holiday Nostalgia Train. You can freely move between cars and nobody will say anything about you doing so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJay85 Posted February 23, 2019 Share #7599 Posted February 23, 2019 On 11/1/2018 at 2:40 PM, subwaycommuter1983 said: Wow, thank you for sharing this information. There was a rumor years ago that the r160's were supposed to to the B/D trains. However, this information confirms that this rumor is not true. Is 318 cars now instead of 316 cars. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Railfanning Posted February 23, 2019 Share #7600 Posted February 23, 2019 1 minute ago, JayJay85 said: Is 318 cars now instead of 316 cars. Its not 318 cars — yet. Andy Byford only confirmed that the order will be extended by *at least* 2 cars, meaning it could be over 318 cars. However, 318 is looking extremely likely at the moment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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