R179 Discussion Thread

[subwaycommuter1983 342]

11 hours ago, NewFlyer 230 said:

I’m curious, what keeps on happening to the R179’s that they are always being taken out of service? 

I guess it is normal for new trains to be taken out of service very often during the first few months of service to inspect them and address any issues. It happened with previous NTT'S. It is better to address them now and not a few years later like it happened with the r46's and r68's during the 70's and 80's.

[m2fwannabe 328]

On 6/17/2019 at 10:12 PM, j express said:

@m2fwannabe Any R46 transfers recently since the 3 set of R179s went into service on the ?

Been on vacation and the paperwork is still piling up, but it is reported that the next eight cars went to Jamaica as of June 17. 

On 6/17/2019 at 10:27 PM, subwaycommuter1983 said:

Any new deliveries?

As of same date (June 17), 3268-3272 had been delivered to 207.  I don't know if they've been moved to Pitkin for acceptance yet, others might.

[MTABFan3746 12]

Just in case anyone is looking for them, the R179s are back to back on the Line (Currently riding 3010-3019 at Howard Beach and the other one should be around Jay St (3238-3247 departed 20 minutes earlier).

[Coney Island Av 855]

Do the R46s even still run on the  at this point? They've essentially stopped running on the latter from what i've seen...

(apologies if i sound dumb, haven't really been keeping up to date with this thread)

Edited June 23, 2019 by Coney Island Av

[NoHacksJustKhaks 390]

1 hour ago, Coney Island Av said:

Do the R46s even still run on the  at this point? They've essentially stopped running on the latter from what i've seen...

(apologies if i sound dumb, haven't really been keeping up to date with this thread)

As recently as early-mid June, yes they've popped up. Though not to a high degree (many days I've seen had none).

Edited June 23, 2019 by NoHacksJustKhaks

[subwaycommuter1983 342]

2 hours ago, Coney Island Av said:

Do the R46s even still run on the  at this point? They've essentially stopped running on the latter from what i've seen...

(apologies if i sound dumb, haven't really been keeping up to date with this thread)

Nope, the C has been running 8 car r179's and r32's.

[VIP 716]

16 hours ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

Nope, the C has been running 8 car r179's and r32's.

There’s been too many incidents with the  having R46’s along with R32, and R179’s so the superintendent prefers to keep the 46’s off the  

[ttcsubwayfan 2,060]

18 minutes ago, VIP said:

There’s been too many incidents with the  having R46’s along with R32, and R179’s so the superintendent prefers to keep the 46’s off the  

What sorts of incidents might this be?

[subwaycommuter1983 342]

53 minutes ago, ttcsubwayfan said:

What sorts of incidents might this be?

Probably some confusion in regards to train length and perhaps the MTA's decision to "postpone" the plans for making the C and G full length trains until the r211's.

[subwaycommuter1983 342]

It seems that the r46's are still making occasional appearances on the C.

Here's another r179 clip:

 

[LegoBrickBreaker101 461]

3258-3267 is currently burn-in testing, we’re close to 4 sets of R179s on the (A)

[R179 8258 39]

3 hours ago, subwaycommuter1983 said:

It seems that the r46's are still making occasional appearances on the C.

Here's another r179 clip:

 

Wonder why they don’t put Fulton St Exp on the  FIND 

[trainfan22 1,753]

3250 still has Charlie's PSA automated announcements, to my surprise..

 

I'm loving these R179 trains, so cool to see NTT on the !!!!

[happy283 96]

8 hours ago, trainfan22 said:

3250 still has Charlie's PSA automated announcements, to my surprise..

 

I'm loving these R179 trains, so cool to see NTT on the !!!!

They all should have Charlie's announcements. The new announcements sound terrible.

[Lawrence St 1,136]

9 hours ago, trainfan22 said:

3250 still has Charlie's PSA automated announcements, to my surprise..

 

I'm loving these R179 trains, so cool to see NTT on the !!!!

3250 didnt get the update? Awesome!

[Around the Horn 5,691]

48 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

3250 didnt get the update? Awesome!

AFAIK all the sets have both the Charlie PSAs and the new ones

[Calvin 2,019]

3238-3247 doesn't have the STOP warning but that'll change soon

[Lex 850]

37 minutes ago, Calvin said:

3238-3247 doesn't have the STOP warning but that'll change soon

The what?

[Calvin 2,019]

7 minutes ago, Lex said:

The what?

That stop octagon that's by the sticker saying riding cars is prohibited (the ones the 160, 142, 32 etc) 

*Located by the storm doors, if that's what you call it

 

 

Edited June 27, 2019 by Calvin

[Lex 850]

28 minutes ago, Calvin said:

That stop octagon that's by the sticker saying riding cars is prohibited (the ones the 160, 142, 32 etc) 

*Located by the storm doors, if that's what you call it

 

 

Oh, that.

[Bill from Maspeth 1,469]

On ‎6‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 4:17 PM, ttcsubwayfan said:

What sorts of incidents might this be?

 

On ‎6‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 3:59 PM, VIP said:

There’s been too many incidents with the  having R46’s along with R32, and R179’s so the superintendent prefers to keep the 46’s off the  

Because it takes longer time wise to relay and R46 vs. an R32/R179 at both Euclid and 168.  Although at 168 there is the benefit of a benchwall for most or all of the walk for the t/o. Euclid relay does not.  Therefore in many instances 2 t/o's are needed to relay an R46.  This could mean overtime, especially if the C has a lot of R46's that day.  Overtime eats into the superintendent's budget.  The less overtime, the better the superintendent looks to "The General".

[bwwnyc123 118]

Plus it's confusing seeing full length R46 and short length R32/R179 on (C).  

[biGC323232 334]

1 hour ago, bwwnyc123 said:

Plus it's confusing seeing full length R46 and short length R32/R179 on (C).  

Whats confusing about it...Except that the R46 uses the whole length of the platform...

[bobtehpanda 5,873]

1 hour ago, biGC323232 said:

Whats confusing about it...Except that the R46 uses the whole length of the platform...

People should have a reasonable expectation of where to stand on the platform for a train. Sprinting for trains is inconvenient and dangerous.

[RR503 4,207]

4 hours ago, Bill from Maspeth said:

Because it takes longer time wise to relay and R46 vs. an R32/R179 at both Euclid and 168.  Although at 168 there is the benefit of a benchwall for most or all of the walk for the t/o. Euclid relay does not.  Therefore in many instances 2 t/o's are needed to relay an R46.  This could mean overtime, especially if the C has a lot of R46's that day.  Overtime eats into the superintendent's budget.  The less overtime, the better the superintendent looks to "The General".

I mean, really speaking all relays should be double ended...but if they’re not going to budget basic competence items like that, the 60’ cars are a lot better.