TheNewYorkElevated Posted September 8, 2015 Share #5526 Posted September 8, 2015 Those R62A's suck on the , i took one 2 nights ago, very slow takeoffIsn't this just great. A few months in, we have 62A's on the from Corona Yard, and it already sucks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted September 8, 2015 Share #5527 Posted September 8, 2015 IMO theres no need for stickers at all. I just hope corona doesnt put them on the R188s, the current ones on the R62As are hideous. R62a 1791 had one of its stickers removed but I guess they gave up in trying to remove them. I heard once the conversions are done, the R188s are getting purple stickers lol... The R62As on the are just going to keep those purple stickers just like the has former stickers from the 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon2305 Posted September 8, 2015 Share #5528 Posted September 8, 2015 Those purple stickers look like garbage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S78 via Hylan Posted September 8, 2015 Share #5529 Posted September 8, 2015 Who cares? They're just stickers. They don't hinder the operation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted September 9, 2015 Share #5530 Posted September 9, 2015 I heard once the conversions are done, the R188s are getting purple stickers lol... The R62As on the are just going to keep those purple stickers just like the has former stickers from the Heard from who? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanrailerz Posted September 9, 2015 Share #5531 Posted September 9, 2015 R188 7431-7439-7921-7440 Are in service 31st set 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon2305 Posted September 9, 2015 Share #5532 Posted September 9, 2015 I think in current total that makes about 34 R188 sets on the with 165 more sets to go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priincenene Posted September 9, 2015 Share #5533 Posted September 9, 2015 Theres a set with a LCD displaying a glitch square where the goes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted September 10, 2015 Share #5534 Posted September 10, 2015 Who do you guys think does the 34 St Bound Announcment on the 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon2305 Posted September 10, 2015 Share #5535 Posted September 10, 2015 Who do you guys think does the 34 St Bound Announcment on the Probably the same voice who does the current announcemnts on the R188s if I'm not mistaken, just one extra added station. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTK246 Posted September 10, 2015 Share #5536 Posted September 10, 2015 Most likely Kathleen Campion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priincenene Posted September 10, 2015 Share #5537 Posted September 10, 2015 Most likely Kathleen Campion.Her or most likely the women who takes over the whole subway system, Catherine Cowdery. She did Mets-Willets Point, 5 Av, and Court Sq renamed station announcements and at the time (2001) I don't think the idea of the 34 St station was proposed yet, maybe, maybe not it will be Kathleen? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTK246 Posted September 10, 2015 Share #5538 Posted September 10, 2015 Her or most likely the women who takes over the whole subway system, Catherine Cowdery. She did Mets-Willets Point, 5 Av, and Court Sq renamed station announcements and at the time (2001) I don't think the idea of the 34 St station was proposed yet, maybe, maybe not it will be Kathleen? It would make more sense if Campion was the one who did the 34th St announcements, since they had her record lines for the R188's debut, so why not knock out the Hudson Yards announcements at the same time? They did the same for the to 96th St, a program which was first spotted around 2008, I believe. But honestly, I'd prefer Cowdery. I hate Campion's voice. I still wish they could get each lines' respective original announcers back to record new lines, though. Incidentally, Annie Bergen, the original announcer for the , has an announcement recorded for a Mets-Willets Point bound , but not for the station itself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priincenene Posted September 10, 2015 Share #5539 Posted September 10, 2015 It would make more sense if Campion was the one who did the 34th St announcements, since they had her record lines for the R188's debut, so why not knock out the Hudson Yards announcements at the same time? They did the same for the to 96th St, a program which was first spotted around 2008, I believe. But honestly, I'd prefer Cowdery. I hate Campion's voice. I still wish they could get each lines' respective original announcers back to record new lines, though. Incidentally, Annie Bergen, the original announcer for the , has an announcement recorded for a Mets-Willets Point bound , but not for the station itself. I meant Annie Bergen was the one who maybe didn't say the 34 St station announcement. It was probably Dianne Thompson or Cowdery who said them this time, and I hate the new R188 announcements they're a mess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R62AR33 Posted September 10, 2015 Share #5540 Posted September 10, 2015 R188 7431-7439-7921-7440 Are in service 31st set I caught it about 2 hours ago with a little surprise of MTA employees using a non insevice R62A signed up as an express and i saw them put in the new to Hudson Yards signs on track 1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted September 10, 2015 Share #5541 Posted September 10, 2015 Well, I think it's the lady who does the Mets bound announcement. Or it's the one with the dull voice, but what are the chances that they just use the 34 St bound announcement from any of the other lines? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon2305 Posted September 10, 2015 Share #5542 Posted September 10, 2015 Does it really matter who does the annoucements? I thought the whole point for automated annoucements was to here a clearer voice of the subway stations & messages, not the tone of the persons voice. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted September 11, 2015 Share #5543 Posted September 11, 2015 the actually would always be the line to recieve the newest order of subway cars. The first hand me down ever was the R62AWell the last time the whole fleet got brand new cars straight from the factory was back in 1964. Those cars started retiring in the late 90's and the received some R33's and R36's from almost every IRT line except the and probably . In 2002 the R62A's headed to the and in 2013 the did get some brand new cars while receiving the hand me down R142A converts from the . So the next time the has a shot at an entire brand new fleet of cars is the earliest 2040. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted September 11, 2015 Share #5544 Posted September 11, 2015 Well the last time the whole fleet got brand new cars straight from the factory was back in 1964. Those cars started retiring in the late 90's and the received some R33's and R36's from almost every IRT line except the and probably . In 2002 the R62A's headed to the and in 2013 the did get some brand new cars while receiving the hand me down R142A converts from the . So the next time the has a shot at an entire brand new fleet of cars is the earliest 2040. That's really not too bad in terms of fleet age, honestly. 1964 sounds old, but consider old much of the fleet is! The is getting hand-me-down R160s first the first time after years of R32s and R38s, which replaced R30s, which replaced R10s. That's some old stock! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon2305 Posted September 11, 2015 Share #5545 Posted September 11, 2015 Well the last time the whole fleet got brand new cars straight from the factory was back in 1964. Those cars started retiring in the late 90's and the received some R33's and R36's from almost every IRT line except the and probably . In 2002 the R62A's headed to the and in 2013 the did get some brand new cars while receiving the hand me down R142A converts from the . So the next time the has a shot at an entire brand new fleet of cars is the earliest 2040. Probably a little later than that. I understand that the life cycle for a NYC Subway fleet is give or take 40 years but I would think that the MTA might extend the life cycle of the "converted" R188s to keep up with the newer 88 & C car sets. I know Corona takes care of their rolling stock so I believe the R142A/R188 conversions wont look so beat up, time will tell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted September 11, 2015 Share #5546 Posted September 11, 2015 Well the last time the whole fleet got brand new cars straight from the factory was back in 1964. Those cars started retiring in the late 90's and the received some R33's and R36's from almost every IRT line except the and probably . In 2002 the R62A's headed to the and in 2013 the did get some brand new cars while receiving the hand me down R142A converts from the . So the next time the has a shot at an entire brand new fleet of cars is the earliest 2040. No those R33s WF and R36s WF were new on the before being repainted to redbirds 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted September 12, 2015 Share #5547 Posted September 12, 2015 That's really not too bad in terms of fleet age, honestly. 1964 sounds old, but consider old much of the fleet is! The is getting hand-me-down R160s first the first time after years of R32s and R38s, which replaced R30s, which replaced R10s. That's some old stock!Yeah you are right, the and along with the hasn't seen anything new for years. The R46's were on other lines before they came over to the . The R10's did start and end on the and lines. They hit service in 1949 and ended in 1993. The R179 and the R211 has been a long time coming for riders. No more roll signs and broken LCD's in the case of the R46's. Bright interiors and automated announcements.No those R33s WF and R36s WF were new on the before being repainted to redbirdsYes I know they got R33's and R36's back in 1964 and 1965. I'm saying that In the 90's some bad sets started getting retired and some R33's and R36's from the other IRT lines went to the until retirement in 03. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon2305 Posted September 12, 2015 Share #5548 Posted September 12, 2015 Yeah you are right, the and along with the hasn't seen anything new for years. The R46's were on other lines before they came over to the . The R10's did start and end on the and lines. They hit service in 1949 and ended in 1993. The R179 and the R211 has been a long time coming for riders. No more roll signs and broken LCD's in the case of the R46's. Bright interiors and automated announcements. Yes I know they got R33's and R36's back in 1964 and 1965. I'm saying that In the 90's some bad sets started getting retired and some R33's and R36's from the other IRT lines went to the until retirement in 03. Well some of the LCDs on the R142As look like trash as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted September 12, 2015 Share #5549 Posted September 12, 2015 Well some of the LCDs on the R142As look like trash as well.Yup they sure do. I have faith that Corona is really going to fix them ex R142A's up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon2305 Posted September 12, 2015 Share #5550 Posted September 12, 2015 I wonder what fleet will run as the "inaugural train" in and out of 34th St Hudson Yards, the 62A or 188. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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