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Posted by rionOne on Fri Nov 20 00:08:11 2009 ...or at least R160-A2 #9299 likes to think it is. The funny part is that the screen wasn't stuck, but when it would play the R160 Introduction video, it would only say its "The New R1" instead of the "The New R160", but everything else was fine. -Trevor www.ttmg.org |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Nov 20 00:35:28 2009, in response to The New R1, posted by rionOne on Fri Nov 20 00:08:11 2009. Wow ... that Transit Museum is doing *excellent* work on those old IND cars! :) |
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Posted by BMTLines on Fri Nov 20 00:39:13 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Nov 20 00:35:28 2009. Maybe they are going to start recycling R numbers like the military did with airplanes. We went from the B-52 back to the B-1 didn't we? |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Fri Nov 20 00:41:40 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by BMTLines on Fri Nov 20 00:39:13 2009. I wonder if there will ever be another B52 type bomber? That plane looks freakin awesome. |
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Posted by BMTLines on Fri Nov 20 00:45:04 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by Grand Concourse on Fri Nov 20 00:41:40 2009. Watched a show about it last night - they expect them to still be in service through 2040. If only subway cars lasted that long :) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Nov 20 01:02:08 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by BMTLines on Fri Nov 20 00:45:04 2009. If only subway cars got that level of maintenance. :( |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Nov 20 01:03:18 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by BMTLines on Fri Nov 20 00:39:13 2009. Maybe they'll just cut to the chase and move from R (revenue) contracts to C (customer) contracts instead. :) |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Fri Nov 20 01:06:55 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by BMTLines on Fri Nov 20 00:45:04 2009. That's what amazes me about those planes, being the longevity.I think 'great planes', on the military channel, will air that segment about the B52 tonight at 8pm. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Fri Nov 20 01:08:15 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Nov 20 01:03:18 2009. If only there's an airport that can fit the wings :)But hell yeah, i'd love to fly in a passenger version B52. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Nov 20 01:25:56 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by Grand Concourse on Fri Nov 20 01:08:15 2009. Heh. Dunno if you're aware of what B52's are really like ... they wrinkle a lot when airborne ... the airframe feels like it has the consistency of balloon boy's aviation. :) |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Fri Nov 20 01:30:06 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Nov 20 01:25:56 2009. well, only from the tv shows about the B52... |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Nov 20 01:31:55 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by Grand Concourse on Fri Nov 20 01:30:06 2009. If you ever get a chance to touch one, go for it. You'll never want to fly again. B7 B52! :) |
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Posted by lrg5784 on Fri Nov 20 04:37:19 2009, in response to The New R1, posted by rionOne on Fri Nov 20 00:08:11 2009. The hell?Everyone knows the Arnines are high in the seniority list. How dare the R160 thinks it can even compare itself to the Arnies. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Fri Nov 20 06:15:24 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Nov 20 01:25:56 2009. Depends which B-52's you are referring to !  Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Nov 20 07:03:12 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by Grand Concourse on Fri Nov 20 01:08:15 2009. Ok... It starts in Downtown Brooklyn, and runs along Gates Avenue. :-p |
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Posted by rionOne on Fri Nov 20 07:26:00 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by lrg5784 on Fri Nov 20 04:37:19 2009. Well with today's MDBF report of the R160s breaking over a half a million miles between catastrophic failures, I'd say the R160 is breaking records, unless someone can correct me, I don't know of any other subway car that has broke that kinda mileage before.-Trevor |
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Posted by lrg5784 on Fri Nov 20 08:31:16 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by rionOne on Fri Nov 20 07:26:00 2009. I think the Redbirds peaked that high back in 2000. |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Fri Nov 20 12:34:46 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by Newkirk Images on Fri Nov 20 06:15:24 2009. Or how about the Brooklyn bus route too! By the way, and going off-tanget just a bit, everytime I hear The B-52's "Love Shack" on 'CBS-FM, I automatically think of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and Brad Sherwood, who I believe he does a better singing impersonation that the lead singer of the group itself. Just my opinion, though...-William A. Padron ["The Points Don't Matter..."] |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Nov 20 16:27:22 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by Newkirk Images on Fri Nov 20 06:15:24 2009. Well ... Fred Schneider and Cynthia Leigh Wilson may be getting a bit wrinkly, but I was referring to the aircraft. :) |
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Posted by R42 4787 on Fri Nov 20 17:29:58 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by lrg5784 on Fri Nov 20 08:31:16 2009. No. The R36 (#7 cars) peaked in 1999, but were still second to the R62s. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Fri Nov 20 19:01:40 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Nov 20 07:03:12 2009. Yes, just like the B2 bus that runs from Kings Highway-16th St to Kings Plaza... |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Nov 25 21:08:28 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Nov 20 00:35:28 2009. You're telling me!:) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Nov 25 21:13:10 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Nov 25 21:08:28 2009. They're also in the hands of a VERY good motorman. :) |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Wed Nov 25 21:17:21 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by lrg5784 on Fri Nov 20 04:37:19 2009. R160s have the advantage of years worth of improvements and technologies to make it run as good as it should.Sure it's too bright, the FIND doesn't always work, seats sucks, and of course the full width cab blocks the rfw. But aside from those, you can't deny that they are doing the job they are supposed to do: moving people from point a to b with minimal mechanical failures. |
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Posted by lrg5784 on Wed Nov 25 21:19:31 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by Grand Concourse on Wed Nov 25 21:17:21 2009. I'll agree with you on that. The Arnines are still high on the seniority list though! :-P |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Wed Nov 25 21:49:31 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by lrg5784 on Wed Nov 25 21:19:31 2009. Oh of course. These days computers run nearly everything. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Nov 26 09:34:24 2009, in response to Re: The New R1, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Nov 25 21:13:10 2009. They could use trigger boxes for REAL conductors.:) |
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