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R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 23 11:52:12 2014  @freddyalva_nyc on instagram   (10-7-2014) Asics is opening a flagship store in Times Square and shut down 42nd Street to move an old subway car that was found in the Mohave Desert into the building. After three hours, two fork lifts, and dozens of construction workers, it was installed. The store opens this month on 42nd St. between Broadway and 6th Avenue. http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/2014-10-07/asics-installs-subway-car-in-flagship-store-first-dibs/ |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Thu Oct 23 12:09:29 2014, in response to R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 23 11:52:12 2014. What a pleasant surprise!
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Thu Oct 23 12:33:52 2014, in response to R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 23 11:52:12 2014. Man this is crazy, no one in the railfan community knew this car still exists, kinda like the R9 that was found in Florida a couple of years ago. Makes you wonder how many random retired NYC subway cars are out there that we don't know about. |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by heypaul on Thu Oct 23 12:44:39 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by r33/r36 mainline on Thu Oct 23 12:33:52 2014. Here's a story about 3 subway cars, each cut in half and each modified to look like an R32. Watch the video and you'll note that one of the cars is numbered 8394, although it doesn't look like the original number plate.Another 8394? |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Thu Oct 23 13:20:36 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by heypaul on Thu Oct 23 12:44:39 2014. Here's a story about 3 subway cars, each cut in half and each modified to look like an R32. Watch the video and you'll note that one of the cars is numbered 8394, although it doesn't look like the original number plate.Appears to be the one eaten in Men In Black II. 
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Thu Oct 23 13:37:43 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by heypaul on Thu Oct 23 12:44:39 2014. That place looks like a foamer goldmine, old SMEE cars, a random New Flyer LF bus, plus some RTSs, no wonder the owner of it wants to keep the location secret lol. Pretty cool though, reminds of the commercial airline scrap yard in New Mexico.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOEyz_gsr_s&index=38&list=LLAklbejWXPIlr79j80ewToQ |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by chud1 on Thu Oct 23 13:42:54 2014, in response to R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 23 11:52:12 2014. 5 drooling stars out of 5 drooling stars for these pictures.chud1. ").... |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Oct 23 13:54:32 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by heypaul on Thu Oct 23 12:44:39 2014. There is actually a simpler way to get an R27/30 to look a lot like an R-32 and it had been used previously. After the North Shore interurban got the Electroliners, the North Shore, painted the lower portions of a small group of its standard cars in a silver color with shading that made it look almost exactly like corrugated stainless steel. These cars were called "Silverliners" and were intended for use in Electroliner service when one of the actual Electroliners was out of service for maintenance or repair. Not that the MTA would have wanted to go to the expense but it could have done something similar with its LAHT fleet to make all the cars look more uniform instead of the redbird scheme which quite frankly I never liked. Whether you like my suggestion or not, try to imagine if you will an R-36 looking very similar to an IRT sized R-32 or an R-30looking somewhat like an R-32 with drop sash windows. |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Oct 23 13:55:34 2014, in response to R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 23 11:52:12 2014. I hope that whatever paint scheme they eventually use, the store gets rid of the graffiti! |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 23 14:09:32 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by randyo on Thu Oct 23 13:55:34 2014. Ronan paint job itself is graffiti. The rest fits too. :) |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Oct 23 14:12:36 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by randyo on Thu Oct 23 13:55:34 2014. No, the graffiti is there on purpose. |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by Mark S. Feinman on Thu Oct 23 14:45:34 2014, in response to R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 23 11:52:12 2014. Anyone tell them about the Golden's Deli R-6? Probably would have been cheaper to transport :)--Mark |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Thu Oct 23 14:45:43 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by randyo on Thu Oct 23 13:55:34 2014. NYCT 8394 was retired graffiti free red as it was one of the overhauled GE R30's in the 8250-8411 group. |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by Ray Jules on Thu Oct 23 14:49:29 2014, in response to R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 23 11:52:12 2014. When does the store open? |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by Allan on Thu Oct 23 15:11:50 2014, in response to R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 23 11:52:12 2014. Mojave Desert (not Mohave) with parts in Calfornia and Nevada???Man, talk about taking a wrong line-up. |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 23 15:19:23 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by Allan on Thu Oct 23 15:11:50 2014. (grin) |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Thu Oct 23 15:22:20 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by Bill from Maspeth on Thu Oct 23 14:45:43 2014. NYCT 8394 was retired graffiti free red as it was one of the overhauled GE R30's in the 8250-8411 group.It may not be the real 8394. IIRC, the Hollywood R30s didn't have their original number plates. |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Thu Oct 23 16:10:48 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by Allan on Thu Oct 23 15:11:50 2014. I KNEW I should have taken that bottom yellow at Albuquerque! |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by Union Tpke on Thu Oct 23 16:33:03 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by Allan on Thu Oct 23 15:11:50 2014. somewhere near lancaster |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by gOlD_12tH on Thu Oct 23 16:37:37 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by Ray Jules on Thu Oct 23 14:49:29 2014. its already open |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Thu Oct 23 18:41:25 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Thu Oct 23 15:22:20 2014. Whether or not it is the original 8394, the graffiti was probably added to give the desired atmosphere. And while the story describes it as "an old subway car", we don't really know yet if it is a whole car or just part of one. |
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Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics) |
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Posted by Allan on Thu Oct 23 19:23:49 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by Mark S. Feinman on Thu Oct 23 14:45:34 2014. But that car was cut in half for use in Golden's.Except for having trucks underneath - the R30 is whole. |
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I stand corrected (Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics)) |
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Posted by Allan on Fri Oct 24 11:54:23 2014, in response to Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics), posted by Allan on Thu Oct 23 19:23:49 2014. I stopped by the store a while ago - there is only half a car.The sign above the car says that it was "restored to its former glory". How can that be when it is covered in graffitti? IMHO - to use the car (half car) in that condition is an insult. |
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Re: I stand corrected (Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics)) |
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Posted by heypaul on Sat Oct 25 19:15:39 2014, in response to I stand corrected (Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics)), posted by Allan on Fri Oct 24 11:54:23 2014. I stopped at the store today and took some more photos.     |
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Re: I stand corrected (Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics)) |
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Posted by numbersix on Sat Oct 25 19:53:23 2014, in response to Re: I stand corrected (Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics)), posted by heypaul on Sat Oct 25 19:15:39 2014. Darius showed up and took it for a spin. |
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Re: I stand corrected (Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics)) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 25 20:08:40 2014, in response to Re: I stand corrected (Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics)), posted by heypaul on Sat Oct 25 19:15:39 2014. Interesting replacement controls there. :) |
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Re: I stand corrected (Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics)) |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Oct 25 20:39:02 2014, in response to Re: I stand corrected (Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics)), posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 25 20:08:40 2014. I guess someone grabbed the real controls either honestly or otherwise. Either that or maybe the MTA itself kept them for use on other equipment that might need that type of controller and brake valve. |
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Re: I stand corrected (Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics)) |
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Posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 25 20:54:31 2014, in response to Re: I stand corrected (Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics)), posted by heypaul on Sat Oct 25 19:15:39 2014. I guess they are not going to paint it. It represents an era we would all like to forget and also from the same era that the area that store and this car resides was in that was not safe. |
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Re: I stand corrected (Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics)) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 25 21:05:20 2014, in response to Re: I stand corrected (Re: R30 car #8394 @ Asics shoe store in Times Square (pics)), posted by randyo on Sat Oct 25 20:39:02 2014. Considering that the car parts went to Hollywood, you'd think they'd try a little harder. And love that middle stand. I'll bet that opens the doors. LOL! |
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