ttcsubwayfan Posted March 10, 2016 Share #2226 Posted March 10, 2016 According to a contact, the R179s are being built at La Pocatière - a little east of Québec City - which specializes in fabricating stainless steel railway carbodies, then trucked down to Plattsburgh for finishing. So I guess there is a method to Bombardier's madness after all. My mistake. As for the R160s, the Alstom cars were manufactured in Brazil and outfitted in Hornell. I suspect the R179s will be much the same. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted March 10, 2016 Share #2227 Posted March 10, 2016 Wait, look at the front of the R179. It has a different front to it then the pictures we originally saw in one of the MTA's PDF Files. Are they building the R179's with different front ends? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted March 10, 2016 Share #2228 Posted March 10, 2016 The blind end looks like an unpainted version of the front (and of course sans window and cabin). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTA1992 Posted March 10, 2016 Share #2229 Posted March 10, 2016 Wait, look at the front of the R179. It has a different front to it then the pictures we originally saw in one of the MTA's PDF Files. Are they building the R179's with different front ends? This is the same front as what was seen in Bombardiers concept. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Flxible Posted March 10, 2016 Share #2230 Posted March 10, 2016 This is the same front as what was seen in Bombardiers concept. But has it been revised? Maybe the car being trucked was from the rejected test train? Screen Shot 2016-01-23 at 8.32.52 PM Screen Shot 2016-01-23 at 8.33.11 PM Looks like they've reverted to the R160 look for the front bonnet, judging from the top picture. The mockup looked like the one in the (apparently flipped) lower photo. Anyone know more about this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted March 10, 2016 Share #2231 Posted March 10, 2016 I don't see any differences between the two images, besides the addition of extra grab bars in assorted locations on the car in the top picture. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted March 10, 2016 Share #2232 Posted March 10, 2016 I don't see any differences between the two images, besides the addition of extra grab bars in assorted locations on the car in the top picture. Take a closer look at the black area below the headlights. One is more rounded, the other is more straight lines intersecting at angles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTA1992 Posted March 10, 2016 Share #2233 Posted March 10, 2016 You know, it amazes me how many people can miss such a detail. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTS9000 Posted March 11, 2016 Share #2234 Posted March 11, 2016 (edited) The R179 on the truck trailer looks like a combination of the cars in the two screenshot photos. Edited March 11, 2016 by RTS9000 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Flxible Posted March 11, 2016 Share #2235 Posted March 11, 2016 Some shots of the mockup including cab. Credit: Rong Vo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTS9000 Posted March 11, 2016 Share #2236 Posted March 11, 2016 The car's front looks exactly the same as the one being delivered by truck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted March 11, 2016 Share #2237 Posted March 11, 2016 Looks like the 179s have the same Master Controller as the one in the 188s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted March 11, 2016 Share #2238 Posted March 11, 2016 Some shots of the mockup including cab. Credit: Rong Vo And we still don't know if the flag is above the MTA logo... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTA1992 Posted March 11, 2016 Share #2239 Posted March 11, 2016 We're not gonna find that out until it starts testing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted March 11, 2016 Share #2240 Posted March 11, 2016 That's probably one of the last things that's put on the cars. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted March 13, 2016 Share #2241 Posted March 13, 2016 I wonder what propulsion these train are set to have. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted March 13, 2016 Share #2242 Posted March 13, 2016 I wonder what propulsion these train are set to have.Bombardier 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted March 14, 2016 Share #2243 Posted March 14, 2016 179s made a cameo at the beginning of this video of the new BART cars... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted March 14, 2016 Share #2244 Posted March 14, 2016 179s made a cameo at the beginning of this video of the new BART cars... Interesting how one of the cars had the "R160' blind end while the other had the same new design the trucked one had. (@0:01) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Flxible Posted March 15, 2016 Share #2245 Posted March 15, 2016 (edited) Interesting how one of the cars had the "R160' blind end while the other had the same new design the trucked one had. (@0:01) It doesn't seem as angular as the trucked one or the mock up for the front either, more like an updated R160. Wasn't that mock up from a couple years back? I'm thinking the angular face was part of the rejected design and we're seeing the final design now. The angular version looks heavier, maybe that's one of the reasons the first test train got rejected. Edited March 15, 2016 by DJ Flxible 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted March 15, 2016 Share #2246 Posted March 15, 2016 It doesn't seem as angular as the trucked one or the mock up for the front either, more like an updated R160. Wasn't that mock up from a couple years back? I'm thinking the angular face was part of the rejected design and we're seeing the final design now. The angular version looks heavier, maybe that's one of the reasons the first test train got rejected. I was referring to the non cab cars. The one on the left is the standard flat surface R160 design while the one towards the right looks like this: Note the plastic molding on these cars which isn't on the R160. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTS9000 Posted March 15, 2016 Share #2247 Posted March 15, 2016 (edited) Interesting how one of the cars had the "R160' blind end while the other had the same new design the trucked one had. (@0:01) I see the "R160" blind end design on all blind ends. Edited March 15, 2016 by RTS9000 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted March 15, 2016 Share #2248 Posted March 15, 2016 http://s18.postimg.org/q3kd51wmx/image.jpg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted March 15, 2016 Share #2249 Posted March 15, 2016 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted March 15, 2016 Share #2250 Posted March 15, 2016 R160:R179 Blind end comparison by spicker613, on Flickr Here are the differences 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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