trainfan22 Posted June 7, 2022 Share #27551 Posted June 7, 2022 The Track Geometry Car is on the line right now, didn't know they were CBTC equipped. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted June 7, 2022 Share #27552 Posted June 7, 2022 51 minutes ago, trainfan22 said: The Track Geometry Car is on the line right now, didn't know they were CBTC equipped. I don't think they are but you can run a non cbtc train on a cbtc route. they added back wayside signals on the between broadway junction and 1st ave due to the Carnarsie tube work for work trains to get to and from the work site. so its possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil 57 Posted June 8, 2022 Share #27553 Posted June 8, 2022 8 hours ago, R32 3838 said: I don't think they are but you can run a non cbtc train on a cbtc route. they added back wayside signals on the between broadway junction and 1st ave due to the Carnarsie tube work for work trains to get to and from the work site. so its possible. That is true. I’ve seen r62a/r127/r134 garbage trains along the and I don’t think that those cars are CBTC enabled. I only see CBTC signals though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted June 8, 2022 Share #27554 Posted June 8, 2022 So I was at 149th St today and it seems they paved over the express tracks at Grand Concourse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Mario Posted June 8, 2022 Share #27555 Posted June 8, 2022 26 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: So I was at 149th St today and it seems they paved over the express tracks at Grand Concourse. Those are temp platforms to provide better connections until the stairwells on the far end of the platforms are done 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar8983 Posted June 8, 2022 Share #27556 Posted June 8, 2022 It’s ridiculous- waiting at Lexington Av now for the Astoria bound and of the roughly 10 R46 trains that passed, only one of them had all the signs correct (destination and route-wise). Most of the other trains had literally half the train set as and the other half set as , and PA system barely audible. I feel sorry for those downtown commuters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted June 8, 2022 Share #27557 Posted June 8, 2022 49 minutes ago, darkstar8983 said: It’s ridiculous- waiting at Lexington Av now for the Astoria bound and of the roughly 10 R46 trains that passed, only one of them had all the signs correct (destination and route-wise). Most of the other trains had literally half the train set as and the other half set as , and PA system barely audible. I feel sorry for those downtown commuters. Including me. It’s very ridiculous. I made a post about this on the R211 discussion thread. The next train to astoria was in 33 minutes. Outrageous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar8983 Posted June 8, 2022 Share #27558 Posted June 8, 2022 13 minutes ago, Storm said: Including me. It’s very ridiculous. I made a post about this on the R211 discussion thread. The next train to astoria was in 33 minutes. Outrageous. And after about an hour of waiting to see if an R160 would magically pop up, I gave up and took a bicycle home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R179 8258 Posted June 9, 2022 Share #27559 Posted June 9, 2022 (edited) Deleted Edited June 9, 2022 by R179 8258 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted June 9, 2022 Share #27560 Posted June 9, 2022 10 hours ago, darkstar8983 said: And after about an hour of waiting to see if an R160 would magically pop up, I gave up and took a bicycle home. You waited an HOUR for a specific car model that doesn’t serve the line? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHacksJustKhaks Posted June 9, 2022 Share #27561 Posted June 9, 2022 35 minutes ago, VIP said: You waited an HOUR for a specific car model that doesn’t serve the line? It’s wishful thinking 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted June 9, 2022 Share #27562 Posted June 9, 2022 3 hours ago, VIP said: You waited an HOUR for a specific car model that doesn’t serve the line? Lol it is best not to ask any questions and just let him do him because we aren’t going to change his mind. I had the same question in mind when I read this last night but if he wants to waste his time and then opt to bike afterward just because of the R46’s than so be it. Even though I want the R46’s gone myself I would not trip if I caught one going where I need to go. I used to ride them all the time on the and the line was primarily R46’s for 3 decades. From my observations it seems CI is taking better care of them than Jamaica. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted June 9, 2022 Share #27563 Posted June 9, 2022 1 hour ago, NewFlyer 230 said: Lol it is best not to ask any questions and just let him do him because we aren’t going to change his mind. I had the same question in mind when I read this last night but if he wants to waste his time and then opt to bike afterward just because of the R46’s than so be it. Even though I want the R46’s gone myself I would not trip if I caught one going where I need to go. I used to ride them all the time on the and the line was primarily R46’s for 3 decades. From my observations it seems CI is taking better care of them than Jamaica. They run way worse on the than they did on the with the worst cars being on the . I took the R46s on the lines my whole life and when i ride them on the CI routes, They ride a lot worse than when they ran on the . The Pitkin R46s are better than the CI ones. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar8983 Posted June 9, 2022 Share #27564 Posted June 9, 2022 12 hours ago, VIP said: You waited an HOUR for a specific car model that doesn’t serve the line? Yeah a couple of times (when the R160s were still part of the in 2020 and 2021) I had to wait for the train I had missed at Lexington Av to make its round trip to Astoria, back to CI, and back up to Astoria because there were only three R160s on the line (and the rest of the CI ones on the ), a whopping 2 hours and 25 mins, and the three 160s to my luck were all back to back to back, and nothing but R46s passing me by. and the reason I did wait is because a few AM rush hours, there have been surprise R160 trips on the (even though it is a one-off every so often) in the morning oj my way to work. Now what I do is wait outside Ditmars in the AM to see if there are any surprise R160s, and if 30 mins pass and none come, then I bike down 31 St towards Manhattan. Only would get off if ironically there would be an R160 headed up towards Ditmars, park the bike and wait for the train at the closest stop. I used to even ask on twitter when the next R160 would come so that I could plan my afternoon trips, so I would never have to wait that 2 hours and 25 minutes that apparently the takes to make a round trip 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theli11 Posted June 9, 2022 Share #27565 Posted June 9, 2022 the Myrtle-Wyckoff station smells like shit. Like I ran through the station twice today (about 3 hours apart) and both times the station smells like crap and when the runs through the station it lingers in the car until it hits the next station. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted June 9, 2022 Share #27566 Posted June 9, 2022 31 minutes ago, Theli11 said: the Myrtle-Wyckoff station smells like shit. Like I ran through the station twice today (about 3 hours apart) and both times the station smells like crap and when the runs through the station it lingers in the car until it hits the next station. I rode though there this evening and noticed the same thing. Wonder what the cause is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T to Dyre Avenue Posted June 10, 2022 Share #27567 Posted June 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Theli11 said: the Myrtle-Wyckoff station smells like shit. Like I ran through the station twice today (about 3 hours apart) and both times the station smells like crap and when the runs through the station it lingers in the car until it hits the next station. I remember Lexington Ave/59th St smelling like vomit for years, even after various projects that took place there. Somehow the smell always managed to stay behind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted June 10, 2022 Share #27568 Posted June 10, 2022 9 hours ago, T to Dyre Avenue said: 12 hours ago, Theli11 said: the Myrtle-Wyckoff station smells like shit. Like I ran through the station twice today (about 3 hours apart) and both times the station smells like crap and when the runs through the station it lingers in the car until it hits the next station. I remember Lexington Ave/59th St smelling like vomit for years, even after various projects that took place there. Somehow the smell always managed to stay behind. Some things are built on blood, sweat, and tears. NYC’s subway infrastructure is built on piss, shit, ‘n’ vomit. Sounds like they never tiled over the vomit parts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted June 10, 2022 Share #27569 Posted June 10, 2022 On 6/7/2022 at 3:24 PM, R32 3838 said: I don't think they are but you can run a non cbtc train on a cbtc route. they added back wayside signals on the between broadway junction and 1st ave due to the Carnarsie tube work for work trains to get to and from the work site. so its possible. They only added 1 signal outside of Morgan Av so there's now 2 signal blocks between Broadway Junction and Lorimer St. Still a hassle, but not as much of a turdfest as it was before On 6/7/2022 at 11:30 PM, Lil 57 said: That is true. I’ve seen r62a/r127/r134 garbage trains along the and I don’t think that those cars are CBTC enabled. I only see CBTC signals though. The 7 still kept its automatic signals for the most part, so conventional block signaling can still work alongside CBTC. There's still a 2 signal block space between trains. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted June 11, 2022 Share #27570 Posted June 11, 2022 I seen an photo of an R143 HVAC unit inside an R160, the unit was functional with the information display working. Nice to know that some parts are interchangeable between some of the NTT fleets like with the SMEE fleets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxwell179 Posted June 11, 2022 Share #27571 Posted June 11, 2022 On 6/9/2022 at 7:13 PM, Theli11 said: the Myrtle-Wyckoff station smells like shit. Like I ran through the station twice today (about 3 hours apart) and both times the station smells like crap and when the runs through the station it lingers in the car until it hits the next station. Myrtle-Wyckoff smelled like shit for years, it stopped at one point , sad to see if continued all over again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted June 11, 2022 Share #27572 Posted June 11, 2022 On 6/9/2022 at 11:44 AM, R32 3838 said: They run way worse on the than they did on the with the worst cars being on the . I took the R46s on the lines my whole life and when i ride them on the CI routes, They ride a lot worse than when they ran on the . The Pitkin R46s are better than the CI ones. They don’t specifically single out which units perform best/worse and assign the cars for service. Whatever R46 you see on the ends up on the and the same goes with the what can be done is having the R68/68A’s exclusive to the while the / swap R46’s 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBTA Posted June 11, 2022 Share #27573 Posted June 11, 2022 Imagine having A, C, D, F, R and Q trains stopping on the same platform.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulturious Posted June 11, 2022 Share #27574 Posted June 11, 2022 1 hour ago, NBTA said: Imagine having A, C, D, F, R and Q trains stopping on the same platform.. I can, imagine having the stopping on the same platform. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIP Posted June 11, 2022 Share #27575 Posted June 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Vulturious said: I can, imagine having the stopping on the same platform. Sounds like West 4 Street all over again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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