S78 via Hylan Posted August 18, 2015 Share #10126 Posted August 18, 2015 For those that have to use the , how are you guys handling the ride along QB? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted August 18, 2015 Share #10127 Posted August 18, 2015 For those that have to use the , how are you guys handling the ride along QB? My dad uses the QBL, and he has had some problems, so I suggested that he take the to Sutphin and then take the (J)/(Z) to Chambers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted August 18, 2015 Share #10128 Posted August 18, 2015 Just a synopsis of my commute: Got a ride on R62A lead car #2091, which has a Manhattan-bound RFW. Took that to Grand Central, enjoyed my (potentially last) RFW on the . At Mets-Willets Point, there was an R62A on the opposite direction towards Main Street that had the 6 singles, which meant that it also had an RFW. Coming back, I managed to get on the first to Main Street of the day. It was a nice and fast ride, nobody got on at Queensboro (one of the stations that I know of that fills up trains in an instant) because as we entered the station, the local train just left the station. I guess people thought there was no express service and they all got on the local, because barely anyone got on the train. As we fly into the Woodside station, the local train closes it's doors before most people noticed there was an express train on the opposite track. Using a speedometer on my phone, the train reached a max speed of 50 mph, the fast speed I've recorded yet on the . It was a nice and quick ride, one of the best rides I've had on the in a long time. Anyways, get them RFW's while you can. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priincenene Posted August 18, 2015 Share #10129 Posted August 18, 2015 For those that have to use the , how are you guys handling the ride along QB? The doing good, the fukin 's the problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted August 18, 2015 Share #10130 Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) Caught the R143 / 34 times today without looking... Had to take my niece home in SI, so after me and my cousin got back to the city, we walked to the since he lives along the line. Got on the train and he pointed out to me why it says on the inside. I was completely zoned out and I looked up and sure enough it was an R143. We got off at Marcy to wait for the , and while waiting we see another one on the heading towards Manhattan. Got off at Flushing, and I hear another one coming into the station again going Manhattan bound. EDIT Walked to the train at Myrtle to catch the (skip-stop problems lol) and I see it again (presumably the 3rd one I saw at Flushing) at Myrtle on the . Edited August 18, 2015 by Fresh Pond 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted August 18, 2015 Share #10131 Posted August 18, 2015 Going downtown, right before you enter 14th Street (south of 18th St) there is an interlocking. I don't know why we just didn't go local instead of waiting for the train to clear out at 14th Street. It took about 40 to 45 minutes to get from Grand Central to 14th Street on the yesterday. It was stop and go until we reach 23rd St where it just sat there for about 25 minutes. That's a funky interlocking. It has to be lined up extremely early, and it's possible that there was too much traffic or your train was too far south to make it. You've got WD 10 flashing all the way from 23rd or so to 14th whenever that's used, and the whole operation takes up a ton of track space. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priincenene Posted August 18, 2015 Share #10132 Posted August 18, 2015 Caught the R143 / 34 times today without looking... Had to take my niece home in SI, so after me and my cousin got back to the city, we walked to the since he lives along the line. Got on the train and he pointed out to me why it says on the inside. I was completely zoned out and I looked up and sure enough it was an R143. We got off at Marcy to wait for the , and while waiting we see another one on the heading towards Manhattan. Got off at Flushing, and I hear another one coming into the station again going Manhattan bound. EDIT Walked to the train at Myrtle to catch the (skip-stop problems lol) and I see it again (presumably the 3rd one I saw at Flushing) at Myrtle on the . Wow. I keep getting 160's today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted August 18, 2015 Share #10133 Posted August 18, 2015 For those that have to use the , how are you guys handling the ride along QB?The is good the has shuttle buses running to Jamaica center and Kew Gardens. It is not so slow which is good. The problem is the on Saturday I waited 22 minutes for the to come. On weekdays it's a combination of the running normal to it showing up late. Sometimes two or three (M)'s can come before one . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10134 Posted August 19, 2015 I'm sorry, 34!?!?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBrickBreaker101 Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10135 Posted August 19, 2015 I'm sorry, 34!?!?! He meant 4... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78 via Stew Leonards Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10136 Posted August 19, 2015 last Friday night the was going local when we took it from Grand Central to 86th Street. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itmaybeokay Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10137 Posted August 19, 2015 The is good the has shuttle buses running to Jamaica center and Kew Gardens. It is not so slow which is good. The problem is the on Saturday I waited 22 minutes for the to come. On weekdays it's a combination of the running normal to it showing up late. Sometimes two or three (M)'s can come before one . This past weekend it was an all-trains-local scenario and that often gives the R the shaft. 3 m trains before an R? which direction? I almost universally see the opposite - though most of the time these days I take the N/Q even though it's a little further from me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priincenene Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10138 Posted August 19, 2015 Some C/R & T/O's are asses and some are nice. I know a few that are chill. Most are a**holes. Theres one on the Rockaway thats nice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priincenene Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10139 Posted August 19, 2015 When I was walking down the stairs at Grand Central,I heard an R142 saying "This Is...Grand Central-42nd St. Transfer is available to the and to Times Sq, Connection is available to Metro-North" . Now WHY did I hear that with the exterior speakers? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10140 Posted August 19, 2015 This past weekend it was an all-trains-local scenario and that often gives the R the shaft. 3 m trains before an R? which direction? I almost universally see the opposite - though most of the time these days I take the N/Q even though it's a little further from me. Well it happened at Queens Plaza twice. There were 3 trains heading to Manhattan and then finally this packed train came a minute after the third train. Yes you are right it happens at times to the . You could see two trains before one but that doesn't happen as often. I took the subway to work everyday now I am dreading the fact that it may be worst when I start college in two weeks. I had to pass up an train before there was room to get on one. Combine that with students and I feel like it will be much worst. The was never as crowded as the but that is probably because some of those people take the . When I go to college I will take only the and or . I might head to Flushing and take the to the . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10141 Posted August 19, 2015 I don't know if this was true or not, but back when the was running I heard they would use the R46s (and towards the end R160s as well) interchangeably between the and the whenever there was a service gap on one of the two lines out of Continental. They obviously can't do that now, but did they really do that back then? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priincenene Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10142 Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) I don't know if this was true or not, but back when the was running I heard they would use the R46s (and towards the end R160s as well) interchangeably between the and the whenever there was a service gap on one of the two lines out of Continental. They obviously can't do that now, but did they really do that back then? Yes they did, the consisted of R46, R40/Slant, R32, R38, R160 (borrowed from the and ), and R42's. The R46 did run on the but not as much as it did on the and . It also ran R68. A mix of things. On its last days of running, the then completely consisted of R160s, like the does, because some train sets were retiring and some went on other lines, like the R42, R44 and R46. The 68's went on the . Edited August 19, 2015 by Priincenene 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3216068E Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10143 Posted August 19, 2015 On its last days the had mostly R32s and R46s with a couple of R160s since the was a part time line Jamaica yard didn't worry about the having NTTS to much and the didn't have an R40 slant or and R38 since 2005 when it got rerouted to the line 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10144 Posted August 19, 2015 Yes they did, the consisted of R46, R40/Slant, R32, R38, R160 (borrowed from the and ), and R42's. The R46 did run on the but not as much as it did on the and . It also ran R68. A mix of things. On its last days of running, the then completely consisted of R160s, like the does, because some train sets were retiring and some went on other lines, like the R42, R44 and R46. The 68's went on the . Nope. The never used slants nor R68s and its last days it used R46s and R160s. I actually took pictures of the line during its last days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3216068E Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10145 Posted August 19, 2015 Nope. The never used slants nor R68s and its last days it used R46s and R160s. I actually took pictures of the line during its last days. It did use an R40 slant in 2005 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itmaybeokay Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10146 Posted August 19, 2015 Nope. The never used slants nor R68s and its last days it used R46s and R160s. I actually took pictures of the line during its last days. quick a-googlin suggests it at least happened. Although - according to THIS VERY FORUM It was taken in 2001,they put R40's to test out the line before they started the line in Dec of that year. http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/topic/35401-r40-v-train/ Sooooo, basically everyone's right. R40\ did run on the V but also didn't run on the V. Fascinating. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3216068E Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10147 Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) R40 slants did run on the Edited August 19, 2015 by R3216068E 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10148 Posted August 19, 2015 Just to be clear, NO R68s were ever used on the . It only used Jamaica Cars, and R68s NEVER touched Jamaica outside of the 9/11 aftermath. And even then, it was only a month or so R68s were stored there, and the started near the end of 2001. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j express Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10149 Posted August 19, 2015 R32s were also on the a few months before it was cut. When the was mostly SMEEs how often they interchange at Astoria back then? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted August 19, 2015 Share #10150 Posted August 19, 2015 It did use an R40 slant in 2005 That was an R38 it used in 2005 when the wasn't running due to that fire 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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