NoHacksJustKhaks Posted January 13 Share #30426 Posted January 13 2 hours ago, B35 via Church said: The scary part is, he's not the first person I've seen suggest that. If one of those things were to fall off a moving train while I'm waiting on the platform & gets me right in the eye, best believe I'm suing the piss out of them.... You don't try to deter stupidity by also doing something stupid.... Two wrongs is said to not make something called a right. I know it's entirely a joke, but more than one person ive read on Discord has floated the idea of them oiling the top of the trains. The silly side of me would almost embrace the goofiness of veggie oiling a R188 if it werent for the fact that hell's gonna break loose once that oil hits the tracks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulturious Posted January 15 Share #30427 Posted January 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABOGbrooklyn Posted January 15 Share #30428 Posted January 15 On 1/13/2024 at 10:34 AM, B35 via Church said: Because they don't want to piss off the pigeons anymore than they already have. (as an aside, Newkirk on the Brighton line used to be a haven for those SOB's) The scary part is, he's not the first person I've seen suggest that. If one of those things were to fall off a moving train while I'm waiting on the platform & gets me right in the eye, best believe I'm suing the piss out of them.... You don't try to deter stupidity by also doing something stupid.... Two wrongs is said to not make something called a right. You know what I didn't think of the spikes falling. My bad. I wasn't thinking of the usual spikes that we see for pigeons (the really thin ones) I was thinking of the thicker ones like the ones you see on a dog collar but built into the roof, not placed on top. I guess that also wouldn't work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted January 15 Share #30429 Posted January 15 Avoid Broadway local north bound … conga line of local trains to 34 Street so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainmaster5 Posted January 17 Share #30430 Posted January 17 Hello and Happy New Year to all. Since Thanksgiving week I’ve been in contact with some of my former coworkers discussing subway issues and I’ve formulated a list of some things we’ve talked about. First off is we’re all wondering if you guys really read the website ? There are threads about the unreliability of equipment like the R46, R62, 62A, and the R68 class of cars. Just curious because from Thanksgiving until today there isn’t much information about equipment caused delays. Signal, switch trouble. Network communication problems. Unauthorized people on the tracks. Disorderly people. People struck by trains .We haven’t seen much about equipment issues in either division. The R211 class is undergoing some issues at the moment but we figure those issues will be resolved soon. What we are saying is that some people seem really upset about the wrong things. Either that or they are prone to exaggerating. Look back at what I posted.at the beginning. R9-R211 doesn’t matter. The equipment doesn’t seem to be the reason for most delays as far as we can see. Old timers opinions. Agree or disagree. No hard feelings either way. Carry on. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted January 17 Share #30431 Posted January 17 Between 2010-2016, was it really necessary to have the run local in Manhattan at all times? It seems like it was a continuous problem having to switch back and forth between the express and local tracks at Canal St and again at 57th St with the . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdog14 Posted January 17 Share #30432 Posted January 17 12 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: Between 2010-2016, was it really necessary to have the run local in Manhattan at all times? It seems like it was a continuous problem having to switch back and forth between the express and local tracks at Canal St and again at 57th St with the . I don't think the MTA wants to leave Broadway local with just one service. I've been on packed W trains even when we were riding the ass of the R train 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar8983 Posted January 18 Share #30433 Posted January 18 10 hours ago, Lawrence St said: Between 2010-2016, was it really necessary to have the run local in Manhattan at all times? It seems like it was a continuous problem having to switch back and forth between the express and local tracks at Canal St and again at 57th St with the . Do you mean having both the Prince St and 34 St interlockings in continuous use for the and Astoria-bound trains on weekdays? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted January 18 Share #30434 Posted January 18 10 hours ago, darkstar8983 said: Do you mean having both the Prince St and 34 St interlockings in continuous use for the and Astoria-bound trains on weekdays? Yea 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted January 19 Share #30435 Posted January 19 Finally saw the R68 Apple the other day. Something that has long eluded me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyhorse Posted January 19 Share #30436 Posted January 19 On 1/9/2024 at 4:30 PM, Vulturious said: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-plans-expand-major-transit-projects-and-improve-roadway-safety Glad to see the potential of a westward extension is being realized. Excellent: As I have said before, if this is done west on 125, it should includes connections at St. Nicholas to and from the 8th Avenue line where SAS trains would enter/exit the 8th Avenue line north of 125th using the middle track in each direction of the six-track section that runs from there to north of 135. This would mainly for now be for G.O.'s and emergency re-routes but would potentially allow an SAS service to use the Concourse and 207th Street lines, allowing at the very least for Yankee Stadium specials on the SAS and so forth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxwell179 Posted January 19 Share #30437 Posted January 19 At Grand St on the and the Manhattan bound trains just keep skipping the stop , anyone know anything about that ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale188 Posted January 19 Share #30438 Posted January 19 Beach 67 St on the is now fully accessible! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted January 20 Share #30439 Posted January 20 I live in Midtown Manhattan now and I go to work basically in the opposite direction of where everybody else is going: away from the central business district. So I get on the train in the AM and it gets less and less crowded until I get off. In the PM, the train gets more and more packed as I get closer to home. It used to be the opposite. I don’t think I can quite get used to this reversal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtatransit Posted January 20 Share #30440 Posted January 20 The 8 minute headway on the and the is making QBL service hell a lot better Now trains come pretty reliability and the wait time seem manageable. There were 3 and 2 before a even showed up. That is the service MTA should be providing to QBL on weekend. That is the service MTA provided until 2010s. Unfortunately that corridor has been stuck in perpetual construction 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted January 21 Share #30441 Posted January 21 Platform barriers are tested on the line, 191 St 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted January 21 Share #30442 Posted January 21 22 hours ago, Mtatransit said: The 8 minute headway on the and the is making QBL service hell a lot better Now trains come pretty reliability and the wait time seem manageable. There were 3 and 2 before a even showed up. That is the service MTA should be providing to QBL on weekend. That is the service MTA provided until 2010s. Unfortunately that corridor has been stuck in perpetual construction The is running local on QBL now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted January 21 Share #30443 Posted January 21 On 1/19/2024 at 11:26 PM, CenSin said: I live in Midtown Manhattan now and I go to work basically in the opposite direction of where everybody else is going: away from the central business district. So I get on the train in the AM and it gets less and less crowded until I get off. In the PM, the train gets more and more packed as I get closer to home. It used to be the opposite. I don’t think I can quite get used to this reversal. I work in LI & no longer take public transit, but I don't miss peak direction commuting to/from Manhattan for shit.... Last time I did so was back in the early 2010's; used to do the whole to the to get to Christopher bit.... Sometimes I'd take the & walk from West 4th on a good (brisk, cold) day..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted January 21 Share #30444 Posted January 21 On 1/20/2024 at 11:33 AM, Mtatransit said: The 8 minute headway on the and the is making QBL service hell a lot better Now trains come pretty reliability and the wait time seem manageable. There were 3 and 2 before a even showed up. That is the service MTA should be providing to QBL on weekend. That is the service MTA provided until 2010s. Unfortunately that corridor has been stuck in perpetual construction It's terrible at night though with the being the only sole train between 57th and 7th and queens plaza and the being the only train on 53rd st with 20 min headways. With both the and being out both trains were packed like rush hour at 1am. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGA Link N Train Posted January 22 Share #30445 Posted January 22 4 hours ago, R32 3838 said: It's terrible at night though with the being the only sole train between 57th and 7th and queens plaza and the being the only train on 53rd st with 20 min headways. With both the and being out both trains were packed like rush hour at 1am. Alright, so I’m headed back to my section after finishing my job assignment for the night and this random guy yesterday tell me he was losing his mind over not being able to find a train and when I pointed him to the countdown clock at Lex, next Train was in 17 minutes. Platform at Lex-53rd was crowded anyways so I just went “well we [Signals] don’t control when the trains show up so IDK what to tell you”. Guy was At least respectful to my colleagues and I and the interaction ended there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted January 22 Share #30446 Posted January 22 There were two R142As on the yesterday with one R142 due to the 149 St-Grand Concourse yesterday. Brings back the old days with the R142As when they were all at Westchester. Ex units in-service were 7646-7650. - On the techs to 149 St-Grand Concourse, the strip map doesn't dot the said stops. It starts at Utica Av from what I observed. - Also, nothing bad, there was a lot of dashing and excitement with "honk the horn" as soon as that 142A went in and out of the loop. There was somewhat of a petition that's said, "Bring back R142As to the 6". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Louis Car 09 Posted January 22 Share #30447 Posted January 22 Question. So I've heard that the R211 trucks are different from the R160s KW-155 Trucks. To me they look very identical. Can someone clear this up? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted January 23 Share #30448 Posted January 23 (edited) On 1/21/2024 at 2:39 PM, B35 via Church said: I work in LI & no longer take public transit, but I don't miss peak direction commuting to/from Manhattan for shit.... Last time I did so was back in the early 2010's; used to do the whole to the to get to Christopher bit.... Sometimes I'd take the & walk from West 4th on a good (brisk, cold) day..... “Congratulations!” …if you’re able to simply walk to work. I’m still iffy on the driving and bussing. This Spectrum tech is coming to Hudson Yards/Chelsea right now from LIC, and he’s taking 50 minutes just to cross the East River and a few avenues, then another 15 minutes to find parking. My train on the other hand, made the trip in 20 minutes. Edited January 23 by CenSin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris89292 Posted January 23 Share #30449 Posted January 23 Ok so….. apparently there is a “EXP MAIN ST-46 ST” program on the R188 …. Now for a few, this may be confusing, but this most likely has to do with the station renewal project on the , this is similar to what we have with the current “EXP 74 ST-MAIN ST” program, in theory, this most likely means the whole “temporarily platforms” along 46th,40th,33rd Street could become a thing, with express service only running in one direction at a time when the platforms close at 69th and 52nd street. By the way this source comes from jc.7.24 on instagram if you want to check out the image, posted on November 2nd 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted January 23 Share #30450 Posted January 23 On 1/15/2024 at 3:09 PM, CenSin said: Avoid Broadway local north bound … conga line of local trains to 34 Street so far. That’s every week! But, this what the passengers wanted. Well there they go. Enjoy! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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