R32 3838 Posted September 29, 2020 Share #9826 Posted September 29, 2020 3 hours ago, VIP said: 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. Various Transit workers who have shared their info. Trust me if it was bullshit, Everyone would have spotted it by now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1998NewFlyer Posted September 29, 2020 Share #9827 Posted September 29, 2020 3 hours ago, VIP said: 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. Yes they are in active service but i kno cars 3110 - 3113 are having breaking issues Its coupled with 3126 - 29 and they are still in active service 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy283 Posted September 30, 2020 Share #9828 Posted September 30, 2020 Are the R179s back on the 8 Av Line yet? How much longer to catch the R160s on the ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigojefte Galo Posted September 30, 2020 Share #9829 Posted September 30, 2020 5 hours ago, happy283 said: Are the R179s back on the 8 Av Line yet? How much longer to catch the R160s on the ? Maybe or probably I'm not sure right away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far rockaway Posted September 30, 2020 Share #9830 Posted September 30, 2020 So the R32's are not running no more in passenger service as of this week? They won't go back to the lines.!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaPr03 Posted September 30, 2020 Share #9831 Posted September 30, 2020 55 minutes ago, Far rockaway said: So the R32's are not running no more in passenger service as of this week? They won't go back to the lines.!! No point of sending 32s to Pitkin and 207 if 179s are gonna enter service again lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subwaycommuter1983 Posted September 30, 2020 Share #9832 Posted September 30, 2020 10 hours ago, happy283 said: Are the R179s back on the 8 Av Line yet? How much longer to catch the R160s on the ? Not yet. I think it would be a good idea that the A keeps the r160's until construction on the F is complete and/or ridership on the F increases significantly. That would give some Pitkin r46's a break as long as the 10 car r179's are running smoothly once it returns to service on the A. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulturious Posted October 1, 2020 Share #9833 Posted October 1, 2020 1 hour ago, subwaycommuter1983 said: Not yet. I think it would be a good idea that the A keeps the r160's until construction on the F is complete and/or ridership on the F increases significantly. That would give some Pitkin r46's a break as long as the 10 car r179's are running smoothly once it returns to service on the A. That is if it can run smoothly since all this talk about the 8 car R179's are having brake issues. I've been seeing a lot of videos of the R179's slowly creeping into a station instead of enter in at their usual speed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigojefte Galo Posted October 1, 2020 Share #9834 Posted October 1, 2020 4 hours ago, Far rockaway said: So the R32's are not running no more in passenger service as of this week? They won't go back to the lines.!! The R32 subway cars are they official retired or not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigojefte Galo Posted October 1, 2020 Share #9835 Posted October 1, 2020 21 minutes ago, Vulturious said: That is if it can run smoothly since all this talk about the 8 car R179's are having brake issues. I've been seeing a lot of videos of the R179's slowly creeping into a station instead of enter in at their usual speed. Some R179 are back in service I'm sure The J and Z line are back the entire New Technology Trains I believe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R179 8258 Posted October 1, 2020 Share #9836 Posted October 1, 2020 Weren’t they out for a couple months so for them to have problems is natural & it’s only “ the brakes” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Bus Posted October 1, 2020 Share #9837 Posted October 1, 2020 The 32s are still in service. They usually one at least one set during the day. My friend caught one yesterday around 2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2fwannabe Posted October 1, 2020 Share #9838 Posted October 1, 2020 So, the score one week into "Operation Resurrection" is this way: As of September 28, 2020 4-car R-179s 3050-53, 3058-61, 3066-69, 3082-85, 3086-89, 3098-3101, 3102-05, 3106-09, 3114-17, 3118-21, 3138-41 and 3142-45 (48 cars) are in the Revenue testing pool. So far cars 3070-73, 3110-13 and 3126-29 have "washed out" for one reason or other and will go to the back of the line until their troubles are addressed. What I best understand is the Revenue testing pool is to be limited to 8, 8 car (64) trains at a time. Coming attractions (soon) will be 3122-25, 3130-33 and 3134-37. All other cars between 3050 and 3145 are in various states of prep for restoration and will be tested on the and until re-acceptance is achieved. Assuming its a 30-Day Testing horizon the first of those would be around or about October 23. Cars 3146-3237 (formerly ) are still in stir (storage), as are 3010-49 and 3238-3327 (formerly ). All I might add is that the preliminary plan is to re-test the former cars on and as well. That DOESN'T mean they would STAY there. Other non-revenue testing is performed elsewhere as well, which could be just about ANYWHERE. Until the future deployment plan is finalized, which it is definitely NOT (!) there is nothing yet certain for a timeline to come. Depends on the results (note the first week as above). Interesting but as of the same date, not only was the standing fleet of R-32s was now UP to 136 for some reason. If you notice, 3924/25 were back in revenue service after waiting for months. The point is as of Monday NO (Zero) R-32s had as yet (again) been withdrawn from service. All are accounted for otherwise. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T to Dyre Avenue Posted October 1, 2020 Share #9839 Posted October 1, 2020 Interestingly some of the 4-car sets where all eight cars are consecutively numbered. I rode in car 3117 on the yesterday and I noticed at Chambers St the car behind it was 3118, so that’s 3114-21 in one train. On the Brooklyn-bound side there was 3102-09 pulling out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted October 1, 2020 Share #9840 Posted October 1, 2020 2 hours ago, m2fwannabe said: 3924/25 were back in revenue service after waiting for months. Did somebody say 'rollsign cranks'? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted October 1, 2020 Share #9841 Posted October 1, 2020 3 hours ago, m2fwannabe said: So, the score one week into "Operation Resurrection" is this way: As of September 28, 2020 4-car R-179s 3050-53, 3058-61, 3066-69, 3082-85, 3086-89, 3098-3101, 3102-05, 3106-09, 3114-17, 3118-21, 3138-41 and 3142-45 (48 cars) are in the Revenue testing pool. So far cars 3070-73, 3110-13 and 3126-29 have "washed out" for one reason or other and will go to the back of the line until their troubles are addressed. What I best understand is the Revenue testing pool is to be limited to 8, 8 car (64) trains at a time. Coming attractions (soon) will be 3122-25, 3130-33 and 3134-37. All other cars between 3050 and 3145 are in various states of prep for restoration and will be tested on the and until re-acceptance is achieved. Assuming its a 30-Day Testing horizon the first of those would be around or about October 23. Cars 3146-3237 (formerly ) are still in stir (storage), as are 3010-49 and 3238-3327 (formerly ). All I might add is that the preliminary plan is to re-test the former cars on and as well. That DOESN'T mean they would STAY there. Other non-revenue testing is performed elsewhere as well, which could be just about ANYWHERE. Until the future deployment plan is finalized, which it is definitely NOT (!) there is nothing yet certain for a timeline to come. Depends on the results (note the first week as above). Interesting but as of the same date, not only was the standing fleet of R-32s was now UP to 136 for some reason. If you notice, 3924/25 were back in revenue service after waiting for months. The point is as of Monday NO (Zero) R-32s had as yet (again) been withdrawn from service. All are accounted for otherwise. so far only 1-2 R32's are running in service while the rest are on stand by, I wouldn't be surprised if they stay in revenue service until they are very sure that the R179's are truly reliable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulturious Posted October 1, 2020 Share #9842 Posted October 1, 2020 30 minutes ago, R32 3838 said: so far only 1-2 R32's are running in service while the rest are on stand by, I wouldn't be surprised if they stay in revenue service until they are very sure that the R179's are truly reliable. I don't want to be that guy, but even if they truly felt the R179 is a reliable train now, it's probably better to wait for the R211 anyways. Probably by the time they get the R179's tested, the R211 will probably have arrived. Then again, it has been a few months since we even heard any news or rumors of the R211 in delivery and we still don't know when they expect to have 1 set to arrive which is unfortunate, but it is what it is I guess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted October 2, 2020 Share #9843 Posted October 2, 2020 It will probably take a year for the R211 to test then it has to pass an 30 day revenue test on top of that. The MTA probably doesn't want to keep the R32s in service that long, I read in a article that the MTA spent like 35 million dollars just to keep the R32s roadworthy. It's funny as R143s only took a couple of months to enter service but starting with the R160s it takes about a year of testing before an NTT car class enters service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2fwannabe Posted October 2, 2020 Share #9844 Posted October 2, 2020 5 hours ago, MHV9218 said: 8 hours ago, m2fwannabe said: 3924/25 were back in revenue service after waiting for months. Did somebody say 'rollsign cranks'? Thank you! No surprise here, but reports also had it laid up for legal reasons. Evidently that was also rectified satisfactorily. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulturious Posted October 2, 2020 Share #9845 Posted October 2, 2020 1 hour ago, trainfan22 said: It will probably take a year for the R211 to test then it has to pass an 30 day revenue test on top of that. The MTA probably doesn't want to keep the R32s in service that long, I read in a article that the MTA spent like 35 million dollars just to keep the R32s roadworthy. It's funny as R143s only took a couple of months to enter service but starting with the R160s it takes about a year of testing before an NTT car class enters service. I mean it would make sense because the R143 were assigned to the which was pretty isolated from the rest of the system and the R160 is running on practically every line on the B division. I don't think the same could be said with the R160A-1 assigned to Eastern Division because they were also brought to the and the also was 100% R160's at the time, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted October 2, 2020 Share #9846 Posted October 2, 2020 6 hours ago, trainfan22 said: It will probably take a year for the R211 to test then it has to pass an 30 day revenue test on top of that. The MTA probably doesn't want to keep the R32s in service that long, I read in a article that the MTA spent like 35 million dollars just to keep the R32s roadworthy. It's funny as R143s only took a couple of months to enter service but starting with the R160s it takes about a year of testing before an NTT car class enters service. I think Half or More of that money was spent was because of the swapping The R32's between ENY and 207th for Inspection. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted October 2, 2020 Share #9847 Posted October 2, 2020 5 hours ago, Vulturious said: I mean it would make sense because the R143 were assigned to the which was pretty isolated from the rest of the system and the R160 is running on practically every line on the B division. I don't think the same could be said with the R160A-1 assigned to Eastern Division because they were also brought to the and the also was 100% R160's at the time, too. It doesn't matter what line they run on, every single new fleet has to do clearance testing (on their respective divisons) to every single station. We've seen it with the R179's on Franklin Avenue. And as technology gets more advanced, more testing has to be required to ensure the safety of a subway car. These R211's alone are brand new technology themselves, so i wouldn't be surprised if it takes two years for them to finish testing it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted October 3, 2020 Share #9848 Posted October 3, 2020 A set has re-entered passenger service on the (R179) . The R160s may still be on the line filling in for the other tested trains in-service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar8983 Posted October 3, 2020 Share #9849 Posted October 3, 2020 I wouldn’t be surprised if because of the R179 teething issues, the R32s will be kept in working order for the next few years as a reserve fleet (and a couple of sets running during the peak periods in place of the R179s and R160s). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted October 3, 2020 Share #9850 Posted October 3, 2020 4 hours ago, Calvin said: A set has re-entered passenger service on the (R179) . The R160s may still be on the line filling in for the other tested trains in-service. R160s are still on the . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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