Javier Posted April 9, 2015 Share #9276 Posted April 9, 2015 That wasn't a leak, that's just part of a new program called "CleanTrack". LMAOOOOO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R42Ctrain4069 Posted April 9, 2015 Share #9277 Posted April 9, 2015 Remember that kid involved in a recent subway explosion? Well..... there is a plot twist. Read this article if you're up for the surprise: http://nypost.com/2015/04/08/teen-busted-in-subway-explosion-is-son-of-mta-worker/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R42Ctrain4069 Posted April 10, 2015 Share #9278 Posted April 10, 2015 Don't know if this has been answered before but why can't the MTA extend the to Lefferts Blvd and have the just go to the Rockaways? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted April 10, 2015 Share #9279 Posted April 10, 2015 Don't know if this has been answered before but why can't the MTA extend the to Lefferts Blvd and have the just go to the Rockaways? Politics. Lefferts riders like there one seat ride express. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted April 10, 2015 Share #9280 Posted April 10, 2015 Random thought, the other day I was riding an R188 train and I was using a speedometer on my phone to check it's speed. The fastest point was between Woodside-61 St and Junction Blvd, where it hit 46.9 mph. There were many other times where it hit 40...I should do that one day with the in the 60th St Tubes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted April 10, 2015 Share #9281 Posted April 10, 2015 Random thought, the other day I was riding an R188 train and I was using a speedometer on my phone to check it's speed. The fastest point was between Woodside-61 St and Junction Blvd, where it hit 46.9 mph. There were many other times where it hit 40...I should do that one day with the in the 60th St Tubes. Won't work so well without wifi in those tubes though... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted April 10, 2015 Share #9282 Posted April 10, 2015 Won't work so well without wifi in those tubes though... Speedometers on phones predominantly rely on GPS. Absent of a GPS signal, phones can also use the accelerometer with dead reckoning algorithms to calculate the approximate velocity and position relative to the last known point. WiFi and cellular signals do not triangulate positions very well on smartphones, and cannot be use to measure speed or acceleration. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted April 10, 2015 Share #9283 Posted April 10, 2015 If you’ve attempted to reproduce the curves that trains follow on the computer, you’ll notice that the shapes of the curves cannot be reproduced by the likes of Adobe Illustrator without a lot of manual labor fitting the Bézier curves to the Cornu spirals that make up parts of the curves. Cornu spirals are commonly employed to lay out rail in order to permit righter turns, faster operating speeds, comfortable rides, and safety since they allow a train to turn without jerking side to side. From physics 101, an object that follows a circular curve experiences an outward force that’s proportional to the square of its velocity, but an object that follows a straight path experiences none, so to connect a circular arc directly to straight track would subject a moving train to a near instantaneous increase in lateral forces at the point where the two segments are joined. A small segment of a Cornu spiral allows a moving train to slowly transition to a circular arc or another tangent gracefully without abrupt lateral forces. With the aid of Maple and Mathematica, I just created a set of formulas for calculating sets of points along two spiral curves connecting two tangents. The formulas are fully tunable, accepting parameters for degree of change, length of path, and number of points calculated for the entire curve. Hopefully, these points can be easily exported to SVG format for use in Adobe Illustrator. Tomorrow, I’ll be playing around with the file manipulation capabilities of Maple. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted April 10, 2015 Share #9284 Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) What's this i heard the nypd arrested the churro people on the at union square? what they need to target is those "showtime" dancers on the subway Edited April 10, 2015 by BreeddekalbL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted April 10, 2015 Share #9285 Posted April 10, 2015 What's this i heard the nypd arrested the churro people on the at union square? what they need to target is those "showtime" dancers on the subwayNo, why!? They weren't doing anything wrong! They are just trying to earn money for their families!What, is trying to help your family a crime now? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted April 10, 2015 Share #9286 Posted April 10, 2015 Selling churros without a permit "is" a crime. Government regulations at its finest... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomtoon Posted April 10, 2015 Share #9287 Posted April 10, 2015 See this on my YouTube... What idiots... Hopefully they get arrested https://youtu.be/0umu93qkvpI 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted April 10, 2015 Share #9288 Posted April 10, 2015 See this on my YouTube... What idiots... Hopefully they get arrested https://youtu.be/0umu93qkvpI This is actually one of the best pieces of evidence to give to the cops and make them gone for good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BronxBombers Posted April 10, 2015 Share #9289 Posted April 10, 2015 See this on my YouTube... What idiots... Hopefully they get arrested https://youtu.be/0umu93qkvpI SMH.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted April 10, 2015 Share #9290 Posted April 10, 2015 No, why!? They weren't doing anything wrong! They are just trying to earn money for their families! What, is trying to help your family a crime now? they were apparently without a license regarding showtime dancers they need to be arrested under broken windows! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted April 10, 2015 Share #9291 Posted April 10, 2015 No, why!? They weren't doing anything wrong! They are just trying to earn money for their families! What, is trying to help your family a crime now? You guys don't understand how the downvote button works. This post, even if you disagree with it, is not spam or a vulgar offense, and thus it does not need to be downvoted. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted April 11, 2015 Share #9292 Posted April 11, 2015 (edited) The announcements on the train has just been updated. Also, when riding on the , I only saw 1 R46, usually there will be like 6 or more out Edited April 11, 2015 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyhorse Posted April 11, 2015 Share #9293 Posted April 11, 2015 June 14 The extending of the to Broad Street should be moved up to June 6 and if necessary done as a G.O. for June 6 to encourage those staying in hotels in lower Manhattan to use the to Jamaica Center and the Q110 to Belmont Park for The Belmont Stakes. If the Triple Crown is on the line like it was last year, I would take it further by even perhaps between 9:30 AM-1:00 PM to Jamaica Center and from 7:30-11:00 PM to Manhattan running special rush-hour-type service (express and skip-stop, including special trains) to help ease crowds on the Long Island Rail Road by encourage those looking for lower Manhattan to use the Q110 to the if possible. This would be more about accommodating potentially 100,000+ (mainly coming from outside New York) to see The Belmont Stakes if the Triple Crown is on the line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewYorkElevated Posted April 11, 2015 Share #9294 Posted April 11, 2015 Does anybody know any upcoming railfanning events in NYC? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBrickBreaker101 Posted April 11, 2015 Share #9295 Posted April 11, 2015 (edited) I was just wondering... So when the new Hudson Yards station is opened, and the MTA does its normal G.O. where there are no trains in Manhattan, passengers would transfer to the for Manhattan service, and the runs overnights for 42nd Street service. But what happens to the 34th Street station? Would they run shuttle buses from Times Sq to Hudson Yards, or they might be able to run a shuttle train from Grand Central to Hudson Yards if the construction is only happening in the Steinway tubes. Just wanted to know what you guys think... Sorry if this has already been brought up. Edited April 11, 2015 by LegoBrickBreaker101 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted April 11, 2015 Share #9296 Posted April 11, 2015 (edited) I was just wondering... So when the new Hudson Yards station is opened, and the MTA does its normal G.O. where there are no trains in Manhattan, passengers would transfer to the for Manhattan service, and the runs overnights for 42nd Street service. But what happens to the 34th Street station? Would they run shuttle buses from Times Sq to Hudson Yards, or they might be able to run a shuttle train from Grand Central to Hudson Yards if the construction is only happening in the Steinway tubes. Just wanted to know what you guys think... Sorry if this has already been brought up. The switches are very far east of Grand Central, and are pretty close to the tunnels themselves. At most, you'll get reduced service to 5 Avenue since the switches are just outside of Times Square–42 Street, and the distance from there to 5 Avenue will reduce throughput. You guys don't understand how the downvote button works. This post, even if you disagree with it, is not spam or a vulgar offense, and thus it does not need to be downvoted. On a side note, his post read like a politician’s rant. You know how politicians like to appeal to the public by rattling off statements that evoke sympathy. They end up ignoring the details such as the fact that these licenses (which they were arrested for lacking while selling) are also tied to food sanitation—for the safety of the public. And if they were allowed to sell without paying for a license, would that be fair to those who paid for a license to sell? But on the other hand, there could be something more sinister behind the targetting of churros sellers. Those agents might also be working at the behest of law enforcement looking for illegal immigrants. Edited April 11, 2015 by CenSin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious2train Posted April 11, 2015 Share #9297 Posted April 11, 2015 The announcements on the train has just been updated. Also, when riding on the , I only saw 1 R46, usually there will be like 6 or more out Updated for what? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted April 11, 2015 Share #9298 Posted April 11, 2015 What the, there is a 76 Street station on the ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted April 11, 2015 Share #9299 Posted April 11, 2015 What the, there is a 76 Street station on the ? No. That is a long standing rumour without a shred of reality behind it. There is no 76th Street station in New York. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priincenene Posted April 11, 2015 Share #9300 Posted April 11, 2015 (edited) What's this i heard the nypd arrested the churro people on the at union square? what they need to target is those "showtime" dancers on the subwayDamn... I remember buyin from them I use to hang at mah grandmas in Bushwick. Feel bad for them. No, why!? They weren't doing anything wrong! They are just trying to earn money for their families! What, is trying to help your family a crime now? Its been here for a while, the cops LOVE to crack down on sellers, examples: Ice Cream, Churros, Hot Dog Stands, Accessories (people sell cheap chargers), etc. Again, they tried that with my grandma years ago when she selled Icees in Bklyn. Except, unlike Queens, in Kings County they don't give a damn much of selling food on the street. Edited April 11, 2015 by Priincenene 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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