Union Tpke Posted July 29, 2019 Share #1 Posted July 29, 2019 I have more to come on this front: IMG_8046 by Union Turnpike, on Flickr IMG_8047 by Union Turnpike, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsunflyguy Posted July 29, 2019 Share #2 Posted July 29, 2019 I love how the price increased 26.3%. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainmaster5 Posted July 29, 2019 Share #3 Posted July 29, 2019 Speed indicators, not speedometer, or so we were told when a test pair was installed in cars 9022-23 Redbirds. I noticed that a poster mentioned a hand brake on a NTT. Those cars have parking brakes, not hand brakes. Just a little correction. Keep up the good work and information. Carry on. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR503 Posted July 29, 2019 Share #4 Posted July 29, 2019 8 minutes ago, Jsunflyguy said: I love how the price increased 26.3%. Some things never change... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsunflyguy Posted July 29, 2019 Share #5 Posted July 29, 2019 1 minute ago, RR503 said: Some things never change... The question is, is this an example of: A) A vendor bilking the taxpayer knowing they have them by the short hairs. B) Nepotism where some influence lands a favorable contract in a favorable district C) A totally justified freemarket price adjustment based on economies of scale caused by cost per unit price increasing due to numerous intangibles. I'll give you a hint, the answer is hidden in the sentence "and the urgency in obtaining this equipment all warrant a non-competitive award" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainmaster5 Posted July 29, 2019 Share #6 Posted July 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, Jsunflyguy said: I love how the price increased 26.3%. A few of us were told 30+ years ago that the MTA, the parent agency, couldn't run a Lionel train around a circular track successfully if left on it's own. What ever happens in downstate transportation I, personally , would trust the individual components, bus, subway or railroad before I'd trust anyone else. As some of my older generation would put it the MTA would buy "a pig in a poke". Prime candidates for anyone who has a bridge to sell. Just my opinion. Carry on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewYorkElevated Posted July 29, 2019 Share #7 Posted July 29, 2019 Interesting find here. The speedometers on the subway cars mentioned that are currently in service (R62s, R68s, R32 & R42) are still holding up well. I thought they were originally installed in the 80s as part of the efforts to modernize the existing fleet that was in use then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jchambers2120 Posted July 30, 2019 Share #8 Posted July 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, TheNewYorkElevated said: Interesting find here. The speedometers on the subway cars mentioned that are currently in service (R62s, R68s, R32 & R42) are still holding up well. I thought they were originally installed in the 80s as part of the efforts to modernize the existing fleet that was in use then. I can’t speak for B div equipment, but on the R62/a fleet plenty of the speedometers are BO. I’ve witnessed many times sitting in the station it reading some outrageous number like 70MPH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted July 30, 2019 Author Share #9 Posted July 30, 2019 40 minutes ago, Trainmaster5 said: Speed indicators, not speedometer, or so we were told when a test pair was installed in cars 9022-23 Redbirds. I noticed that a poster mentioned a hand brake on a NTT. Those cars have parking brakes, not hand brakes. Just a little correction. Keep up the good work and information. Carry on. Thanks for the correction. I have the docs mentioning that test and will post them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR503 Posted July 30, 2019 Share #10 Posted July 30, 2019 25 minutes ago, Jsunflyguy said: The question is, is this an example of: A) A vendor bilking the taxpayer knowing they have them by the short hairs. B) Nepotism where some influence lands a favorable contract in a favorable district C) A totally justified freemarket price adjustment based on economies of scale caused by cost per unit price increasing due to numerous intangibles. I'll give you a hint, the answer is hidden in the sentence "and the urgency in obtaining this equipment all warrant a non-competitive award" Yep. And this totally still happens. Look at what just came out today about Cuomo’s...dealings with the drain cleaners, as enabled by this ‘state of emergency.’ Related, interesting reading: https://osc.state.ny.us/audits/allaudits/093019/sga-2019-18s15.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsunflyguy Posted July 30, 2019 Share #11 Posted July 30, 2019 28 minutes ago, Jchambers2120 said: I’ve witnessed many times sitting in the station it reading some outrageous number like 70MPH Perfect excuse to post my favorite picture. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted July 30, 2019 Author Share #12 Posted July 30, 2019 9 hours ago, Jsunflyguy said: Perfect excuse to post my favorite picture. The picture is not showing up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsunflyguy Posted July 30, 2019 Share #13 Posted July 30, 2019 8 hours ago, Union Tpke said: The picture is not showing up. Strange, showing on Desktop but not Mobile. It's just a picture of an R62 doing 29mph at a station stop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted July 30, 2019 Share #14 Posted July 30, 2019 6 minutes ago, Jsunflyguy said: Strange, showing on Desktop but not Mobile. It's just a picture of an R62 doing 29mph at a station stop. I can't see it, either. I'm on Desktop... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave2836 Posted July 31, 2019 Share #15 Posted July 31, 2019 On 7/29/2019 at 8:02 PM, Jchambers2120 said: I can’t speak for B div equipment, but on the R62/a fleet plenty of the speedometers are BO. I’ve witnessed many times sitting in the station it reading some outrageous number like 70MPH It's pretty much the same in the B. NTTs show 59mph going over a switch and plenty of R32s, R68/As show 0mph while the train is still in motion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share #16 Posted July 31, 2019 IMG_5964 by Union Turnpike, on Flickr 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted August 1, 2019 Share #17 Posted August 1, 2019 On 7/29/2019 at 7:51 PM, Jsunflyguy said: The question is, is this an example of: A) A vendor bilking the taxpayer knowing they have them by the short hairs. B) Nepotism where some influence lands a favorable contract in a favorable district C) A totally justified freemarket price adjustment based on economies of scale caused by cost per unit price increasing due to numerous intangibles. I'll give you a hint, the answer is hidden in the sentence "and the urgency in obtaining this equipment all warrant a non-competitive award" Yet its us hourlies making six figure salaries living in huge houses and having multiple cars who are the major cause of the MTA financial woes...😑😑😑😑 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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