FlushingExpress Posted January 6, 2009 Share #201 Posted January 6, 2009 ducman and an another MTA worker on subchat said that ALL 32's will be over at pikin/207th yard, MOST of them are already on the line. the C does not need a lot of cars since it only uses 8 per train and does not run often. soon, all R32s will go to 207th street, but not for a few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnyBrooklyn Posted January 6, 2009 Share #202 Posted January 6, 2009 Today on the there was 13 trains of R32 and 5 R38's. There was a bunch of different cars mixed on the saw a lot of slant 40's some R40's and and even R38s and of course the R44's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted January 6, 2009 Share #203 Posted January 6, 2009 Today on the there was 13 trains of R32 and 5 R38's. There was a bunch of different cars mixed on the saw a lot of slant 40's some R40's and and even R38s and of course the R44's. Interesting, you waited at a station and counted the trains? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnyBrooklyn Posted January 6, 2009 Share #204 Posted January 6, 2009 Yeah you can say that Spent 8 hours in one station along the line today while working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted January 6, 2009 Share #205 Posted January 6, 2009 Yeah you can say that Spent 8 hours in one station along the line today while working you a station agent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnyBrooklyn Posted January 6, 2009 Share #206 Posted January 6, 2009 No I am not a station agent, not even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlushingExpress Posted January 6, 2009 Share #207 Posted January 6, 2009 I just rode on the 8th Avenue Line today and most of the still consists of R32s. During my trip that line, I saw one R160, one R40M, two R40M/42 mix, three R42s, and seven or eight R32s. I think only about 40-50% of the R32s were sent to the . R38s are back on that line, but they will soon be retired. The now uses nothing but R40 slants and R44s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted January 6, 2009 Share #208 Posted January 6, 2009 Yeah you can say that Spent 8 hours in one station along the line today while working EIGHT HOURS!! wow I stayed at World Trade Centre for one hour last week. Really bored me out. Railfanning? How did it go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted January 7, 2009 Share #209 Posted January 7, 2009 No I am not a station agent, not even close. hmm...fair enough...but then I take it you do work for Transit then? Edit: never mind, just read your post in the introduction section so need for you to answer what you do since you said you'd rather not...I think I might have an idea but I'm not going to say anything more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAA89 Posted December 1, 2009 Share #210 Posted December 1, 2009 here is the scheduled retirement date:R38: mid to late February 2009 R40 slant: April - May 2009 R32: August 2009 R40M/42: November 2009-January 2010 by this time next year, the R44s will be the oldest cars in the system Looks like your predictions were way off. The R32s are nowhere close to being retired, with 40% of the original number still running, and being the only cars on the , as well as having sets on the , (, and . The R40 Slants stuck around until June, and the R38s until March 18 (one month later than you predicted), but the R40Ms were gone by August, and didn't last until November as you said. I do not know about the state of the R42s (don't ride them often or know anyone who has insider info), but it appears to me the R32s will be around for a few months into 2010, maybe until summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted December 1, 2009 Share #211 Posted December 1, 2009 Looks like your predictions were way off. The R32s are nowhere close to being retired, with 40% of the original number still running, and being the only cars on the , as well as having sets on the , (, and . The R40 Slants stuck around until June, and the R38s until March 18 (one month later than you predicted), but the R40Ms were gone by August, and didn't last until November as you said. I do not know about the state of the R42s (don't ride them often or know anyone who has insider info), but it appears to me the R32s will be around for a few months into 2010, maybe until summer. LOL bumping topic and now that is a great catch. But still im so glade they are STILL in service !! Tho i miss the R40 on the ! Even BETTER the R38!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted December 1, 2009 Share #212 Posted December 1, 2009 By December, all R42s will be gone from Jamaica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3348 Posted December 1, 2009 Share #213 Posted December 1, 2009 All 60 foot SMEE's will be gone from the system by the end of June 2010. As soon as the last two sets of R42s are retired from Jamaica they're going to get started on the R32s. I would assume that they would retire the last 2 R32s from Jamaica first before retiring the ones at 207th St. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted December 1, 2009 Share #214 Posted December 1, 2009 Man i hope the news will be covering this like they did to the Redbirds! I bet loads of rail buffs will take their last ride on the non sided curved SMEE B div.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenEleven Posted December 1, 2009 Share #215 Posted December 1, 2009 There's only 20 R42s left in Jamaica, 22 R32s left in Jamaica, and the 10 car R32 at C.I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted December 1, 2009 Share #216 Posted December 1, 2009 Holy January '09 Gravedigging Batman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAA89 Posted December 1, 2009 Share #217 Posted December 1, 2009 LOL bumping topic and now that is a great catch. But still im so glade they are STILL in service B)!! Tho i miss the R40 on the ! Even BETTER the R38!!! Holy January '09 Gravedigging Batman! Sorry. The "Similar Threads" at the bottom of the page often suggests old threads; I didn't quite check to see when the last posts were made. Anyway, it is fun to look back at the end (last month) of a year and see what we did and didn't get right. To be honest, it's been quite a year for railfans, with the R38, R40 Slants, R40Ms, and potentially R42s being retired, the getting extended to Church Av, the new South Ferry stations, the reopening of Cortlandt Street on the BMT Broadway Line and so much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE Broadway Local Posted December 5, 2009 Share #218 Posted December 5, 2009 Sorry. The "Similar Threads" at the bottom of the page often suggests old threads; I didn't quite check to see when the last posts were made. Anyway, it is fun to look back at the end (last month) of a year and see what we did and didn't get right. To be honest, it's been quite a year for railfans, with the R38, R40 Slants, R40Ms, and potentially R42s being retired, the getting extended to Church Av, the new South Ferry stations, the reopening of Cortlandt Street on the BMT Broadway Line and so much more. Amen. And now the is going to be a ten car six hundred foot train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAA89 Posted December 5, 2009 Share #219 Posted December 5, 2009 There's only 20 R42s left in Jamaica, 22 R32s left in Jamaica, and the 10 car R32 at C.I. What does Jamaica do with 22 R32s? That is neither a whole number of 10-car trains (2 trains with 2 left over), nor enough to form 3 8-car trains (2 short). Are you sure about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R44 5278 Posted December 5, 2009 Share #220 Posted December 5, 2009 LOL bumping topic and now that is a great catch. But still im so glade they are STILL in service !! Tho i miss the R40 on the ! Even BETTER the R38!!! Better A/C yes, but better performance DEFINITELY NOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Gaysinsky Posted December 5, 2009 Share #221 Posted December 5, 2009 if they retire them sale them 2 the scrap metal because they complan they have no money so so have them scraped instaed of puting them in the ocean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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