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#30392 - 03/13/03 01:15 PM R46
Keep the Redbirds Flying Keep the Redbirds Flying "The Mole" Boring Machine Operator Registered: 01/26/03 Posts: 790 Loc: Brooklyn, NY	I want to know if there great cars (R46) in your opinion. _________________________ #9740-R36WF-Last Redbird Rode "This Year its a packed 7 train"-New York Mets
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#30393 - 03/13/03 01:59 PM Re: R46
Metro Metro New York State Governor Registered: 12/11/01 Posts: 8409 Loc: Ludlow	They don't impress me much. The chimes are working now maybe 3/4 of the time. Go go R-32!! _________________________ NYS Governor...Blech... Pataki needs to go...He's gone!
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#30394 - 03/13/03 02:01 PM Re: R46
Smooth Smooth Transportation Alternatives Organizer Registered: 06/13/02 Posts: 1896 Loc: Bronx NY	I think that they are good cars. Not GREAT but good cars. There actually those cars are in my top 4 in the System. I like them. I wish they would go to the Bronx.
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#30395 - 03/13/03 03:44 PM Re: R46
Flatbush Ave Kid Flatbush Ave Kid "The Mole" Boring Machine Operator Registered: 12/26/02 Posts: 860	Those things are made nicely. (the fake wood grain endpanels are reinforced with aluminum honeycomb)
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#30396 - 03/13/03 03:53 PM Re: R46
Vlissengen Vlissengen New York State Governor Registered: 03/04/02 Posts: 8644 Loc: the quaint part of queens	They are reliable cars to me, as I've ridden them so many times with no problems. I'd rather take a look at their brethren, the R44. _________________________ Stand clear!
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#30397 - 03/13/03 05:20 PM Re: R46
Gone. Gone. New York State Governor Registered: 05/17/01 Posts: 8743 Loc: Fresh Meadows	They aren't my favorite car class, but they are reliable. _________________________ R.I.P. UID#566. The member number may be dead but the legacy will forever be eternal...
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#30398 - 03/13/03 06:50 PM Re: R46
This is the train to... This is the train to... Lord of the Post Registered: 11/30/01 Posts: 10357	Not my fave, but they were cool when the doorchimes sounded normal. Now they are forget about it. My Faves: The R-142 The R-40 The R-32 My not so Faves: The R-42 The R-44 The R-143 _________________________ TransitSpot Forum, it\'s better than this place
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#30399 - 03/13/03 08:27 PM Re: R46
Brighton Line Brighton Line Federal Transit Administration Rep. Registered: 02/16/01 Posts: 5434 Loc: Brooklyn,NY, US	Can't stand the wall paper. _________________________ Brighton Line Still can't find the "Any Key" on my keyboard. I can't continue.
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#30400 - 03/13/03 09:47 PM Re: R46
Keep the Redbirds Flying Keep the Redbirds Flying "The Mole" Boring Machine Operator Registered: 01/26/03 Posts: 790 Loc: Brooklyn, NY	The state gave them long-distance trains. The TA needed them so they tookem. They were converted into subway cars. Thats why the wallpaper is there. _________________________ #9740-R36WF-Last Redbird Rode "This Year its a packed 7 train"-New York Mets
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#30401 - 03/13/03 11:18 PM Re: R46
Grand Concourse Grand Concourse Lord of the Post Registered: 06/26/02 Posts: 17900 Loc: Manhattan	Quote: Originally posted by SmoothR62/142A: I think that they are good cars. Not GREAT but good cars. There actually those cars are in my top 4 in the System. I like them. I wish they would go to the Bronx. Who knows if the SAS line was to be forged then most likely the line may borrow some R46's from the Jamacia yard [FYI: only going on limited info - not certain 100%] $;\)$
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#30402 - 03/14/03 07:44 AM Re: R46
This is the train to... This is the train to... Lord of the Post Registered: 11/30/01 Posts: 10357	I think the R-68's are going to live and die on the B D. So the SAS is your only chance to see the R-46 in the Bronx. But I think the R-160 is going to hold down the SAS. _________________________ TransitSpot Forum, it\'s better than this place
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#30403 - 03/14/03 01:18 PM Re: R46
Dyre Straits Dyre Straits Transport Workers Union Steward Registered: 10/28/02 Posts: 1260 Loc: Gun Hill Road	Weren't the R44/46 built for the 70s SAS? _________________________ "When I see five weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a man in the middle of the park in front of a full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards, that's my policy." "You moron! You killed five actors!"
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#30404 - 03/14/03 05:41 PM Re: R46
Vlissengen Vlissengen New York State Governor Registered: 03/04/02 Posts: 8644 Loc: the quaint part of queens	No. _________________________ Stand clear!
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#30405 - 03/14/03 06:28 PM Re: R46
Gone. Gone. New York State Governor Registered: 05/17/01 Posts: 8743 Loc: Fresh Meadows	Quote: Originally posted by Far Rockaway: No. I read somewhere that they were. At least some people on SubTalk feel they were built for Second Avenue. _________________________ R.I.P. UID#566. The member number may be dead but the legacy will forever be eternal...
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#30406 - 03/14/03 06:48 PM Re: R46
Vlissengen Vlissengen New York State Governor Registered: 03/04/02 Posts: 8644 Loc: the quaint part of queens	That still doesn't make it so. I stand by my answer. :p _________________________ Stand clear!
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#30407 - 03/14/03 06:59 PM Re: R46
This is the train to... This is the train to... Lord of the Post Registered: 11/30/01 Posts: 10357	The R-11 prototype was the car that was going to be built for the second avenue subway. I know that much. If the R-44/46 was going to be built for the SAS is debateable. _________________________ TransitSpot Forum, it\'s better than this place
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#30408 - 03/14/03 08:27 PM Re: R46
Vlissengen Vlissengen New York State Governor Registered: 03/04/02 Posts: 8644 Loc: the quaint part of queens	Yeah, the R11...too bad it never got used for it. As for the R44/46, I think you can debate about it only if you have any sort of evidence, otherwise you'll just be rambling. _________________________ Stand clear!
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#30409 - 03/14/03 08:32 PM Re: R46
MidnightDragon MidnightDragon Transportation Alternatives Organizer Registered: 05/08/01 Posts: 1699 Loc: Bedford Park, Bronx	Quote: Originally posted by broeck84: Weren't the R44/46 built for the 70s SAS? Yes, they were built to run on the S.A.S. because there were meant to be 80(hard to believe)mph stretches built in, and those cars had to handle them with easy without blowing motors. The R-11 (million dollar train as it was famed) was to do the same task, both never got the chance to fulfill their task. Sorry FarRockaway, this is fact. _________________________ If you support the war in Iraq and President Bush then you're the Paris Hilton of the U.S. government.
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#30410 - 03/14/03 08:36 PM Re: R46
This is the train to... This is the train to... Lord of the Post Registered: 11/30/01 Posts: 10357	Found proof: Feast your eyes on page 21 of "New York City Subway Cars" By James Clifford Greller. "The NYCTA was next to be pushed into the future with the new R-44 order. This was also to be a car designed for the again projected Second avenue subway." _________________________ TransitSpot Forum, it\'s better than this place
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#30411 - 03/14/03 08:37 PM Re: R46
Keep the Redbirds Flying Keep the Redbirds Flying "The Mole" Boring Machine Operator Registered: 01/26/03 Posts: 790 Loc: Brooklyn, NY	80 MPH that has to be incorrect.LOL _________________________ #9740-R36WF-Last Redbird Rode "This Year its a packed 7 train"-New York Mets
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#30412 - 03/14/03 10:44 PM Re: R46
Grand Concourse Grand Concourse Lord of the Post Registered: 06/26/02 Posts: 17900 Loc: Manhattan	Quote: Originally posted by Keep the Redbirds Flying: 80 MPH that has to be incorrect.LOL Nope it is true $\:D$
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#30413 - 03/14/03 11:14 PM Re: R46
This is the train to... This is the train to... Lord of the Post Registered: 11/30/01 Posts: 10357	The 80MPH test run blew out 4 motors but the train hit 80MPH. In theory the train was to run at speeds up to 80 MPH but I am guessing 60 is much more realistic. _________________________ TransitSpot Forum, it\'s better than this place
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#30414 - 03/15/03 06:22 AM Re: R46
Vlissengen Vlissengen New York State Governor Registered: 03/04/02 Posts: 8644 Loc: the quaint part of queens	Quote: Originally posted by Union Square: Found proof: Feast your eyes on page 21 of "New York City Subway Cars" By James Clifford Greller. "The NYCTA was next to be pushed into the future with the new R-44 order. This was also to be a car designed for the again projected Second avenue subway." Well, congratulations! But I'm guessing the R44's won't be used when the SAS is actually completed! $\:D$ _________________________ Stand clear!
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#30415 - 03/15/03 07:59 PM Re: R46
transit buff transit buff NYC Council Transportation Committee Chairperson Registered: 11/10/02 Posts: 2484 Loc: Flushing,N.Y	I doubt the R-44's will be around (the R-11's didnt make it), and at the rate they're going, the r-160's probably wont be either _________________________ MTA-Making Transportation Awful!
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#30416 - 03/15/03 09:20 PM Re: R46
Gtrain_hostage Gtrain_hostage "The Mole" Boring Machine Operator Registered: 02/20/02 Posts: 908 Loc: between birth and death	Quote: Originally posted by Union Square: The 80MPH test run blew out 4 motors but the train hit 80MPH. In theory the train was to run at speeds up to 80 MPH but I am guessing 60 is much more realistic. didnt they test the 44/46s on LIRR when they first came out and they also had all that 1976 usa200year crap. anyway regarding 80-or 60mph there really isnt anywhere in the sysytem that can get barely 60 let alone more- in service anyway. 1) the 60th street tubes- have seen 62 in r68a 2) along the a line: NB btw96-110 as train dips under NB loc at 103rd/ also SB 50-42st have gotten 50mph-though feels faster than is/ ditto for SB bwynass-high st got 53/ also NB btwn rkwy-ralph torwrd utica/ though timers screw u here could easily have 60 w/o them- held to 35/the bdchannel strech barely 50- avg only like 42-45 3) on the NB just b4 newkirk, can get 50 since timers not big issue but station is narrow pltfm so early brkg is usu. prudent/ SB b4 sheepshead bay can get 48 or so- feels faster in bouncy r40slant than 40m/68s 4) the 4/5 nb exp btw 86-125 but timers around 96th st and again at 118th street or so- hold speed to 45-50/ sb lvg 86th is same prob. max at like 47 5) 2/3 sb 72-42 can get 51 if brkg not premature, most to slow right out 50th st- u can go another 500'+ the 6line is garbage/ the 5 dyre brch will yield no more than 44. exp trk on the 2 WPR SB feels like train is gonna rock off the trk at 40mph 4getting anything r we? so much for RAPID transit _________________________ "And as promised: the 8th wonder of the world...the 2nd avenue subway!! After a mere $12 trillion and 129 years of red tape the 2nd avenue subway is here!!! (uh sir acually only one station has actually been built we sorta overran budget, that trip, the strippers, u know) ahem Im sorry.we have a slight delay in sched. the final 9.1 of the total 9.14miles is to be finished in 2121 marking the 150th anniversary of original groundbreaking. Im pleased to unveil the first stop of what is the most ridiculous waste of resources in bureaucratic history" - Ceremony for opening of 59thst complex and .04 mile built. complex will be used by Board of Ed, NYPD explosives training and Administraion for childrens Svces until the station is fully operational, (just in time for it to be obsolete)
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