TrainGamingKing9928 Posted July 22 Share #8376 Posted July 22 23 hours ago, darkstar8983 said: I think around 15-17 R211A trains should be in rotating service on the at any given time while the base order cars first go to Jamaica for CBTC testing before starting revenue service wherever they end up (either the or one of the Jamaica Yard routes) and allow for a decent spare factor. I don’t think they would need that many trains for in-service CBTC testing on QBL. I only see around 6-8 sets of R211A’s being rotated between Pitkin and Jamaica, and the same number of R160’s would also be rotated to keep the number of trains on the line the same. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar8983 Posted July 22 Share #8377 Posted July 22 15 minutes ago, TrainGamingKing9928 said: I don’t think they would need that many trains for in-service CBTC testing on QBL. I only see around 6-8 sets of R211A’s being rotated between Pitkin and Jamaica, and the same number of R160’s would also be rotated to keep the number of trains on the line the same. Sorry that’s what I was referring to. That way there will be a slight lag on acceptance of R211As for the line and trains first go to Jamaica for CBTC testing (and without the need for R160 movements to Pitkin) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted July 22 Share #8378 Posted July 22 I’m slightly confused, are sets arriving CBTC-equipped or do they need to be done in house? I see it says that only a certain number of sets are receiving full CBTC installation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3838 Posted July 22 Share #8379 Posted July 22 7 hours ago, Lawrence St said: I’m slightly confused, are sets arriving CBTC-equipped or do they need to be done in house? I see it says that only a certain number of sets are receiving full CBTC installation. All the R211s are coming in with cbtc equipped. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrainGamingKing9928 Posted July 23 Share #8380 Posted July 23 4290-4299 just entered service on the . I saw it going in the southbound direction at Chambers Street sometime between 8:55 and 9:00am. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyBusLover1 Posted July 23 Share #8381 Posted July 23 52 minutes ago, TrainGamingKing9928 said: 4290-4299 just entered service on the . I saw it going in the southbound direction at Chambers Street sometime between 8:55 and 9:00am. This is the 24th R211A in revenue service and the last 42xx set to enter service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted July 23 Share #8382 Posted July 23 For clarity, the sets come with the CBTC hardware installed, but not fully activated or finetuned. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJHmarc Posted July 23 Share #8383 Posted July 23 R211A 4305-4307 delivered to 207th st 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale188 Posted July 24 Share #8384 Posted July 24 20 hours ago, MJHmarc said: R211A 4305-4307 delivered to 207th st Someone already reported that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJHmarc Posted July 24 Share #8385 Posted July 24 1 hour ago, Ale188 said: Someone already reported that ok …also i believe there was another delivery last night too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrainGamingKing9928 Posted July 24 Share #8386 Posted July 24 Has car 4309 been delivered yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale188 Posted July 24 Share #8387 Posted July 24 2 hours ago, MJHmarc said: ok …also i believe there was another delivery last night too Might be 4310-14 48 minutes ago, TrainGamingKing9928 said: Has car 4309 been delivered yet? Yes. last week. 1st car delivered to 207th 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro CSW Posted July 25 Share #8388 Posted July 25 (edited) 4145-49 headed back to the PIT to clear a spot for 4300-04 that arrived at CIY. Up to 4350 are processing for shipping to 207th directly. Edited July 25 by Metro CSW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenTheMiner Posted July 25 Share #8389 Posted July 25 34 minutes ago, Metro CSW said: 4145-49 headed back to the PIT to clear a spot for 4300-04 that arrived at CIY. Up to 4350 are processing for shipping to 207th directly. R211A 4145-4149 was seen heading southbound on Culver after 4300-4304, though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Median Posted July 25 Share #8390 Posted July 25 R211As 4310-4134 are in the process of being delivered to 207th St Yard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R179 8258 Posted July 25 Share #8391 Posted July 25 2 hours ago, Median said: R211As 4310-4134 are in the process of being delivered to 207th St Yard. Base order wrapping up 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyBusLover1 Posted July 25 Share #8392 Posted July 25 2 hours ago, Median said: R211As 4310-4134 are in the process of being delivered to 207th St Yard. Don’t you mean 4310-4334? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale188 Posted July 25 Share #8393 Posted July 25 24 minutes ago, TyBusLover1 said: Don’t you mean 4310-4334? He meant 4310-4314. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subwaycommuter1983 Posted July 25 Share #8394 Posted July 25 4 hours ago, R179 8258 said: Base order wrapping up And yet the MTA is still overusing Pitkin's r46s. I thought that by now (based on the number of r211As that are in service) we would only be seeing r46s on the "A" train during rush hours only, but I'm still seeing a bunch of r46s running on the "A" train during off peak, even on Sundays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade96 Posted July 25 Share #8395 Posted July 25 21 minutes ago, subwaycommuter1983 said: And yet the MTA is still overusing Pitkin's r46s. No such thing, a train is a train 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted July 26 Share #8396 Posted July 26 1 hour ago, subwaycommuter1983 said: And yet the MTA is still overusing Pitkin's r46s. I thought that by now (based on the number of r211As that are in service) we would only be seeing r46s on the "A" train during rush hours only, but I'm still seeing a bunch of r46s running on the "A" train during off peak, even on Sundays. Unless you're trying to say they should be reducing use of the R46s to minimize wear under the current circumstances of being forced to cannibalize cars for maintenance purposes, where do you pull that "overusing" claim from? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJFoamer114 Posted July 26 Share #8397 Posted July 26 1 hour ago, subwaycommuter1983 said: And yet the MTA is still overusing Pitkin's r46s. I thought that by now (based on the number of r211As that are in service) we would only be seeing r46s on the "A" train during rush hours only, but I'm still seeing a bunch of r46s running on the "A" train during off peak, even on Sundays. I heard there's still [allegedly] ~32 sets of R46s in PIT so my guess is they're trying to minimize miles for the 211s until the order is complete. Also the R46 swap/relay/turnaround between A/C service is alot easier than R211s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subwaycommuter1983 Posted July 26 Share #8398 Posted July 26 3 hours ago, Lex said: Unless you're trying to say they should be reducing use of the R46s to minimize wear under the current circumstances of being forced to cannibalize cars for maintenance purposes, where do you pull that "overusing" claim from? That's what I meant. Pitkin's 46s are in terrible shape and yes they should run less often to minimize wear. At least the "N" "Q" trains have been borrowing r68's from the B during the weekends to give some CI r46s a break. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted July 26 Share #8399 Posted July 26 Well, for one thing, we still have certain policies that require them. There are a few A dropouts that MUST be run as R46 trips because they become C trains. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaPr03 Posted July 26 Share #8400 Posted July 26 5 hours ago, subwaycommuter1983 said: That's what I meant. Pitkin's 46s are in terrible shape and yes they should run less often to minimize wear. At least the "N" "Q" trains have been borrowing r68's from the B during the weekends to give some CI r46s a break. For me, I still see the N/Q using majorly 46s more than 68/As on weekends.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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