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Posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Jun 20 11:51:15 2012 edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d LION was in CITY yesterday. Him went to CI on (Q) 4 pics. Him walked along Frankie taking pics. Climbed aboard (2) train with plans for 242nd street but BIG POWER FAILURE on 7th Ave. LION is surprised not to read of it here, it was, after all on WABC Radio. Train was stopped in tunnel for about 15 minutes at Canal Street. After a time we crawled north to 14th Street. I was going to abandon it but T/O said we was going north on local track, got as far as 18th street and stopped. After about 10 minutes there, LION bails out and takes (R) train to Whitehall Street [last time him did that him got sent to Vietnam!] Took Ferry to SI and SIR to Tottenville. Got back to the PA bus later than the Mommy Lion would have liked (she is 89 and does not want to drive after dark any more--If LION comes home late him will take a cab in the future.) LION in PA today, maybe try NYC again tomorrow. ROAR
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Re: IRT FUBAR
Posted by tunnelrat* on Wed Jun 20 11:56:50 2012, in response to IRT FUBAR, posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Jun 20 11:51:15 2012.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d 39 whitehall st.I remember it well.
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Re: IRT FUBAR
Posted by Joe Saitta* on Wed Jun 20 12:29:59 2012, in response to Re: IRT FUBAR, posted by tunnelrat on Wed Jun 20 11:56:50 2012.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Same here - but it started at the 69th Regiment Armory on 26th and Lexington - took the subway to start my service years.
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Re: IRT FUBAR
Posted by Mark S. Feinman* on Wed Jun 20 14:02:32 2012, in response to IRT FUBAR, posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Jun 20 11:51:15 2012.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d So THAT'S what happened ... I was waiting for a downtown 1 train at 66th St at about 1:30 when the delay first stated materializing. After 10 minutes of no announcements (except the automated one which kept telling me of a 1 train 3 minutes away), I bailed and walked to Columbus Circle and picked up a D. --Marl
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Re: IRT power failure
Posted by Olog-hai* on Wed Jun 20 16:35:55 2012, in response to IRT FUBAR, posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Jun 20 11:51:15 2012.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d FUBAR still means no possibility of repair.
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Re: IRT power failure
Posted by randyo* on Thu Jun 21 14:56:40 2012, in response to Re: IRT power failure, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jun 20 16:35:55 2012.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d The "R" in FUBAR stands for the word "recognition" not "repair." We used that term in the command center often.
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Re: IRT power failure
Posted by Mitch45* on Thu Jun 21 15:46:46 2012, in response to Re: IRT power failure, posted by randyo on Thu Jun 21 14:56:40 2012.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d What other terms were used in the Command Center? I can think of one. "I'm gonna nail his pecker to the wall!"
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Re: IRT power failure
Posted by chud1* on Fri Jun 22 03:25:00 2012, in response to Re: IRT power failure, posted by randyo on Thu Jun 21 14:56:40 2012.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d u could also use SNAFU! chud1
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Re: IRT FUBAR
Posted by Broadway Lion* on Fri Jun 22 14:54:51 2012, in response to Re: IRT FUBAR, posted by Mark S. Feinman on Wed Jun 20 14:02:32 2012.* edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d The machine was correct. The Train was three minutes away, but it wan't going anywhere! ☺
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