Fleet Swap Discussion Thread

[biGC323232]

2 hours ago, Around the Horn said:

Yeah looks like 1987/1988 to me...

Wow i remember those days as a kid..@ ATH...Welp your 's should be 100 % 160s soon...😁 

[Calvin]

Since this is fleet swap,  the North Division (also known as IRT A Division) is staying silent with the swap of subway cars since all R62As from the Flushing line were sent to Pelham (with exception of extra single units) and R142As from Pelham were converted with CBTC on the Flushing line. Last year around October 2018.  Movements can occur during 2022 or just sets moving around time to time. 

Edited December 5, 2019 by Calvin

[Union Tpke]

10 hours ago, darkstar8983 said:

Oh no! Anything BUT the R46s on the  

Haha. We have known this was coming for at least three years. You have had plenty of time to prepare.

[Union Tpke]

These are the fleet assignments for December, before they just changed for the R46/R160 swap.

http://nyctrackbook.com/Images/Updates/P.xlii.pdf

http://nyctrackbook.com/Images/Updates/P.xliii.pdf

The AM assignment for the A has gone down from 39 to 38, while the AM for the 7 has gone up from 36 to 38, and the PM has gone up from 34 to 37. The 42nd Street shuttle has gone down from 3 to 2. The number of R62As at Livonia has gone up from 20 to 22, and 2 are back at Corona for work service. The number of R46s at Pitkin has decreased from 388 to 356, and the number of R179s is up from 50 to 90. At Jamaica, the number of R46s has gone up from 364 to 396.

[RestrictOnTheHanger]

5654 is on the for the am rush, just left times square a minute ago going southbound. 

Also the R46s do have an 86 st Gravesend destination sign

Edited December 5, 2019 by RestrictOnTheHanger

[Calvin]

2 hours ago, RestrictOnTheHanger said:

5654 is on the for the am rush, just left times square a minute ago going southbound. 

Also the R46s do have an 86 st Gravesend destination sign

Yes. As in:

N - Gravesend

N- 86 St/Brklyn

[darkstar8983]

3 hours ago, Calvin said:

Yes. As in:

N - Gravesend

N- 86 St/Brklyn

N - Broadway Exp

N - Sea Beach Lcl

 

these are also scrolling in the program:

 

for the  to Astoria:

N- Broadway Exp

N- Astoria

N- Ditmars Blvd

[VIP]

History always has a funny way of repeating itself. Like R32’s being on the  line last year. R62A’s being back on the  and now presently R46’s on the  

[R179 8258]

This may be a dum question but does what specific time does AM/PM rush technically start & ends I’m new hear lol 

Edited December 5, 2019 by R179 8258

[Calvin]

51 minutes ago, R179 8258 said:

This may be a dum question but does what specific time does AM/PM rush technically start & ends I’m new hear lol 

6 AM- 9 AM: Morning rush, 9-9:30 AM: late morning rush

3:30 PM - 7 PM: Afternoon rush, 7-7:30 PM: late afternoon rush hour

[4CNRailfan]

Two sets of R46  were in service today. They both crossed eachother in service on the Manhattan Bridge at around 6:50PM. I didn't catch the rest of the car numbers except for the one I was on myself, which was 5816. You can see the rest of the car numbers on the set I was on in the video linked:

 

[Around the Horn]

There might have been a third set transferred this evening as a friend of mine spotted an OOS R46 heading south a few hours ago

[YankeesPwnMets]

So as someone who is way out of the loop on this stuff.... when is CBTC being activated on Queens Blvd? I assumed it wouldn't be ready until the early 2020s....

[RedLine]

Possibly December 23.

[RestrictOnTheHanger]

16 minutes ago, YankeesPwnMets said:

So as someone who is way out of the loop on this stuff.... when is CBTC being activated on Queens Blvd? I assumed it wouldn't be ready until the early 2020s....

Not 100% sure on the timing, but the swaps on the started happening in 2013/2014, which was a few years before testing began IIRC

[RR503]

23 minutes ago, YankeesPwnMets said:

So as someone who is way out of the loop on this stuff.... when is CBTC being activated on Queens Blvd? I assumed it wouldn't be ready until the early 2020s....

Scuttlebutt has the first section cut over 12/23 (no that isn't a typo)

[Union Tpke]

6 hours ago, RR503 said:

Scuttlebutt has the first section cut over 12/23 (no that isn't a typo)

I heard that as well from here. How did this get accelerated so much? I look forward to the increased speeds at Rego Park. Do you think it will make much of a difference in running times?

[Q23 via 108]

The R68s on the N aren't gonna no more love lol.

[mine248]

Someone actually saw a R46 W in service. Note that a rollsign is set to N—this is a run starting at 86 https://i.imgur.com/vGKh7SY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/zXAITP8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/htd9zfP.jpg https://i.imgur.com/CdYtHHX.jpg

 

(thanks Elijah Conner!)

Edited December 6, 2019 by mine248

[Union Tpke]

9 minutes ago, mine248 said:

Someone actually saw a R46 W in service. Note that a rollsign is set to N—either this train is a rush hour train from Brooklyn or is coming downtown https://i.imgur.com/vGKh7SY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/zXAITP8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/htd9zfP.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/CdYtHHX.jpg

 

(thanks Elijah Conner!)

First time R46s are EVER on the .

[LGA Link N Train]

4 hours ago, Union Tpke said:

First time R46s are EVER on the .

Wait really!?!

[Q23 via 108]

30 minutes ago, LaGuardia Link N Tra said:

Wait really!?!

Yes. The W started service on July 2001. During that time, the  and  were mostly R32, R40 S, R40M/R42, and R68/As. And for the better part of the last 10 years, R68/A and R160. Thus, this is the 1st time that the  will use the R46s. 

Edited December 6, 2019 by Q23 via 108

[RestrictOnTheHanger]

13 hours ago, RR503 said:

Scuttlebutt has the first section cut over 12/23 (no that isn't a typo)

Assuming this is only for CBTC and not ATO?

[Dj Hammers]

There are two R46s out today and they have been cycling between the N and W lines. Today was the first day that we operated an R46  .

 

[S78 via Hylan]

On 12/5/2019 at 1:17 PM, darkstar8983 said:

N - Broadway Exp

N - Sea Beach Lcl

 

these are also scrolling in the program:

 

for the  to Astoria:

N- Broadway Exp

N- Astoria

N- Ditmars Blvd

For the , it’s: 

W- Broadway Lcl

W- Astoria-Ditmars

 

W- Broadway Lcl

W- Whitehall St

As per DJ Hammers’ video above.