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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Fri Sep 30 20:42:45 2011, in response to R142A Action in Corona, posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Sep 30 20:39:41 2011. Nice shots, and one helluva catch!! :-) |
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Posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Fri Sep 30 21:55:15 2011, in response to R142A Action in Corona, posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Sep 30 20:39:41 2011. Why were the 2 sets uncoupled and then re-coupled a few moments later? |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Sep 30 22:39:33 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Fri Sep 30 21:55:15 2011. Even out the use of the controls, perhaps? |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Fri Sep 30 23:09:17 2011, in response to R142A Action in Corona, posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Sep 30 20:39:41 2011. Thank you! #7506-7-8-9-10 is the last R142A I needed for the numbers book. Now that blank is filled in.Great videos and pics as well! -w- |
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Posted by mike cruz on Fri Sep 30 23:23:47 2011, in response to R142A Action in Corona, posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Sep 30 20:39:41 2011. all the wires and extra stuff are because of the power issues they are having. they are probably testing and the uncoupling was most likely to test the amount of power it takes to actually uncouple and run less cars. when they go to the yards they get broken up as you know, so they probably wanna see if they will have trouble doing yard moves. |
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Posted by chud1 on Sat Oct 1 00:27:51 2011, in response to R142A Action in Corona, posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Sep 30 20:39:41 2011. excellent all around, 5 stars out of 5 stars.chud1. |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Sat Oct 1 04:30:00 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Sep 30 22:39:33 2011. Perhaps they simply wanted a longer track with which to move the train around while performing multiple couples/uncouples. Hard to do that in the yard if other moves are going on. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 1 05:15:21 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by G1Ravage on Sat Oct 1 04:30:00 2011. Cuts and adds! One of my favorite activities back then. :) |
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Posted by B'way Jct on Sat Oct 1 08:18:16 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Fri Sep 30 20:42:45 2011. Wonderful shots, very cool seeing the R142 and the R62 side-by-side. Nice catch. |
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Posted by blue8irt on Sat Oct 1 11:35:14 2011, in response to R142A Action in Corona, posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Sep 30 20:39:41 2011. These are excellent shots showing the comparison on the 2 styles. I'd like to see those angled panels up front extended up and and across the entire front end of the car. It's look much better. Even with bright blue or orange or even yellow. safety colors do brighten up the first thing seen as it comes in to a platform. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 1 12:16:09 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 1 05:15:21 2011. More fun than slapping caps?:) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 1 12:20:13 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Fri Sep 30 23:09:17 2011. I wonder if that birdbath we saw is still there. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 1 15:29:58 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 1 12:16:09 2011. Blow air on the floor from a cutting key. Put reverser in ... REVERSE!Bump it ... count off 10 feet ... ahhhhhh. Yeah ... it suffices. :) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 1 20:20:11 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 1 15:29:58 2011. The sequence is reversed for adding, right? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 1 21:40:42 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 1 20:20:11 2011. It's a little bit different ... drawheads never line up by themselves. Someone's gotta get down and give them a push before doing the deed. :) |
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Posted by SUBWAYMAN on Sun Oct 2 00:13:16 2011, in response to R142A Action in Corona, posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Sep 30 20:39:41 2011. Nice photos. I see the el structure at 111th St has been repainted. :) |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Sun Oct 2 01:51:41 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 1 05:15:21 2011. Heh, you gotta BUFF the tech cars before pulling back. Then when ya put it in reverse, the console beeps like a truck backing up. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Oct 2 02:16:22 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by G1Ravage on Sun Oct 2 01:51:41 2011. Hahahaha. Did they put a Tonka logo on the console? :) |
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Posted by 7 Local on Sun Oct 2 09:06:15 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by SUBWAYMAN on Sun Oct 2 00:13:16 2011. Yup...they finished the 111 Street area earlier this year and just finished painting Queensboro Plaza. |
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Posted by murray1575 on Sun Oct 2 11:19:00 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 1 21:40:42 2011. I used to watch the crews cut and add cars at Main St. when trains used to be cut to 8 cars in midday. There were some instances where someone had to apply some gentle force in the form of a hammer to get the couplers to separate. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Oct 2 12:39:39 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 1 21:40:42 2011. I watched a crew do a light rail add in Denver a few years back. It seemed very straightforward. The couplers on the SD-100s and SD-160s are fixed in place and they lined right up. The next thing you knew - boom! it was done. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Oct 2 15:51:59 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Oct 2 12:39:39 2011. Spring returns I'll bet. No such luck in the subway where there's always a little wiggle room. :) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Oct 2 16:07:00 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Oct 2 15:51:59 2011. The thing I remember most was how quickly the electric portion covers snapped out of the way as the coupler heads made contact. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Oct 2 16:44:09 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Oct 2 16:07:00 2011. Yep ... the levers to do that were built in. They had smart designers back then. :) |
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Posted by SUBWAYMAN on Sun Oct 2 19:46:09 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by 7 Local on Sun Oct 2 09:06:15 2011. Yeah it was about time! The old paint job was peeling last time I saw it. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Oct 3 16:22:24 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 1 21:40:42 2011. When I was a M/M most of the drawheads did line up by themselves. It was rare to have to do it manually even though the older cars did not have coupler centering devices like the NTTs. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Oct 3 16:51:20 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by randyo on Mon Oct 3 16:22:24 2011. When I got trained, had to go on the ground and check even if they were lined up for the add. Then there were Van Dorns which always sought the extreme of one side or the other. :) |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Oct 3 16:55:42 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Oct 3 16:51:20 2011. Usually H type drawheads could be checked for alignment from above by looking down at them from the anticlimber threshold plate. Van Dorns were a different animal altogether as were the IRT J drawheads as found on Lo-Vs and the MCBs on flats and other work equipment. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Oct 3 17:00:45 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by randyo on Mon Oct 3 16:55:42 2011. Yep ... there were still some VD's around at Coney and so we got the nickel tour on handling those along with "fat chance, but we gotta show you anyhow." Yep ... I remember being taught that, but you had to be concerned about the other section lineup as well. Of course nobody did it the way we were trained ... give it a bump and hope for a happy blow. :) |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Tue Oct 4 03:29:16 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by randyo on Mon Oct 3 16:22:24 2011. The tech trains don't have coupler-centering devices. At least the R-142(A)'s don't. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 4 10:26:15 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by randyo on Mon Oct 3 16:22:24 2011. I've seen photos of BMT standards with the front coupler on the lead motor swung out to the side. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Oct 4 14:23:32 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by G1Ravage on Tue Oct 4 03:29:16 2011. I thought that they did since the R-44s and 46s had them when first delivered. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Oct 4 14:24:58 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Oct 4 10:26:15 2011. I have actually seen BMT steels with the coupler off to one side. In those cases a drill M/M would have to descend to the roadbed to align it. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Oct 4 14:25:12 2011, in response to Re: R142A Action in Corona, posted by G1Ravage on Tue Oct 4 03:29:16 2011. I thought that they did since the R-44s and 46s had them when first delivered. |
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