Abba Posted April 29, 2011 Share #1 Posted April 29, 2011 So today trains were rerouted on the from 36th-Stillwell.So at 18th Avenue an passed by my on the express track.So you would think that this train would get to Stillwell first.Well,think again.At Bay 50th Street it was sitting on the express track and we were allowed to go ahead of it.My question is ,why would that be done? Was there too much congestion for the side at Stillwell that made them decide to hold it there instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted April 29, 2011 Share #2 Posted April 29, 2011 I don't know, could be possible. I remeber years back when I was on a , the train switched over to the local at 42nd and bypassed all the local stops on the way to 14th St. My train caught up to the ahead, but we ended up waiting for the to leave and then we switched back to the express track. It totally defeated the whole point of switching the to the local if we ended up back in the same spot as before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted April 29, 2011 Share #3 Posted April 29, 2011 Maybe the had more priorities then the on the West End. I don't know, could be possible. I remeber years back when I was on a , the train switched over to the local at 42nd and bypassed all the local stops on the way to 14th St. My train caught up to the ahead, but we ended up waiting for the to leave and then we switched back to the express track. It totally defeated the whole point of switching the to the local if we ended up back in the same spot as before. That may have happen because of the schedule. Tho the does get more priorities on the Lex IRT then the . As for the switching, maybe there was something wrong on the Express track, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted April 29, 2011 Share #4 Posted April 29, 2011 Could be possible. Maybe originally the was going to continue down the local, but whatever was wrong on the express was fixed by the time they had the sent back? To this day I will never know what the deal was. Just an 'unsolved mystery'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted April 29, 2011 Share #5 Posted April 29, 2011 What are they doing with teh that they have to do all this work on the weekdays too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38th Street Yard Posted April 29, 2011 Share #6 Posted April 29, 2011 So today trains were rerouted on the from 36th-Stillwell.So at 18th Avenue an passed by my on the express track.So you would think that this train would get to Stillwell first.Well,think again.At Bay 50th Street it was sitting on the express track and we were allowed to go ahead of it.My question is ,why would that be done? Was there too much congestion for the side at Stillwell that made them decide to hold it there instead? There was a G.O. on the SEA BEACH and it depends if the N tracks at STILLWELL have 2 trains in the pocket or the time they have to be at STL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38th Street Yard Posted April 29, 2011 Share #7 Posted April 29, 2011 What are they doing with teh that they have to do all this work on the weekdays too? The middle track removing track,there at 18th ave and 20th ave right now taking them out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted April 30, 2011 Share #8 Posted April 30, 2011 Could be possible. Maybe originally the was going to continue down the local, but whatever was wrong on the express was fixed by the time they had the sent back? To this day I will never know what the deal was. Just an 'unsolved mystery'. Your guess is probably right. Also, you have to think about the amount of trains that run on the local track. Ideally I think they would prefer to keep the train off of the local track unless they have no choice or of course unless it is late night service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from Maspeth Posted April 30, 2011 Share #9 Posted April 30, 2011 So today trains were rerouted on the from 36th-Stillwell.So at 18th Avenue an passed by my on the express track.So you would think that this train would get to Stillwell first.Well,think again.At Bay 50th Street it was sitting on the express track and we were allowed to go ahead of it.My question is ,why would that be done? Was there too much congestion for the side at Stillwell that made them decide to hold it there instead? If that was the reason.............it was a good dispatching decision. Now if anybody on this board was at Stillwell while you were at Bay 50th.........then your question can be answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted May 2, 2011 Share #10 Posted May 2, 2011 Had a couple north over the Culver tonite due to a BIE on the Sea Beach... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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