XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5626 Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) Yall talking about catching R62As on the and R188s on the , but I still never rode the and trains... Edited February 20, 2014 by XcelsiorBoii4888 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreechyFlange Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5627 Posted February 20, 2014 The only runs 20 sets at peak hours. So you're already getting a 5% or better chance. Now me, I still haven't caught a R188! Since you've worked in both divisions are you allowed to bounce back and forth between the two every time the new pick comes up? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32sdabest Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5628 Posted February 20, 2014 So the ONE R32 on the J, I happened to catch? Wow. It's been running more often now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5629 Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) I rarely ride the ... But I have been so damn lucky when catching the R188's. The first two times, I didn't have to wait for a single R62A to go..... Third time and fourth time I waited around 20 minutes, and recently I didn't have to wait at all...... And all of those times only 1 R188 was running. I also remember catching the R62A , exactly one year ago yesterday (2/19/2013). Waiting 10 minutes at Brooklyn Bridge to get a ride..... And what a coincidence, on that same day I got the R62A I also caught my first glimpse of an R188 at E180 Yard... Edited February 20, 2014 by R188 7857 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5630 Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) Since you've worked in both divisions are you allowed to bounce back and forth between the two every time the new pick comes up? Yes. Some folk do it too. Right now I have no motive to return to the A though. I'm not going out of my way to catch a R188. Eventually that line is gonna be ALL R188's....... Edited February 20, 2014 by Snowblock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E For Erica Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5631 Posted February 20, 2014 There is an R32 on the J train right now. I am so happy that I caught it! Yeah those things ain't leaving the anytime soon. Ever since ENY got their R160's back from the they haven't been quite good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R62AR33 Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5632 Posted February 20, 2014 Yeah those things ain't leaving the anytime soon. Ever since ENY got their R160's back from the they haven't been quite good. That Explains why R42s have been running much more than they did before the summer swaps and why there is another set R32s on the 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5633 Posted February 20, 2014 That Explains why R42s have been running much more than they did before the summer swaps and why there is another set R32s on the There's only one ever since the swap ended. Its one 8-car set with 4-car spares. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5634 Posted February 20, 2014 Yeah those things ain't leaving the anytime soon. Ever since ENY got their R160's back from the they haven't been quite good. I don't see how they'd be any different from before. 207th didn't do anything to them during the time they ran on the C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E For Erica Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5635 Posted February 20, 2014 I don't see how they'd be any different from before. 207th didn't do anything to them during the time they ran on the C. I said ever since in the sense that the R160's starting acting up around the time they got them back from 207th. I wasn't specifically talking about those sets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5636 Posted February 20, 2014 Heres a random thought: Just found this article Bombardier Signs 300-Car Order ForNew York City Transit From Industry News In Metro MagazineJUNE 4 --Three hundred brand new subway cars will be heading for New York City some time in the next two years now that a contract has been signed with Bombardier Transportation by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority . The contract was approved by the company’s Board of Directors on March 28, 2012. The order is valued at approximately $599 million.And…. the cars are being built in America, at Bombardier’s fully-integrated manufacturing plant in Plattsburgh, N.Y. The facility is located in New York State’s North Country region and is Bombardier’s Centre of Excellence for rolling stock production in the U.S. In operation since 1995, it has produced more than 3,000 passenger rail cars and locomotives now in service across the country.The R179 cars will be powered by Bombardier MITRAC propulsion equipment with new, energy-efficient inverters. The cars’ onboard systems will be integrated by Bombardier’s industry-leading MITRAC train control and management system with internet protocol technology. The propulsion and control equipment will be supplied by Bombardier’s Propulsion and Controls business unit in Pittsburgh.Ten cars will be delivered in 2014 and the remaining in mid-2015 and early 2017. Bombardier reports that their subway cars are in service around the world from Boston, New York, Montreal, Toronto and Mexico City to London, Paris, Berlin, Delhi and Shanghai and used by more than seven billion people every year. It looks like from this our R179s will be R143 clones(propulsion wise).... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5637 Posted February 20, 2014 Is the running to Bay ridge 95th street or Whitehall street on weekdays? Earlier today I saw an R46 on the heading to Bay Ridge from 71st but I thought they all terminated at Whitehall street on Weekdays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5638 Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) IND 2nd system. Were there any plans for a station after 2nd Ave on the Houston St Line, or was the next station S4th Street? Also, When does the stop running express in the PM? Edited February 20, 2014 by N6 Limited 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5639 Posted February 20, 2014 New car assignment sheets. 5 R42's on the , 1 R32. The is now going to be 100% R160 on the weekends, which I know will make some people very happy. Also 3 R62 set on the during the week. Do you mean R62A? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollOver Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5640 Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) Do you mean R62A? He does mean it. Edited February 20, 2014 by RollOverMyHead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted February 20, 2014 Share #5641 Posted February 20, 2014 OK 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted February 21, 2014 Share #5642 Posted February 21, 2014 Has anyone noticed that the Manhattan Br lines cross each other 3 times in Manhattan? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted February 21, 2014 Share #5643 Posted February 21, 2014 New car assignment sheets. 5 R42's on the , 1 R32. The is now going to be 100% R160 on the weekends, which I know will make some people very happy. Also 3 R62 set on the during the week. I can see why the will be 100% R160's on weekends, both the and (separate GO's) will be going to 179th on weekends due to the CBTC work ( ) and the structural work on archer ave is gonna cause GO's like this to happen along with GO's, that's one reason why I think they're doing that so they can simplify operation, when they did both of these GO's recently on weekends, they barely ran R46's on the and also the R46's MDBF is also a factor 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted February 21, 2014 Share #5644 Posted February 21, 2014 ENY is keeping that R32 until retirement, the reason why the R32 and R42's have ran so much this past week because the R160's have been stored underground (plan 4) during the snowstorm, 207th didn't do anything to the cars, but I do notice how ENY is starting to treat their R160's different, its not normal to see them act up on a daily basis, because when I ride the they used to run great, now its like whatever, but their R32 runs very smooth 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreechyFlange Posted February 21, 2014 Share #5645 Posted February 21, 2014 Heres a random thought: Just found this article It looks like from this our R179s will be R143 clones(propulsion wise).... Well those things (R142a's/ R143's) Fly so I wouldn't mind. 10 sets of cars delivered this year cha ching! I thought it was only 1 set for pilot testing I'm glad that I'm wrong, and can you link us the article? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted February 21, 2014 Share #5646 Posted February 21, 2014 Well those things (R142a's/ R143's) Fly so I wouldn't mind. 10 sets of cars delivered this year cha ching! I thought it was only 1 set for pilot testing I'm glad that I'm wrong, and can you link us the article? 10 cars not 10 sets 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted February 21, 2014 Share #5647 Posted February 21, 2014 I'm not going out of my way to catch a R188. Eventually that line is gonna be ALL R188's....... Can I get this as a goddamn tattoo? It was neat enough to see once, but it's just not that interesting when we're gonna see this for the next forty years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted February 21, 2014 Share #5648 Posted February 21, 2014 Heres a random thought: Just found this article It looks like from this our R179s will be R143 clones(propulsion wise).... I'm glad they're going to use that propulsion, it's by far the best propulsion in the system. What I do really hope is that they don't come out as bad as the R142's.... The R142's are plain ugly and horrible. If it would have more of an R143/R160 feel to it that would be nice, in my opinion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E For Erica Posted February 21, 2014 Share #5649 Posted February 21, 2014 The is now going to be 100% R160 on the weekends. Yesss! Lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted February 21, 2014 Share #5650 Posted February 21, 2014 The is now going to be 100% R160 on the weekends. Yesss! Lol Yes indeed... this'll do until the R211s come along... Erica now it's jade from jackie chan, what the deuce... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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