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#498012 - 04/26/10 01:31 PM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: R42 4811]
cda Straphanger Registered: 02/24/08 Posts: 242 Loc: Maujer St / Brooklyn	Thanks! Is this set on the E currently? _________________________ ...save the G!
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#498019 - 04/26/10 05:35 PM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: cda]
R42 4811 NYC Council Transportation Committee Chairperson Registered: 06/14/03 Posts: 2322 Loc: Brooklny,NY	Originally Posted By: cda Thanks! Is this set on the E currently? Yes,that set is on the E line currently. _________________________ til next time
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#498047 - 04/29/10 01:18 AM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: R42 4811]
marcmail Bus Driver Registered: 02/13/06 Posts: 475 Loc: Elmhurst	counting about 4 r160's on the R so far?
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#498070 - 05/02/10 07:19 PM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: marcmail]
R32_3348 MTA Executive Registered: 03/25/07 Posts: 4443 Loc: Jackson Heights	Originally Posted By: marcmail I saw3 and rode on 2 R160 R trains today....with their FIND working! I wonder if the MTA is trying to get more R46's over the the A line to get all the R44's off daily service! That's the plan. Originally Posted By: A-train I think that's what they're doing putting R160s on R, and sending some R46 to replace R44s from A. Now I've been seeing some empty R44s going uptown, so that's a sign for retirement. A trains regularly deadhead uptown to resume service, so those R44s are not necessarily going to storage. However, 64 R44s have been retired already, bringing the R44 fleet down from 272 cars to just 208. Originally Posted By: marcmail Putting the good R44's in storage and or getting rid of the bad ones off the A line seems to be major now.. I read in the of the city's free news papers yesterday that the MTA is trying to buy more cars, not sure if its more R160's or R179's That's referring to the R179s and R188s. The R179s are for retiring the remaining R32s and R42s after the R44s are all gone while the R188s are for CBTC on the 7 line. However, these car orders are years away. _________________________ Photobucket Car Datasheet
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#498087 - 05/04/10 12:40 AM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: R32_3348]
A-train "The Mole" Boring Machine Operator Registered: 04/09/06 Posts: 836 Loc: Queens	Wow! 208 cars left on R44s, still plenty more in service. Good because I don't want all of them to be retired yet. Why can't they keep the cars that are still in good shape? Because I don't think that they're all in bad shape, some are good, and some are bad. _________________________ straphanger
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#498089 - 05/04/10 01:32 AM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: A-train]
marcmail Bus Driver Registered: 02/13/06 Posts: 475 Loc: Elmhurst	i could somewhat picture the A/C being all R46's from the R,F and later the would be old V lines, while the R could get the future R179's..(which are now said to be 60ft and not 75ft as once thought) but for now.. i think by fall U could see all A's as R46's + the C R32's with the good left over R44's in storage for a as needed bases
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#498091 - 05/04/10 03:09 AM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: A-train]
Sam "The Mole" Boring Machine Operator Registered: 03/05/01 Posts: 947 Loc: New City, NY USA	I saw more R160s on the George Washington Bridge last night being delivered by trailers. The numbers were 9971, 9972, and 9973; I couldn't see the others. On another note, why were these cars delivered by truck? It seems a very inefficient way to bring rolling stock into the system. I recall seeing new cars in the 1980s arriving by ship in Brooklyn and being rolled out into the freight tracks off the piers that connect at 39th Street onto the West End line. It would seem that the current method leaves a very large carbon footprint and must cost a fortune to deliver one by one. Just a few thoughts. _________________________ Sam
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#498092 - 05/04/10 01:02 PM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: A-train]
Brighton Line Federal Transit Administration Rep. Registered: 02/16/01 Posts: 5456 Loc: Brooklyn,NY, US	The damage the R44's have can not be seen by just looking at the car. There is internal frame damage. _________________________ Brighton Line Still can't find the "Any Key" on my keyboard. I can't continue.
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#498102 - 05/05/10 01:13 AM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: Brighton Line]
EE Broadway Local Gene Russianoff Registered: 11/28/06 Posts: 9572 Loc: Arizona, U.S.A.	Is it true the (R) has three sets of R160s in service? _________________________ Enjoy A Happy Day! Happy New 2010!
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#498121 - 05/05/10 01:28 PM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: EE Broadway Local]
Brighton Line Federal Transit Administration Rep. Registered: 02/16/01 Posts: 5456 Loc: Brooklyn,NY, US	The R and V are running 160's and there is a R32 on the B. Yard line assignments change. _________________________ Brighton Line Still can't find the "Any Key" on my keyboard. I can't continue.
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#498125 - 05/05/10 02:18 PM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: Brighton Line]
NX Sea Beach Express Transport Workers Union Steward Registered: 12/16/05 Posts: 1451 Loc: Brooklyn	can't wait for the R32 to appear on the new M! _________________________ Please stand away from the moving platform as trains enter and leave the station. Your safety...
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#498131 - 05/05/10 08:48 PM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: Sam]
R42 4811 NYC Council Transportation Committee Chairperson Registered: 06/14/03 Posts: 2322 Loc: Brooklny,NY	Originally Posted By: Sam I saw more R160s on the George Washington Bridge last night being delivered by trailers. The numbers were 9971, 9972, and 9973; I couldn't see the others. On another note, why were these cars delivered by truck? It seems a very inefficient way to bring rolling stock into the system. I recall seeing new cars in the 1980s arriving by ship in Brooklyn and being rolled out into the freight tracks off the piers that connect at 39th Street onto the West End line. It would seem that the current method leaves a very large carbon footprint and must cost a fortune to deliver one by one. Just a few thoughts. They are delivered by truck cause they come from upstate NY. _________________________ til next time
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#498132 - 05/05/10 08:49 PM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: EE Broadway Local]
R42 4811 NYC Council Transportation Committee Chairperson Registered: 06/14/03 Posts: 2322 Loc: Brooklny,NY	Originally Posted By: EE Broadway Local Is it true the (R) has three sets of R160s in service? Last i heard,they had 4 on the R line. _________________________ til next time
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#498133 - 05/05/10 08:50 PM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: NX Sea Beach Express]
R42 4811 NYC Council Transportation Committee Chairperson Registered: 06/14/03 Posts: 2322 Loc: Brooklny,NY	Originally Posted By: NX Sea Beach Express can't wait for the R32 to appear on the new M! Slim chance of that happening. _________________________ til next time
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#498135 - 05/05/10 10:36 PM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: R42 4811]
Sam "The Mole" Boring Machine Operator Registered: 03/05/01 Posts: 947 Loc: New City, NY USA	Originally Posted By: R42 4811 Originally Posted By: Sam I saw more R160s on the George Washington Bridge last night being delivered by trailers. The numbers were 9971, 9972, and 9973; I couldn't see the others. On another note, why were these cars delivered by truck? It seems a very inefficient way to bring rolling stock into the system. I recall seeing new cars in the 1980s arriving by ship in Brooklyn and being rolled out into the freight tracks off the piers that connect at 39th Street onto the West End line. It would seem that the current method leaves a very large carbon footprint and must cost a fortune to deliver one by one. Just a few thoughts. They are delivered by truck cause they come from upstate NY. Didn't the Alstom R68s also come from ustate and weren't they delivered by ship? _________________________ Sam
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#498140 - 05/06/10 10:01 AM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: R42 4811]
NX Sea Beach Express Transport Workers Union Steward Registered: 12/16/05 Posts: 1451 Loc: Brooklyn	Originally Posted By: R42 4811 Originally Posted By: NX Sea Beach Express can't wait for the R32 to appear on the new M! Slim chance of that happening. Are there enough 8 car R160s to cover the new M? _________________________ Please stand away from the moving platform as trains enter and leave the station. Your safety...
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#498142 - 05/06/10 11:44 AM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: NX Sea Beach Express]
R42 4811 NYC Council Transportation Committee Chairperson Registered: 06/14/03 Posts: 2322 Loc: Brooklny,NY	Originally Posted By: NX Sea Beach Express Originally Posted By: R42 4811 Originally Posted By: NX Sea Beach Express can't wait for the R32 to appear on the new M! Slim chance of that happening. Are there enough 8 car R160s to cover the new M? yea,they could put an R32 on the J/Z lines to cover for service. _________________________ til next time
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#499046 - 07/21/10 07:20 AM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: R42 4811]
marcmail Bus Driver Registered: 02/13/06 Posts: 475 Loc: Elmhurst	are there any R160's on the R anymore?...looks like they are back to having all R46's again..+ looks like the F maybe all R160 now?
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#499054 - 07/21/10 10:49 PM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: marcmail]
marcmail Bus Driver Registered: 02/13/06 Posts: 475 Loc: Elmhurst	Originally Posted By: marcmail are there any R160's on the R anymore?...looks like they are back to having all R46's again..+ looks like the F maybe all R160 now? saw one today!!!
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#499061 - 07/23/10 08:18 PM Re: New Cars on "R" Line` [Re: marcmail]
marcmail Bus Driver Registered: 02/13/06 Posts: 475 Loc: Elmhurst	Originally Posted By: marcmail Originally Posted By: marcmail are there any R160's on the R anymore?...looks like they are back to having all R46's again..+ looks like the F maybe all R160 now? saw 2 today!!!
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