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NYCTA Projects / Re: Status of the (D) and (F) Routes.
« on: August 09, 2012, 11:00:48 pm »
Mr Railfan, you have outdone yourself. Excellent job.
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He is currently overseas serving our country. Let's atleast give him some time you know. Can't really multi task doing that.
The MTA does the summer swap so that the Air Conditioning units in the R32s dont have to work as hard. When they are on the A , the doors are closed for longer and the air is kept cool. If they are on the C the distance between stops is smaller and the Cold air escapes quicker , thus the Air Conditioning has to work harder. Bottom line the MTA is trying to get as many R32s off the road and use the slightly more reliable R46s. Right now the C is 100% r46 , there 22 R46 trains on the A , 14 R32 train sets and 2 R42s out [the other R42 is layed up at 207]. Its most likely gonna stay like this till September.
The only way I can see the (9) Coming back is if the (1) and (9) ran from Van Cortlandt park to New Lots and the 9 being a rush hour skip stop only as the (3) Is a Manhattan only local only train..
wow it looks like a train made from plastic and looks fake but the train looks cool
Actually, there IS a yard just north of 168th street, the 174th street yard. It is underground, and is used to store the (C) trains, so technically the (C) line does start from a yard. The Pitkin yard is mainly used to store the (A) trains, not the (C)