XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted May 11, 2014 Share #6601 Posted May 11, 2014 Side note: Its fascinating to see the overengineered architecture of the Utica Ave station with the overhead vault ceiling arrangement. Allowing for two tracks slated for the never built Utica Ave IND line i.e Second System. Betcha the average commuter is unaware of why the station was built like this. Any photos? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted May 11, 2014 Share #6602 Posted May 11, 2014 I dont have any photos at the moment, its been a while since I railfanned (1 month). But nycsubway.org gives a good overview of the station and how it looks with the reason why. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted May 11, 2014 Share #6603 Posted May 11, 2014 Man, what an eerie set of photos. This in particular: http://nycsubway.org/perl/show?83149 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted May 11, 2014 Share #6604 Posted May 11, 2014 Photo by: Daniel NegronDate: 1/14/2014Notes: Utica Avenue - unused mezzanine areas for 2nd System transfer Photo by: Daniel NegronDate: 1/14/2014Notes: Utica Avenue - unused IND 2nd System trackways Photo by: Daniel NegronDate: 1/14/2014Notes: Utica Avenue - unused mezzanine areas for 2nd System transfer Photo by: Daniel NegronDate: 1/14/2014Notes: Utica Avenue - unused IND 2nd System trackways Don't know what went wrong, but more are at http://nycsubway.org/perl/showpix?bnN0YSBpbiAoMjg4NSl8MHw1fDUwfFNob3dpbmd8L3dpa2kvU3RhdGlvbjpfVXRpY2FfQXZlbnVlXyhGdWx0b25fU3RyZWV0X1N1YndheSl8bnllYXIgZGVzYyxubW9uIGRlc2MsbmRheSBkZXNj http://nycsubway.org/perl/showpix?bnN0YSUyMGluJTIwKDI4ODUpfDUwfDV8NTB8U2hvd2luZ3wvd2lraS9TdGF0aW9uOl9VdGljYV9BdmVudWVfKEZ1bHRvbl9TdHJlZXRfU3Vid2F5KXxueWVhciBkZXNjLG5tb24gZGVzYyxuZGF5IGRlc2M= 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted May 11, 2014 Share #6605 Posted May 11, 2014 +1, Tpke. I know who the photographer was, thats Dan05979 from our site. MTA personnel, RTO division. Hes excellent with the camera. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6606 Posted May 12, 2014 And pretty brave for daring to venture into such an area. Skeptic or non skeptic, you couldn't pay me enough to step foot in such creepy halls. *shudders* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6607 Posted May 12, 2014 +1, Tpke. I know who the photographer was, thats Dan05979 from our site. MTA personnel, RTO division. Hes excellent with the camera. Didn't know he was on our forums, nice to know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6608 Posted May 12, 2014 And pretty brave for daring to venture into such an area. Skeptic or non skeptic, you couldn't pay me enough to step foot in such creepy halls. *shudders* After watching many, many horror movies, my imagination just about expects anything to happen in the darkness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6609 Posted May 12, 2014 There was a 4 car R46 set testing between Pikin yard and Howard Beach. The ends of the cars was freshly painted and everything. IIRC one of the cars numbers was 6148. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biGC323232 Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6610 Posted May 12, 2014 And pretty brave for daring to venture into such an area. Skeptic or non skeptic, you couldn't pay me enough to step foot in such creepy halls. *shudders* WORD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6611 Posted May 12, 2014 Why do the tracks make so much noise when trains cross over them? Like I was on a train Saturday (windows were open, train was crushloaded) and as we're going across the Manhattan Bridge, through Dekalb Ave, and Atlantic, it's just rough and constant banging and shyt. Then the stretch between 7th Ave and Prospeck Park was nice and smooth and quiet. Does that just show how f**ked up the tracks are, if it makes all that constant banging noise? Also, I was on the Saturday, and in the middle of the tracks I saw a spare rail soaked in garbage/water...looked like it was rotting. Do they use those tracks for replacements? That's disgusting and unsafe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6612 Posted May 12, 2014 Why do the tracks make so much noise when trains cross over them? Like I was on a train Saturday (windows were open, train was crushloaded) and as we're going across the Manhattan Bridge, through Dekalb Ave, and Atlantic, it's just rough and constant banging and shyt. Then the stretch between 7th Ave and Prospeck Park was nice and smooth and quiet. Does that just show how f**ked up the tracks are, if it makes all that constant banging noise? Also, I was on the Saturday, and in the middle of the tracks I saw a spare rail soaked in garbage/water...looked like it was rotting. Do they use those tracks for replacements? That's disgusting and unsafe. It's the rail they use. It's just the train going over the track joints. Between Atlantic and Prospect Park, the rails are on ballast so it dampens out the noise for the most part 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6613 Posted May 12, 2014 Totally as FP said. To add sometimes if the wheels are not trued, (By a truing machine within one of the two major overhaul shops, 207th and CI, to even out the circumference of the wheels and remove flat spots) flat wheels will compound the noize produced by the train. I believe Corona Yard will also be receiving a truing machine. They might have one installed by now because I read this last year from an article. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6614 Posted May 12, 2014 The ones on the Washington Metro are nearly silent. They can sneak up on you quickly if you're not paying attention. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6615 Posted May 12, 2014 The ones on the Washington Metro are nearly silent. They can sneak up on you quickly if you're not paying attention. I find this statement interesting considering that I came home yesterday from DC and when we took the Metro from Union Station to Foggy Bottom-GWU (we were staying in the State Plaza hotel) The trains especially the Blue Line at Metro Center were louder than a at Bay Ridge Av,my home station (but that may be because of the traction motors on the WMATA 5000 series being louder than a R160) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesPwnMets Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6616 Posted May 12, 2014 Why do the tracks make so much noise when trains cross over them? Like I was on a train Saturday (windows were open, train was crushloaded) and as we're going across the Manhattan Bridge, through Dekalb Ave, and Atlantic, it's just rough and constant banging and shyt. Then the stretch between 7th Ave and Prospeck Park was nice and smooth and quiet. Does that just show how f**ked up the tracks are, if it makes all that constant banging noise? Also, I was on the Saturday, and in the middle of the tracks I saw a spare rail soaked in garbage/water...looked like it was rotting. Do they use those tracks for replacements? That's disgusting and unsafe. I believe that the rail they dump in the ditches is old rail. I think its just the being too lazy to throw it away so they just leave it there and forget about it. Correct me if I'm wrong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6617 Posted May 12, 2014 Just got off an R46 F with side LCDs as the M via Sea Beach and the rollsign as the . Got photos, up later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6618 Posted May 12, 2014 Just got off an R46 F with side LCDs as the M via Sea Beach and the rollsign as the . Got photos, up later. This has all the hallmarks of a KR operation... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6619 Posted May 12, 2014 (edited) I believe that the rail they dump in the ditches is old rail. I think its just the being too lazy to throw it away so they just leave it there and forget about it. Correct me if I'm wrong Makes sense to me. I mean we have guard rails for switch points and radial curves but the way 4888 described with old rails being tossed in the drain corridors of the trackbeds yeah its just sitting there for pickup I guess as scrap metal. Just got off an R46 F with side LCDs as the M via Sea Beach and the rollsign as the . Got photos, up later. Sounds good. Looking forward to it. Edited May 12, 2014 by realizm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted May 12, 2014 Share #6620 Posted May 12, 2014 I find this statement interesting considering that I came home yesterday from DC and when we took the Metro from Union Station to Foggy Bottom-GWU (we were staying in the State Plaza hotel) The trains especially the Blue Line at Metro Center were louder than a at Bay Ridge Av,my home station (but that may be because of the traction motors on the WMATA 5000 series being louder than a R160)I was there last month, and usually moving around on the Red Line. They are definitely quieter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4P3607 Posted May 13, 2014 Share #6621 Posted May 13, 2014 Just got off an R46 F with side LCDs as the M via Sea Beach and the rollsign as the . Got photos, up later. I saw that train at West 4 Street and had everyone staring at me when I exclaimed "WTF?!?!!" My only guess is someone broke into the cab and changed the sign... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priincenene Posted May 13, 2014 Share #6622 Posted May 13, 2014 I saw that train at West 4 Street and had everyone staring at me when I exclaimed "WTF?!?!!" My only guess is someone broke into the cab and changed the sign... LOL GORDON you are always at the rarest sights! Running an R38 on Openbve FOAM NOW 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R42N Posted May 13, 2014 Share #6623 Posted May 13, 2014 The Transit Visualization Client is on the the coolest apps ever http://tracker.geops.ch/?z=10&s=1&lat=40.82472159414295&lon=-73.9215087890625 My only issue is that some lines cut across between two points but other than that it is fanastic... This is so Fake!!!! It's based on schedule not live tracking! Trains don't stop, and turn around immediately. I tested it out this weekend, said there was 1 N on the Astoria Line, meanwhile I just missed an at 30th, an was across the platform 2 min later, and then an came 3 min later. None of these trains were on the tracker. I then tested it out at Citi Field and again, completely wrong! Nice idea though... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted May 13, 2014 Share #6624 Posted May 13, 2014 Notice how the runs more R160s now after last weeks derailment... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted May 13, 2014 Share #6625 Posted May 13, 2014 This is so Fake!!!! It's based on schedule not live tracking! Trains don't stop, and turn around immediately. I tested it out this weekend, said there was 1 N on the Astoria Line, meanwhile I just missed an at 30th, an was across the platform 2 min later, and then an came 3 min later. None of these trains were on the tracker. I then tested it out at Citi Field and again, completely wrong! Nice idea though... The MTA itself can't even manage to track its trains by computer. How do you expect a website to track trains that run on a system dependent on punch boxes to select its route? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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