R32 3838 Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5301 Posted January 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, m2fwannabe said: Best as I can understand the 16 R-32s removed from the fleet last week have and will not be put back in service. Stripping work had already began on Monday. 3454/55 was in the line to go on the chop shop too but was inn another track then returned to Inspection and the yard then was still available. That would get the Brightliner fleet back up to 204. Probably all there will be but will watch. So, it would seem doubt there will be any MORE R-32s retired anytime soon, Mhhhh?!?!? I doubt they started to strip cars, the was 100% R32's and the had 2-3 R32's plus there was an R32 movie train at Chambers st on the Also swap related, the 6 R42's that were at 207th, to ENY. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5302 Posted January 9, 2020 32 minutes ago, m2fwannabe said: Best as I can understand the 16 R-32s removed from the fleet last week have and will not be put back in service. Stripping work had already began on Monday. 3454/55 was in the line to go on the chop shop too but was inn another track then returned to Inspection and the yard then was still available. That would get the Brightliner fleet back up to 204. Probably all there will be but will watch. So, it would seem doubt there will be any MORE R-32s retired anytime soon, Mhhhh?!?!? Could the stripping work be undone if need be? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shore El Express Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5303 Posted January 9, 2020 With the R42s back on the J/Z lines temporarily due to the door problems, does anybody have any idea what time they are running out of broad st in the PM tomorrow? Going to try to catch one myself because I missed the retirement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5304 Posted January 9, 2020 26 minutes ago, R32 3838 said: I doubt they started to strip cars, the was 100% R32's and the had 2-3 R32's plus there was an R32 movie train at Chambers st on the Also swap related, the 6 R42's that were at 207th, to ENY. The had 3 sets of 32’s and that R32 at Chambers was a school car. All R42’s that were scattered between TA yards are/were sent to East New York. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak706 Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5305 Posted January 9, 2020 42 minutes ago, m2fwannabe said: Best as I can understand the 16 R-32s removed from the fleet last week have and will not be put back in service. Stripping work had already began on Monday. 3454/55 was in the line to go on the chop shop too but was inn another track then returned to Inspection and the yard then was still available. That would get the Brightliner fleet back up to 204. Probably all there will be but will watch. So, it would seem doubt there will be any MORE R-32s retired anytime soon, Mhhhh?!?!? Do you have car numbers for those 16? And 204+16 is only 220, where are the other 14? I know 240 still exist with 4 Phase II cars held OOS for the transit museum and 2 GE cars off property being used for police training. That leaves 234 Phase I cars. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhg121 Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5306 Posted January 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, Shore El Express said: With the R42s back on the J/Z lines temporarily due to the door problems, does anybody have any idea what time they are running out of broad st in the PM tomorrow? Going to try to catch one myself because I missed the retirement There will most likely be one in the 4-6PM interval. Some rush hour trains go into service at Bway Junction and turn around as Z trains. No one knows what interval they're going to be on but you can tweet the NYCT subway twitter handle and hopefully they tell you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shore El Express Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5307 Posted January 9, 2020 Just now, danielhg121 said: There will most likely be one in the 4-6PM interval. Some rush hour trains go into service at Bway Junction and turn around as Z trains. No one knows what interval they're going to be on but you can tweet the NYCT subway twitter handle and hopefully they tell you. Alright thanks. I tried tweeting the twitter handle a couple times but got no response 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhg121 Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5308 Posted January 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Shore El Express said: Alright thanks. I tried tweeting the twitter handle a couple times but got no response Yea, I noticed that recently, perhaps they just flat out ignore tweets for where certain equipment is. It does get annoying on their end, I'll admit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shore El Express Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5309 Posted January 9, 2020 Just now, danielhg121 said: Yea, I noticed that recently, perhaps they just flat out ignore tweets for where certain equipment is. It does get annoying on their end, I'll admit. True. I just wish they would inform the public when there is a final run for some sort of equipment, like with the R42s in late december 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5310 Posted January 9, 2020 27 minutes ago, Shore El Express said: With the R42s back on the J/Z lines temporarily due to the door problems, does anybody have any idea what time they are running out of broad st in the PM tomorrow? Going to try to catch one myself because I missed the retirement Just be on the J line, they're guaranteed to run, 1 set ran all day 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5311 Posted January 9, 2020 16 minutes ago, Shore El Express said: True. I just wish they would inform the public when there is a final run for some sort of equipment, like with the R42s in late december They never announced the final run for the R42's. It was "supposedly" Friday then magically became Monday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5312 Posted January 9, 2020 3 hours ago, R32 3838 said: After the service cuts, they became work cars in the summer of 2010 along with 3510/11,3552/53 and another pair 3694-3695. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5313 Posted January 9, 2020 I've been hearing through the grapevine that RCC has been getting calls all day about railfans on the R42s.... I hope none of you guys here did anything stupid. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5314 Posted January 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Cait Sith said: I've been hearing through the grapevine that RCC has been getting calls all day about railfans on the R42s.... I hope none of you guys here did anything stupid. I hope not as well. It’s the same shenanigans with the R46’s that Debuted on the and 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTAbus677 Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5315 Posted January 9, 2020 I have only been on a R42 once and it was in February of 2018 on the (J). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestrictOnTheHanger Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5316 Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) 42 minutes ago, danielhg121 said: Yea, I noticed that recently, perhaps they just flat out ignore tweets for where certain equipment is. It does get annoying on their end, I'll admit. One guy on twitter constantly asks them about where the R179s are at certain times of the day, I dont blame them for ignoring questions about certain car types Edited January 9, 2020 by RestrictOnTheHanger 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5317 Posted January 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, RestrictOnTheHanger said: One guy on twitter constantly asks them about where the R179s are at certain times of the day, I dont blame them for ignoring questions about certain car types This is obnoxious. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5318 Posted January 9, 2020 40 minutes ago, Cait Sith said: I've been hearing through the grapevine that RCC has been getting calls all day about railfans on the R42s.... I hope none of you guys here did anything stupid. It's probably the crew reporting railfans for taking photos and videos 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwwnyc123 Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5319 Posted January 9, 2020 Now it feels weird without R179 I was really liking those Subway cars, I hope the problem could be fixed quickly so they could come back to passenger service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBTA Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5320 Posted January 9, 2020 8 hours ago, R32 3838 said: It's probably the crew reporting railfans for taking photos and videos You mean the people that yell over it and go insane? Those ain’t railfans...that’s a different breed of humans. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2fwannabe Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5321 Posted January 9, 2020 11 hours ago, Union Tpke said: Could the stripping work be undone if need be? Unlikely. The processing (dismemberment) job would already be programmed and costly to unduly reverse without a major difference for the fleet availability. Better to take whatever useful parts could be harvested for the 204* others. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5322 Posted January 9, 2020 10 hours ago, RestrictOnTheHanger said: One guy on twitter constantly asks them about where the R179s are at certain times of the day, I dont blame them for ignoring questions about certain car types He's been doing that for the past 4 months now, and everytime he asks they reply to him. Why they continue to reply is beyond me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5323 Posted January 9, 2020 11 hours ago, Amtrak706 said: Do you have car numbers for those 16? And 204+16 is only 220, where are the other 14? I know 240 still exist with 4 Phase II cars held OOS for the transit museum and 2 GE cars off property being used for police training. That leaves 234 Phase I cars. Which R32's got sent for Police Training? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2fwannabe Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5324 Posted January 9, 2020 11 hours ago, Amtrak706 said: Do you have car numbers for those 16? And 204+16 is only 220, where are the other 14? I know 240 still exist with 4 Phase II cars held OOS for the transit museum and 2 GE cars off property being used for police training. That leaves 234 Phase I cars. As others revealed, 3878/79 has been out of service already long term. 3454/55 was sidelined and "supposed" to be processed but evidently was hastily brung back to the rails yesterday. The other 16 cars (creating list of 20) were 3404/05, 3410/11, 3424/25, 3452/53, 3484/85, 3496/97, 3698/99, 3900/01. None were back in service as of yesterday's AM lists and would have been shocked to so noted. Time will tell for the others but at least 12 of those were already being stripped this week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted January 9, 2020 Share #5325 Posted January 9, 2020 1 minute ago, m2fwannabe said: As others revealed, 3878/79 has been out of service already long term. 3454/55 was sidelined and "supposed" to be processed but evidently was hastily brung back to the rails yesterday. The other 16 cars (creating list of 20) were 3404/05, 3410/11, 3424/25, 3452/53, 3484/85, 3496/97, 3698/99, 3900/01. None were back in service as of yesterday's AM lists and would have been shocked to so noted. Time will tell for the others but at least 12 of those were already being stripped this week. Are there any R32's/R42's out on the right now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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