IAlam Posted December 11, 2016 Share #14426 Posted December 11, 2016 They may be using one track from Times to 34 as storage space for the . There's no reason to suspend the , since running trains will keep the tracks clear and it wouldn't make sense to store trains on an above-ground express track. Then why suspend the and not the ? Both operate above ground. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted December 11, 2016 Share #14427 Posted December 11, 2016 Then why suspend the and not the ? Both operate above ground. The unlike the has part of its express run underground, so I would expect that the third track is being used for storage 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted December 11, 2016 Share #14428 Posted December 11, 2016 They may be using one track from Times to 34 as storage space for the . There's no reason to suspend the , since running trains will keep the tracks clear and it wouldn't make sense to store trains on an above-ground express track. There won’t be enough capacity to support good local service if the ran. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted December 12, 2016 Share #14429 Posted December 12, 2016 The strip maps are being updated on the A Division as of now The connection of the PATH is shown at Fulton St except the won't be mentioned Female: "This is Fulton Street." Male: "Transfer is available to the: and trains. Connection is available to PATH trains" They may be using one track from Times to 34 as storage space for the . There's no reason to suspend the , since running trains will keep the tracks clear and it wouldn't make sense to store trains on an above-ground express track. It's much better than the old plan of terminating the at Grand Central. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcb Posted December 12, 2016 Share #14430 Posted December 12, 2016 Has anyone else noticed that service on the and has gone downhill lately? If the trains aren't crawling through normally fast zones, If not that, it's normally absurd waits to the tune of 15+ minutes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted December 12, 2016 Share #14431 Posted December 12, 2016 Has anyone else noticed that service on the and has gone downhill lately? If the trains aren't crawling through normally fast zones, If not that, it's normally absurd waits to the tune of 15+ minutes. Weekend service, particularly on the is abysmal... 15-20 minute waits are the norm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcb Posted December 12, 2016 Share #14432 Posted December 12, 2016 This was on a weekday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R10 2952 Posted December 12, 2016 Share #14433 Posted December 12, 2016 The in the PM rush has been particularly bad for the last two years or so. Don't know if it's all the timers they added or the terrible MDBF of the R46s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexx628 Posted December 13, 2016 Share #14434 Posted December 13, 2016 Question regarding the Broadway/Astoria Line: Even though R46 models do not go to Coney Island, is it ever likely to see an R46 train as an AM or PM fill-in (let's say an terminates at Whitehall and then reassigned as a ) ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted December 13, 2016 Share #14435 Posted December 13, 2016 Question regarding the Broadway/Astoria Line: Even though R46 models do not go to Coney Island, is it ever likely to see an R46 train as an AM or PM fill-in (let's say an terminates at Whitehall and then reassigned as a ) ? No. The and run out of different yards. The , however, swaps with the all the time... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelestor Posted December 13, 2016 Share #14436 Posted December 13, 2016 No. The and run out of different yards. The , however, swaps with the all the time... To add, the is internally a branch of the . It makes sense, since the is really just a truncated version of the overnight local . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3F Posted December 14, 2016 Share #14437 Posted December 14, 2016 So earlier today, I transferred across the platform at 7th Avenue from a local to an express train. It was nice because it meant I didn't have to wait for the to fumigate at Church Avenue, and then wait an additional few minutes for a local train. Maybe a Culver Express will happen in the next decade... And no, for those interested, I did not get video footage of this super "rare" and "exclusive" cross-platform transfer. I apologize to anybody who is disappointed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted December 14, 2016 Share #14438 Posted December 14, 2016 So earlier today, I transferred across the platform at 7th Avenue from a local to an express train. It was nice because it meant I didn't have to wait for the to fumigate at Church Avenue, and then wait an additional few minutes for a local train. Maybe a Culver Express will happen in the next decade... And no, for those interested, I did not get video footage of this super "rare" and "exclusive" cross-platform transfer. I apologize to anybody who is disappointed. The is so limited in my opinion. I don't know how it is going to help out the in a few years. If anything people are going to crowd up on the and trains. The barely has any good transfers besides Court Square, Hoyt and Carrol street. If the MTA can find a way to make some type of transfer between the J and M trains and to the Atlantic Terminal I bet the (G)'s ridership would skyrocket. I feel like 10 cars would be a waste for that line and perhaps only 8 cars is enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted December 14, 2016 Share #14439 Posted December 14, 2016 There's an MTH R142A lead car for sale on eBay, if anyone is interested... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyhorse Posted December 14, 2016 Share #14440 Posted December 14, 2016 The is so limited in my opinion. I don't know how it is going to help out the in a few years. If anything people are going to crowd up on the and trains. The barely has any good transfers besides Court Square, Hoyt and Carrol street. If the MTA can find a way to make some type of transfer between the J and M trains and to the Atlantic Terminal I bet the (G)'s ridership would skyrocket. I feel like 10 cars would be a waste for that line and perhaps only 8 cars is enough. Which is exactly why I would add OOS transfers between the at Broadway and Lorimer and Union Avenue on the AND between Fulton Street on the and Atlantic-Barclays on the 2/3/4/5/B/D/N/Q/R and encourage people as much as possible to use those transfers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted December 14, 2016 Share #14441 Posted December 14, 2016 Which is exactly why I would add OOS transfers between the at Broadway and Lorimer and Union Avenue on the AND between Fulton Street on the and Atlantic-Barclays on the 2/3/4/5/B/D/N/Q/R and encourage people as much as possible to use those transfers.I don't think people favor OOS connections. I don't think the one at Lexington and 63rd is used like that. If I was coming from uptown or downtown and needed to head to Queens I rather go to Lexington 53rd for the and then transfer to the at Roosevelt AV unless you of course need Roosevelt Island or Queensbridge. I think you have to be encouraged to use the out of system connections, because hey what if it's cold or its raining and etc. The was built pretty much as a supplement service and a shuttle. Since everything with NYC is so oriented around Manhattan I wonder who thought it would be a great idea to build a line outside of Manhattan that barely has any connections. That poor line misses a huge crucial connection such as Atlantic Terminal for the and LIRR trains. Also if the Queensboro Plaza station and the Queens Plaza Station were ever connected it would also miss the Broadway lines because it stops short at Court Square. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrainFanInfinity Posted December 14, 2016 Share #14442 Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) Is there some type of unlisted trip on the that comes from Brooklyn in the middle of the afternoon? I've seen it twice at DeKalb Avenue at around the same time within the past week, but the schedule doesn't show anything about one. Edited December 14, 2016 by TrainFanInfinity 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak706 Posted December 15, 2016 Share #14443 Posted December 15, 2016 http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?46954 http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?46955 http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?39297 These R4s were apparently converted to haul new R44s around. However, at least one end of one of these cars appears to have a standard railroad coupler, and even more surprisingly, these cars appear on their own on the LIRR on more than one occasion. Several questions come to mind, such as how in the world the FRA let structurally unmodified subway cars onto the national rail network, and how the prewar traction motors didn't fry on the 750V DC like the R44s' did during their speed tests. Does anyone have more information about this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailRunRob Posted December 15, 2016 Share #14444 Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?46954 http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?46955 http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?39297 These R4s were apparently converted to haul new R44s around. However, at least one end of one of these cars appears to have a standard railroad coupler, and even more surprisingly, these cars appear on their own on the LIRR on more than one occasion. Several questions come to mind, such as how in the world the FRA let structurally unmodified subway cars onto the national rail network, and how the prewar traction motors didn't fry on the 750V DC like the R44s' did during their speed tests. Does anyone have more information about this? These cars I believe had modifications with the coupling and air breaking to FRA's standards. I believe they also might have been used for other moves besides the R44's the LIRR iaround this time where still feeding 600v they needed to upgrade for the new M1s they were upgrading around this time. Remember 600V on the subway is nomal NTT cars can run on peaks up to 780-800v non-sustained and as low as 480V. Edited December 15, 2016 by RailRunRob 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailRunRob Posted December 15, 2016 Share #14445 Posted December 15, 2016 http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?46954 http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?46955 http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?39297 These R4s were apparently converted to haul new R44s around. However, at least one end of one of these cars appears to have a standard railroad coupler, and even more surprisingly, these cars appear on their own on the LIRR on more than one occasion. Several questions come to mind, such as how in the world the FRA let structurally unmodified subway cars onto the national rail network, and how the prewar traction motors didn't fry on the 750V DC like the R44s' did during their speed tests. Does anyone have more information about this? Just noticed that the last photo seems it wasn't a power car it's different this was probably configured as crash car between the diesel and the rollingstock just incase anything got banged up. The R44 wasn't the only rapid transit car to be tested on the LIRR the PATH PA1/PA2 cars did as well. But I remember hearing R1-9 being used in push-pull operations by some old timers. All motors both bogies and single car configuration. R36's and a few R62/As are the the only remaining cars with that setup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted December 15, 2016 Share #14446 Posted December 15, 2016 The was built pretty much as a supplement service and a shuttle. Since everything with NYC is so oriented around Manhattan I wonder who thought it would be a great idea to build a line outside of Manhattan that barely has any connections. That poor line misses a huge crucial connection such as Atlantic Terminal for the and LIRR trains. Also if the Queensboro Plaza station and the Queens Plaza Station were ever connected it would also miss the Broadway lines because it stops short at Court Square. I agree wholeheartedly. To fully harness its potential, I feel we need transfer passages to the at Broadway and the & LIRR at Fulton Street, plus replacing the R68As with 5 60' car open-gangway trainsets (maybe assign it some of the R211T option order?). I wonder if an extention of the along Northern Blvd to Jackson Heights and Corona would also be a good investment... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted December 15, 2016 Share #14447 Posted December 15, 2016 Is there some type of unlisted trip on the that comes from Brooklyn in the middle of the afternoon? I've seen it twice at DeKalb Avenue at around the same time within the past week, but the schedule doesn't show anything about one. The Astoria G.O is why. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak706 Posted December 15, 2016 Share #14448 Posted December 15, 2016 These cars I believe had modifications with the coupling and air breaking to FRA's standards. I believe they also might have been used for other moves besides the R44's the LIRR iaround this time where still feeding 600v they needed to upgrade for the new M1s they were upgrading around this time. Remember 600V on the subway is nomal NTT cars can run on peaks up to 780-800v non-sustained and as low as 480V. Just noticed that the last photo seems it wasn't a power car it's different this was probably configured as crash car between the diesel and the rollingstock just incase anything got banged up. The R44 wasn't the only rapid transit car to be tested on the LIRR the PATH PA1/PA2 cars did as well. But I remember hearing R1-9 being used in push-pull operations by some old timers. All motors both bogies and single car configuration. R36's and a few R62/As are the the only remaining cars with that setup.Interesting. So these cars were basically work motors for both NYCTA and LIRR. They could never get away with something like that today. A somewhat related question: how were the R44s delivered via the LIRR? Where was (is?) the connection to the subway system? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR503 Posted December 15, 2016 Share #14449 Posted December 15, 2016 They probably went to linden shops and then onto the Bay Ridge Branch that way. From there, you take it to Pond, where you can pick up the LMB to Jamaica. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailRunRob Posted December 15, 2016 Share #14450 Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) Interesting. So these cars were basically work motors for both NYCTA and LIRR. They could never get away with something like that today. A somewhat related question: how were the R44s delivered via the LIRR? Where was (is?) the connection to the subway system? Nope, Most cars are coupled in sets now. FRA rules are a lot stricter and then there's that power incompatibility issue as well with the LIRR upgrading their power system.. Connections would have been at Linden or 36th street as was said above. Edited December 15, 2016 by RailRunRob 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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