ttcsubwayfan Posted July 20, 2014 Share #1 Posted July 20, 2014 What's yours? Mine would be the R62A. I LOVE those things, by and large they are one of my favorite transit vehicles ever manufactured. R68A is awesome too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S78 via Hylan Posted July 20, 2014 Share #2 Posted July 20, 2014 For me, it's a tie between the R46 and the R142. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted July 20, 2014 Share #3 Posted July 20, 2014 R142A and R188, although R142A cars might seem like trash because of westchester.... The R142A has been my favorite subway car for years.... and now with the arrival of the R188 I can get basically the same on my home line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollOver Posted July 20, 2014 Share #4 Posted July 20, 2014 Mine is the R32. The R42 is cool too. Perhaps I should say the R62 instead, because I have been riding these cars all my life for 17 years straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted July 20, 2014 Share #5 Posted July 20, 2014 The R142A, with that dope exterior and sound, and the R160 Siemens for its length and speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelhamlocal Posted July 20, 2014 Share #6 Posted July 20, 2014 R26-38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted July 20, 2014 Share #7 Posted July 20, 2014 Everyone already knows mine, I get too enthusiastic about them. No need to mention again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted July 20, 2014 Share #8 Posted July 20, 2014 R32's and R142A/R188 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted July 20, 2014 Share #9 Posted July 20, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted July 21, 2014 Share #10 Posted July 21, 2014 I've no particular favorite, although I do lean towards the R38 & R68A. I wouldn't say like, but I'm partial to the R160, especially those Siemens motors. [emoji14] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4P3607 Posted July 21, 2014 Share #11 Posted July 21, 2014 R32's and R142A/R188 I had to. The R46 are definitely my favorite subway cars. Riding them on Queens Blvd express is the best. I also like the R188 since they run smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biGC323232 Posted July 21, 2014 Share #12 Posted July 21, 2014 R40 Slants All Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion V 9441 Posted July 21, 2014 Share #13 Posted July 21, 2014 Anything that runs on the NYC Subway. It may sound odd, but when you are visiting from another city, everything is special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share #14 Posted July 21, 2014 Anything that runs on the NYC Subway. It may sound odd, but when you are visiting from another city, everything is special. Yes, but some things are specialer than others. I kid, I kid, you bring up a good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted July 21, 2014 Share #15 Posted July 21, 2014 R40 Slants All Day Miss those slants thats for sure. As a kid growing up while the B was on the West End to CI, I used to hate them but over time with its performance I am now standing upon a second opinion. The only other subway cars that comes to its innovative design is the Toronto TCC Rocket. Which has open gangways solving the problems with crossing cars the R40 Slant currently had. The MTA in its 20 year needs assessment needs publication on the R211 always refers to the Rocket in photos interestingly enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted July 21, 2014 Share #16 Posted July 21, 2014 Miss those slants thats for sure. As a kid growing up while the B was on the West End to CI, I used to hate them but over time with its performance I am now standing upon a second opinion. The only other subway cars that comes to its innovative design is the Toronto TCC Rocket. Which has open gangways solving the problems with crossing cars the R40 Slant currently had. The MTA in its 20 year needs assessment needs publication on the R211 always refers to the Rocket in photos interestingly enough. another way to solve the problem is having cars in 4 or 5 car sets and the slant end only on one side of the set. I love the design, I want it to be revived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion V 9441 Posted July 21, 2014 Share #17 Posted July 21, 2014 The other option is to have full 8 or 10 car sets, eliminating the need for any bars. The guard would simply ride in the rearmost car (that is what happened in toronto when the TRs were introduced on line 1, and shortly after all trains on that line operated that way. Unless something in NYC prevents that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share #18 Posted July 21, 2014 Well, it would probably kill any flexibility. The singles were the most flexible of the cars - if there was a failure, they could cut one car out of the set and replace it with a new one, and all would be well. Married pairs operated under more or less the same idea. No such flexibility exists with the 4-5 car sets, but even those have their advantages in that if there is a failure, they only lose 4-5 cars instead of 8-10 - if they wanted to they could swap out any of these units during the midday period and the train would be back on its feet come PM rush hour. With full 8-10 sets, if there is a failure, the ENTIRE train is gone, and they'd probably require a very high spare rate to account for such happenings. IIRC, don't the trains on the BD line still operate with the guard in the 5th car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion V 9441 Posted July 21, 2014 Share #19 Posted July 21, 2014 Well, it would probably kill any flexibility. The singles were the most flexible of the cars - if there was a failure, they could cut one car out of the set and replace it with a new one, and all would be well. Married pairs operated under more or less the same idea. No such flexibility exists with the 4-5 car sets, but even those have their advantages in that if there is a failure, they only lose 4-5 cars instead of 8-10 - if they wanted to they could swap out any of these units during the midday period and the train would be back on its feet come PM rush hour. With full 8-10 sets, if there is a failure, the ENTIRE train is gone, and they'd probably require a very high spare rate to account for such happenings. IIRC, don't the trains on the BD line still operate with the guard in the 5th car? Yes, but that is because that line only uses T1s (an H6 may still be in the carhouse, but it isn't going out ever). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biGC323232 Posted July 21, 2014 Share #20 Posted July 21, 2014 Miss those slants thats for sure. As a kid growing up while the B was on the West End to CI, I used to hate them but over time with its performance I am now standing upon a second opinion. The only other subway cars that comes to its innovative design is the Toronto TCC Rocket. Which has open gangways solving the problems with crossing cars the R40 Slant currently had. The MTA in its 20 year needs assessment needs publication on the R211 always refers to the Rocket in photos interestingly enough. Lol...Some great photo's there realizm...Wow i didn't know the slant design still exist...How come the didn't think of this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share #21 Posted July 21, 2014 Just because slant designs exist doesn't mean they are related to the one on the R40. The R40 design no longer exists. However, many designs exist that happen to incorporate some manner of slant end into them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juelz4309 Posted July 24, 2014 Share #22 Posted July 24, 2014 Mines Is The R142 Cuz of the Sounds And The Announcements! I wish they woudve Used the same womans Voice On all the numbered lines that use these..I hate the Voice of the 2 & 6! Lol The 4/5 Womans voice is So much Crisper lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted July 25, 2014 Share #23 Posted July 25, 2014 Mines Is The R142 Cuz of the Sounds And The Announcements! I wish they woudve Used the same womans Voice On all the numbered lines that use these..I hate the Voice of the 2 & 6! Lol The 4/5 Womans voice is So much Crisper lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I hope you realize that the and uses the same person for voices and the and use the same person as well (different from the 7th Avenue Line person). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juelz4309 Posted July 25, 2014 Share #24 Posted July 25, 2014 Nah Its Actullay Not my friend! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted July 25, 2014 Share #25 Posted July 25, 2014 Read what it says... The ORIGINAL recordings for the and outside of Manhattan was done by Melissa Kliner. Both of those lines were RE-RECORDED entirely by Jessica Ettinger-Gottesman (the same woman who did the )... ...Diane Thompson does the and Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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