LGA Link N Train Posted July 23, 2018 Share #19176 Posted July 23, 2018 17 minutes ago, mine248 said: Rumors say that theres a consist of R62As on the at the moment. Is that true? I saw a picture in a group chat confirming this rumor to be true, though I don't know for sure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B46 via Utica Posted July 23, 2018 Share #19177 Posted July 23, 2018 There's currently a 143 on the it's on the Williamsburg Bridge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R68OnBroadway Posted July 23, 2018 Share #19178 Posted July 23, 2018 Have there ever been any plans to connect the two Rector Street stations and Wall St on the / ? There is only a block or a bit more between the stations, and connecting the 3 could be easier then connecting Bowling Green to SF. It would also build crossunders between the platforms at the Rector stations to allow people to cross for free. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mine248 Posted July 23, 2018 Share #19179 Posted July 23, 2018 1 minute ago, R68OnBroadway said: Have there ever been any plans to connect the two Rector Street stations and Wall St on the / ? There is only a block or a bit more between the stations, and connecting the 3 could be easier then connecting Bowling Green to SF. It would also build crossunders between the platforms at the Rector stations to allow people to cross for free. Better idea: get some trains to terminate at South Ferry loop once the Lex Ave CBTC is installed to alleviate any bottlenecks in Brooklyn. You'll get easy transfers over to the at South Ferry, and the cost? Maybe about 20% of the cost of that plan, plus, we are reusing existing infrastructure!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted July 23, 2018 Share #19180 Posted July 23, 2018 19 minutes ago, mine248 said: Better idea: get some trains to terminate at South Ferry loop once the Lex Ave CBTC is installed to alleviate any bottlenecks in Brooklyn. You'll get easy transfers over to the at South Ferry, and the cost? Maybe about 20% of the cost of that plan, plus, we are reusing existing infrastructure!!! We already have said why this idea wouldn't work at least a million times. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted July 23, 2018 Share #19181 Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) Soooo... anybody got any info/update on this R62A train? Edited July 23, 2018 by trainfan22 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlgorithmOfTruth Posted July 23, 2018 Share #19182 Posted July 23, 2018 A set of R62A's running on the ? I'll wake up eventually... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted July 24, 2018 Share #19183 Posted July 24, 2018 1 hour ago, trainfan22 said: Soooo... anybody got any info/update on this R62A train? Suuuuuuuure 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted July 24, 2018 Share #19184 Posted July 24, 2018 174th-175th St will close for renovations on August 13th. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thekilomoney11 Posted July 24, 2018 Share #19185 Posted July 24, 2018 Idk if it was mentioned in here but I found this subway vid from June 1993 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W4ST Posted July 24, 2018 Share #19186 Posted July 24, 2018 Because it is summer, I was wondering: What are the hottest stations in your experience? Conversely, hich stations always seem cool? Some of the warmest stations I have noticed are: 14th Street Union Square 96th Street 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abba Posted July 24, 2018 Share #19187 Posted July 24, 2018 Atlantic Ave Junction . Utica Ave Some things that contribute I think are how far underground they are and also I heard the new trains air conditioners make stations hot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3F Posted July 24, 2018 Share #19188 Posted July 24, 2018 West 4th Street is a sauna. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR503 Posted July 24, 2018 Share #19189 Posted July 24, 2018 Boro Hall . Possibly my least favorite place to wait for a train. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 24, 2018 Share #19190 Posted July 24, 2018 1 hour ago, W4ST said: Because it is summer, I was wondering: What are the hottest stations in your experience? Conversely, hich stations always seem cool? Some of the warmest stations I have noticed are: 14th Street Union Square 96th Street 96th street on the is HORRIBLE... In fact if I take the subway, sometimes, I stay on say the to avoid that hot mess. Another one that has always been unbearable is the Atlantic Avenue station on the platform. Even with the renovation that station is a sauna. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted July 24, 2018 Share #19191 Posted July 24, 2018 Every single underground station feels like a furnace to me, since my tolerance for any type of warm weather/heat is very low.... I don't even bother trying to discern which is the hottest, or which station is hotter over some other station..... That's something else I don't miss about taking the subway - having to carry at least a bottled water, so I won't be up shit's creek without a paddle when (not if, but when) I get lightheaded.... ....Which reminds me, I gotta get the porter to change the bottle on this 'cooler here, when I break out for lunch in a few..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 24, 2018 Share #19192 Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, B35 via Church said: Every single underground station feels like a furnace to me, since my tolerance for any type of warm weather/heat is very low.... I don't even bother trying to discern which is the hottest, or which station is hotter over some other station..... That's something else I don't miss about taking the subway - having to carry at least a bottled water, so I won't be up shit's creek without a paddle when (not if, but when) I get lightheaded.... ....Which reminds me, I gotta get the porter to change the bottle on this 'cooler here, when I break out for lunch in a few..... I have to be on the Upper East Side tonight and I will be skipping the subway. The M101s come in packs so I just go to a stop, wait for several to show up, get on one and with the bus lane it's not too bad with the kids being out. No stairs and all of that. I took the down to TriBeCa Sunday afternoon from 59th since it was express and OMG, coming back I'm walking with my Whole Foods bags and I go downstairs there at Chambers St., and the heat hits me. I'm like ugh... This is too much. If these stations had elevators it would be more bearable, but schlepping up those stairs... It's lost on me now. lol In my case, I called myself getting out of the mess by getting off at Penn, getting the M34 to 6th for the BxM2 only to find that a fair was going on, so now I gotta go back down into the abyss again at one of the WORST stations possible. Herald Square is another one that even as a 20 year old something I can recall being so overheated that I almost passed out. It was one of those nights where the humidity was just unbearable even coming from an air conditioned building. I don't know how the homeless do it down there. Edited July 24, 2018 by Via Garibaldi 8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coney Island Av Posted July 24, 2018 Share #19193 Posted July 24, 2018 I've been away foaming for the past couple of days because a ton of insane things happened... On Sunday, I went out to fan the line with a couple of my friends to hunt for R179 trains. Unfortunately, all the R179s displayed were s to Broadway Junction or were just blank. My friend told me it was because the conductors didn't know the codes. Since there was an R42 in Fresh Pond Yard, we mainly fanned at Fresh Pond Road to see if it would come out. However, we eventually left once an R179 showed up and went to Canal St. We then fanned the via the at 49 St. I eventually left and fanned it at other Broadway stations, but then I got word that SMEEs were running on the Myrtle Av Line! I was so shocked, and eventually made my way back to Canal St. I took the to Central Av, and then I saw an R42 coming into the station signed up as a . Some of the rollsigns displayed an upside-down . The only people I saw in the front car were railfans, including @Dj Hammers himself! I recorded footage at the RFW until we arrived at Metropolitan. Immediately after we arrived, the R42 was taken OOS. But then we all saw an R32 pulling into the station, and everyone started foaming/recording. And then, we all took a shot of the two side-by-side, that would never happen again! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted July 24, 2018 Share #19194 Posted July 24, 2018 6 hours ago, Coney Island Av said: I've been away foaming for the past couple of days because a ton of insane things happened... On Sunday, I went out to fan the line with a couple of my friends to hunt for R179 trains. Unfortunately, all the R179s displayed were s to Broadway Junction or were just blank. My friend told me it was because the conductors didn't know the codes. Since there was an R42 in Fresh Pond Yard, we mainly fanned at Fresh Pond Road to see if it would come out. However, we eventually left once an R179 showed up and went to Canal St. We then fanned the via the at 49 St. I eventually left and fanned it at other Broadway stations, but then I got word that SMEEs were running on the Myrtle Av Line! I was so shocked, and eventually made my way back to Canal St. I took the to Central Av, and then I saw an R42 coming into the station signed up as a . Some of the rollsigns displayed an upside-down . The only people I saw in the front car were railfans, including @Dj Hammers himself! I recorded footage at the RFW until we arrived at Metropolitan. Immediately after we arrived, the R42 was taken OOS. But then we all saw an R32 pulling into the station, and everyone started foaming/recording. And then, we all took a shot of the two side-by-side, that would never happen again! OMG, THE RAREST CATCH OF THE CENTURY!!!OMG OMG I'M FOAMING (Sarcasm) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biGC323232 Posted July 25, 2018 Share #19195 Posted July 25, 2018 21 hours ago, Coney Island Av said: I've been away foaming for the past couple of days because a ton of insane things happened... On Sunday, I went out to fan the line with a couple of my friends to hunt for R179 trains. Unfortunately, all the R179s displayed were s to Broadway Junction or were just blank. My friend told me it was because the conductors didn't know the codes. Since there was an R42 in Fresh Pond Yard, we mainly fanned at Fresh Pond Road to see if it would come out. However, we eventually left once an R179 showed up and went to Canal St. We then fanned the via the at 49 St. I eventually left and fanned it at other Broadway stations, but then I got word that SMEEs were running on the Myrtle Av Line! I was so shocked, and eventually made my way back to Canal St. I took the to Central Av, and then I saw an R42 coming into the station signed up as a . Some of the rollsigns displayed an upside-down . The only people I saw in the front car were railfans, including @Dj Hammers himself! I recorded footage at the RFW until we arrived at Metropolitan. Immediately after we arrived, the R42 was taken OOS. But then we all saw an R32 pulling into the station, and everyone started foaming/recording. And then, we all took a shot of the two side-by-side, that would never happen again! I'm yet to ride the R179 cars....Maybe cause i havent been out railfanning in a while and everytime i use the its a R32 160 143... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EphraimB Posted July 25, 2018 Share #19196 Posted July 25, 2018 It was cold on my train coming back home today when I got on at Fulton St. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted July 26, 2018 Share #19197 Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) Is Kingsbridge Road on the still viable to be restored as a station? Just curious. Edited July 26, 2018 by Lawrence St 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted July 26, 2018 Share #19198 Posted July 26, 2018 7 hours ago, Lawrence St said: Is Kingsbridge Road on the still viable to be restored as a station? Just curious. No. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted July 26, 2018 Share #19199 Posted July 26, 2018 in other news, Some of Jamaica’s R160’s have painted Door thresholds... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted July 26, 2018 Share #19200 Posted July 26, 2018 13 hours ago, Lawrence St said: Is Kingsbridge Road on the still viable to be restored as a station? Just curious. 5 hours ago, Union Tpke said: No. To further elaborate, all that remains of the former station are the headhouse (sealed since the '40s) and the long-since abandoned trackways for the station. Even if the line were to be extended the thousand feet or so to platform a full-length train, it would require extensive renovations (read: a complete rebuild) to get the station into serviceable condition. Also, an extension of the line will undoubtedly run into the houses that have since cropped up along the former ROW. Unlike Rockaway Beach, which is technically still owned by the city of New York, all of the former NYW&B ROW north of the Dyre Ave tail tracks has fallen into private ownership. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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