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#409275 - 02/23/08 01:02 PM Digital Sign Expansion
7 Express NYC Council Transportation Committee Chairperson Registered: 02/17/02 Posts: 2290 Loc: Jackson Heights, Queens	According to this article in the Daily News from yesterday (2/22), the MTA will expand its plans to install digital LED signs on trains to differentiate local and express trains. Sounds like a great idea to finally end the confusion. I wonder if this will be the end of platform conductors cranking the rollsigns at terminals. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/02/22/2008-02-22_more_subway_delays_but_less_trash_on_tra.html _________________________ Please use all available doors...you have 33 to choose from.
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#409280 - 02/23/08 01:44 PM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: 7 Express]
Trackworker Straphanger Registered: 01/07/08 Posts: 94 Loc: NYC	It's about time. _________________________ http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4492/card71yp7.jpg
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#409283 - 02/23/08 01:58 PM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: Trackworker]
FamousNYLover MTA Board Member Registered: 01/12/05 Posts: 6881 Loc: 14 min by Q72 Bus Stop at 37th...	I cannot wait!! _________________________ Yuki Endo, celebrity in NY has return to Big Apple.
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#409309 - 02/23/08 04:43 PM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: 7 Express]
error46146 NYC Council Transportation Committee Chairperson Registered: 09/11/06 Posts: 2021 Loc: 11374	Originally Posted By: 7 Express According to this article in the Daily News from yesterday (2/22), the MTA will expand its plans to install digital LED signs on trains to differentiate local and express trains. Sounds like a great idea to finally end the confusion. I wonder if this will be the end of platform conductors cranking the rollsigns at terminals. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/02/22/2008-02-22_more_subway_delays_but_less_trash_on_tra.html well if their gonna install signs on the 7, they better make those signs silent and not like the ones on the L that can't shut up _________________________ Stand clear of the closing post, please... [image]http://pictureny.org/logos/pny_logo.jpg[/image]
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#409334 - 02/23/08 06:53 PM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: error46146]
R32_3348 Subway Engineer Registered: 03/25/07 Posts: 2849 Loc: Jackson Heights	Originally Posted By: error46146 well if their gonna install signs on the 7, they better make those signs silent and not like the ones on the L that can't shut up WHAT?!? The article's talking about the LEDs. _________________________ NYC Subway Car Datasheet Foam Patrol Stopping Foam Since 2009
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#409335 - 02/23/08 06:53 PM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: error46146]
Grand Concourse Lord of the Post Registered: 06/26/02 Posts: 16751 Loc: Manhattan	What does the signs and the audio announcement have to do with each other? These signs are the same red LED that shows loc/exp. BTW I thought you liked those, you seemed to care which female announcer is making the announcements. Edited by Grand Concourse (02/23/08 06:54 PM)
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#409347 - 02/23/08 07:21 PM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: Grand Concourse]
Princelex Transport Workers Union Steward Registered: 07/06/04 Posts: 1206 Loc: Co-Op City, Bronx NY	I think that's excellent news. Those trains need it so badly. I can't wait to see what it will look like. _________________________ May U Live 2 see the Dawn - Prince
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#409457 - 02/23/08 11:53 PM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: Princelex]
Lex Express Lord of the Post Registered: 06/27/02 Posts: 17386 Loc: Springfield Gardens, Queens	They already have R62a's with the LED's. _________________________ "This stop is Wheaton. Red Line to Shady Grove. Next stop is Forest Glen".
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#409465 - 02/24/08 12:49 AM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: Lex Express]
Guira1283 Straphanger Registered: 02/06/06 Posts: 58 Loc: Corona, Queens	i was riding on the 7 and i see it was the train set with the led sign and on the inside and outside of the 7 logo was a green circle and inside that circle was a diamond shape its located in front of the train near the t/o the number is 2151 and that is the only 1 in that whole train set
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#409478 - 02/24/08 09:36 AM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: Guira1283]
error46146 NYC Council Transportation Committee Chairperson Registered: 09/11/06 Posts: 2021 Loc: 11374	oh, their talking about the EXP/LCL signs. i thought they were talking about the station signs that say when the train arrives, those are so annoying. personally i think the design they have now looks ugly, they should implement it on top maybe or they could do it red bird style _________________________ Stand clear of the closing post, please... [image]http://pictureny.org/logos/pny_logo.jpg[/image]
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#409515 - 02/24/08 05:33 PM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: Lex Express]
R32_3348 Subway Engineer Registered: 03/25/07 Posts: 2849 Loc: Jackson Heights	Originally Posted By: Lex Express They already have R62a's with the LED's. Only one set though, and the LEDs on that set were in testing. _________________________ NYC Subway Car Datasheet Foam Patrol Stopping Foam Since 2009
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#409516 - 02/24/08 05:34 PM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: error46146]
R32_3348 Subway Engineer Registered: 03/25/07 Posts: 2849 Loc: Jackson Heights	Originally Posted By: error46146 i thought they were talking about the station signs that say when the train arrives, those are so annoying. Annoying but helpful. Originally Posted By: error46146 or they could do it red bird style IAWTP _________________________ NYC Subway Car Datasheet Foam Patrol Stopping Foam Since 2009
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#409593 - 02/25/08 12:00 AM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: Princelex]
sebbieprops Lord of the Post Registered: 06/15/07 Posts: 10274 Loc: Morrisania, Bronx NY	Originally Posted By: Princelex I think that's excellent news. Those trains need it so badly. I can't wait to see what it will look like. Said it right. _________________________ Young enough to ride for free? Young enough to ride on your knee! MAKE THE KIDS PAY!
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#409661 - 02/25/08 02:17 AM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: sebbieprops]
JustLok Bus Driver Registered: 07/24/05 Posts: 478 Loc: NYC	The LEDs are done as Redbird style. The car ends have the LEDs just above the 7 logo as "EXP" and "LCL" in red and green, respectively. Just as the Redbirds did. BTW, reading one of the past tense in a post, the R62 LED set is still in service. This same set also has the Periwinkle seats.
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#409756 - 02/26/08 11:53 AM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: R32_3348]
Keir Transportation Alternatives Organizer Registered: 07/18/02 Posts: 1714 Loc: 47th Ave. G/R/V	Originally Posted By: R32_3348 Originally Posted By: Lex Express They already have R62a's with the LED's. Only one set though, and the LEDs on that set were in testing. So the MTA needed 5 months of testing and has still only installed these signs on one train set??? http://www.straphangers.org/diaries/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/378297/page/2#Post378297
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#409789 - 02/26/08 04:32 PM Re: Digital Sign Expansion [Re: JustLok]
Bracamonte Straphanger Registered: 10/08/06 Posts: 164 Loc: East Elmhurst, NY	Originally Posted By: JustLok BTW, reading one of the past tense in a post, the R62 LED set is still in service. This same set also has the Periwinkle seats. Um, its R62A, not R62. There is a big difference between those two. About the Periwinkle seats, today, I was on a car with a whole row of those seats.
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