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Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip |
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Posted by Handbrake on Mon Aug 6 08:55:40 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Wed Aug 1 19:43:46 2012. One female freebee did get on at West 4th, and got off at 47-50th Street.How can one say now to a young lady? |
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Saturday's R 9 Trip |
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Posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Mon Aug 6 19:18:18 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Jul 28 16:40:13 2012. I know it's early and everyone knows the route...however, just for the fun of it, can someone please share what the GO says?Thanks |
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Posted by numbersix on Mon Aug 6 19:25:30 2012, in response to Saturday's R 9 Trip, posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Mon Aug 6 19:18:18 2012. The trip is Sunday, Aug. 12, 10 am-5 pm according to the MTA website. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Mon Aug 6 19:29:42 2012, in response to Saturday's R 9 Trip, posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Mon Aug 6 19:18:18 2012. Yes, it is too early.Next weekends' GO's have not come out yet. |
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Posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Mon Aug 6 23:17:24 2012, in response to Re: Saturday's R 9 Trip, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Mon Aug 6 19:29:42 2012. If that is the case, then how come the Subway Service Advisories are usually on the MTA website at least one week (or 5 days) prior to them going into effect? |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Aug 7 05:04:29 2012, in response to Re: Saturday's R 9 Trip, posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Mon Aug 6 23:17:24 2012. I have no control in regards to that.You asked a question, I researched it, and I answered it. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Aug 7 05:36:00 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by monorail on Wed Aug 1 01:10:18 2012. That bad, eh? |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Aug 7 05:40:55 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Aug 5 22:48:58 2012. The first part of the run, up to about 96th, definitely reminded me of the good old days. We were doing at least 40 mph; I timed that portion at 3:08 vs 3:16-3:18 on contemporary equipment. I recall that even the R-10s slowed up a bit past 96th. We crawled once we reached 116th, and that's what killed it. Sill, we reached 125th in about 6:40. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 7 06:02:16 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Aug 7 05:40:55 2012. Borthbound, you have the swingover and the downhill, and it's always been timer city from just south of 116 anyway. Smells like about a 40 second loss over what I remember, used to do that in 6 flat. |
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Posted by TERRapin station on Tue Aug 7 06:15:31 2012, in response to Re: Saturday's R 9 Trip, posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Mon Aug 6 23:17:24 2012. Because the internal GO forms are different from the public Service Advisories. They come out at different times. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Aug 7 19:08:06 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 7 06:02:16 2012. Six minutes sounds about right. I wish I'd timed at least one jaunt on the R-10s; I even wore a watch with a second hand back then, for Pete's sake!The old timers took that downhill nicely - no brakes applied going past 103rd. Just out of curiosity, is there a quick way to tell which end is which? Just before we got going from Court St., one of the crew came up front to release the handbrake; the lever was up front on 1300. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 7 19:56:41 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Aug 7 19:08:06 2012. When running them, the compressor switch was on the 2 end, the heaters (3 of them) was on the 1 end. That's how you could tell for sure. Most of them still had a decal on the bulkhead next to the emergency cord outside the cab with 1 and 2 respectively. To my best memory, the handbrake was on the motor truck which was the 2 end, which was usually on the points. That I'm not absolutely sure of after all these years, but I sure do remember by switch panels behind me because you always had to check that your compressor switch was on or you'd have a really bad trip. :) |
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Posted by mr mabstoa on Tue Aug 7 20:14:40 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 7 19:56:41 2012. Did you operate without headlights?I know it tool some time to convert to seal beams. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 7 20:37:27 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by mr mabstoa on Tue Aug 7 20:14:40 2012. Only on very rare occasion when an old R-1 was on the point. I *loved* it when there were no brights ... you could see everything with the IND's mood lighting. :) |
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Posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Tue Aug 7 21:47:31 2012, in response to Re: Saturday's R 9 Trip, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Aug 7 05:04:29 2012. K, many thanks! My apologies if I got you in a negative mood. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Aug 7 22:25:31 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 7 20:37:27 2012. That CPW express jaunt in December of 1969 on a prewar D was a no-headlight ride. Nothing compares to seeing I-beams reduced to silhouettes with the only lighting provided by tunnel lights. Not all of the R-4s got headlights; in fact, 401 and 484 still have clamp-on lights at floor level when either one operates as the lead motor on museum trips. Of the surviving R-1s, 381 has headlights while 100 has clamp-on lights. Not sure about 103. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 7 22:27:03 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Aug 7 22:25:31 2012. Didn't see many with no headlights, they tended to be F trains the night before when I did. Maybe 3-4 times total for me. That's why I remember them so well. I preferred dark myself. |
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Posted by mr mabstoa on Wed Aug 8 00:20:00 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 7 20:37:27 2012. And back in your days the stations were only lit with bulbs too right?I remember that in the olden days |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Aug 8 00:31:21 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by mr mabstoa on Wed Aug 8 00:20:00 2012. Most of them, yes ... mostly midtown had those bright lights that made arnines seem dim. :) |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Wed Aug 8 05:06:46 2012, in response to Re: Saturday's R 9 Trip, posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Tue Aug 7 21:47:31 2012. The General Order is now posted.From 207YD to the museum. Leave museum at 1100 to Rock Park. Train lays up all day at Rock Park Yard. There are no extra train rides because the buses are the stars of the day. Train leaves Rock Park at 4:30 PM. Station stops not listed on GO, but the train terminates at 175 St. Train personnel will announce the stops the train will make. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Aug 8 05:34:37 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 7 22:27:03 2012. I rode on maybe four prewar trains with no headlights on the lead motor - two As, two Ds. There may have been an AA or CC in the mix as well. Can't remember if that D on my first CPW express dash on 11/24/67 had headlights. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Aug 8 05:54:12 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Aug 8 05:34:37 2012. Didn't much matter to us ... if we got our 90 pounds, it went. :) |
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Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12 |
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Posted by heypaul on Wed Aug 8 06:09:31 2012, in response to Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Wed Aug 8 05:06:46 2012. Does anyone know if Mack 6259 will be in service on Saturday? |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Wed Aug 8 14:41:12 2012, in response to Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Wed Aug 8 05:06:46 2012. Neat!! Wish I could make it... |
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Posted by CJ on Wed Aug 8 15:01:04 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by MainR3664 on Wed Aug 8 14:41:12 2012. Well there is always a next time sir. :) I have a feeling you will soon. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Aug 8 21:52:08 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Aug 8 05:54:12 2012. I rode on those cars more on the Larry in one year than on all IND routes combined. Even so, I consider myself lucky to have had a chance to ride on them while they were still around. Say what you want, but they had personality.:) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Aug 8 21:54:56 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Aug 8 21:52:08 2012. Indeed they did ... they were my favorite cars even to this day. Sure they were cantankerous beasties ... but when they behaved, they were sweet! :) |
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Posted by TimG on Thu Aug 9 16:27:49 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by MainR3664 on Wed Aug 8 14:41:12 2012. About how long does it take to get from rockaway park to 175th street |
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Posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Thu Aug 9 18:56:02 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by TimG on Thu Aug 9 16:27:49 2012. Trip Planner is saying an hour and a half on a normal subway train. However, since the Nostalgia Train will not be making a lot of stops going back (only 5 or 6), I would say about an hour and 15 minutes. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Aug 10 21:38:56 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Aug 8 21:54:56 2012. I presume you told Steve Davis that you worked with his dad as a crew at one time. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Aug 10 21:56:15 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Aug 10 21:38:56 2012. Yep ... I'll just leave it there. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Aug 12 18:42:48 2012, in response to Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Wed Aug 8 05:06:46 2012. Did they just start letting passengers stay on until 175th, or has this been going on for some time now? Pardon my ignorance; I'm just curious. The CPW express dash two weeks ago was a real treat. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Aug 12 18:44:27 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Aug 8 00:31:21 2012. Outlying stations in the Bronx, Queens and Fulton St. still had incandescent lighting as late as 1980. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Aug 12 19:06:48 2012, in response to Re: Tomorrow's R 9 trip, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Aug 12 18:44:27 2012. One of my favorite variations on that theme was 168th between the IND and IRT ... IRT was still pumping their bulbs with 25 Hz while the IND was 60. At the demarc point down below the IND's bulbs really showed off the flickering of the IRT's bulbs apparently fed from the rotaries up at Dyckman. :) |
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Posted by TimG on Sun Aug 12 21:25:48 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Aug 12 18:42:48 2012. Does anyone know what the back rollsign of the train said when it pulled into rockaway park? Thanks |
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Posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Sun Aug 12 21:42:39 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Aug 12 18:42:48 2012. They did it again today.Incase you don't know, the final stop for the Nostalgia Train is the 207 Street Yard. Therefore, by letting them ride up to 175 Street, it's not like the train is going out of the way. |
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Posted by monorail on Mon Aug 13 00:50:12 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by heypaul on Wed Aug 8 06:09:31 2012. whats going on Saturday? |
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Posted by monorail on Mon Aug 13 00:51:05 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by TimG on Sun Aug 12 21:25:48 2012. nothing!it can't talk.... |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Aug 13 20:39:35 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Sun Aug 12 21:42:39 2012. Exactly. Since the train is headed for 207th St. Yard anyway, why not let people stay on board if they wish for a nice express run the way it was in the good old days - a DASH! Maybe they'll do it with the Holiday Special if it runs this December. I wonder if anyone has any runby footage of that train howling ass past 81st. n/b.When Bill Wall announced two weeks ago that 175th would be the last stop, all I could think was, whoa! I'm gonna get to ride along that express dash on the old timers again after nearly 43 years! Biggest no-brainer in the history of earth - I was staying on that train! |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Aug 13 20:41:49 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by monorail on Mon Aug 13 00:51:05 2012. Bad. Very bad.1300, the north motor two weeks ago, sported A - Wash. Hts 207th St. as we ripped along CPW while 1802, the south motor, was signed BB - Coney Island. |
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Posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Mon Aug 13 21:46:56 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Aug 13 20:39:35 2012. I highly doubt it if they will do it in December. |
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Posted by TimG on Tue Aug 14 15:11:15 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Aug 13 20:41:49 2012. Would you happened to know what the signs were for the trip recently? |
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Posted by TimG on Tue Aug 14 17:24:32 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by monorail on Mon Aug 13 00:51:05 2012. Very funny but did you actually see what the sign said? |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Aug 14 19:39:47 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Mon Aug 13 21:46:56 2012. It's a nice change of pace after making all local stops for five round trips. |
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Posted by monorail on Tue Aug 14 19:48:40 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by TimG on Tue Aug 14 17:24:32 2012. no, sorry |
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Posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Tue Aug 14 20:57:37 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by TimG on Tue Aug 14 15:11:15 2012. S/B sign was either E or A to Rockaway ParkN/B sign going to Rockaway Park was HH: Court Street, Boro Hall N/B sign coming home was A: 168 Street/Washington Heights |
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Posted by TimG on Tue Aug 14 21:06:11 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Tue Aug 14 20:57:37 2012. THanks |
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Posted by TimG on Tue Aug 14 21:08:40 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Tue Aug 14 20:57:37 2012. Would you happen to have to have a picture of the HH boro hall sign? |
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Posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Tue Aug 14 21:13:29 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by TimG on Tue Aug 14 21:08:40 2012. I think I do...just give me a few moments, since I don't recall seeing a picture from that day with that sign, but I know I have one someplace. |
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Posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Tue Aug 14 21:15:04 2012, in response to Re: Vintage Bus/R9 trip for 8/12/12, posted by YoungNYCSubwayFan on Tue Aug 14 21:13:29 2012. Speaking of it...http://www.jonstrainphotos.com/show/1311Enjoy! |
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