Rigojefte Galo Posted September 25, 2020 Share #9801 Posted September 25, 2020 5 hours ago, VIP said: False false false! They’re doing fine. whatever you heard is complete conjecture. There’s a R179 set running light on the and it’s believed to enter service. What about the A train on R179 I haven't seen it yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxwell179 Posted September 26, 2020 Share #9802 Posted September 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Rigojefte Galo said: What about the A train on R179 I haven't seen it yet? I don’t think they put any of the 10-car sets back in service yet 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4P3607 Posted September 26, 2020 Share #9803 Posted September 26, 2020 6 hours ago, Maxwell179 said: I don’t think they put any of the 10-car sets back in service yet Hearing it's the 5-car sets that have more major issues as those were the later cars in the order and rushed through production as quick as possible. The R160s should stick on the for a little bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulturious Posted September 26, 2020 Share #9804 Posted September 26, 2020 21 minutes ago, 4P3607 said: Hearing it's the 5-car sets that have more major issues as those were the later cars in the order and rushed through production as quick as possible. The R160s should stick on the for a little bit. Well that would be the case if it weren't for CBTC testing on QBL. Unless Coney has just enough R160's lying around that can make a clean swap, but even then, that would just basically be dumping more stuff onto Coney Island which already has problems with the R46's. Not saying they weren't a problem before. I did hear that 10 car R179 from stored at Coney was being transferred up to 207. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK Depot Posted September 26, 2020 Share #9805 Posted September 26, 2020 179 was seen on the L Wednesday Night car 3130 was definitely recorded... saw this video on Facebook this morning 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar8983 Posted September 26, 2020 Share #9806 Posted September 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Vulturious said: Well that would be the case if it weren't for CBTC testing on QBL. Unless Coney has just enough R160's lying around that can make a clean swap, but even then, that would just basically be dumping more stuff onto Coney Island which already has problems with the R46's. Not saying they weren't a problem before. I did hear that 10 car R179 from stored at Coney was being transferred up to 207. Coney Island is actually short on cars (as is every yard in the B-division due to the decision to retire the R32s with the R179s as their replacement). Swapping trains out from that yard would mean you would have to temporarily eliminate the , cut service to 145 St + reduce the service frequency. Remember that when the R160s were on loan from Jamaica, the ran every 10 minutes all day (including rush hours, a sharp reduction from the 4-minute headways normally scheduled). If anything, the Rockaway Park trips could be temporarily suspended to make the car requirements slightly lower 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxwell179 Posted September 26, 2020 Share #9807 Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, JFK Depot said: 179 was seen on the L Wednesday Night car 3130 was definitely recorded... saw this video on Facebook this morning Edited September 26, 2020 by Maxwell179 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4P3607 Posted September 26, 2020 Share #9808 Posted September 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Maxwell179 said: This video is a year old according to someone in the comments. Note the absence of any distancing stickers and that set hasn't returned to service yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1998NewFlyer Posted September 27, 2020 Share #9809 Posted September 27, 2020 But the r179s aren't cbtc installed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted September 27, 2020 Share #9810 Posted September 27, 2020 4 hours ago, 1998NewFlyer said: But the r179s aren't cbtc installed It probably was an "codebreak" of an train put in. There's another video online of an R143 train...... at E105th on the was an put in from Canarsie Yard and the crew had the train signed up as the (A). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1998NewFlyer Posted September 27, 2020 Share #9811 Posted September 27, 2020 I'm sorry the r179s are trash and need to be taken back out of passenger service R179 car 3110-3113 is having trouble braking it over shot flushing av just 5mins ago 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulturious Posted September 28, 2020 Share #9812 Posted September 28, 2020 23 minutes ago, 1998NewFlyer said: I'm sorry the r179s are trash and need to be taken back out of passenger service R179 car 3110-3113 is having trouble braking it over shot flushing av just 5mins ago I kinda can't really believe that unless there was a photo showing it overshot, if there is, then by how much? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1998NewFlyer Posted September 28, 2020 Share #9813 Posted September 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, Vulturious said: I kinda can't really believe that unless there was a photo showing it overshot, if there is, then by how much? I was in the train 1st car the driver had to come out the cabin and stand in front of the 1st doors and radio the conductor to open it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainmaster5 Posted September 28, 2020 Share #9814 Posted September 28, 2020 1 minute ago, 1998NewFlyer said: I was in the train 1st car the driver had to come out the cabin and stand in front of the 1st doors and radio the conductor to open it Did you stop to think that maybe the “ driver” screwed up and not the train. I don’t know where you got on the train but was it overshooting all of the stops? Just curious. Carry on. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whz1995 Posted September 28, 2020 Share #9815 Posted September 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Trainmaster5 said: Did you stop to think that maybe the “ driver” screwed up and not the train. I don’t know where you got on the train but was it overshooting all of the stops? Just curious. Carry on. I saw the same train around the same time at Essex St, it was doing fine and the break was quite and smooth compared to other cars. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted September 28, 2020 Share #9816 Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) Disregard. Edited September 28, 2020 by Lawrence St 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jchambers2120 Posted September 28, 2020 Share #9817 Posted September 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, whz1995 said: I saw the same train around the same time at Essex St, it was doing fine and the break was quite and smooth compared to other cars. So you operated that set and can confirm the train wasn’t operating as designed? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1998NewFlyer Posted September 28, 2020 Share #9818 Posted September 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Trainmaster5 said: Did you stop to think that maybe the “ driver” screwed up and not the train. I don’t know where you got on the train but was it overshooting all of the stops? Just curious. Carry on. No the brakes were jerky from bway myrtle too Essex where I got off and I can tell you it was not the train operator 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1998NewFlyer Posted September 28, 2020 Share #9819 Posted September 28, 2020 2 hours ago, whz1995 said: I saw the same train around the same time at Essex St, it was doing fine and the break was quite and smooth compared to other cars. Were you in the train? Because your a damn liar that train was jerky I should of video recorded it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted September 28, 2020 Share #9820 Posted September 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Vulturious said: I kinda can't really believe that unless there was a photo showing it overshot, if there is, then by how much? One also did the same at bowery, I don't know if it was the same set but I got a DM from a friend that told me this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R10 2952 Posted September 28, 2020 Share #9821 Posted September 28, 2020 Yawn, sounds all like hearsay to me... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigojefte Galo Posted September 28, 2020 Share #9822 Posted September 28, 2020 21 hours ago, 1998NewFlyer said: I'm sorry the r179s are trash and need to be taken back out of passenger service R179 car 3110-3113 is having trouble braking it over shot flushing av just 5mins ago Did they pulled some or the entire R179 out of service? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted September 28, 2020 Share #9823 Posted September 28, 2020 24 minutes ago, Rigojefte Galo said: Did they pulled some or the entire R179 out of service? The R179s are still in service, seen one in service just now and on both Saturday and Sunday. So the entire fleet was not sidelined, no idea if individual sets came back to the barn early. Also just seen 3082 running on the right now! lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigojefte Galo Posted September 28, 2020 Share #9824 Posted September 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, trainfan22 said: The R179s are still in service, seen one in service just now and on both Saturday and Sunday. So the entire fleet was not sidelined, no idea if individual sets came back to the barn early. Also just seen 3082 running on the right now! lol Because I heard one incident with the brake issues probably one train on Sunday yesterday on R179. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted September 28, 2020 Share #9825 Posted September 28, 2020 I don’t Know where any of you are getting your information from, these sets NEVER had breaking issues and in FACT These said sets are in active service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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