Jamaica Line Posted October 17, 2013 Share #4426 Posted October 17, 2013 5898 has the sickest sounding horn I've heard yet. Pretty distinctive from the usual R46 horns I've came across. Speaking of horns, the 68s/68As seems to have the most horrible sounding horns. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted October 17, 2013 Share #4427 Posted October 17, 2013 (edited) 5898 has the sickest sounding horn I've heard yet. Pretty distinctive from the usual R46 horns I've came across. Speaking of horns, the 68s/68As seems to have the most horrible sounding horns. Personally speaking, it's the R32's that has the worst horns in my opinion. It doesnt have the low pitched sound that demands attention as say with the NTTs, R46's or the R68's. The sounds of the horns between the R32 and the others are like comparing a Volkswagon Beetle to a Cadillac. Edited October 17, 2013 by realizm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted October 17, 2013 Share #4428 Posted October 17, 2013 According to sources, I have made a list of (off-property) retired cars... R33: 8888-8889 R32: 3630-3631, 3720-3721, 3836-3837 R33WF: 9317, 9328, 9338 R36WF: 9400-9401 u Just wondering.. What are your sources? Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted October 18, 2013 Share #4429 Posted October 18, 2013 You mean subcutaneous? Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk You mean subcutaneous? Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk It corrected me I meant sub chat. Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted October 18, 2013 Share #4430 Posted October 18, 2013 I have my own sources independant of other transit sites. A list: The Joe Corner: http://www.thejoekorner.com/photos/ Second Ave Sagas: http://secondavenuesagas.com/ Abandoned stations: http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/ nycsubway.org: http://nycsubway.org/wiki/Main_Page Federal Transit Administration: http://www.fta.dot.gov/ Gothamist: http://gothamist.com/ MTA CCC Dashboard: http://mta.info/capitaldashboard/10_14/CapitalDashBoard7.html NY Times: Example: http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/mta There are tons of resources out there. *Very importantly the transit workers in surface transit and RTO themselves here on this site with the insight and insider info along with the busfanners and railfanners that keep track of the rolling stock assignments down to car/fleet type and roster numbers. Very helpful. Thats how I roll in deep transit related discussion, plus along with personal experiences as a straphanger using the subway daily almost. Even wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.org/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted October 18, 2013 Share #4431 Posted October 18, 2013 I have my own sources independant of other transit sites. A list: The Joe Corner: http://www.thejoekorner.com/photos/ Second Ave Sagas: http://secondavenuesagas.com/ Abandoned stations: http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/ nycsubway.org: http://nycsubway.org/wiki/Main_Page Federal Transit Administration: http://www.fta.dot.gov/ Gothamist: http://gothamist.com/ MTA CCC Dashboard: http://mta.info/capitaldashboard/10_14/CapitalDashBoard7.html NY Times: Example: http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/mta There are tons of resources out there. *Very importantly the transit workers in surface transit and RTO themselves here on this site with the insight and insider info along with the busfanners and railfanners that keep track of the rolling stock assignments down to car/fleet type and roster numbers. Very helpful. Thats how I roll in deep transit related discussion, plus along with personal experiences as a straphanger using the subway daily almost. Even wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.org/ I know most of the websites you mentioned and by the way its Joe Kornor not Cornor 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted October 18, 2013 Share #4432 Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) I know most of the websites you mentioned and by the way its Joe Kornor not Cornor Thanks for the clarification. By the way, it's Corner not cornor. Look it up in the dictionary if you you are not convinced. Edited October 18, 2013 by realizm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted October 18, 2013 Share #4433 Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) Thanks for the clarification. By the way, it's Corner not cornor. Look it up in the dictionary if you you are not convinced. I think he was just trying to point out his name is Joe Korman, so he spells it using first part of his last name: The Joe Kor-nor. Edited October 18, 2013 by MHV9218 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R40SlantFan Posted October 18, 2013 Share #4434 Posted October 18, 2013 I saw the R40 Slants at 207th yard today. Hopefully they will get restored 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted October 18, 2013 Share #4435 Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) I think he was just trying to point out his name is Joe Korman, so he spells it using first part of his last name: The Joe Kor-nor. I think I realize that what I posted had a typo. People make mistakes, I am not a walking Microsoft Word with autocorrect. This is not English 101. T took the college course already and got an A. I've paid my dues. (I am just using your post as the sounding board, not directing my intense response at you personally.) I realize that the name of the webpage was a play on words, that is nothing short of obvious (Korman = Korner). I visit that site very often usually to review photography rules of different transit systems. What should have been said is that simply that the said person is aware of the site and nothing more. That is what I would have done instead of the condescending remark over petty grammatical mistakes in my post which was initially a response to Obito, NOT Union Tpke, with the word 'corner' spelled wrong in the process which is contradictory to the initial response, in question, to begin with. Edited October 18, 2013 by realizm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupojohn Posted October 18, 2013 Share #4436 Posted October 18, 2013 They really need to clean up Bowery . It could really be a beautiful old-time like station, but it's dirty as hell. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted October 18, 2013 Share #4437 Posted October 18, 2013 They really need to clean up Bowery . It could really be a beautiful old-time like station, but it's dirty as hell. Like Essex?Totally agree with you... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupojohn Posted October 18, 2013 Share #4438 Posted October 18, 2013 Like Essex?Totally agree with you... Yeah, and like Chambers. Speaking of Essex, i got off there today to do some picture taking on the Lower East Side and Marcy Avenue over the Williamsburg Bridge(which I walked. Pictures to come) and I finally found out what all that open space on the Jamaica-bound tracks was for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted October 18, 2013 Share #4439 Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) Like Essex?Totally agree with you... Preliminary structural repair work for a pending Essex Street overhaul is in the works. Nothing though on the Bowery at the moment. Probably because it is low priority due to low ridership but that's just my take on it. Link: http://mta.info/capitaldashboard/10_14/agencies/t/t6041284_all_data.htm Link: http://mta.info/capitaldashboard/10_14/agencies/t/t6070323_all_data.htm Yeah, and like Chambers. Speaking of Essex, i got off there today to do some picture taking on the Lower East Side and Marcy Avenue over the Williamsburg Bridge(which I walked. Pictures to come) and I finally found out what all that open space on the Jamaica-bound tracks was for. Essex Street? Yes you know the deal, that was a former trolly terminal. Here's some background info as you railfan the station (I need to do this myself one day and get pics now that I think about it since I only posted pics of certain stations on the loop and Jamaica El over the summer). Also the spurs on the Brooklyn side of the bridge was moved and rebuilt prior to Nassau Street Loop construction and rebuilt Jamaica Elevated construction as part of the Dual Contracts to accomidate steel cars which accounts for the empty space @ Essex and also on the Brooklyn side of the Willy B before Marcy Avenue in its odd layouts. Source: http://www.freewebs.com/mellowone/earlybrooklynelroutes.htm Source: http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/willb.html Source: http://www.boweryboogie.com/2011/11/viewing-the-essex-street-trolley-terminal-future-home-of-low-line-video/ Official MTA video: Edited October 18, 2013 by realizm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaica Line Posted October 18, 2013 Share #4440 Posted October 18, 2013 Personally speaking, it's the R32's that has the worst horns in my opinion. It doesnt have the low pitched sound that demands attention as say with the NTTs, R46's or the R68's. The sounds of the horns between the R32 and the others are like comparing a Volkswagon Beetle to a Cadillac. lol I know exactly what you're talking about. I've yet to come across a 32 without the high-pitch tone to it. Thou I actually love the R32 horns. Along with the NTTs, they're my favorite. I love how it starts off so high-pitch then ends low-pitch. On another note, I love when going through a fast area (40mph plus), the T/O spots a flag, starts blasting the horn and putting the train in full service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Friday 1986 Posted October 18, 2013 Share #4441 Posted October 18, 2013 I saw the R40 Slants at 207th yard today. Hopefully they will get restored 4280-81 have been there for a couple of months, just moved around the yard. Perhaps they're up next for a repaint and repairs? Just my guess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E For Erica Posted October 19, 2013 Share #4442 Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) Question. Let's say I live by Ralph btwn MacDonough (Correct me if that's spelled wrong) and Broadway. How long would it take to get to the Queens Center Mall from there if I took the to the to or ? Edited October 19, 2013 by E For Erica 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupojohn Posted October 19, 2013 Share #4443 Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) Question. Let's say I live by Ralph btwn MacDonough (Correct me if that's spelled wrong) and Broadway. How long would it take to get to the Queens Center Mall from there if I took the to the to or ? You have 4 options:(I assume you're walking to the Ralph Avenue station) to Broadway Junction, to Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, to Forest Hills-71st Avenue, to Woodhaven Blvd, walk east to Queens Blvd and then east to Queens Center. 52 minutes travel time. to Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets, to Court Square, to Woodhaven Blvd. Same walking directions as above. 1 hour 1 minute travel time. to 42nd Street-Port Authority Bus Terminal, to Woodhaven Blvd. Same walking directions. 1 hour 13 minutes travel time. to Jay Street-MetroTech, to Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue, to Woodhaven Blvd. Same walking directions. 1 hour 1 minute travel time. Directions courtesy of Google Maps. Edited October 19, 2013 by lupojohn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E For Erica Posted October 19, 2013 Share #4444 Posted October 19, 2013 You have 4 options:(I assume you're walking to the Ralph Avenue station) to Broadway Junction, to Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, to Forest Hills-71st Avenue, to Woodhaven Blvd, walk east to Queens Blvd and then east to Queens Center. 52 minutes travel time. to Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets, to Court Square, to Woodhaven Blvd. Same walking directions as above. 1 hour 1 minute travel time. to 42nd Street-Port Authority Bus Terminal, to Woodhaven Blvd. Same walking directions. 1 hour 13 minutes travel time. to Jay Street-MetroTech, to Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue, to Woodhaven Blvd. Same walking directions. 1 hour 1 minute travel time. Directions courtesy of Google Maps. Ok thanks. I'm surprised it doesn't suggest the to 50th street, then the to Roosevelt for the or 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupojohn Posted October 19, 2013 Share #4445 Posted October 19, 2013 Ok thanks. I'm surprised it doesn't suggest the to 50th street, then the to Roosevelt for the or Your welcome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted October 19, 2013 Share #4446 Posted October 19, 2013 lol I know exactly what you're talking about. I've yet to come across a 32 without the high-pitch tone to it. Thou I actually love the R32 horns. Along with the NTTs, they're my favorite. I love how it starts off so high-pitch then ends low-pitch. On another note, I love when going through a fast area (40mph plus), the T/O spots a flag, starts blasting the horn and putting the train in full service. Yes indeed. It seems that was the case with the SMEE's which changed with the space age tech R44 and onward, to the new SMEE's (R62/68's) and the NTT's (R142/143/160/188 - I have a video on it, the horn on the R188 is the same as the R142). You should see the Low-V's, the horn sounds like whistles, it's wierd. Fast cars indeed but the horn is something else, sounds like a steam locomotive horn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted October 19, 2013 Share #4447 Posted October 19, 2013 Yes indeed. It seems that was the case with the SMEE's which changed with the space age tech R44 and onward, to the new SMEE's (R62/68's) and the NTT's (R142/143/160/188 - I have a video on it, the horn on the R188 is the same as the R142). You should see the Low-V's, the horn sounds like whistles, it's wierd. Fast cars indeed but the horn is something else, sounds like a steam locomotive horn. The CTA 2400/2600/3200/5000 series horns sound like that:http://www.chicago-l.org/multimedia/sounds/classic/3200horn.wav 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Friday 1986 Posted October 19, 2013 Share #4448 Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) Another scrap update: Another pair of R33WF cars left from 207 to scrap yesterday. Car numbers unknown. Next up on the scrap line: R30 cars 8424-25, the Coney Island School Cars. The pair didn't seem to have been stripped of anything at all, still have the doors covered in plywood. R27/30 Pitkin pair still hooked to the Arnines. For now. Edited October 19, 2013 by M. Friday 1986 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenEleven Posted October 19, 2013 Share #4449 Posted October 19, 2013 The CTA 2400/2600/3200/5000 series horns sound like that:http://www.chicago-l.org/multimedia/sounds/classic/3200horn.wav It's an electronic horn, not an air one. Still scares me when I'm up close. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted October 20, 2013 Share #4450 Posted October 20, 2013 Another scrap update: Another pair of R33WF cars left from 207 to scrap yesterday. Car numbers unknown. Next up on the scrap line: R30 cars 8424-25, the Coney Island School Cars. The pair didn't seem to have been stripped of anything at all, still have the doors covered in plywood. R27/30 Pitkin pair still hooked to the Arnines. For now. I hope they save that R27, it will run good with 8506 due to it not being rebuilt, I rather see that than that shit called the R44 in the museum 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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