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Posted by Italianstallion on Mon Feb 16 18:40:08 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Italianstallion on Mon Feb 16 18:39:33 2026. I mean “would” go back and forth. |
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Posted by Italianstallion on Mon Feb 16 18:40:40 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Italianstallion on Mon Feb 16 18:39:33 2026. I mean “would” go back and forth. |
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Posted by Allen45 on Tue Feb 17 05:45:12 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Italianstallion on Mon Feb 16 18:39:33 2026. That would be in lieu of sending trains Ditmars cannot handle to 96/2. How many trains go to 96/2 instead of Ditmars right now? |
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Posted by Italianstallion on Tue Feb 17 12:34:24 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Allen45 on Tue Feb 17 05:45:12 2026. Do any? |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Tue Feb 17 14:29:41 2026, in response to Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Feb 11 22:15:43 2026. Mamdani has no power to effectuate service changes. This is a non-story. |
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Posted by Allen45 on Tue Feb 17 15:08:35 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Italianstallion on Tue Feb 17 12:34:24 2026. a few at give or take 20 minute intervals at the height of the rush |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Feb 17 18:30:40 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Mon Feb 16 18:33:13 2026. Say what you want, but with the right equipment, it makes for the ultimate express joyride up CPW, especially when the R-10s ruled on the Abbott. They were tailor-made for express dashes. |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Tue Feb 17 20:45:28 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Feb 17 18:30:40 2026. And more importantly, getting riders where they need to go faster. |
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Posted by randyo on Wed Feb 18 02:02:04 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Feb 17 18:30:40 2026. Although most railfans agree that the R-10s were made for A express service, I always enjoyed the weekends in late 1958/early 1959 when a number of R-10s were assigned to the AA local and I got a chance to ride short local trains of R-10s. |
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Posted by murray1575 on Wed Feb 18 12:49:31 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Tue Feb 17 20:45:28 2026. However they were loud enough to damage one's hearing after riding them for any length of time. |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Wed Feb 18 14:56:44 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by murray1575 on Wed Feb 18 12:49:31 2026. When I get ready to head for BART, along w/ my fare card I pack earplugs in my pocket. |
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Posted by Italianstallion on Wed Feb 18 16:41:22 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Allen45 on Tue Feb 17 15:08:35 2026. I looked. There are 2 each way in the morning rush, and 4 each way in the evening rush, spread out at more than 20 minute intervals. I mean, they could go to Astoria, but probably Second Avenue can use the service more. |
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Posted by Italianstallion on Wed Feb 18 16:45:32 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Mitch45 on Tue Feb 17 14:29:41 2026. Of course, no direct power. But he has 3 members on the MTA board and is chummy with the Governor. Beyond that, politics is the art of persuasion. It’s certainly within his duties as mayor to advocate for this change as well as to gin up public support to help persuade the MTA. So it’s not a non-story. |
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Posted by Allen45 on Wed Feb 18 16:47:35 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Italianstallion on Wed Feb 18 16:45:32 2026. Honestly Manhattan deserves to not have as much attention. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Feb 18 19:17:27 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Italianstallion on Wed Feb 18 16:45:32 2026. We all remember when Andrew Cuomo was Governor, everything with the MTA seemingly went through him. Could Hochul make the MTA put the (G) back on QBL weekends to appease those who want it back there? |
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Posted by Q4 on Wed Feb 18 22:59:52 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Italianstallion on Wed Feb 18 16:45:32 2026. The Mayor of NYC gets to recommend four members not three. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Feb 19 04:52:47 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by murray1575 on Wed Feb 18 12:49:31 2026. They weren't so bad back in the day. Even at top speed, you didn't have to hold your hands over your ears. Different story with Chicago's 6000s in the State St. subway. |
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Posted by Q Brightliner Harry on Thu Feb 19 08:44:04 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Mon Feb 16 18:33:13 2026. Not just IRT and IND. The BMT expresses were/are certainly among the best. The Brighton is right at the top, with the R32s and now the R211s. And the 4th Av. subway back in the day with the R32s, before the timers were installed. And we've had testimony on this site that the Broadway Brooklyn R16s could reach 60 the drawback being that it was one-directional. |
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Posted by Q Brightliner Harry on Thu Feb 19 08:46:38 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Allen45 on Wed Feb 18 16:47:35 2026. Agreed. The most bang-for-the-buck would be extension of the E to Springfield Blvd. on the current disused LIRR track, bringing a subway to the largest subway desert in NYC. Nothing from the populist Mamdani, of course. |
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Posted by Avid reader on Thu Feb 19 09:06:05 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Q Brightliner Harry on Thu Feb 19 08:46:38 2026. Agreed. The most bang-for-the-buck would be extension of the E to Springfield Blvd. on the current disused LIRR track, bringing a subway to the largest subway desert in NYC.DO YOU MEAN under used? |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Thu Feb 19 09:53:29 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Q Brightliner Harry on Thu Feb 19 08:44:04 2026. ROTF with the R16's.My relationship with them in the cab was when they were at their worst. And by that time the extra troublesome GE's were long gone. |
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Posted by Italianstallion on Thu Feb 19 13:24:17 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Feb 18 19:17:27 2026. Of course she can. She made the MTA consider extending the SAS across 125 St. and is spearheading the IBX. |
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Posted by Italianstallion on Thu Feb 19 13:24:35 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Q4 on Wed Feb 18 22:59:52 2026. My mistake, thanks. |
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Posted by Q4 on Thu Feb 19 13:39:20 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Q Brightliner Harry on Thu Feb 19 08:46:38 2026. What unused track? |
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Posted by Allen45 on Thu Feb 19 13:54:54 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Q Brightliner Harry on Thu Feb 19 08:46:38 2026. I do not know if SE Queens would want it. They opposed Hochul's housing compact. I'd say rebuild the 3rd Avenue El in the Bronx first. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Feb 19 19:11:11 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Thu Feb 19 09:53:29 2026. The late Karl B said that when the R-16s were new, people loved them. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Feb 19 19:12:09 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Q Brightliner Harry on Thu Feb 19 08:44:04 2026. I always liked the Union Square-34th St. express spring on the BMT Broadway line. Nice and brisk. |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Feb 19 20:50:57 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Feb 19 19:11:11 2026. Sure. Compared to the Standards, it was like a leap thru a time warp from "ancient" to modern.Remeinds me of when the R33/36WF cars pulled into QBP next to a set of Triplixes going to Astoria in 1964. Like a trip thru time with the difference in equipment that time and progress provides. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Feb 20 20:15:59 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Feb 19 20:50:57 2026. And I thought things were improving when the R-7/9s began showing up on the Lonesome Larry. As a 12-year-old back then, anything was an improvement over those mean old BMT standards. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Feb 21 16:52:27 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Feb 20 20:15:59 2026. I agree. It was like riding a new train rather than a used one. |
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Posted by murray1575 on Sat Feb 21 17:20:30 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Feb 19 19:12:09 2026. That was a fairly short express run as only two stations were skipped. The downtown express run from Union Square - Canal Street was longer. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Feb 22 07:57:01 2026, in response to Re: Mamdani, G to Forest Hills on weekends thread, posted by murray1575 on Sat Feb 21 17:20:30 2026. It wasn't all that long, but for the most part, it was quick. It still is. |
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