Railfanner Jake Posted June 14, 2022 Share #726 Posted June 14, 2022 9155-9156 is now the first pair to be accepted for revenue service in four months. Currently running on train 424 to Port Washington. Testing proceeds with a test train running to KO with 9085-9086 leading. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted June 16, 2022 Share #727 Posted June 16, 2022 On 6/14/2022 at 12:07 PM, Railfanner Jake said: 9155-9156 is now the first pair to be accepted for revenue service in four months. Currently running on train 424 to Port Washington. Testing proceeds with a test train running to KO with 9085-9086 leading. I'm not sure why they slapped 9085-9086 to that set, I saw that set with 9143-9144/9171-9172 last week deadheading to Ronkonkoma. But that set is now back on a regular service train. 9185-9186 with 4 other cars were testing this week between Ronkonkoma and Bethpage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted June 20, 2022 Share #728 Posted June 20, 2022 9151-9152 entered service on the Babylon branch this morning running trains 18 and 55. Looks like we will see more pairs entering service daily now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted June 23, 2022 Share #729 Posted June 23, 2022 9171-9172 accepted for service and has received the honor of leading Train #1260 to Hicksville tonight. This is the first of the 9170s to enter passenger service 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted June 28, 2022 Share #730 Posted June 28, 2022 9143-9144 in service as of yesterday morning. 9167-68 seems to be the newest test train pair. The last 14 cars in Nebraska are coming at a slower than usual rate due to labor and parts shortages. The plant in Nebraska has a turn over rate of up to 50 workers a month based on what was said at CPOC. September 2023 is the new date for conditional acceptance of the last car. Sad but not much can be done. As for the last car. 9202 has pretty much been fully built on its exterior portion and continues to make its way down the assembly line. New training methods and other ways to keep workers and create higher build quality are implemented with heavy MTA oversight (Babysitting) due to the not so functional management at the Lincoln plant in particular. This will help the R211 fleet not run into the same issues that we have dealt with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted July 15, 2022 Share #731 Posted July 15, 2022 After a dreadful wait, 9081-9082 finally entered service as of last week closing in the 9080 gap. Newest test train sets up an oddity once again with revenue pair 9135-9136 being slapped to the front (East). Trailing pair is 9165-9166 still. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainmaster5 Posted July 17, 2022 Share #732 Posted July 17, 2022 On 6/28/2022 at 3:29 PM, Railfanner Jake said: 9143-9144 in service as of yesterday morning. 9167-68 seems to be the newest test train pair. The last 14 cars in Nebraska are coming at a slower than usual rate due to labor and parts shortages. The plant in Nebraska has a turn over rate of up to 50 workers a month based on what was said at CPOC. September 2023 is the new date for conditional acceptance of the last car. Sad but not much can be done. As for the last car. 9202 has pretty much been fully built on its exterior portion and continues to make its way down the assembly line. New training methods and other ways to keep workers and create higher build quality are implemented with heavy MTA oversight (Babysitting) due to the not so functional management at the Lincoln plant in particular. This will help the R211 fleet not run into the same issues that we have dealt with. On 6/28/2022 at 3:29 PM, Railfanner Jake said: 9143-9144 in service as of yesterday morning. 9167-68 seems to be the newest test train pair. The last 14 cars in Nebraska are coming at a slower than usual rate due to labor and parts shortages. The plant in Nebraska has a turn over rate of up to 50 workers a month based on what was said at CPOC. September 2023 is the new date for conditional acceptance of the last car. Sad but not much can be done. As for the last car. 9202 has pretty much been fully built on its exterior portion and continues to make its way down the assembly line. New training methods and other ways to keep workers and create higher build quality are implemented with heavy MTA oversight (Babysitting) due to the not so functional management at the Lincoln plant in particular. This will help the R211 fleet not run into the same issues that we have dealt with. I think it’s probably wishful thinking as it relates to the R211 subway cars. Whatever the labor-management issue is at this plant and the babysitting job would seem to be an ongoing problem with Kawasaki. Let’s not get too giddy that we overlook this. Just my take. Carry on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted July 22, 2022 Share #733 Posted July 22, 2022 9161-9162 accepted for service as of yesterday making the total number of cars accepted so far at 128. Ran a Huntington and Babylon round trip yesterday and is currently doing another Babylon round trip now. It is the trailing motor east and leading west. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted July 22, 2022 Share #734 Posted July 22, 2022 9095-9096 delivered last night to hillside 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted September 17, 2022 Share #735 Posted September 17, 2022 Not exactly the best news out of the book. CPOC has announced that the last 44 cars will not be accepted till next year… At this point, the only cars left for this year should be 9093-9094-9095-9096 and the remaining 9120 series. Hopefully 9013-9014-9015-9016 as well. Anything 9157-9202 with the exception of 9161-9162 and 9171-9172 which are already running will probably not be taken in until then unless a switch around happens. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted October 17, 2022 Share #736 Posted October 17, 2022 9167-9168 entered service today. Currently running on Train #105. First pair to enter service since late July. Test trains are also back on the roster again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted December 18, 2022 Share #737 Posted December 18, 2022 9129-9130 entered service on Friday. 9187-9188 leads the newest test train. Got 44 more units to go for next year…. Slow but steady 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted December 25, 2022 Share #738 Posted December 25, 2022 9159-9160 entered Service on 6025, a new pair for Christmas Day ! Merry Christmas everyone 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted January 2, 2023 Share #739 Posted January 2, 2023 How many more M9’s need to be ordered before the order is complete. To be honest I wish the LIRR would refurbish the M7’s and put some of the M9 features in them because a lot of the M7’s look busted up the inside with arm rest that a falling off, tape on the seats to cover the holes, the windows that you can barely see out of and the bathrooms that can use a little sprucing up. Was on an M7 yesterday where there was a panel inside the bathroom that wouldn’t close so it kept on swing around when the train would move. The M7’s need some TLC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted January 2, 2023 Share #740 Posted January 2, 2023 On 12/25/2022 at 10:18 AM, Railfanner Jake said: 9159-9160 entered Service on 6025, a new pair for Christmas Day ! Merry Christmas everyone Those cars were in service a few days before Christmas. I saw them in service during the week on the Long Beach branch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go25 Posted January 3, 2023 Share #741 Posted January 3, 2023 On 7/23/2021 at 3:36 PM, 40MntVrn said: You get on a limited-stop run with those Arrorw's, it can feel like the car might fly right off the track. When I used to commute to Metropark daily, the express train I took was usually an Arrow set--as I exited the train each morning, I could smell the brakes after the set quickly came down from 80mph. As a student engineer in NJT, the smell of brakes on the Arrows still happens. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted January 3, 2023 Share #742 Posted January 3, 2023 9187-9188 has entered service. This is our first pair of 9180s. It is the west leading motor on 4359 which will turn for Train #140 to Babylon. Probably about 36-38 more cars left to take. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xD4nn Posted January 14, 2023 Share #743 Posted January 14, 2023 On 1/1/2023 at 9:45 PM, NewFlyer 230 said: How many more M9’s need to be ordered before the order is complete. To be honest I wish the LIRR would refurbish the M7’s and put some of the M9 features in them because a lot of the M7’s look busted up the inside with arm rest that a falling off, tape on the seats to cover the holes, the windows that you can barely see out of and the bathrooms that can use a little sprucing up. Was on an M7 yesterday where there was a panel inside the bathroom that wouldn’t close so it kept on swing around when the train would move. The M7’s need some TLC. You cannot put M9 features in them... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted February 6, 2023 Share #744 Posted February 6, 2023 Been lazy lately. Two more pairs recently entered service. 9165-9166 at least a month or so ago. 9179-9180 also entered service during the first days of the GCM shuttle, got the chance to ride it myself. 9163-9164 was also delivered by freight on January 25th. A few other cars remain at Yonkers. The last couple of cars or so still at Lincoln. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted February 13, 2023 Share #745 Posted February 13, 2023 9181-9182 entered service this morning on the Babylon Branch. Currently on Train #47 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBTA Posted February 19, 2023 Share #746 Posted February 19, 2023 Speaking of M9s, one 2 car set has been graffiti’ed up, it’s currently sitting in LIC, couldn’t get the number as I was on a train. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted February 20, 2023 Share #747 Posted February 20, 2023 23 hours ago, NBTA said: Speaking of M9s, one 2 car set has been graffiti’ed up, it’s currently sitting in LIC, couldn’t get the number as I was on a train. Of course smh. These lowlifes can’t appreciate the good things we have. If they wanted to tag up something so badly why can’t they tag up their own stuff? Probably a bunch of kids and they will never truly appreciate things until they buy their own. Best believe if someone were to key their own car or tag it up they would have a fit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfs NJT459 Posted March 2, 2023 Share #748 Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) From now on… any updates on new M9s entering service on this thread would be beneficial to the overcrowding on some trains under the new schedule Edited March 2, 2023 by mfs NJT459 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted March 12, 2023 Share #749 Posted March 12, 2023 9119-9120 was added to the roster about two weeks ago. Originally debuted on the Huntington line I believe. Nothing else new here really…. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted April 7, 2023 Share #750 Posted April 7, 2023 (edited) From what was read on this thread, there's at least 30 M9s that's left to be delivered. Could be less but so far, I've seen units between 9001-9188 in-service. Although, there can be missing gaps but most are in-service. Edited April 7, 2023 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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