Chip1035 Posted February 1, 2011 Share #1 Posted February 1, 2011 I made a bet with some guy in the office. Has there ever been a NYC Subway car to house a bathroom like the commuter cars have? He claims there used to be but can't tell me when. I say no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted February 1, 2011 Share #2 Posted February 1, 2011 I definitely agree with you. I can't imagine the MTA ever making provisions for on-car bathrooms; it would be a nightmare. They barely keep the station bathrooms, whenever they're open, looking serviceable; bathrooms on the line would look like crap in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted February 1, 2011 Share #3 Posted February 1, 2011 YES! The IRT's owner, August Belmont, built a subway car specifically for himself. It featured, among other things, a working area and a restroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip1035 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted February 1, 2011 Just to clarify, bathrooms on the subway car EVER in the 100 years of existance. If there was, I'd be interested in knowing what equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted February 1, 2011 Share #5 Posted February 1, 2011 Just to clarify, bathrooms on the subway car EVER in the 100 years of existance.If there was, I'd be interested in knowing what equipment. AFAIK, only the Mineola (Belmont's subway car). There are photos of it on here somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted February 1, 2011 Share #6 Posted February 1, 2011 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip1035 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share #7 Posted February 1, 2011 This guy I work with says he used to go into the subway as a kid and use it. The trains were made of straw. He couldn't tell me the line but he'd catch the train in Brooklyn. He's around 50 years old. What I asked him was, are you sure you didn't go in your pants and think that was a potty on the subway. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 1, 2011 Share #8 Posted February 1, 2011 YES! The IRT's owner, August Belmont, built a subway car specifically for himself. It featured, among other things, a working area and a restroom. The bowl is still in it too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova RTS 9147 Posted February 1, 2011 Share #9 Posted February 1, 2011 This guy I work with says he used to go into the subway as a kid and use it. The trains were made of straw. He couldn't tell me the line but he'd catch the train in Brooklyn. He's around 50 years old. What I asked him was, are you sure you didn't go in your pants and think that was a potty on the subway. The R1/9s nor Low-Vs never had bathrooms (I'm assuming those are the cars hes talking about). And I assume the "straw" is the wicker seats. By the way, some people go between subway cars. In a technical sense that can be considered a bathroom on the subway.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted February 1, 2011 Share #10 Posted February 1, 2011 AFAIK no passenger subway cars had bathrooms. It's possible trolleys may have, but unlikely. The Mineola had a restroom but it was a private car. However that's not to say that many haven't tried to make their own bathrooms on subway cars over the years out of little more than whatever happened to be underneath them when nature rang the conductor's bell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCTSignals Posted February 2, 2011 Share #11 Posted February 2, 2011 pple go to the bathroom on subways cars all the time ! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traildriver Posted February 2, 2011 Share #12 Posted February 2, 2011 I agree with the above mention of the "Mineola' office car as the only restroom equipped subway car, but as it was not in public service, it shouldn't be counted. On a related subject, NYCTA did briefly operate restroom equipped buses, though the restrooms were not in service and were kept locked.... these were the former Greyhound MC-8's that the TA leased from Hausman to operate some express routes during the Grumman 870 axle crisis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harpomarx42 Posted February 2, 2011 Share #13 Posted February 2, 2011 Isn't the entire subway a bathroom, really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N-Trizzy2609 Posted February 2, 2011 Share #14 Posted February 2, 2011 I'm gunna answer this like I answered the platform screen door idea. NO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova RTS 9147 Posted February 2, 2011 Share #15 Posted February 2, 2011 Isn't the entire subway a bathroom, really? When I worked at CVS and customers wanted to use our bathroom, we were told to tell them "No, but there's a perfectly fine subway station three blocks away!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted February 2, 2011 Share #16 Posted February 2, 2011 However that's not to say that many haven't tried to make their own bathrooms on subway cars over the years out of little more than whatever happened to be underneath them when nature rang the conductor's bell... Just like on any NYCHA property, any place two vertical plains form a right angel is someone's restroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Vandelay Posted February 4, 2011 Share #17 Posted February 4, 2011 Besides the mineola, I can think of two potential interpretations of on train subway bathrooms which may have existed. One is the Track Geometry cars. TGC2 has one, and I assume TGC3-4-5 do too. I doubt the sperry cars have one, but wouldnt be too surprised if they did. The other is Lirr cars. Again, I doubt the MP41s had them, but would not have been surprised if at least a few of them did. While I doubt many alive today would have ridden them in subway service, they certainly did run in the subway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted February 4, 2011 Share #18 Posted February 4, 2011 Besides the mineola, I can think of two potential interpretations of on train subway bathrooms which may have existed. One is the Track Geometry cars. TGC2 has one, and I assume TGC3-4-5 do too. They do, but there not used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Vandelay Posted February 5, 2011 Share #19 Posted February 5, 2011 When I managed to snoop around TGC2, the bathrooms were still in use(this would probably be 1998-1999 or so) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted February 6, 2011 Share #20 Posted February 6, 2011 Just like on any NYCHA property, any place two vertical plains form a right angel is someone's restroom. Some folks may call that project bashing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted February 6, 2011 Share #21 Posted February 6, 2011 Some folks may call that project bashing... May call it project bashing? It is project bashing plain and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engineerboy6561 Posted February 6, 2011 Share #22 Posted February 6, 2011 It is project-bashing, but I take your point. As to the original topic, it would be nice to have a restroom in each 4-or 5-car permanent set, but I give it less than a week before the subway car bathrooms would be rendered unusable. You would also need a dedicated maintenance staff to handle the car bathrooms, and given how hard is scrambling to lay people off there's no way in hell they'd hire anyone for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted February 6, 2011 Share #23 Posted February 6, 2011 It is project-bashing, but I take your point. As to the original topic, it would be nice to have a restroom in each 4-or 5-car permanent set, but I give it less than a week before the subway car bathrooms would be rendered unusable. You would also need a dedicated maintenance staff to handle the car bathrooms, and given how hard is scrambling to lay people off there's no way in hell they'd hire anyone for that. I think if there were bath rooms on the trains, they would run for a week before it was decided that they would be made unsanitary and that they would need to be cleaned so often that it would just not be practical. Just look at the public restrooms that are open at some stations. They are filthy and they do get cleaned. Unless on train rest rooms were cleaned after EVERY trip, they would just be too gross to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Vandelay Posted February 8, 2011 Share #24 Posted February 8, 2011 New tech trains have urinals in their cabs. They flush in the darndest way! Sprays out onto the front window! (Disclaimer: I have never seen such.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainmaster5 Posted February 8, 2011 Share #25 Posted February 8, 2011 I always thought those coffee cups in the operating cabs were portable urinals, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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