Abba Posted January 4, 2012 Share #626 Posted January 4, 2012 Due to signal problems at the Marcy Avenue Station, Forest Hills-bound trains are running local from the Myrtle Avenue Station to the Marcy Avenue Station. Please expect delays in the train service at this time. Isn't something wrong with this advisory? Your right.The does that all the time.No need to write this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Lexington Ave Posted January 4, 2012 Share #627 Posted January 4, 2012 Your right.The does that all the time.No need to write this. Yeah. Has since been corrected.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abba Posted January 8, 2012 Share #628 Posted January 8, 2012 Question,when the makes battery runs to Flatbush,must it punch by Newkirk.If so wouldn't it make sense to open the doors as well.Today and another time I experienced that it stopped at Newkirk to punch but did not open the doors. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted January 8, 2012 Share #629 Posted January 8, 2012 Only when the is down there too must it punch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abba Posted January 8, 2012 Share #630 Posted January 8, 2012 Only when the is down there too must it punch. Well the dosent stop there this weekend.But it still did punch this evening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted January 9, 2012 Share #631 Posted January 9, 2012 Well the dosent stop there this weekend.But it still did punch this evening. Well, its all habit for us T/O's. I find myself punching at locations I don't (or shouldn't) have to (school car teaching says when in doubt, punch, can't hurt). But don't think the punch actually did anything tangible during these times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abba Posted January 10, 2012 Share #632 Posted January 10, 2012 Wow if the Fasttrack wasnt enough... Posted: 01/09/2012 11:13PM Due to track maintenance at the Grand Central-42nd Street Station: Selected Manhattan-bound train service is terminating at 3rd Avenue-149th Street Station. Selected Manhattan-bound train service is terminating at the 3rd Avenue-138th Street Station. Please expect delays on the and train service at this time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lance25 Posted January 11, 2012 Share #633 Posted January 11, 2012 What probably happened was they sent too many trains down into Manhattan and Grand Central is a terrible place to turn one line, let alone two, especially since they obviously couldn't go any further south. 149 St-Grand Concourse and 3 Av-138 St are better at that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abba Posted January 12, 2012 Share #634 Posted January 12, 2012 MTA Service Notice Posted: 01/12/2012 9:26AM Due to someone requiring medical assistance at the Nostrand Avenue Station, uptown trains are running express from the Crown Heights-Utica Avenue Station and the Franklin Avenue Station. Wait a minute the always does that.Unless the G.O started early today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lance25 Posted January 12, 2012 Share #635 Posted January 12, 2012 It's obviously an error. They probably meant that trains were running on the express track. It's resolved now so it isn't an issue anymore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious2train Posted January 13, 2012 Share #636 Posted January 13, 2012 Why do some conductors leave the strip maps on on swapped and trains? It only aggravates confusion.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lance25 Posted January 13, 2012 Share #637 Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) I'd like to believe the conductors aren't aware that they programmed a line set as a and vice-versa and just assumed it was the correct set. The and do swap sets quite often. Of course, it could just be laziness on their part too. Shifting gears, why are the reverse peak local trains out of Broadway Junction called (Z)s? Wouldn't it make more sense to label them as trains seeing as they're local trains running the normal route from the Junction? Right now, it's like saying the runs in the peak direction as a skip-stop, except when it doesn't and instead runs local to either Broad St or Jamaica-Parsons. My apologies if this has already been answered. Edited January 14, 2012 by lance25 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Rock Depot Posted January 14, 2012 Share #638 Posted January 14, 2012 I'd like to believe the conductors aren't aware that they programmed a line set as a and vice-versa and just assumed it was the correct set. The and do swap sets quite often. Of course, it could just be laziness on their part too. Shifting gears, why are the reverse peak local trains out of Broadway Junction called (Z)s? Wouldn't it make more sense to label them as trains seeing as they're local trains running the normal route from the Junction? Right now, it's like saying the runs in the peak direction as a skip-stop, except when it doesn't and instead runs local to either Broad St or Jamaica-Parsons. My apologies if this has already been answered. because those are Z trains and it does indeed fun skip stop in peak direction only. and they are scheduled to start there after coming from the yard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abba Posted January 15, 2012 Share #639 Posted January 15, 2012 I'd like to believe the conductors aren't aware that they programmed a line set as a and vice-versa and just assumed it was the correct set. The and do swap sets quite often. Of course, it could just be laziness on their part too. Shifting gears, why are the reverse peak local trains out of Broadway Junction called (Z)s? Wouldn't it make more sense to label them as trains seeing as they're local trains running the normal route from the Junction? Right now, it's like saying the runs in the peak direction as a skip-stop, except when it doesn't and instead runs local to either Broad St or Jamaica-Parsons. My apologies if this has already been answered. Those trains are (Z)'s? According to the schedule there are no Z's out of Broadway junction.http://mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/tjcur.pdf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious2train Posted January 15, 2012 Share #640 Posted January 15, 2012 Exactly. There are a lot of Reverse-peak trains mis-labeled as trains and he wants to know why that happens. I've always wondered that myself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lance25 Posted January 15, 2012 Share #641 Posted January 15, 2012 Precisely. I can almost understand this on the older fleet. Sometimes they don't have time to change all the side signs before it gets sent back in service as a local, but that still doesn't explain why the front sign is still sporting a when it's running local. It makes even less sense when it's an R160A-1 rolling down Jamaica as a local for the obvious reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Express Posted January 19, 2012 Share #642 Posted January 19, 2012 This is a random thoughts thread. So don't hate on me for saying this. What if it was back in the days of the and the was rerouted over Brighton? That would be extremely hype. The would be extended to Jay Street via Fulton Street Express, and the extended to Far Rockaway Fulton Street Local. Just imagine the railfanning. They might even throw some R32s (Even though there are already some) or R160s on the . I imagine being at Church Av railfanning and an R40S, R46, or R160B to Brighton Beach, and then a R32, R46, or R160A to Coney Island. It would be so hype to see the station sign and the G.O. Station Overhead Destination Sign too; CHURCH AVENUE For those of you who say the can not get to the Brighton Line; 1) 59 Street Columbus Circle 2) W4 (via 8 Av Local) Thoughts? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abba Posted January 20, 2012 Share #643 Posted January 20, 2012 Did anybody notice that the MTA did not send out the weekend service changes emails and texts today. I think I know why.Who can guess what I think is the reason? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted January 20, 2012 Share #644 Posted January 20, 2012 Did anybody notice that the MTA did not send out the weekend service changes emails and texts today. I think I know why.Who can guess what I think is the reason? Just to let you know, there STILL is no strike threat, it hasn't even been discussed among the inner circles of the membership. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abba Posted January 20, 2012 Share #645 Posted January 20, 2012 No that is not why I think the advisories were not posted.Try again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted January 20, 2012 Share #646 Posted January 20, 2012 Why do some conductors leave the strip maps on on swapped and trains? It only aggravates confusion.... something i noticed about both those strip maps... if you count all the dots on the stripmap and line it up on the stripmap (when its lit up completely, including the spaces) they line up perfectly and is the same amount of dots 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Lexington Ave Posted January 20, 2012 Share #647 Posted January 20, 2012 No that is not why I think the advisories were not posted.Try again. Perhaps because of the expected weather? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abba Posted January 20, 2012 Share #648 Posted January 20, 2012 Yes that's what I was thinking. Guess will find out later. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaica Line Posted January 21, 2012 Share #649 Posted January 21, 2012 3777 and its mates are what I consider the 32s signature consist. It makes the loudest bucking sound I've ever heard, and screams lovely as it leaves a station. Maybe an unlucky run for many M/M, but I'd operate that consist with pride - cab door open 'n everything. Still a lil' hard to take in that one can start braking at the head of Newkirk at 56 mph and stop right on the marker (even thou I've been on a few runs lucky enough to have a daredevil as a M/M). Big ups to the M/M who are ballsy enough to start braking at the head of Sheepshead Bay N/B. Not as fast as Newkirk, thou the sounds, frequent bouncing of the train, and the fact that it's a downgrade makes it seem intimidating. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted January 22, 2012 Share #650 Posted January 22, 2012 Yes that's what I was thinking. Guess will find out later. Yup, its back today. Apparently the biggest internal change they made from last winter is a new day by day basis when it comes to calling plans. Before, what was called at 11AM Friday was in effect until 11AM Monday, which was a big waste of money if what was forecasted didn't pan out or ended early in the weekend (like this storm did). Now, everything's on a day by day basis with extra hiring techniques in place for weekend. It will also allow for GOs to run the second (or first) half of the weekend. So in retrospect with these new rules, its no longer the large gamble it was seen in the past. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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