LIRRHicksville Posted February 18, 2014 Share #3426 Posted February 18, 2014 Like I said in an earlier post: Why is everyone going crazy trying to catch the R188? Within this year the will be mostly R188s. Catch your last few glimpses of the R62A. They won't be around for much longer. The R188 will eventually be an everyday thing. You don't have to worry about it right now. It will be all R188's, but some will be converted R142A's (the oldest ones already existing for 12 years) modified as R188's. I think the reason everyone wants to ride them now is while they are still new. I will say one thing, R188's or R142A's, they are roomier than the R62A's and without the dipped seating. The is a heavy traffic line and needs these. While the Lexington Ave. line is probably heavier, but remember it's a trunk line (3 routes). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R62AR33 Posted February 18, 2014 Share #3427 Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) Like I said in an earlier post: Why is everyone going crazy trying to catch the R188? Within this year the will be mostly R188s. Catch your last few glimpses of the R62A. They won't be around for much longer. The R188 will eventually be an everyday thing. You don't have to worry about it right now. Same as for people still trying to catch an R62A on the it as well will be an everyday thing. Edited February 18, 2014 by R62AR33 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted February 18, 2014 Share #3428 Posted February 18, 2014 I like catching the R188 for a smooth, and cleaner ride. They're still very new, they have bright lighting that will make it feel much nicer while riding the subway, and they're clean. As for the R62As, it's the same thing over and over again. Dimmer lighting, bucket seating, etc. After the being my home line for all these years, it's time for a change. So that's basically why I always prefer the R188s. As for the R62A's, you better start catching them before they move to the . Try getting an Manhattan bound RFW, there are a few sets out there that will definitely have that. I can give you two cars that will have an RFW: 1661 and 1656. There is another set that I know that uses a 5 car set usually that will be on the Flushing side but is on the Manhattan side that has an RFW, but don't have the number. Good luck in the next 2-3 years.......(still a long time till they're gone!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesPwnMets Posted February 18, 2014 Share #3429 Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) The better lighting and the clean seats in the R188, The lighting R142As looks crap compered to the R188 but then again the lighting will degrade over time anyway, For those who are upset about R62A being on the 6 route don't be, The queens riders deserve the New cars with the lack of Subway option in the east side of queens. however I just hope that they could at least fix the speaker on the R62A so blind Riders can hear them as well the the subway conductor saying the announcements. Why do the Queens riders "deserve" new cars? Did the riders do something wrong? o.O. The is just as heavy, if not heavier than the . Why does the now have to deal with smaller doors, crappy interior lighting, manual announcements and slower cars? Before a huge debate blows up, I'm just trying to make a point here. I don't think you should be saying one group of riders "deserve" something over another. Personally, I don't care as much about the R62A on the because I only ride it for a short distance. I'm usually on the . If I had it my way, I would just forget about the CBTC thing on Flushing and wait for the R62As to be retired before getting new cars for the and leave the R142As on the , but of course, I'm just one person. At the end of the day, I won't really care what I'll be riding as long as: A. It doesn't break down every time I get on it B. It's clean I would rather just have the take the R62As because the never even shows up half the time and it barely runs on most weekends due to GOs, but once again, it's not my decision. Not to mention the R142s make it easy to switch between a and at Flatbush. Most riders will just take the conversion in stride and not even bat an eye at the R62As, but as for the select few who will complain (looking at the UES riders), lets see how far that will get them... Edited February 18, 2014 by YankeesPwnMets 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTARegional Bus Posted February 18, 2014 Share #3430 Posted February 18, 2014 Why do the Queens riders "deserve" new cars? Did the riders do something wrong? o.O. The is just as heavy, if not heavier than the . Why does the now have to deal with smaller doors, crappy interior lighting, manual announcements and slower cars? Before a huge debate blows up, I'm just trying to make a point here. I don't think you should be saying one group of riders "deserve" something over another. Personally, I don't care as much about the R62A on the because I only ride it for a short distance. I'm usually on the . If I had it my way, I would just forget about the CBTC thing on Flushing and wait for the R62As to be retired before getting new cars for the and leave the R142As on the , but of course, I'm just one person. At the end of the day, I won't really care what I'll be riding as long as: A. It doesn't break down every time I get on it B. It's clean I would rather just have the take the R62As because the never even shows up half the time and it barely runs on most weekends due to GOs, but once again, it's not my decision. Not to mention the R142s make it easy to switch between a and at Flatbush. Most riders will just take the conversion in stride and not even bat an eye at the R62As, but as for the select few who will complain (looking at the UES riders), lets see how far that will get them... Chill out dude is just a subway car, lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesPwnMets Posted February 18, 2014 Share #3431 Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) Chill out dude is just a subway car, lol If you actually read the whole thing (trust me, it's easier to read than Shakespeare), then you would have known that I was chill. At the end of the day, I won't really care what I'll be riding as long as: A. It doesn't break down every time I get on it B. It's clean You probably just read the first sentence or two then thought I was attacking you or something Edited February 18, 2014 by YankeesPwnMets 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted February 18, 2014 Share #3432 Posted February 18, 2014 Reading on a forum: it's key 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R62AR33 Posted February 18, 2014 Share #3433 Posted February 18, 2014 I like catching the R188 for a smooth, and cleaner ride. They're still very new, they have bright lighting that will make it feel much nicer while riding the subway, and they're clean. As for the R62As, it's the same thing over and over again. Dimmer lighting, bucket seating, etc. After the being my home line for all these years, it's time for a change. So that's basically why I always prefer the R188s. As for the R62A's, you better start catching them before they move to the . Try getting an Manhattan bound RFW, there are a few sets out there that will definitely have that. I can give you two cars that will have an RFW: 1661 and 1656. There is another set that I know that uses a 5 car set usually that will be on the Flushing side but is on the Manhattan side that has an RFW, but don't have the number. Good luck in the next 2-3 years.......(still a long time till they're gone!) Actually 1-2 yrs , by late next year all of the conversions are supposed to be in service on the , with all of the R62As from flushing back on the and another set with a manhattan bound rfw is 1975-1979 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T J Trainman Posted February 18, 2014 Share #3434 Posted February 18, 2014 1656 and 1661 have their f/w cabs back up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted February 18, 2014 Share #3435 Posted February 18, 2014 1656 and 1661 have their f/w cabs back up. I saw two recently, but forgot their number. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelhamfrank dyre av Posted February 19, 2014 Share #3436 Posted February 19, 2014 are their any news about the R142A conversion sets? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted February 19, 2014 Share #3437 Posted February 19, 2014 Well guess what there's a twist of events, there's a set of R62's on the , looks like they may be a 3 way swap between the , & 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R62AR33 Posted February 19, 2014 Share #3438 Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) Well guess what there's a twist of events, there's a set of R62's on the , looks like they may be a 3 way swap between the , & I heard about so if thats the case then would the swap be R62s going back to the from the all the R62As from the to the and all the NTTs from the to the ? Edited February 19, 2014 by R62AR33 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted February 19, 2014 Share #3439 Posted February 19, 2014 No the is still getting R62A's, just not all of them, there's an R62 from the on the , that R62 was spotted on the on Sunday, and it ran today, someone grabbed a photo of it I see it like this The (6)gets 1651-1840 or higher The gets 1900,2000's and 2100's like in the past The gets the R62's back There's a picture of it on Facebook The person who took the photo spoke to a TSS and the TSS was basically saying the is getting some old equipment back So we'll have to wait and see for now, hopefully a ta source will confirm this 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R62AR33 Posted February 19, 2014 Share #3440 Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) No the is still getting R62A's, just not all of them, there's an R62 from the on the , that R62 was spotted on the on Sunday, and it ran today, someone grabbed a photo of it I see it like this The (6)gets 1651-1840 or higher The gets 1900,2000's and 2100's like in the past The gets the R62's back There's a picture of it on Facebook The person who took the photo spoke to a TSS and the TSS was basically saying the is getting some old equipment back So we'll have to wait and see for now, hopefully a ta source will confirm this So basicly were going back to old car assingmens in a way the and will be R62As like they were in the past with the sending its R142As to the to have the be R62A/R142A, and then we'd have R62s and R142 on the ? Edited February 19, 2014 by R62AR33 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cl94 Posted February 20, 2014 Share #3441 Posted February 20, 2014 Well guess what there's a twist of events, there's a set of R62's on the , looks like they may be a 3 way swap between the , & I heard about so if thats the case then would the swap be R62s going back to the from the all the R62As from the to the and all the NTTs from the to the ? No the is still getting R62A's, just not all of them, there's an R62 from the on the , that R62 was spotted on the on Sunday, and it ran today, someone grabbed a photo of it I see it like this The (6)gets 1651-1840 or higher The gets 1900,2000's and 2100's like in the past The gets the R62's back There's a picture of it on Facebook The person who took the photo spoke to a TSS and the TSS was basically saying the is getting some old equipment back So we'll have to wait and see for now, hopefully a ta source will confirm this I'm trying to figure out why they're even getting the R62As off of the when they had the lights installed to indicate local and express service. No lines other than the and currently have a diamond service. But the does strange things. Why go through the trouble of a 4-way car swap between the ? Doesn't it make more sense from a maintenance standpoint for a yard to only have one type of rolling stock under its control? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesPwnMets Posted February 20, 2014 Share #3442 Posted February 20, 2014 Does anyone from the TA know exactly what's going on? Is the R62 to the a permanent thing? o.O 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R62AR33 Posted February 20, 2014 Share #3443 Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) I'm trying to figure out why they're even getting the R62As off of the when they had the lights installed to indicate local and express service. No lines other than the and currently have a diamond service. But the does strange things. Why go through the trouble of a 4-way car swap between the ? Doesn't it make more sense from a maintenance standpoint for a yard to only have one type of rolling stock under its control? Those Leds were originally made for the cause the passengers had trouble knowing what was local or express when its obvious what each is but now with half of the R62As coming back to the thats a coincidence , what ever R62As go the will get those Leds taken off Edited February 20, 2014 by R62AR33 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted February 20, 2014 Share #3444 Posted February 20, 2014 disregard my post, the picture that was posted on Facebook was from 2012, i realized that when i went on a computer, couldn't tell on my phone since its a cheap phone, but yeah the current flow of R62A's on the is still going on, but ALL subject to change in the future 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R62AR33 Posted February 20, 2014 Share #3445 Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) disregard my post, the picture that was posted on Facebook was from 2012, i realized that when i went on a computer, couldn't tell on my phone since its a cheap phone, but yeah the current flow of R62A's on the is still going on, but ALL subject to change in the future But there is still an R62 on the , it was spotted today and last friday in service Edited February 20, 2014 by R62AR33 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32sdabest Posted February 20, 2014 Share #3446 Posted February 20, 2014 But there is still an R62 on the , it was spotted today and last friday in service It was BS 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted February 20, 2014 Share #3447 Posted February 20, 2014 Smh...you guys are something else. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYtransit Posted February 20, 2014 Share #3448 Posted February 20, 2014 ...Any news on the converted 142A? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted February 20, 2014 Share #3449 Posted February 20, 2014 Nope, I haven't seen it since that day I rode it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted February 20, 2014 Share #3450 Posted February 20, 2014 Is 1891-1895, 2206-2210 and 2236-2240 back on the ? Im guessing the getting back its R62As is all LED 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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