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We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Wed May 11 19:50:45 2022

https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway/status/1524511958560649221?cxt=HHwWisC9nZLjk6gqAAAA


Those Staten Island R211s can't come soon enough! Of all the MTA railroads I only see this type of service advisory with SIR, those R44s out on SI are 49 years old. SIR is short train crews and is short of equipment sometimes. MTA should put the NYCT R211 order on hold and get the SIR order in first to get it out of the way since the order is so small and SIR is in dire need of newer equipment.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Nasadowsk on Wed May 11 20:57:40 2022, in response to We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Wed May 11 19:50:45 2022.

Throw some ex LI M-3’s on the line?

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Avid Reader on Wed May 11 21:17:14 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Nasadowsk on Wed May 11 20:57:40 2022.

They may be too long.



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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Olog-hai on Wed May 11 23:02:12 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Avid Reader on Wed May 11 21:17:14 2022.

No, if they used to run MP72s on there.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Joe V on Thu May 12 06:09:58 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Olog-hai on Wed May 11 23:02:12 2022.

M-3's are 4 feet longer, and they could not use a switch in or near the tunnel.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu May 12 06:49:35 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Nasadowsk on Wed May 11 20:57:40 2022.

Throw some ex LI M-3’s on the line?

Not the first time I stated this. Clearance issues at St. George prohibited from SIR. A friend of mine who is a former SIR employee told me this.

Bill Newkirk



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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Avid Reader on Thu May 12 07:07:18 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Joe V on Thu May 12 06:09:58 2022.

That's what I'm talkin' about!

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Joe V on Thu May 12 08:40:14 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu May 12 06:49:35 2022.

Lengthwise, not heightwise ? (MP72's were about 8" or 9" taller)

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu May 12 11:20:40 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Joe V on Thu May 12 08:40:14 2022.

Lengthwise, not heightwise ? (MP72's were about 8" or 9" taller)

Lengthwise.

Bill Newkirk

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Mitch45 on Thu May 12 12:26:13 2022, in response to We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Wed May 11 19:50:45 2022.

I remember when the R44's were new. I'm getting old.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Allan on Thu May 12 12:47:41 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Mitch45 on Thu May 12 12:26:13 2022.

I remember when the R40 slants were new.

I must be getting older.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Spider-Pig on Thu May 12 12:57:26 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Allan on Thu May 12 12:47:41 2022.

I remember when the R142s were new.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Mark S. feinman on Thu May 12 13:20:06 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Nasadowsk on Wed May 11 20:57:40 2022.

How about some R-32s to the rescue?

--Mark

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Bill Newkirk on Thu May 12 14:23:54 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Mitch45 on Thu May 12 12:26:13 2022.

tunnelrat remembers when the Manhattan Elevated Forney engines were new.

Bill Newkirk

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Thu May 12 15:28:53 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Mark S. feinman on Thu May 12 13:20:06 2022.

They would have to refit them with cab signals which would cost money so that isn't an option. That's why they didn't send R46s there a couple years ago.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Thu May 12 17:00:54 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Mitch45 on Thu May 12 12:26:13 2022.

I remember when the R32's were brand new.

I'm a old buzzard.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by William A. Padron on Thu May 12 18:27:29 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Thu May 12 17:00:54 2022.

I remember when the R-29's and R-33/36's (both Main Line and World's Fair schemes) were brand new.

I am an ancient relic!

-William A. Padron
["Broadway Local"]


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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu May 12 18:31:22 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Mitch45 on Thu May 12 12:26:13 2022.

I remember when the R27/30s were new. I used to have one of those old TA subway maps that would show a picture of the latest model.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu May 12 18:37:59 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Mitch45 on Thu May 12 12:26:13 2022.

I remember when the R-32s were new!:)

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu May 12 18:38:30 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by William A. Padron on Thu May 12 18:27:29 2022.

You're still younger than me.:)

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by VictorM on Thu May 12 23:39:42 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Mitch45 on Thu May 12 12:26:13 2022.

I remember when the R10's were new.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri May 13 20:11:14 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by VictorM on Thu May 12 23:39:42 2022.

I'm sure they thundered and blazed along CPW even then.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Avid Reader on Sat May 14 08:37:25 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri May 13 20:11:14 2022.

A big part of that "THUNDER" was from the old un-welded track.

Consider the sections of rail were 39' long and staggered, so every 19 and 1/2 feet there was a joint.

BOOM, BOOM!

Both upper and lower tunnels were two tracks wide, so closer to station platforms.

BOOM, BOOM!

Yes, they ROARED!

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Joe V on Sat May 14 10:21:59 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Avid Reader on Sat May 14 08:37:25 2022.

There was also some 33' rail here and there.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Avid Reader on Sat May 14 11:19:08 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by Joe V on Sat May 14 10:21:59 2022.

and switches.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by randyo on Mon May 16 02:56:10 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Thu May 12 15:28:53 2022.

SIR has cab signals?

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by randyo on Mon May 16 02:57:18 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by VictorM on Thu May 12 23:39:42 2022.

So do I.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Mon May 16 13:11:30 2022, in response to Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by randyo on Mon May 16 02:56:10 2022.

Yep. They got cab signals in 2007.

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Re: We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available

Posted by Osmosis Jones on Tue Jun 14 01:13:41 2022, in response to We're running as much service as we can with the trains we have available, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Wed May 11 19:50:45 2022.

I remember when they used to cut the trains down to two cars overnight but they don't do that anymore, maybe that would help? Those overnight trains still had a conductor, but temporary overnight OPTO on SIR wouldn't be too bad.

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