Urbanfortitude Posted April 5, 2009 Share #1 Posted April 5, 2009 Ok so I went out railfanning. This time with Metatops. We got some pretty decent stuff. Here's mine for the day. At Jay St. an R32 terminates. Out Near Coney Island R160 R68 ...The T/O beeped and waved at us! B) Stopped at Prospect Park And I got these from New Lots Ave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted April 5, 2009 Share #2 Posted April 5, 2009 nice shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted April 6, 2009 Share #3 Posted April 6, 2009 Nice photographs, dude. Here's my version of the events. I took these at Coney Island, waiting for Kenneth (Urbanfortitude). The first seven photographs, however are actually from Brighton Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted April 6, 2009 Share #4 Posted April 6, 2009 Let me summarize our trip here. Kenny took the to Jay Street for the to Coney Island. terminated at Jay Street, and the did not run today. I took the from Brighton Beach to Coney Island to meet up with him. to Neptune Avenue, walk to West 8 Street then after eating a meal, walk to West 8 Street for . West 8 Street, with a stop at Prospect Park to look at then go to Canal Street for Canal Street to Myrtle Avenue for Shuttle from Myrtle Avenue to Wycoff Avenue for Myrtle Avenue to Livonia Avenue for to Times Square for to Mets-Willets Point (to view Citi Field) toward Manhattan to 74-Broadway from Jackson Heights, Kenneth gets off at Rector Street, I continued to 59th Street for . to Coney Island to Brighton Beach. I'll post more photos later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted April 6, 2009 Share #5 Posted April 6, 2009 Here's our trip. Taking a R68A train on Q, then look at Prospect Park, the shuttle, the R160 J, Shuttle M, the 7 train, looking at the yard and Citi Field. Last of this is photographing the R40M/42 R train. There is also a R160A train passing by us too. The R160A trains are coming up next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted April 6, 2009 Share #6 Posted April 6, 2009 Here's the rest. R160A 8376 on J R42 on J R160A 8600 on M shuttle. R62A 7 Train, the yard and Citi Field R40M 4482 on R. The rest of this train was all R42 cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Local Posted April 6, 2009 Share #7 Posted April 6, 2009 Nice Stuff! Love the fact that the 2800s are still kicking it on the !:cool::tup:. Looks weird to see 160s along the Culver EL from the street near McDonalds. Im used to seeing just 46s, and every now and then a 32.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UlmerPark B6 Posted April 6, 2009 Share #8 Posted April 6, 2009 Nice pics for both of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenEleven Posted April 6, 2009 Share #9 Posted April 6, 2009 Nice shots. Looks like you two had fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted April 6, 2009 Share #10 Posted April 6, 2009 Nice! Why did you decide to take the local all the way from Queens to Brooklyn? Transfer at 57th for the and then at Atlantic for the ! Also, what does the exterior LCD display say for the shuttle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenEleven Posted April 6, 2009 Share #11 Posted April 6, 2009 Also, what does the exterior LCD display say for the shuttle? Shuttle Metropolitan Av That's it I think. It might have a third display that says Nassau St LCL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted April 6, 2009 Share #12 Posted April 6, 2009 Nice Stuff! Love the fact that the 2800s are still kicking it on the !:cool::tup:. Looks weird to see 160s along the Culver EL from the street near McDonalds. Im used to seeing just 46s, and every now and then a 32.. Glad you like the photos, the R68 cars are still on the , and I don't see them going away anytime soon. R160s on seem out of place at times, but eventually they'll fit in. Nice pics for both of you! Thanks a lot, buddy! Nice shots. Looks like you two had fun! We had a blast with this trip. We might do this again during spring break, if time allows it. Nice! Why did you decide to take the local all the way from Queens to Brooklyn? Transfer at 57th for the and then at Atlantic for the ! Also, what does the exterior LCD display say for the shuttle? I decided to take the train from Jackson Heights Roosevelt Avenue Queens, through Manhattan, to 59th Street Brooklyn, because I don't ride the very frequently so I decided to ride the . The is a really good ride. The weren't coming for a while also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted April 6, 2009 Share #13 Posted April 6, 2009 Shuttle Metropolitan Av That's it I think. It might have a third display that says Nassau St LCL There is no Nassau St LCL display as a shuttle. I'm going to post the shuttle again here. I know there's a lot of photographs we took today. Here are again the photos. All it says is "SHUTTLE" "METROPOLITAN AV", where as "SHUTTLE" "MYRTLE AV" towards Myrtle Avenue-Broadway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanfortitude Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share #14 Posted April 6, 2009 lol hey ya caught a shot of me from behind in the 5th photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted April 6, 2009 Share #15 Posted April 6, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted April 6, 2009 Share #16 Posted April 6, 2009 lol hey ya caught a shot of me from behind in the 5th photo Yep, that was you looking at the train. You got me in this photo of the R68A In case anyone's reading this, that's me with the baseball cap in the left that Urbanfortitude took of this . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted April 6, 2009 Share #17 Posted April 6, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaback9 Posted April 6, 2009 Share #18 Posted April 6, 2009 Great stuff!! :tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanfortitude Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share #19 Posted April 6, 2009 this was a blast...i cant wait to get out there again. Maybe sometime this week since tomorrow is my last day of class for the next week and a half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S78 via Hylan Posted April 7, 2009 Share #20 Posted April 7, 2009 Nice Stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted April 7, 2009 Share #21 Posted April 7, 2009 Great pics, all of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted April 7, 2009 Share #22 Posted April 7, 2009 Great pics, all of you! Thank you very much, well it was just me and Urbanfortitude strolling around the subway, mostly the BMT lines. It was a fun day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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