R44 CNG Posted July 27, 2012 Share #251 Posted July 27, 2012 Okay, let's get back to real trains (if people want to): About 44 MPH ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubwayStation Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share #252 Posted July 27, 2012 About 44 MPH ? The train is starting to slow down during the video, but I got 47 MPH for the beginning . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubwayStation Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share #253 Posted July 28, 2012 From the Subway Random Thoughts thread: How fast do N trains travel between 36st and Atlantic ave...i swear it feels like 60mph Manhattan-bound R160s can reach up to 50 MPH in that section. Coney Island-bound is slower; it's 43 MPH. With R68s, 47 MPH is the maximum Manhattan-bound, and 40 MPH Coney Island-bound. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted July 28, 2012 Share #254 Posted July 28, 2012 From the Subway Random Thoughts thread: Manhattan-bound R160s can reach up to 50 MPH in that section. Coney Island-bound is slower; it's 43 MPH. With R68s, 47 MPH is the maximum Manhattan-bound, and 40 MPH Coney Island-bound. oohh i didnt know there was a speed thread lol..srry for putting in in wrong one 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubwayStation Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share #255 Posted July 28, 2012 oohh i didnt know there was a speed thread lol..srry for putting in in wrong one That's fine. It's perfectly okay to put it in the random thoughts thread, but since I created the speed thread, I decided to use it. Speaking of the 4 Av express, it's one of the fastest runs in the system when there are no trains ahead of you, but the and seem to bunch a lot, so it can get slowed down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted July 28, 2012 Share #256 Posted July 28, 2012 Only in rush hour. BTW, the Franklin - Utica on the IRT isn't that quick, its only around 40-42 depending on the train in either direction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Express Posted July 29, 2012 Share #257 Posted July 29, 2012 From the Subway Random Thoughts thread: Manhattan-bound R160s can reach up to 50 MPH in that section. Coney Island-bound is slower; it's 43 MPH. With R68s, 47 MPH is the maximum Manhattan-bound, and 40 MPH Coney Island-bound. WHOA. R68s can hit 47? Wow I must have really underestimated them all these years. Still think the R46 is faster though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted July 29, 2012 Share #258 Posted July 29, 2012 WHOA. R68s can hit 47? Wow I must have really underestimated them all these years. Still think the R46 is faster though. For that number, he just quoted me the other day when I stated I get up to 47 in a R68. It was one of the better ones I operated, as generally the line train are crap (the ones on the and maintained by CI are better). Actual speed down here is different from perceived speed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubwayStation Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share #259 Posted July 29, 2012 Video by bebo2good1. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astoria Line Posted July 29, 2012 Share #260 Posted July 29, 2012 Video by bebo2good1. I have to try the that looks cool! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted July 30, 2012 Share #261 Posted July 30, 2012 Video by bebo2good1. As a response, I'm pretty sure I've posted this here before, but once again, please start at 6:55. It will show you what it looks like from the front of that train going down that express run. Seems pretty fast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=591Kn6z_SpM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubwayStation Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share #262 Posted July 30, 2012 As a response, I'm pretty sure I've posted this here before, but once again, please start at 6:55. It will show you what it looks like from the front of that train going down that express run. Seems pretty fast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=591Kn6z_SpM As a certain person would say, "All you can say is word." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted September 2, 2012 Share #263 Posted September 2, 2012 Some nostalgia coming your way. Skip to 6 minutes to watch the approach southbound into canal street the way it was before it was butchered by the new timers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxMMXI7nSLQ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threxx Posted September 2, 2012 Share #264 Posted September 2, 2012 The decided not to be the timer express on Fulton Street, hit 35-38 MPH b/w Hoyt and Nostrand... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaica Line Posted September 3, 2012 Share #265 Posted September 3, 2012 The decided not to be the timer express on Fulton Street, hit 35-38 MPH b/w Hoyt and Nostrand... Operator must've braked at some point or it was a really slow set. I remember hitting 46 mph with an operator that braked in the station. This was a few years ago on a 32. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted September 8, 2012 Share #266 Posted September 8, 2012 Coasting up the hill keeps the train at the speed that clears the timer at Franklin. Any kind of wrap after that will bring it up to just a hair over 40. Had me a at 51 at Newkirk today, going up to the yard had it at 54 in the tube coming up into 161. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concourse Express Posted September 8, 2012 Share #267 Posted September 8, 2012 Coasting up the hill keeps the train at the speed that clears the timer at Franklin. Any kind of wrap after that will bring it up to just a hair over 40. Had me a at 51 at Newkirk today, going up to the yard had it at 54 in the tube coming up into 161. 54, huh...requires just the right timing (wrap-wise) around the timed curve before skipping 155, I assume? The few times I've been lucky enough to ride Concourse Express trains with T/Os that "knew their timers" there were GREAT (if only they all went that fast)! Speaking of that, I have a question: how "fast" do trains typically go bypassing 167 N/B? That, to me, is the slowest stretch of the Conc Exp run (excluding the Yankee game double-switch)... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted September 8, 2012 Share #268 Posted September 8, 2012 (edited) Yes, I only do it lite (slightly more conservative in service on the ) and need a good train (see: 68A). Take the first timer at 20-22, as soon as it clears (and it will about 1/2 a car away), wrap. You will hit the south end of 155 in the upper 30s and the north end in the lower 40s. Its an adrenaline rush as one WON'T see the 2nd timer clear to green before you past the S, and you have NO VIEW of the associated signal about a carlength into the tube north of 155 until you're about halfway into 155, the best you can see is the light bouncing off the steel dust, with a green hue (meaning the signal cleared). No hue, full service with a halfway decent shot at stopping (I've had to do that when I took the first timer at 25, and I stopped at the entrance to the tube, about a carlength from hitting the signal). As far as 167, I had a good train after touching the mid 50s so I actually climbed the hill down to 30, which was the first time I've done that too (not drop into the 20s). Usually its down in the mid 20's between 22-25 pending on how good the train is. Edited September 8, 2012 by TwoTimer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubwayStation Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share #269 Posted September 9, 2012 Did the MTA add new timers to the Manhattan bound 4 Avenue Express from 36 St to Atlantic Avenue? I'm guessing that I've just been on some delayed trains, but who knows... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted September 9, 2012 Share #270 Posted September 9, 2012 Nope, the same as before. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concourse Express Posted September 10, 2012 Share #271 Posted September 10, 2012 Yes, I only do it lite (slightly more conservative in service on the ) and need a good train (see: 68A). Take the first timer at 20-22, as soon as it clears (and it will about 1/2 a car away), wrap. You will hit the south end of 155 in the upper 30s and the north end in the lower 40s. Its an adrenaline rush as one WON'T see the 2nd timer clear to green before you past the S, and you have NO VIEW of the associated signal about a carlength into the tube north of 155 until you're about halfway into 155, the best you can see is the light bouncing off the steel dust, with a green hue (meaning the signal cleared). No hue, full service with a halfway decent shot at stopping (I've had to do that when I took the first timer at 25, and I stopped at the entrance to the tube, about a carlength from hitting the signal). As far as 167, I had a good train after touching the mid 50s so I actually climbed the hill down to 30, which was the first time I've done that too (not drop into the 20s). Usually its down in the mid 20's between 22-25 pending on how good the train is. I see! Thanks for the info! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Express Posted September 10, 2012 Share #272 Posted September 10, 2012 hows about this Ahh and who was sayin the R44/R46 ain't got any speed. Hop off haters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubwayStation Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share #273 Posted September 11, 2012 Ahh and who was sayin the R44/R46 ain't got any speed. Hop off haters. Every NYC subway car has speed IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubwayStation Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share #274 Posted September 17, 2012 Recently the northbound seems to be going really slowly between Brooklyn Bridge and passing Canal St. I can't remember; was it always this slow or were new timers installed this summer? I thought I remembered going faster there a few months ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaica Line Posted September 17, 2012 Share #275 Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) Man the can really pick up speed around Ralph n/b but along comes the timers... Edited September 17, 2012 by Jamaica Line 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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