R10 2952 Posted June 10, 2009 Share #1 Posted June 10, 2009 Just wondering: Between roughly 1982 and 1994, where was each car class based during that time period? Which yards and which lines? Thanks. (When I mean cars, I mean R10/11/12/14/15/16/17/21/22/26/27/28/29/30/32/33/36/38/40/42/44/46/62/and maybe 68s) If possible, could someone compose the info into a list? And what kind were they (Redbird/Greenbird) possibly?:tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R44 5278 Posted June 11, 2009 Share #2 Posted June 11, 2009 Most of the R68s were at Concourse, while the rest and the R68As were at CI. I believe the R44s had already ventured from the D to the A by 1984. Therefore, they are stored at Pitkin. Since C ran R30/As, they were most likely stored at 207th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE Broadway Local Posted June 14, 2009 Share #3 Posted June 14, 2009 In 1980, the was an interesting mix. R46s, R44s, R32 Brightliners and a train or two of R10s. The (AA) and the ( were R38s and the ran a lot of R40/R42 mixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNIGHTRIDER3:16 Posted June 15, 2009 Share #4 Posted June 15, 2009 Arouind 86-88 ya had R44 as(N) running at 71ave cont. R32 as <R><R> going to Ditmars Blvd. R44 on the (E)lines at their prime/ R40 as A on 8ave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted June 15, 2009 Share #5 Posted June 15, 2009 In 1980, the was an interesting mix. R46s, R44s, R32 Brightliners and a train or two of R10s. The (AA) and the ( were R38s and the ran a lot of R40/R42 mixed. Didnt the also ran on R44s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 15, 2009 Share #6 Posted June 15, 2009 Yep. Brighton riders hated them so much that the TA removed them from the . What was so bad about them? OTOH, talk about being too politically connected... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maserati7200 Posted June 16, 2009 Share #7 Posted June 16, 2009 What was so bad about them? OTOH, talk about being too politically connected... The R44 was a huge lemon in the 80's, it had frequent break downs. In addition, the R44 (and the R46 as well) caused vibrations along the Brighton ROW that residents were annoyed from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted June 16, 2009 Share #8 Posted June 16, 2009 What was so bad about them? OTOH, talk about being too politically connected... The R44's had all kinds of electrical problems as delivered. Many centered around the P wire braking system and a common failure where the P wire circuit would open at the coupler causing the brakes to apply in full service and prevent the train from being moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted June 17, 2009 Share #9 Posted June 17, 2009 The early 80's continued the pattern established in the late 70's A Nov. 1977 car assignment lists: RT A 210 R-40 104 R-44 RTS (AA)/(B) 168 R-38 88 R-42 RT 272 R-10 RT 180 R-40M/42 112 R-44 RT 60 R-32 152 R-46 RT 50 R-32 264 R-46 RT 96 R-32 RT 114 R-27/30 32 R-42 RT 112 R-27/30 24 R-42 RTS (M)/<Q> 184 R-27/30 24 R-42 RT 90 R-32 200 R-46 RT 216 R-32 64 R-42 FRKLN 12 R-27/30 You had the car shifts for the R44/46 problems, but by Fall '80 it basically came back to this, except it would take over a year for the 46's to go back on the . Early '81, the 44's leave the and are replaced by 32's. They also leave the for a couple of years, while receiving new propulsion (the current Westcodes; but not the later GOH yet). Slants begin moving to the AA/(B). 32's also run on AA/(B) 38's began moving to the , and eventually even the become 100% R-46. Early 82, all the 38's go to the . 46's return to '83, a few slants begin appearing on the . 44's finally return on the . '86, the Manhattan Bridge closes semi-permanently. AA/(B)/(D) was mostly 40M and 42's. and Coney Island based lines were eventually the 32's and slant 40's (including even the ), in addition to the 27/30's. ENY ran the 30's on the 6th Ave. shuttle 68's run on Brooklyn D/Q. R-16's retire. May '87; switch. Both lines have 32's before and after. But now gets slants, and gets 46's. A few 46's still run on to Astoria. Then, 68's spread to the line. All Cars begin entering GOH. all 40M and 42's coming back from rebuilding went to ENY. Unrebuilt ones remained in Concourse. All rebuilt slants went to Bklyn B. '88, first 68A's go to Concourse for . When the 6th Ave side of the bridge reopened, the lines were a mixture of the same equpiment from both halves. Though the quickly became all 68's as enough cars were in. became all slants. was a mixture of all of CI's equipment, as it would be off and on until recent years. R-10's retire somewhere in there. 27/30's move to and , and the rest were at ENY. 38's ran briefly on (Q6) when it was merged with the to 207th due to a flood on 8th Av. It too eventually became almost all 68's, with a slant appearing once in awhile. This brings us into the early 90's. Complete history at http://www.erictb.info/carhistory.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted June 17, 2009 Share #10 Posted June 17, 2009 The R44's had all kinds of electrical problems as delivered. Many centered around the P wire braking system and a common failure where the P wire circuit would open at the coupler causing the brakes to apply in full service and prevent the train from being moved. Not only that, but the TA did not hire qualified maintenance workers for the two cars. The R44s also came with a crude version of ATO since it was planned to run them on the Second Ave subway which caused alot of problems. The R46s ran on the too if I am not mistaken, but they caused segments of the wall on the Sea Beach line to cave in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R44 5278 Posted June 17, 2009 Share #11 Posted June 17, 2009 What was so bad about them? OTOH, talk about being too politically connected... It was said that the R44s and R46s literally cracked home foundations. I can understand that the R46s might do that with the Rockwell Trucks, but couldn't understand with the R44s since they used standard SMEE trucks from the beginning. Not only that, but the TA did not hire qualified maintenance workers for the two cars. The R44s also came with a crude version of ATO since it was planned to run them on the Second Ave subway which caused alot of problems. The R46s ran on the too if I am not mistaken, but they caused segments of the wall on the Sea Beach line to cave in. Correct. The R44s and R46s came ahead of their time and inexperienced workers messed them up along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted June 17, 2009 Share #12 Posted June 17, 2009 Correct. The R44s and R46s came ahead of their time and inexperienced workers messed them up along the way. No, the CED crews were not inexperienced, they were not trained to work with all the elctrical systems those cars came with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Local Posted June 20, 2009 Share #13 Posted June 20, 2009 Thanks Eric for bringing us up to speed to the early 90s. I can try and finish the list from the early 90s to the present day.... This is all from memory and photos: Early 90s R-32/R-38/R-44 ( R-40 Slant R-32/R-38 R-68 R-32/ Occasionally R-46 R-32/R-46 R-32/R-46 R-27/30 R40M/R42, and perhaps some R27/30 left R-40M/R-42 and some R-27/R-30 Left R-40M/R-42 and some R-27/R-30 Left R-32/R-40 Slant/R68 (Q6) R-68A with the designation displayed R-32/R-46 Franklin Av - 4-Car R-32s R40M/R42 ------------------------------------- Mid-90s. Remember, May - November 1995, The 6 Av Side of the Manhattan Bridge was closed weekday middays, and weekends, which caused the ( & to swap routes, and sometimes car models. R-32/R-38/R-44 R-40 Slant R-32/R-38 R-68 R-32/ Occasionally R-46 R-32/R-46 R-32/R-46 R-40M/R42 R-40M/R-42 R-40M/R-42 R-32/R-40 Slant/R-68 (Q6) R-68A - with the designation displayed; Rush hours only. R-68/R-68A Displaying - Running between Coney Island & 21 St -Queensbridge, weekday middays and weekends via Lower Whitehall and Broadway Express; Replaces in Brooklyn, and &(Q6) in Queens. R-32/R-46 Franklin Av - 4-Car R-32s Rockaway - R-44 R-40M/R-42 Continued Next: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Local Posted June 20, 2009 Share #14 Posted June 20, 2009 March/April 1997- West End riders are fed up with the noise of the slants along the West End El... So, what happens? The ( & (Q6) swap... R-32/R-38/R-44 ( R-68A R-32/R-38 R-68 R-32/ Occasionally R-46 R-32/R-46 R-32/R-46 R-40M/R42 R-40M/R-42 R-40M/R-42 R-32/R-40 Slant/R-68 (Q6) R-40 SLant R-32/R-46 Franklin Av - 4-Car R-32s Rockaway - R-44 R40M/R42 Late 90s - Williamsburg Bridge Reconstruction of 1999 R-32/R-38/R-44 R-68A R-32/R-38 R-68 R-32/ Occasionally R-46 R-32/R-46 R-32/R-46 R-40M/R42 R-40M/R-42 R-40M/R-42 R-32/R-40 Slant/R-68 (Q6) R-40 SLant/R-42 R-32/R-46 Franklin Av - Closed For Reconstruction as well Rockaway - R-44 Nassau St Shuttle - R-42 R40M/R42 Continued Next: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Local Posted June 20, 2009 Share #15 Posted June 20, 2009 Going into 2000 R-32/R-38/R-44 ( R-68A R-32/R-38 R-68 R-32/ Occasionally R-46 R-32/R-46 R-32/R-46 R-40M/R-42 R-40M/R-42 R-40M/R-42 R-32/R-40 Slant/R-68/R-68A (Q6) R-40 SLant R-32/R-46 Franklin Av - 2-CAR R-68s Rockaway - R-44 R40M/R42 Zach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted June 20, 2009 Share #16 Posted June 20, 2009 Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 1.5; en-us; T-Mobile G1 Build/CRB43) AppleWebKit/528.5+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.2 Mobile Safari/525.20.1) The 68/68A swap between Concourse and Coney Island di not occur until '95; right before the Manhattan Bridge work. The ( and (Q6) swapped in '97 because the ( started going OPTO part time (night shuttle), and needed the full width cabs. In the Willy B work, there were two (M)'s, and the ENY side had the slants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted June 20, 2009 Share #17 Posted June 20, 2009 Hey Z don't forget slants on the and the I remember those days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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