R32 3838 Posted June 9, 2009 Share #1 Posted June 9, 2009 R40 Slants Will be make their last day in passenger service tommorrow, I receved word this afternoon, The TA wants them gone by tommorrow. 2 sets ran today, 1 willbe taken out tonight and an R46 from jamaica will replace that R40 as well on the same night, This Pattern will repeat tommorrow night as well making it the last day for Slants, January,1968-June 9th,2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainspot12 Posted June 9, 2009 Share #2 Posted June 9, 2009 Yeap it is confirmed. One of my uncles works with Pitkin Yards and told me tomorrow will be the last day of slants running. Also the last trip is most likely to Far Rockaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted June 9, 2009 Share #3 Posted June 9, 2009 Yeap it is confirmed. One of my uncles works with Pitkin Yards and told me tomorrow will be the last day of slants running. Also the last trip is most likely to Far Rockaway. Say it ain't so!!! When will the last trip be then? I'm out of school at 4 and would desperately like to get some pics. Anyone, PLEASE let me know when will the Slants' last run will be, I MUST catch it, we ALL must catch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted June 9, 2009 Share #4 Posted June 9, 2009 Does anyone know what time the R40s will make their last run tomorrow? It is imperative that we all get it and enjoy the last ride? If anyone can log the times that the R40 will serve the major stops, please do so. I know it seems silly, but it would be great if we could get a sense as to when we can catch a Slant at least. Doesn't anyone want a last ride? I regret not getting one with the R38s. Let's not see the R40s go in vain. We should meet up and get on an R40 for one last time as a group! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted June 9, 2009 I will be there tommorrow, I am going to see my freind 1st then he will tell me where the slant is at then I will ride it all day until the last trip. If anybody wants to come with me send me a PM, I will leave early in the Morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R44 5278 Posted June 9, 2009 Share #6 Posted June 9, 2009 Good Riddance! The A would be entirely 75 ft trains until next Winter with an occasional R32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted June 9, 2009 Share #7 Posted June 9, 2009 I will be there tommorrow, I am going to see my freind 1st then he will tell me where the slant is at then I will ride it all day until the last trip. If anybody wants to come with me send me a PM, I will leave early in the Morning. Unfortunately I can only make it in the afternoon, although I'll try to look for one as early as 6:00 in the morning, but I'll have two hours till school. But I'll really look for one after school at 14th Street and Eighth Avenue between 4:10 and 4:20, so if anyone wants to come, feel free and let's set a meeting place (PM me). I will get my last ride; keep posting more info as you can about the R40s retirement so we an all get our last ride! If we can find out exactly where to get the last set, that'd be great! Keep us posted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maserati7200 Posted June 9, 2009 Share #8 Posted June 9, 2009 Oh, wow i see now :eek: It's really all over now I hope I get one tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted June 9, 2009 Share #9 Posted June 9, 2009 I'll miss those Slants. I'll try to catch one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S78 via Hylan Posted June 9, 2009 Share #10 Posted June 9, 2009 I gotta ride one too. That's another SMEE to the graveyard with the R38s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted June 9, 2009 Share #11 Posted June 9, 2009 I never rode the R40S, but I'll miss them! I remember looking out of an R160 climbing the Manhattan Bridge and seeing the giant slanted front end right outside the window, something I'll never forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R110B Posted June 9, 2009 Share #12 Posted June 9, 2009 this sucks i hate that they booting it out now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSmith Posted June 9, 2009 Share #13 Posted June 9, 2009 Marks the end of revenue service for a very failed design, but a forward-looking one in many ways nonetheless, a series of cars that had the lower numbers non air-conditioned and the higher numbers air-conditioned, and the beginning of the color signs to the system. The R142/R143 marks the end of the color signs at least for the exterior. What I think takes away from the look of the slants on the side in their current post GOH appearance is the mismatched window length of the R32/R38 standardized window doors. The original R40 door windows were long and matched the size of the windows, and it was quite a revelation in 1968 when the train first came into service. But it is also responsible for the uncomfortable seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawasaki3 Posted June 9, 2009 Share #14 Posted June 9, 2009 R40slant not that pouplar than the R33WF - R36WF (IRT line.) R33 WF - R36WF was known the best car in 1990 - 2000 than the R40slant. Pelham bay park next stop is wall street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Rock Depot Posted June 9, 2009 Share #15 Posted June 9, 2009 as of 530pm today the last set was Far Rock bound at Grant ave. couldnt get my cam phone out in time. and i dont get out from work till midnight! :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R10 2952 Posted June 9, 2009 Share #16 Posted June 9, 2009 Well in this case, I greatly thank God that I managed to catch a set of R-40 Slants at 4:19 PM at Broadway-Nassau when coming home from school. The condemned train arrived at 207th Street at exactly 5:00 PM and left at 5:04 PM. I watched it slowly go and slip into the darkness... Man, I sure am lucky. Every time a car class retires, I always get this strange feeling that tells me they're not gonna be there the next day, and am thus motivated to ride that said consist of cars. And then just as I'm done...BOOM! Retirement! Seriously. The same thing happened with me and the R-38s on Wednesday, March 18th, 2009. I always seem to make it for the retirement party just in time... Sad to see the filthy and rusted junkheaps go, though.:eek::confused::cry::cry::cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3348 Posted June 9, 2009 Share #17 Posted June 9, 2009 Oh, wow i see now :eek: It's really all over now I hope I get one tomorrow! I gotta ride one too. That's another SMEE to the graveyard with the R38s. Remember, there's still 40-70 of them left on the . Not slanted, but it's the exact same car otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanfortitude Posted June 9, 2009 Share #18 Posted June 9, 2009 Well in this case, I greatly thank God that I managed to catch a set of R-40 Slants at 4:19 PM at Broadway-Nassau when coming home from school. The condemned train arrived at 207th Street at exactly 5:00 PM and left at 5:04 PM. I watched it slowly go and slip into the darkness... Man, I sure am lucky. Every time a car class retires, I always get this strange feeling that tells me they're not gonna be there the next day, and am thus motivated to ride that said consist of cars. And then just as I'm done...BOOM! Retirement! Seriously. The same thing happened with me and the R-38s on Wednesday, March 18th, 2009. I always seem to make it for the retirement party just in time... Sad to see the filthy and rusted junkheaps go, though.:eek::confused::cry::cry::cry: i was waiting on that platform at 4:19 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R10 2952 Posted June 9, 2009 Share #19 Posted June 9, 2009 i was waiting on that platform at 4:19 LOL Really? I got on in the last car... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted June 10, 2009 Share #20 Posted June 10, 2009 Well in this case, I greatly thank God that I managed to catch a set of R-40 Slants at 4:19 PM at Broadway-Nassau when coming home from school. The condemned train arrived at 207th Street at exactly 5:00 PM and left at 5:04 PM. I watched it slowly go and slip into the darkness... Man, I sure am lucky. Every time a car class retires, I always get this strange feeling that tells me they're not gonna be there the next day, and am thus motivated to ride that said consist of cars. And then just as I'm done...BOOM! Retirement! Seriously. The same thing happened with me and the R-38s on Wednesday, March 18th, 2009. I always seem to make it for the retirement party just in time... Sad to see the filthy and rusted junkheaps go, though.:eek::confused::cry::cry::cry: Wow...this is deep. I myself had (and I really emphasize that had), HAD to get on an R40 for the last time. I am so grateful I did. I ran an errand for my mom and caught a ( train at Sheepshead Bay at around 5:50 and got to West Fourth Street at around 6:10. I waited about 20 minutes for a Slant. Between 6:10 and 6:30 I saw two R44s heading uptown and two heading downtown. An R46 also headed uptown. Personally, I was disgusted with the R46s, pushing the R40s out into misery. But I saw some lights from south of West Fourth Street. Praying for a Slant, it was a set of slants indeed! I rode it all the way to 207th Street and it headed back down to Lefferts at 7:10 or so. I got to my stop at Utica at 8:03. Today is indeed a sad day for all subway buffs. One of the most unique subway cars in the entire system will be gone by tonight. But I couldn't be more grateful to catch a Slant and gain the opportunity to ride it for one last time. R40/R40A (Slants): 1967-2009. Thank you for 42 years of great service. Forever will you be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maserati7200 Posted June 10, 2009 Share #21 Posted June 10, 2009 Remember, there's still 40-70 of them left on the . Not slanted, but it's the exact same car otherwise. But that is why I like the R40 cars (well the slanted ones), for the unique slant design. The R40M's are cool, but they are nothing special. R40 slant was something special to me. To me the R40M feels like a different car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Bosco Posted June 10, 2009 Share #22 Posted June 10, 2009 saw one leaving 34th going downtown...i'm glad i got the chance to see it in service for the last time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3348 Posted June 10, 2009 Share #23 Posted June 10, 2009 Personally, I was disgusted with the R46s, pushing the R40s out into misery.Lol, no reason to take it personally...and the R46s aren't actually retiring the R40s. It's the R160s but you know that already. Now that I think about it, we're you trying to be poetic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted June 10, 2009 Share #24 Posted June 10, 2009 Lol, no reason to take it personally...and the R46s aren't actually retiring the R40s. It's the R160s but you know that already. Now that I think about it, we're you trying to be poetic? Hmm...can't say that I was, just writing about how I felt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanfortitude Posted June 10, 2009 Share #25 Posted June 10, 2009 I was supposed to be meeting someone from here to ride that thing. I didn't get to see him and i missed that train...ended up catching one goin to Lefferts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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