T J Trainman Posted February 5, 2012 Share #551 Posted February 5, 2012 Great shots!!!!! Those things are just lost. LOL!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Rock Depot Posted February 6, 2012 Share #552 Posted February 6, 2012 rumor has it that the C car is in Corona's barn. Can anyone confirm this please? I like facts. LOL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted February 6, 2012 Share #553 Posted February 6, 2012 rumor has it that the C car is in Corona's barn. Can anyone confirm this please? I like facts. LOL I don't think the C car is in the barn, if the C car was in the barn someone would have confirmed it (someone from the TA) but you never know the TA does like to hide things 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTA1992 Posted February 7, 2012 Share #554 Posted February 7, 2012 I doubt they've begun constructing pure R188s yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share #555 Posted February 7, 2012 I doubt they've begun constructing pure R188s yet. They have. The first trains will be made up of one car inserts. All R142A's with one R188, to make a converted 188. All a 188 is is a 142A with CBTC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted February 7, 2012 Share #556 Posted February 7, 2012 They have. The first trains will be made up of one car inserts. All R142A's with one R188, to make a converted 188. All a 188 is is a 142A with CBTC. I believe he's referring to the fully new 11 car sets and not the C car inserts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvega961 Posted February 8, 2012 Share #557 Posted February 8, 2012 Thanks to NYZ3R0DAY, 7591-7595 set is at Corona. If anyone didn't notice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted February 8, 2012 Share #558 Posted February 8, 2012 Thanks to NYZ3R0DAY, 7591-7595 set is at Corona. If anyone didn't notice. they been there for awhile they been there since mid January when the final 5 converted sets came to corona 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvega961 Posted February 8, 2012 Share #559 Posted February 8, 2012 they been there for awhile they been there since mid January when the final 5 converted sets came to corona Wow i didn't know until today it was there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guira1283 Posted February 8, 2012 Share #560 Posted February 8, 2012 about an hour ago im walking to my friends house as i pass roosevelt ave at 103st station i hear the propulsion of an r142a i look back and i see the the r188 running. I want to know if they are testing it now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTA1992 Posted February 8, 2012 Share #561 Posted February 8, 2012 They have. The first trains will be made up of one car inserts. All R142A's with one R188, to make a converted 188. All a 188 is is a 142A with CBTC. A pure R188 is a brand new car, not a conversion. And how can a whole train be inserts? The C cars aka Pure 188s are the inserts. Then there are the brand new R188 trains as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Rock Depot Posted February 8, 2012 Share #562 Posted February 8, 2012 A pure R188 is a brand new car, not a conversion. And how can a whole train be inserts? The C cars aka Pure 188s are the inserts. Then there are the brand new R188 trains as well. i believe ENY means that the first "new" 188s will be C-car inserts tp be added to 10 car conversion sets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Express Posted February 9, 2012 Share #563 Posted February 9, 2012 So: There are R188C cars as the locos? R142B/R188B Cars as the passenger cars? R188/R142 Cars as the conductor's cars? How do they do it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOB2RTO Posted February 9, 2012 Share #564 Posted February 9, 2012 I don't really think there will be any full 11 cars trainsets of R188s made for TA. I think they will be R142As from the 6 line, with a CBTC compatible B car added to make 11 cars. People here sound as if they want to see a brand spanking new full 11 car train on the 7 line. As the pics I took show, the R188 will be both converted R142A, just renamed, and another CBTC compatible B car added, to make 11 cars. I don't think it will be nothing more, or nothing less. Hopefully they replaced those traction motors from the formerly named R142A cars, that are becoming the R188s, since WES yard didn't seem to care if the worked or not......... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m7zanr160s Posted February 9, 2012 Share #565 Posted February 9, 2012 So: There are R188C cars as the locos? R142B/R188B Cars as the passenger cars? R188/R142 Cars as the conductor's cars? How do they do it? I think it's 2 a-cars as the cab cars, 3 b-cars in between those, and 1 c-car in between all that somewhere. A-C-B-B-B-A, perhaps... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTA1992 Posted February 9, 2012 Share #566 Posted February 9, 2012 I don't really think there will be any full 11 cars trainsets of R188s made for TA. I think they will be R142As from the 6 line, with a CBTC compatible B car added to make 11 cars. People here sound as if they want to see a brand spanking new full 11 car train on the 7 line. As the pics I took show, the R188 will be both converted R142A, just renamed, and another CBTC compatible B car added, to make 11 cars. I don't think it will be nothing more, or nothing less. Hopefully they replaced those traction motors from the formerly named R142A cars, that are becoming the R188s, since WES yard didn't seem to care if the worked or not......... In the base order there will be 2 new pure R188 trains. How many will be in the option, I have forgotten. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lance25 Posted February 9, 2012 Share #567 Posted February 9, 2012 I don't really think there will be any full 11 cars trainsets of R188s made for TA. I think they will be R142As from the 6 line, with a CBTC compatible B car added to make 11 cars. People here sound as if they want to see a brand spanking new full 11 car train on the 7 line. As the pics I took show, the R188 will be both converted R142A, just renamed, and another CBTC compatible B car added, to make 11 cars. I don't think it will be nothing more, or nothing less. Actually, there will be entirely new trainsets built as part of the R188 order. The base order alone calls for 23 new cars, one insert car for the converted R142As (7211-20), as well as two brand spanking new 11-car sets. The revised option order consists of six new 11-car sets and 37 insert cars for the 37 converted 10-car R142As. More info: http://i42.tinypic.com/r2oqb8.jpg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share #568 Posted February 9, 2012 I believe he's referring to the fully new 11 car sets and not the C car inserts. Actually, they have started on those as well. Delivery is currently scheduled to begin in about 7 months. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lance25 Posted February 24, 2012 Share #569 Posted February 24, 2012 Minor note on the R142AM/R188 delivery schedule: The is anticipating that there will be eight R142AMs (modified R142As)/R188s on the rails when 34 St/11 Av opens next year. page 11 of http://mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/120227_1400_CPOC.pdf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4 Via Merrick Rd Posted February 25, 2012 Share #570 Posted February 25, 2012 all i know is that they are getting 126 new ones and 306 r142a>r188 conversion. and obivously they are gonna be in Corona for some 4 years but NOT in service. PERIOD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDTA Posted February 25, 2012 Share #571 Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) Saw the R188 @Corona signed as a Also I saw an R62 leave signed as a And later I saw R62's and a few redbird going OOS on the towards Manhattan at about 82nd. And of course the installation of CBTC on the over the weekends :cool: Edited February 25, 2012 by CDTA 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted February 25, 2012 Share #572 Posted February 25, 2012 Unless you saw an R62a set at Westchester yard, I wouldn't read too much into it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princelex Posted February 25, 2012 Share #573 Posted February 25, 2012 Unless you saw an R62a set at Westchester yard, I wouldn't read too much into it. I worked on the today/tonight and i didn't see one R62A in Westchester Yard (thank God) lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obregonmichael5 Posted February 26, 2012 Share #574 Posted February 26, 2012 I think the R62a should stay on the line for 30 or 40 more years:). it's a really good subway train and it's safe enough to ride. the should really stop ordering newer cars (it's a waste of money). remember how the ordered alot of R160's, well was losing money so bad, that they lost the and and had to force the employees to stop working for a long while in order to save money. so let the subway run and if it retire's, they should rebuilt it:rock:. "Know one messes with the R62a" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overclocked Posted February 26, 2012 Share #575 Posted February 26, 2012 I think the R62a should stay on the line for 30 or 40 more years:). it's a really good subway train and it's safe enough to ride. the should really stop ordering newer cars (it's a waste of money). remember how the ordered alot of R160's, well was losing money so bad, that they lost the and and had to force the employees to stop working for a long while in order to save money. so let the subway run and if it retire's, they should rebuilt it. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. The sole reason why Flushing gets NTTs is that those are the only trains compatible with CBTC. The service cuts weren't caused by order of new B division cars, rather they were caused by results of economical recession in the country few years back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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