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R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20) |
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Posted by GojiMet86 on Sun Jun 28 20:12:40 2020 https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-l-train-normal-service-covid-19-20200628-lntxyjbwdbhizky4sw5i6dbjgq-story.html
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sun Jun 28 21:11:33 2020, in response to R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by GojiMet86 on Sun Jun 28 20:12:40 2020. Alstom will have acquired Bombardier's rail division by mid 2021. In theory, Hitachi's former Breda rail division might be worth considering--if one trusts Hitachi to have cleaned up after Breda's less than stellar efforts. Sort of similar to many other industries where a wide spectrum of vendors has shrunk to many fewer world wide.Compounding the problems of actual manufacturing skills is the huge menu of (IMHO mostlu unneeded)bells and whistles demanded. For example the new BART cars not only announce anupcoming station, verbally, there is a video display in each cay. Obviously, this is a convenience for deaf ort hearing impaired riders much asthe announcements are usefulto vision impaired riders (such as myself). However, having started riding transi over 65 years ago,Irarely have an issue figuring out when to get off despite the tinted glass which makes reading signage more difficult. I think we are seeing a replay of Alco's problems with C-630s which had delicate printed circuit boards which were not robust enough for freight RR engines. |
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Posted by Express Rider on Sun Jun 28 21:30:54 2020, in response to R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by GojiMet86 on Sun Jun 28 20:12:40 2020. re: The old cars will have areas near the conductor cab blocked off to passengers so conductors can have space to social distance.This means there will be no RFW available, correct? or will this only be the "conductor cab" mid train - point from which doors will be operated? Thanks. |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sun Jun 28 21:40:20 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by Express Rider on Sun Jun 28 21:30:54 2020. No RFW as the front of the car where the T/O is will be roped off. |
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Posted by Express Rider on Sun Jun 28 22:09:35 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sun Jun 28 21:40:20 2020. Thank you for clarifying. |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Sun Jun 28 22:51:30 2020, in response to R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by GojiMet86 on Sun Jun 28 20:12:40 2020. The honorable old veterans will do just fine. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jun 29 00:35:34 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sun Jun 28 21:40:20 2020. As I mentioned on Facebook, there is no reason to completely rope off the front of the r-32s since the cab offers more protection than either the plastic shield installed on the buses or the cab doors on the R-62s and 68s which have vents in the doors that the R-32s do not! |
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[PHOTO] Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20) |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jun 29 06:22:18 2020, in response to R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by GojiMet86 on Sun Jun 28 20:12:40 2020. |
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Re: [PHOTO] Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20) |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Jun 29 07:39:59 2020, in response to [PHOTO] Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jun 29 06:22:18 2020. 😂😂😂😂😂 |
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Re: [PHOTO] Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20) |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jun 29 17:25:32 2020, in response to [PHOTO] Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jun 29 06:22:18 2020. That train didn't even make it to the end of the run. |
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Posted by Jeromeline on Mon Jun 29 20:01:14 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by randyo on Mon Jun 29 00:35:34 2020. C/R's have to switch cabs depending on which side the platform is, thus losing the "protection" of the cab. |
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Posted by SUBWAYMAN on Mon Jun 29 20:08:40 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by Mitch45 on Sun Jun 28 22:51:30 2020. I wouldn't run them outside of rush hours considering their age and their air conditioning. |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Jun 29 21:42:08 2020, in response to R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by GojiMet86 on Sun Jun 28 20:12:40 2020. I wonder if they will have road car inspectors riding along just in case, and if they ever did that in the past with certain equiptment? |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Mon Jun 29 21:56:47 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by Jeromeline on Mon Jun 29 20:01:14 2020. I think Randy was talking about the operating cab. Generally, the T/O doesn't leave the cab until the EOL (although there could be reason to do so while en route). |
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Posted by Steamdriven on Mon Jun 29 22:42:41 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by SUBWAYMAN on Mon Jun 29 20:08:40 2020. J/Z are outside for most of the run. R32 AC can’t handle that? |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Jun 29 22:55:44 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by Jeromeline on Mon Jun 29 20:01:14 2020. I’m pretty sure Randy is aware of how an R-32 operates |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Jun 29 23:32:25 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by Steamdriven on Mon Jun 29 22:42:41 2020. sZemp sleeps most of the time, anyway.:) |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Jun 30 01:01:50 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by FYBklyn1959 on Mon Jun 29 21:56:47 2020. Even if the T/O had to leave the cab enroute, it wouldn’t be any different from leaving the cab on an R-46, or later. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Jun 30 01:06:40 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by Jeromeline on Mon Jun 29 20:01:14 2020. I hadn’t thought about that but even in that case, the wimpy, probably plastic, chain wouldn’t be any protection at all against the virus since its not 6 ft away. Since the trains are probably going to be kept in solid consists, a plastic shield similar to what is installed on the buses could be hung across the forward section of the cars at the C/R position and that would offer more protection. |
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Posted by Joe V on Tue Jun 30 08:02:52 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by SUBWAYMAN on Mon Jun 29 20:08:40 2020. Air conditioning works fine on the J/Z.The first of 6 Z trains that heads outbound goes to all the way Jamaica, and stays in J train service all day. If it is a SMEE train, it runs around with Z route signs all day. The fact that they sent 28 cars to ENY means they'll probably try to keep them in 4 car sets so they don't have to mess with the barriers to the cabs. They'll have 3 active trains and 4 spare cars. They'll probably try to make the R32's be the 111th Street lay ups again. |
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Posted by SUBWAYMAN on Tue Jun 30 10:34:54 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by Steamdriven on Mon Jun 29 22:42:41 2020. Yes they can. |
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Posted by gbs on Fri Jul 3 20:56:45 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by randyo on Tue Jun 30 01:01:50 2020. But the T/O could descend to the roadbed from an R46 without entering the passenger compartment. |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Jul 4 03:08:10 2020, in response to Re: R32 back in service Wednesday (7/1/20), posted by gbs on Fri Jul 3 20:56:45 2020. True but as was mentioned in the earlier post, that would only be necessary in a unique situation and the plastic chains blocking the forward area wouldn’t offer much if any protection in that case anyhow. |
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