R68OnBroadway Posted September 9, 2017 Share #1 Posted September 9, 2017 Happy 53rd anniversary to the R32s! Post your favorite R32 pics here to celebrate! TOO STRONG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheTransitMan Posted September 9, 2017 Share #2 Posted September 9, 2017 Wouldn't be surprised if one didn't just collapse entirely while running in the tunnel. Those things buck like a horse when leaving a station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R68OnBroadway Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted September 9, 2017 Mechanically they are eh, but structural they perform well. Just because they are loud or vibrate does not mean that they will fall apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted September 9, 2017 Share #4 Posted September 9, 2017 I'll share some of my favourite R32 pics. I'd like to visit New York again one day, but that seems off the table for the foreseeable future so I doubt I'll get to ride an R32 outside of a museum train again, but fortunately I do have some photos. MTA Subway 3471 - 01 by Andrew P., on Flickr MTA Subway 3658 - 01 by Andrew P., on Flickr MTA Subway 3430 - 01 by Andrew P., on Flickr MTA Subway 3664 - 01 by Andrew P., on Flickr MTA Subway 3891 - 01 by Andrew P., on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted September 10, 2017 Share #5 Posted September 10, 2017 There was an R32 on the today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R68OnBroadway Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted September 10, 2017 R32s are expected to be in service until at least 2021, so unless you go only every few years, you should see them again in revenue service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted September 10, 2017 Share #7 Posted September 10, 2017 Oh, I didn't know that the date had been pushed forward again to 2021. That may (?) work, although I can't know for certain. Thanks for the info, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassTransitHonchkrow Posted September 10, 2017 Share #8 Posted September 10, 2017 Mechanically they are eh, but structural they perform well. Just because they are loud or vibrate does not mean that they will fall apart. you do realize their mileage breakdown threshold is very narrow (32,000) compared to more modern cars (~160,000) right? They are quite the legend in terms of engineering, but their era has long passed. The only thing keeping them here are Bombardier's delays. I found it hard to believe that 6K cars cover the entire system. That must be painstaking to keep up with a surge in ridership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R68OnBroadway Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted September 10, 2017 you do realize their mileage breakdown threshold is very narrow (32,000) compared to more modern cars (~160,000) right? They are quite the legend in terms of engineering, but their era has long passed. The only thing keeping them here are Bombardier's delays. I found it hard to believe that 6K cars cover the entire system. That must be painstaking to keep up with a surge in ridership. I do agree with that their era has passed, unlike others (cough cough some butthurt foamers), but I still celebrate them being service for nostalgic purposes. I'm pretty sure though that they could bring the MDBF up to 57,000 again if the MTA changed its maintenance policy to take some decent care of cars that are close to retirement. With the older SMEEs they could just take them up to 207th because by then there were production cars coming in on a weekly basis, but here they made the dumb mistake of just letting them rot while testing didn't even start or had just started. I just hope that they actually built the R179 to work well underground and not be just some flashy Tommorowland subway car, as the R143s have already dropped below the R46s. (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/newer-mta-trains-beating-performance-starting-lag-article-1.3184932) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted September 10, 2017 Share #10 Posted September 10, 2017 LONG LIVE R32s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Train Master Posted September 10, 2017 Share #11 Posted September 10, 2017 Still getting the job done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassTransitHonchkrow Posted September 11, 2017 Share #12 Posted September 11, 2017 I do agree with that their era has passed, unlike others (cough cough some butthurt foamers), but I still celebrate them being service for nostalgic purposes. I feel that the R32s, if they are retired, can be reconverted to a form of Low-V that has its own electrical supply, which can be used to assist stalled trains, shuttle people to medical centers, properly remove, cool or store dead bodies, or allow interventions on stranded trains. You don't need much mileage for that. The MTA finally admitted it... http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20170817/TRANSPORTATION/170819897 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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