IRT Bronx Express Posted April 26, 2018 Share #18326 Posted April 26, 2018 Every morning while heading to work, I always tend to find a seat on the and not the . There's always a 1% chance that I don't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted April 26, 2018 Share #18327 Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) On Monday, the will have at least 5-6 sets of Tech trains out of their total of trains used in-service. Edited April 26, 2018 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted April 26, 2018 Share #18328 Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Calvin said: On Monday, the will have at least 5-6 sets of Tech trains out of their total of trains used in-service. Out as in removed? Or out as in ONLY 5-6 NTTs assigned? Either way, why? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted April 26, 2018 Share #18329 Posted April 26, 2018 23 minutes ago, VIP said: Out as in removed? Or out as in ONLY 5-6 NTTs assigned? Either way, why? The needs its NTT sets back as the mainline service returns to Metropolitan on Monday morning. The R42s on the shuttle will more than likely return to and service also. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted April 26, 2018 Share #18330 Posted April 26, 2018 24 R42s that were on the are returning to the . Having 4 total and skip-stop during the rush will run regularly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted April 26, 2018 Share #18331 Posted April 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, Calvin said: 24 R42s that were on the are returning to the . Having 4 total and skip-stop during the rush will run regularly. They have more R179’s to suffice though. East New York just sent a 4-car R32 set to 207th. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted April 26, 2018 Share #18332 Posted April 26, 2018 On 4/24/2018 at 5:04 PM, Coney Island Av said: A few days ago...I saw this at 59 St-Columbus Circle. It's an uncovered sign, which depicts the old style in which subway signs were manufactured. The former service patterns of the to 168 St, 21 St-Queensbridge or Coney Island and to Rockaway Park or Bedford Park Blvd were taped over. Just a nice throwback to the old signs. <pic removed> Nice find. It actually makes my point on why the current signage is pretty vague. In order to fit all of the relevant information onto these signs, the font size had to be very small. I assume you were close to the platform to capture this pic, correct? For riders not standing near the platform edge, it would be almost impossible to read this, hence the larger font size and less detailed service information on them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EphraimB Posted April 26, 2018 Share #18333 Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) R46 NYC Subway car new floor! Edited April 26, 2018 by EphraimB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brillant93 Posted April 26, 2018 Share #18334 Posted April 26, 2018 Someone caught an R142 on the 1 train. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion6025 Posted April 26, 2018 Share #18335 Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) For those who care about this sort of thing, the MTA seems to have a new last stop subway announcement. It's now some woman annoucing the last stop and asks for everyone to get off so they can clean the train, etc. I don't know if they're using it formally yet, the conductor on the r188 set containing #7389 announced over the PA system that they were testing the announcement system and that sound byte was played. They also have one about not standing close to the platform edge and the old NYPD one in that same new voice Edited April 26, 2018 by Orion6025 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted April 26, 2018 Share #18336 Posted April 26, 2018 EP016 crashed into a yard garage door recently...this is tragic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRT Bronx Express Posted April 26, 2018 Share #18337 Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Orion6025 said: For those who care about this sort of thing, the MTA seems to have a new last stop subway announcement. It's now some woman annoucing the last stop and asks for everyone to get off so they can clean the train, etc. I noticed that they removed much of the misc. automated announcements months ago. Conductors now perform manual announcements regarding delays, train traffic, supervision holding up service, reporting suspicious activity, etc. I wonder if this was a storage issue as I heard about the limited storage space on the R142 computers. BTW: I haven't heard a male announcer recording stating "This is the last stop on this train... (forgot the mid portion) thank you for riding the MTA NYC Transit". Is it still there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted April 27, 2018 Share #18338 Posted April 27, 2018 1 hour ago, IRT Bronx Express said: I noticed that they removed much of the misc. automated announcements months ago. Conductors now perform manual announcements regarding delays, train traffic, supervision holding up service, reporting suspicious activity, etc. I wonder if this was a storage issue as I heard about the limited storage space on the R142 computers. BTW: I haven't heard a male announcer recording stating "This is the last stop on this train... (forgot the mid portion) thank you for riding the MTA NYC Transit". Is it still there? Those announcements all had "ladies and gentlemen" on them, which is banned in jargon. They now prefer more gender neutral terms, like "hello everyone". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted April 27, 2018 Share #18339 Posted April 27, 2018 3 hours ago, Lawrence St said: EP016 crashed into a yard garage door recently...this is tragic. (not my photos) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted April 27, 2018 Share #18340 Posted April 27, 2018 Is this 207th? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious2train Posted April 27, 2018 Share #18341 Posted April 27, 2018 So I was at Myrtle Av wanting to make one single trip on the shuttle before it ends. And I noticed the MTA is putting up new signs since the is returning to Metropolitan Av in full. And you know what: They accidentally mixed up the placement of the new signs. The sign that should be on the Queens-bound local track is above the middle track, and the sign that should be on the middle track is on the Queens-bound track instead. Amazing... Shifting gears, I've also seen twice now an empty train that goes into service at Grand Central-42 St during the PM Rush and ends up running to New Lots Av. I first time I saw it was after some incident on the Lex so I thought it was just an effect of that, but after seeing it a second time now I'm really curious. What's going on? Are these supposed to be gap trains going to Livonia Yard or something? Is this something that's unofficially official or just happens ad-hoc after incidents? They're certainly helpful for crowd control, if not a bit confusing for the average rider. The first time I saw it was at around 6 PM, the second time a little before 6:30 PM. One day around 8:30 PM I also saw one of the last trains to Brooklyn each night, that runs to Utica Av, signed up as going to New Lots Av (although the countdown clock still listed it as terminating at Utica Av). Wonder what caused that discrepancy. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted April 28, 2018 Share #18342 Posted April 28, 2018 (edited) There's something I noticed on the line today. The fleet is mostly R42s, R143s and R160As (the 160A part will change on Monday). Also, and trains store their trains at the abandoned section of Nassau St line with some trains terminating at Marcy Av. Now, with the , there is a time that the put in from Unionport Yard to Flatbush Av may run as a shuttle to Eastchester. Edited April 28, 2018 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted April 28, 2018 Share #18343 Posted April 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Calvin said: Also, and trains store their trains at the abandoned section of Nassau St line with some trains terminating at Marcy Av. You're kinda late on that part. They've been storing trains down there ever since the Myrtle Avenue reconstruction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted April 28, 2018 Share #18344 Posted April 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Daniel The Cool said: You're kinda late on that part. They've been storing trains down there ever since the Myrtle Avenue reconstruction. Which is kind of a bad idea seeing how the stored trains get tagged up very heavily. And then it serves no point because the train gets taken out of service for DAYS. 🙄 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBrickBreaker101 Posted April 28, 2018 Share #18345 Posted April 28, 2018 Any reported loans on the IRT lines today? I'm guessing there'll at least be some R62As on the (4) this weekend... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatOne2k Posted April 29, 2018 Share #18346 Posted April 29, 2018 The Dyre line has through service this time while the upper White Plains Road line has shuttle service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itmaybeokay Posted April 29, 2018 Share #18347 Posted April 29, 2018 Finally got my own countdown clock working. I know the look is not authentic yet - I'm a novice at python. Still - better than paying those nyctrainsign buffoons $300. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted April 29, 2018 Share #18348 Posted April 29, 2018 23 minutes ago, itmaybeokay said: Finally got my own countdown clock working. I know the look is not authentic yet - I'm a novice at python. Still - better than paying those nyctrainsign buffoons $300. Where did you get those boards from? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itmaybeokay Posted April 30, 2018 Share #18349 Posted April 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Lawrence St said: Where did you get those boards from? Amazon, $26 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079JSKF21/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I 3d printed a thing to hold them together. They're driven with raspberry pi 3 and the adafruit PWM matrix hat: https://www.amazon.com/2327-Raspberry-Servo-Development-Board/dp/B00SI1SPHS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525046656&sr=8-1&keywords=Adafruit+PWM+hat I did do a mod on that hat to use hardware pwm, I forget what the trick was but i think hzeller talks about it on github. The software I'm using to drive it is https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix https://github.com/partofthething/infopanel And I'm accessing the MTA api using a seperate node-red instance and pushing arrival times over MQTT. If anyone is actually interested in spooling one of these up I can offer more insight, but it's not for the feint of heart. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted April 30, 2018 Share #18350 Posted April 30, 2018 Just now, itmaybeokay said: Amazon, $26 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079JSKF21/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I 3d printed a thing to hold them together. They're driven with raspberry pi 3 and the adafruit PWM matrix hat: https://www.amazon.com/2327-Raspberry-Servo-Development-Board/dp/B00SI1SPHS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525046656&sr=8-1&keywords=Adafruit+PWM+hat I did do a mod on that hat to use hardware pwm, I forget what the trick was but i think hzeller talks about it on github. The software I'm using to drive it is https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix https://github.com/partofthething/infopanel And I'm accessing the MTA api using a seperate node-red instance and pushing arrival times over MQTT. If anyone is actually interested in spooling one of these up I can offer more insight, but it's not for the feint of heart. Yea if you could send the plans to me in my PM that would be great 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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