Fresh Pond Posted November 3, 2013 Share #4676 Posted November 3, 2013 A-1: Made by Alstom. 4 car sets. Only on the A-2: Made by Alstom. 5 car sets. listen to the door motors when they close. They make a "whirring" sound B: Made by Kawasaki. 5 car sets. Door motors are quieter. Half of the R160Bs have Siemens traction motors. Just look for the builders plate at the end of every car 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreechyFlange Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4677 Posted November 4, 2013 A-1: Made by Alstom. 4 car sets. Only on the A-2: Made by Alstom. 5 car sets. listen to the door motors when they close. They make a "whirring" sound B: Made by Kawasaki. 5 car sets. Door motors are quieter. Half of the R160Bs have Siemens traction motors. Just look for the builders plate at the end of every car Beat me to it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenEleven Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4678 Posted November 4, 2013 A-1: Made by Alstom. 4 car sets. Only on the A-2: Made by Alstom. 5 car sets. listen to the door motors when they close. They make a "whirring" sound B: Made by Kawasaki. 5 car sets. Door motors are quieter. Half of the R160Bs have Siemens traction motors. Just look for the builders plate at the end of every car On door motors. train is a R160A, train is a R160B. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4679 Posted November 4, 2013 A-1: Made by Alstom. 4 car sets. Only on the A-2: Made by Alstom. 5 car sets. listen to the door motors when they close. They make a "whirring" sound B: Made by Kawasaki. 5 car sets. Door motors are quieter. Half of the R160Bs have Siemens traction motors. Just look for the builders plate at the end of every car On door motors. train is a R160A, train is a R160B. Both the and use any R160's from CI Yard. Sent from my SGH-T599N using Tapatalk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreechyFlange Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4680 Posted November 4, 2013 Digressing off the R160 topic, it's a true shame what Sandy did to South Ferry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4681 Posted November 4, 2013 Always a surprise seeing an R62 train pull up... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4682 Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) With the Montague Tunnel work being done, do all Whitehall St trains terminate and switch ends on the center track at Whitehall St? Edited November 4, 2013 by N6 Limited 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4683 Posted November 4, 2013 With the Montague Tunnel work being done, do all Whitehall St trains terminate and switch ends on the center track at Whitehall St? Yes they do. They do the exact thing the used to do there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4684 Posted November 4, 2013 Yes they do. They do the exact thing the used to do there. Thanks.Is it a smooth process? or do some trans get held back because another train is in the station? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4685 Posted November 4, 2013 A-1: Made by Alstom. 4 car sets. Only on the A-2: Made by Alstom. 5 car sets. listen to the door motors when they close. They make a "whirring" sound B: Made by Kawasaki. 5 car sets. Door motors are quieter. Half of the R160Bs have Siemens traction motors. Just look for the builders plate at the end of every car No visual aids? Damn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4686 Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) No visual aids? Damn. The train in your picture is a A-2.Also a visual aid wont help because they ALL look exactly the same Edited November 4, 2013 by Around the Horn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4687 Posted November 4, 2013 The train in your picture is a A-2.Also a visual aid wont help because they ALL look exactly the same That's what I meant - a way to distinguish them visually. But then, if they all look the exact same, how do you know that my car was an A-2? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4688 Posted November 4, 2013 That's what I meant - a way to distinguish them visually. But then, if they all look the exact same, how do you know that my car was an A-2? A-2s are the only R160s on the 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollOver Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4689 Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) A-2s are the only R160s on the Umm, they also run on the , and fewer on the and/or . Edited November 4, 2013 by RollOverMyHead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4690 Posted November 4, 2013 A-2s are the only R160s on the You have R160B's on the too... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted November 4, 2013 Share #4691 Posted November 4, 2013 Dun dun dunnnnnnn! I said this many times here before....the FEEELS when you catch a as you arrive to Kings Highway from the . THE FEEEELS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted November 5, 2013 Share #4692 Posted November 5, 2013 (edited) R160A-1 8313-8652, 9943-74 R160A-2 8653-8712,9233-9802 R160B (alstom) 8713-8842,9103-9232,9803-9942 R160B (semeins) 8843-9102 I hope that helped for those who need info on the cars CI yard has 8653-8712,8713-9192 Jamaica has 9193-9232,9233-9802,9803-9942 ENY has 8313-8652,9943-74 Jamaica had 9163-92 until the was officially sent to CI Edited November 5, 2013 by R32 3838 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreechyFlange Posted November 5, 2013 Share #4693 Posted November 5, 2013 That's what I meant - a way to distinguish them visually. But then, if they all look the exact same, how do you know that my car was an A-2? Because the runs full length trains (10 cars) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted November 5, 2013 Share #4694 Posted November 5, 2013 Because the runs full length trains (10 cars) If it was an R160A yes, but you don't know that it wasn't an R160B. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Friday 1986 Posted November 5, 2013 Share #4695 Posted November 5, 2013 Might be old news to many. In case no one saw this yet....From the New York Transit Museum's Facebook page:"Ten years ago today the R36 Redbirds made their last runs in active service. They were brought out for the 1964 World’s Fair but didn’t receive their distinctive red coloring until the 1980s. R36 World’s Fair cars 9586 and 9587 will be coming to the New York Transit Museum soon, pending a new paint job! You may recognize them from the unforgettable car & subway chase scene in The French Connection (although the car numbers were changed for the film)!" Also being added to the fleet, this BMT Pump Car: "Say hello to a future member of our collection: The original BMT Pump Car! The left image shows the pump car in 1940, and the right image shows the car now. After layers of paint are removed, the car will be restored to its original maroon color. Pump trains were used after Superstorm Sandy to drain flooded tunnels. Courtesy of New York Transit Museum 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted November 5, 2013 Share #4696 Posted November 5, 2013 Another subway surfer gets hurt. I mean really, sorry to say but in this case that was simply stupid for him to do that. Regardless I wish him a safe recovery despite the moronic stunt he performed that nearly got him killed. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-subway-surfer-smacks-head-steel-beam-article-1.1506946 A subway “surfer” was seriously injured when he struck his head on a steel beam while riding atop an F train in Brooklyn Tuesday, the second such accident in a week, police said. The victim, believed to be in his 20s, was rushed to Lutheran Hospital in critical condition after the 2:20 a.m. incident. He smacked into a beam as the southbound train travelled between the Smith-9th Street and Fourth Ave. stations, police said. The victim had no ID on him, but he was carring his cell phone, which police are using in an effort to learn his name. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted November 5, 2013 Share #4697 Posted November 5, 2013 Another subway surfer gets hurt. I mean really, sorry to say but in this case that was simply stupid for him to do that. Regardless I wish him a safe recovery despite the moronic stunt he performed that nearly got him killed. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-subway-surfer-smacks-head-steel-beam-article-1.1506946 I don't feel sorry for this idiot, not do I wish him a safe recovery. I can't feel sorry for dumb-asses and general morons. If he died, it's just another case of Darwinism at its finest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted November 5, 2013 Share #4698 Posted November 5, 2013 I don't feel sorry for this idiot, not do I wish him a safe recovery. I can't feel sorry for dumb-asses and general morons. If he died, it's just another case of Darwinism at its finest. "Nor do I wish him a safe recovery"? You got something to prove here, man? Guy f**ked up, if every dumb choice young people made led to death we'd have nobody left alive. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted November 5, 2013 Share #4699 Posted November 5, 2013 I don't feel sorry for this idiot, not do I wish him a safe recovery. I can't feel sorry for dumb-asses and general morons. If he died, it's just another case of Darwinism at its finest. I feel differently. I tend to mind my business on the subway but there has been several incidences where as a good samaritan I saved people from sexual predators, helped a man going through a heart attack ready to perform CPR, and a time I prevented a drunk man from jumping right into the tracks in the path of an approaching train. Of course the kid made a mistake but I do not wish death upon him for it. It's called actually giving a shit about fellow New Yorkers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Friday 1986 Posted November 5, 2013 Share #4700 Posted November 5, 2013 Random Observations - 11/5/13 Just got out of a meeting down in Brooklyn and riding the line to get to the Brighton Line to get home. Among the things i saw at Coney Island Yard: R16 6305 is painted almost completely in silver. Car looks really neat; they didnt get much of the upper roof, though. No painting done to 6339 it seems. A BMT Standard is hooked to the R16s. No pictures, as it was getting pretty dark. Also, the lone R46 is car 5576. It's no longer a lone car; a B-car was hooked to it. So I assume this car and the rest of the 4-car unit was there for some sort of long term work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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