TheNewYorkElevated Posted October 3, 2015 Share #10701 Posted October 3, 2015 Hang on, all weekend service changes are cancelled? Just checking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted October 3, 2015 Share #10702 Posted October 3, 2015 tbh it looks like they've added more service today that cut it. The only service change that stands out is the running express in manhattan and local in queens along with the 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted October 3, 2015 Share #10703 Posted October 3, 2015 Looks like the front of R46 5596 was being held together by some heavy duty tape. I couldn't see it up close because I was at 34th street on the and I saw it on the Bay Ridge bound . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priincenene Posted October 3, 2015 Share #10704 Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) So, I went to storage to get rid of some old stuff and I totally forgot I have this: station sign with a ruler on the back Subway map © 2004. I used to carry the subway map in school when I was in 4th or 5th grade. Oh man....the good old days of Shea Stadium the Brown and ! Seems the weather has calmed down so I don't know whats the MTA's plan for this weekend..... But I see all GO's and Fastrack has been canceled. Edited October 3, 2015 by Priincenene 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted October 3, 2015 Share #10705 Posted October 3, 2015 They were cancelled in anticipation of the hurricane approaching 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted October 3, 2015 Share #10706 Posted October 3, 2015 Something interesting I noticed perusing some wildly expensive eBay signs... The MTA sign shop must have simply had a strange version of Akzidenz-Grotesk in their collection, as the early signs they produced with the upper-case letter "s" all had the same weird irregularity. I knew this was true for the black on white signs, but judging from this mid-1970s Cortlandt St. (R, I believe) sign, this occurred for the white on black ones too: ktorreg photo If I had to wager a guess, I'd say this particular sign was hand-painted. You'll notice that both capital Cs look slightly different, with the first more resembling the Helvetica typeface. A thing to remember is, along with the standard silk-screening process of printing the sign text, the Bergen Street sign shop also used hand stencils at times which sometimes led to interesting results, of which I think this is one of them. On a side note, the Cortlandt St IRT station did have pillar nameplates that alternated between Cortlandt St and World Trade Center. Cortlandt St (IRT 7th Avenue Line) 2/27/1999 Photo by: Wayne Whitestone Courtesy: nycsubway.org 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted October 3, 2015 Share #10707 Posted October 3, 2015 If I had to wager a guess, I'd say this particular sign was hand-painted. You'll notice that both capital Cs look slightly different, with the first more resembling the Helvetica typeface. A thing to remember is, along with the standard silk-screening process of printing the sign text, the Bergen Street sign shop also used hand stencils at times which sometimes led to interesting results, of which I think this is one of them. On a side note, the Cortlandt St IRT station did have pillar nameplates that alternated between Cortlandt St and World Trade Center. Cortlandt St (IRT 7th Avenue Line) 2/27/1999 Photo by: Wayne Whitestone Courtesy: nycsubway.org I noticed that after you posted -- I think you're right, this must have been hand-stenciled. Reminds me of this irregular sign near Grand Central, which given it describes a 1980s program, seems oddly late not to have a unified font. Note the alternative Helvetica and Akzidenz Es, along with a crooked S. As for the Cortandlt signs, you're right that they alternated, but that was the second generation of signs. Those were 1990s Helvetica signs, and the earlier Akzidenz signs read: Cortlandt Street W.T.C. As per one of my favorite YouTube archives, NYCSubwaySystem: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted October 4, 2015 Share #10708 Posted October 4, 2015 Since when do local trains run express towards Pelham in the morning rush? I thought it all downtown service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted October 4, 2015 Share #10709 Posted October 4, 2015 (edited) Those are usually (but not always) trains that go to the yard after the morning rush. After Parkchester they typically go straight to the yard as opposed to going to Pelham Bay and reversing direction to go to the yard. The goes express from 167 to Burnside and terminate after the AM *and* PM rush and the from 3rd Avenue to East 180th Street and terminate (AM rush only) for the same reason. The and would actually have to change directions twice to get from Woodlawn/Dyre to their respective yards, but from Burnside and E180 they can just go straight in without reversing. The and started this in like 2010, I'm not sure how long the has been doing it. Edited October 4, 2015 by paulrivera 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon2305 Posted October 4, 2015 Share #10710 Posted October 4, 2015 During the rap up of the A.M. rush, some trains that are bound for Parkchester go express from Hunts Point to Parkchester then afterwards goes layup to the yard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted October 4, 2015 Share #10711 Posted October 4, 2015 7816 has a stuck destination sign to "74 St - Broadway", but the funny thing is that it still counts down and changes the stops, where on a R142A, the sign would be stuck completely on a destination and a next stop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted October 4, 2015 Share #10712 Posted October 4, 2015 No. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted October 5, 2015 Share #10713 Posted October 5, 2015 Is it me or is that I see 8313-8316 with 8377-8380 everytime at Church Av on the or ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted October 5, 2015 Share #10714 Posted October 5, 2015 Is it me or is that I see 8313-8316 with 8377-8380 everytime at Church Av on the or ? IIRC those 160s are set aside for CBTC testing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted October 5, 2015 Share #10715 Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) Has anybody ever seen one of the 1968-color front rollsigns for the IRT fleet in tact? They seem to be as hard to find as the side signs: transferpoint photo The sign above somehow lasted until the mid-2000s, which is impressive given it was out of date even by 1979. Some photos come from the legendary prankster/motorman/photographer Steve Zabel, who would carry a personal signbox on some lines and pop it in--this is a faded orange 7 on the former BMT #7 Shuttle. credit unknown, likely Steve Zabel Doug Grotjahn photo One SubChat member recalled about 10 years ago when the Transit Museum would sell these colored rolls for $10 a pop. He says he sold his for $25! Those must have been the days. That destination sign is an equally hard-to-find roll with condensed Akzidenz-Grotesk lettering, as some R17 signs had. Edited October 5, 2015 by MHV9218 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted October 6, 2015 Share #10716 Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) So... Anyone here riding the Lo-V tomorrow? (cue the "what are you talking about" comments below.) Edited October 6, 2015 by paulrivera 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted October 6, 2015 Share #10717 Posted October 6, 2015 I wonder why the R62As on the Shuttle are always ad-wrapped (then later in a few months or weeks, the same cars but new ad) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted October 6, 2015 Share #10718 Posted October 6, 2015 So... Anyone here riding the Lo-V tomorrow? (cue the "what are you talking about" comments below.) How you beat me in your own post lol.You already know what I'm about to ask so...... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted October 6, 2015 Share #10719 Posted October 6, 2015 Quick question, old photos make the NYC subway stations look so dark and dingy with incandescent lighting, was it really that bad? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biGC323232 Posted October 6, 2015 Share #10720 Posted October 6, 2015 Quick question, old photos make the NYC subway stations look so dark and dingy with incandescent lighting, was it really that bad?yes it was 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train92 Posted October 6, 2015 Share #10721 Posted October 6, 2015 So... Anyone here riding the Lo-V tomorrow? (cue the "what are you talking about" comments below.) what Low-V fantrip? i thought that that was for the 24th on the line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrylbaniaga38 Posted October 6, 2015 Share #10722 Posted October 6, 2015 It's for tonight's A.L. Wild Card game at Yankee Stadium. It's leaving Grand Central at around 7 tonight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfs NJT459 Posted October 6, 2015 Share #10723 Posted October 6, 2015 I wonder if the will have Redbirds for the Mets playoff games 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3216068E Posted October 6, 2015 Share #10724 Posted October 6, 2015 I'm wondering what happened to the R143s on the I'm catching no R143s lately I thought they were supposed to become permenant on the 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTK246 Posted October 6, 2015 Share #10725 Posted October 6, 2015 I'm wondering what happened to the R143s on the I'm catching no R143s lately I thought they were supposed to become permenant on the I saw one last week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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