Lawrence St Posted December 18, 2019 Share #8651 Posted December 18, 2019 1 hour ago, subwaycommuter1983 said: Wow, I didn't know that the r46's can run as 6 car trains. And yes, the G and C need longer trains. It will most likely happen with the r211's, when the G gets the 8 car r179's. The R46 can run in however many pairs they want, whether it be 4 cars, 6 cars, 8 cars, even 10 cars! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emil Posted December 18, 2019 Share #8652 Posted December 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Lawrence St said: The R46 can run in however many pairs they want, whether it be 4 cars, 6 cars, 8 cars, even 10 cars! it's funny you mention 10 cars because for the LONGEST time I thought they always had 10. Then I found out they (and the R68/As) operate using 8 lol. I kept forgetting about the car lengths as well which is why it was kinda shocking for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted December 18, 2019 Share #8653 Posted December 18, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, subwaycommuter1983 said: Wow, I didn't know that the r46's can run as 6 car trains. And yes, the G and C need longer trains. It will most likely happen with the r211's, when the G gets the 8 car r179's. The can be 6 car (480 feet) R46's before the R211's come in since there will be extra trains. Its just the matter of adding additional spares. The only options are the R32's, 8 car R160's or 8 car R179's. Edited December 18, 2019 by R32 3838 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jemorie Posted December 19, 2019 Share #8654 Posted December 19, 2019 Does anyone know if the R179s run 24/7 on the or they are only restricted to day and evening-only service for the time being? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2fwannabe Posted December 19, 2019 Share #8655 Posted December 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, Jemorie said: Does anyone know if the R179s run 24/7 on the or they are only restricted to day and evening-only service for the time being? There were at least nine trains of R-179's on this past Sunday of December 15. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted December 19, 2019 Share #8656 Posted December 19, 2019 17 minutes ago, Jemorie said: Does anyone know if the R179s run 24/7 on the or they are only restricted to day and evening-only service for the time being? They do run 24/7. It was last seen on the doing the Utica Av G/O that occured during weeknight fast track. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jemorie Posted December 19, 2019 Share #8657 Posted December 19, 2019 9 minutes ago, m2fwannabe said: There were at least nine trains of R-179's on this past Sunday of December 15. 1 minute ago, Calvin said: They do run 24/7. It was last seen on the doing the Utica Av G/O that occured during weeknight fast track. Not surprised. Unlike the R32s of course. I would assume any R179 that remained in service on the all night long didn’t fall in accordance to a scheduled layup or requested by the barn to be pulled from service for inspection. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biGC323232 Posted December 19, 2019 Share #8658 Posted December 19, 2019 12 hours ago, Jemorie said: Not surprised. Unlike the R32s of course. I would assume any R179 that remained in service on the all night long didn’t fall in accordance to a scheduled layup or requested by the barn to be pulled from service for inspection. I Surprisingly caught one last night and this was around 2:30am in the morning... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub 3777 Posted December 20, 2019 Share #8659 Posted December 20, 2019 3040 just passing the bridge, beautiful lead/tail end car. A second car was in front but I couldn’t see the number. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplyMyself Posted December 23, 2019 Share #8660 Posted December 23, 2019 Just saw two R179 cars right before the tolls on the GWB. The number plates weren’t installed on them. I guess Bombardier was rushing to deliver them lol. Seems this set might be 3045-3049, which will wrap up this order once and for all! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Valiant Posted December 26, 2019 Share #8661 Posted December 26, 2019 On 12/23/2019 at 5:00 PM, SimplyMyself said: Just saw two R179 cars right before the tolls on the GWB. The number plates weren’t installed on them. I guess Bombardier was rushing to deliver them lol. Seems this set might be 3045-3049, which will wrap up this order once and for all! For the , , or / ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S78 via Hylan Posted December 26, 2019 Share #8662 Posted December 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, Snorunts said: For the , , or / ? The . 3045-3049 cannot run on the as that unit is part of a ten-car train. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted December 29, 2019 Share #8663 Posted December 29, 2019 @Union Tpke I was reading the R179 page on wiki and it said that two more cars were added to the order in Janurary 2019. So are there two spare cars lying around or were two of the four car sets converted into five car sets? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted December 29, 2019 Share #8664 Posted December 29, 2019 21 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: @Union Tpke I was reading the R179 page on wiki and it said that two more cars were added to the order in Janurary 2019. So are there two spare cars lying around or were two of the four car sets converted into five car sets? Two more five car sets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2fwannabe Posted December 29, 2019 Share #8665 Posted December 29, 2019 It looks like the Eleventh 10-car train was placed on A service around Monday, 3020-3029 as of December 23. Its already broken been into two trains as of December 27. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted December 29, 2019 Share #8666 Posted December 29, 2019 5 hours ago, Lawrence St said: @Union Tpke I was reading the R179 page on wiki and it said that two more cars were added to the order in Janurary 2019. So are there two spare cars lying around or were two of the four car sets converted into five car sets? The R179 order is 316 cars. It’s almost complete. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted December 29, 2019 Share #8667 Posted December 29, 2019 4 hours ago, VIP said: The R179 order is 316 cars. It’s almost complete. 318 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxwell179 Posted December 31, 2019 Share #8668 Posted December 31, 2019 On 12/28/2019 at 8:49 PM, m2fwannabe said: It looks like the Eleventh 10-car train was placed on A service around Monday, 3020-3029 as of December 23. Its already broken been into two trains as of December 27. Are 3030-3049 the last sets to be placed in service ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted December 31, 2019 Share #8669 Posted December 31, 2019 More R179s came in tonight. I would give you fleet numbers but they were all without number plates. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted December 31, 2019 Share #8670 Posted December 31, 2019 31 minutes ago, Around the Horn said: More R179s came in tonight. I would give you fleet numbers but they were all without number plates. That's weird that they're coming without numberboards 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj Hammers Posted December 31, 2019 Share #8671 Posted December 31, 2019 4 hours ago, Around the Horn said: More R179s came in tonight. I would give you fleet numbers but they were all without number plates. Those were the last 3 cars to be delivered - 3047/6/5. They’ve started installing the number plates on NYCT property for some of the last few deliveries. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak706 Posted December 31, 2019 Share #8672 Posted December 31, 2019 12 hours ago, Dj Hammers said: They’ve started installing the number plates on NYCT property for some of the last few deliveries. That's kind of bizarre, any idea why? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted January 1, 2020 Share #8673 Posted January 1, 2020 13 hours ago, Dj Hammers said: Those were the last 3 cars to be delivered - 3047/6/5. They’ve started installing the number plates on NYCT property for some of the last few deliveries. 40 minutes ago, Amtrak706 said: That's kind of bizarre, any idea why? Sounds like they're pushing them out before the new year. Still a tad lazy, delivering an incomplete product.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subwaycommuter1983 Posted January 1, 2020 Share #8674 Posted January 1, 2020 While the last r179 cars are being delivered, the r42's are being retired and the fleet swaps between r46's from Jamaica and r160's from Coney Island are starting to happen. In the meantime, Happy New year's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak706 Posted January 1, 2020 Share #8675 Posted January 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Missabassie said: Sounds like they're pushing them out before the new year. Still a tad lazy, delivering an incomplete product.... How long could it possibly take to install number plates? It just seems like an odd choice for something to skip out on to save time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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