Snowblock Posted February 24, 2013 Share #451 Posted February 24, 2013 No no no no....the brass took care of it. They issued us a new announcement script to tell the passengers to stay off the tracks and behind the yellow line. Once we inform the customers that these acts are dangerous, we won't have any more 12-9s.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan05979 Posted February 24, 2013 Share #452 Posted February 24, 2013 A few more of these and pulling in slowly into subway stations as the Union ignorantly suggests is gonna start sounding sweet to MTA brass. Don't count on that happening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xentor Posted February 25, 2013 Share #453 Posted February 25, 2013 No no no no....the brass took care of it. They issued us a new announcement script to tell the passengers to stay off the tracks and behind the yellow line. Once we inform the customers that these acts are dangerous, we won't have any more 12-9s.... Oh aha! yeah that will fix that problem in no time. Next! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediccjh Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share #454 Posted February 25, 2013 We're doing Night Road Operations; last night we took an R46 up and down the . It made me its bitch. My stopping and braking was atrocious; I had a very off day. Tonight we'll be on the and from Concourse to Coney. Hopefully the SMEEs will be nice to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan05979 Posted February 25, 2013 Share #455 Posted February 25, 2013 We're doing Night Road Operations; last night we took an R46 up and down the . It made me its bitch. My stopping and braking was atrocious; I had a very off day. Tonight we'll be on the and from Concourse to Coney. Hopefully the SMEEs will be nice to me. Did you lay up a train at pitkin from Lefferts? If so my school car classmate is in your class. A. Yang I picked him up at Euclid last night around 3am 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediccjh Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share #456 Posted February 25, 2013 Did you lay up a train at pitkin from Lefferts? If so my school car classmate is in your class. A. Yang I picked him up at Euclid last night around 3am That was us. I operated from Hudson middle into the Yard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinetics Posted February 26, 2013 Share #457 Posted February 26, 2013 Was anyone lurking at orientation today? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted February 26, 2013 Share #458 Posted February 26, 2013 We're doing Night Road Operations; last night we took an R46 up and down the . It made me its bitch. My stopping and braking was atrocious; I had a very off day. Tonight we'll be on the and from Concourse to Coney. Hopefully the SMEEs will be nice to me. Pitkin R46's S**ks B**ls... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted February 26, 2013 Share #459 Posted February 26, 2013 We're doing Night Road Operations; last night we took an R46 up and down the . It made me its bitch. My stopping and braking was atrocious; I had a very off day. Tonight we'll be on the and from Concourse to Coney. Hopefully the SMEEs will be nice to me. Oh that must've been your OOS that came in across from my last night at 59 St 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beneka Posted February 26, 2013 Share #460 Posted February 26, 2013 Headed to 2nd night of road posting on midnight shift. I cant lie, last night was TOUGH! My eyes started to get extremely heavy on the last leg of my last trip back to 241st on the 2. Luckily my trainer took over once we got to 149th/3rd ave. Feel pretty good operating on 142s. Still need some work, but i think im doing pretty well. Back on 62s today out of 242nd st/VC. Hopefully my operation tonight is good as well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poughkipsee Posted February 26, 2013 Share #461 Posted February 26, 2013 I'll get to say hi I'm the cleaner at the t/o end of the VC plat 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinetics Posted February 26, 2013 Share #462 Posted February 26, 2013 No no no no....the brass took care of it. They issued us a new announcement script to tell the passengers to stay off the tracks and behind the yellow line. Once we inform the customers that these acts are dangerous, we won't have any more 12-9s.... Classic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediccjh Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share #463 Posted February 26, 2013 Oh that must've been your OOS that came in across from my last night at 59 St That was us, Snowblock. If it was S/B, I was playing Conductor. Last night we took the R68A from Bedford Park to Coney. My operation was a little better; however, I was still stopping about 2 feet short. My last 2 stops though, I had my 'Ah-ha!' moment, and made good, fast stops at 9 St and Union St. Starting at Coney tonight via the . We may get a 46, which is what I need practice on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted February 26, 2013 Share #464 Posted February 26, 2013 In school car for the TA, how much time do they spend on other than head end operation? My switching class at PATH has us doing that almost half the time we operate being flagged by buzzer only. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinetics Posted February 27, 2013 Share #465 Posted February 27, 2013 Tomorrow is my first day at P.S. 248. A Div. All day with the Union I hear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beneka Posted February 27, 2013 Share #466 Posted February 27, 2013 In school car for the TA, how much time do they spend on other than head end operation? My switching class at PATH has us doing that almost half the time we operate being flagged by buzzer only. One day! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediccjh Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share #467 Posted February 27, 2013 Went on the from Coney to 179 and back, then from Coney to Court Square via . My stopping was better than the past 2 nights (above 50%), but still need to finesse it a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinetics Posted February 27, 2013 Share #468 Posted February 27, 2013 The TSS today told us we would all be good at moving the train. Stopping, however, will be something that requires a little bit of "finesse". I see, Medic, this holds true. What do the brakes feel like on the R32's, 42's & 68's vs. the 143's & 160's? And what techniques have you developed, so far, in the process of learning to successfully stop those trains? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted February 28, 2013 Share #469 Posted February 28, 2013 Went on the from Coney to 179 and back, then from Coney to Court Square via . My stopping was better than the past 2 nights (above 50%), but still need to finesse it a bit. are you in revenue service or out of service when you do that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4P3607 Posted February 28, 2013 Share #470 Posted February 28, 2013 Who here got an 8-car R68 signed up as and went via QBL express? It was definetly a school car, saw it yesterday passing woodhaven around 4:30 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beneka Posted February 28, 2013 Share #471 Posted February 28, 2013 Had a scare today at Times Square on the 7. Threw my reverser forward, charged up, did my brake tests and i had the lineup. Released the brakes and wrapped the master controller....after a brief pause(maybe a second) the train lurched back! Luckily my reflex was quick and pulled a full service. Not sure how it happened, but somehow the reverser drum was off centered and the reverser key had come loose after i threw it forward. A RCI and TSS raced to the train. 10 mins later they fixed it. The fact that it lurched back...and we were in a terminal had me shook!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediccjh Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share #472 Posted February 28, 2013 The TSS today told us we would all be good at moving the train. Stopping, however, will be something that requires a little bit of "finesse". I see, Medic, this holds true. What do the brakes feel like on the R32's, 42's & 68's vs. the 143's & 160's? And what techniques have you developed, so far, in the process of learning to successfully stop those trains? You will learn it all in Schoolcar. are you in revenue service or out of service when you do that? Right now, Not In Service. We start Road Posting in a couple of weeks. Had a scare today at Times Square on the 7. Threw my reverser forward, charged up, did my brake tests and i had the lineup. Released the brakes and wrapped the master controller....after a brief pause(maybe a second) the train lurched back! Luckily my reflex was quick and pulled a full service. Not sure how it happened, but somehow the reverser drum was off centered and the reverser key had come loose after i threw it forward. A RCI and TSS raced to the train. 10 mins later they fixed it. The fact that it lurched back...and we were in a terminal had me shook!!! That'd make me shake also. Did a trip from Coney to Bedford Park to WTC to Bedford Park back to Coney last night on the R68. My TSS told me to experiment with the braking, and I did. I have the idea down. I think I did better last night, so it's just gonna require practice, practice, practice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted February 28, 2013 Share #473 Posted February 28, 2013 I heard the R-68As brakes (the 5000 series) are a bigger pain in the butt than the R-68s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beneka Posted February 28, 2013 Share #474 Posted February 28, 2013 Did a trip from Coney to Bedford Park to WTC to Bedford Park back to Coney last night on the R68. My TSS told me to experiment with the braking, and I did. I have the idea down. I think I did better last night, so it's just gonna require practice, practice, practice. Yup, practice will make you better!! During road ops i over ran a sta, i was inches away from hitting 2 signals and some nights my braking was terrible. But you will learn from it all! You'll see a big difference as the weeks pass, especially when you get to road posting!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poughkipsee Posted March 1, 2013 Share #475 Posted March 1, 2013 Wonder if anyone from here are the two guys that are road posting tonight from VC? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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