does any one think R68's are getting shitty

[Dj Hammers]

While I don't like the R68As, the R68s are really nice during a cold winter day when you are sitting at a window seat and tired. They always seem to have excellent heating and A/C.

[F train fan]

I still like the R68's as i grew up with them on the N line when i lived in Astoria, I know they look obese but just something about them that no other train has, it looks like the inside of a R46 but with a stainless steel interior, and it has the propulsion of the R62A, meanwhile the R160's are rusting as well, and they have only been in service for the past 5 years or so, and the seals at the end of the cabs look like they are about to come off.

I am not dissing the R68/A I agree that they have special qualities about them and they beat the R160
as the best train any day but what I am saying is that they are getting to be old rusty and someone
brought up that they have bad breaks now and they rocked it on the N,Q, and W but the D,B are killing
the fleet and it is starting to suck I agree with you that the R160's are starting to go through the same
thing even though they are the youngest fleet in the system thus far and now they are starting to get
old and shitty too give it time the NTT I am certain they will improve the technology and the more trains
they make the better they would get but at this point we have to give it time the R160 is in service but
it is only mainly a test of NTT give it time but overall I agree with you 100%   

[Dj Hammers]

they rocked it on the N,Q, and W but the D, B are killing the fleet

how can the B line be killing the R68/As if it is a part time line? Many of the R68/As that run on the B rest in the yard on the weekends.

[Slants4Lyfe]

they rocked it on the N,Q, and W but the D, B are killing the fleet

how can the B line be killing the R68/As if it is a part time line? Many of the R68/As that run on the B rest in the yard on the weekends.

Or on the (N) and (Q)

[bve]

I still like the R68's as i grew up with them on the N line when i lived in Astoria, I know they look obese but just something about them that no other train has, it looks like the inside of a R46 but with a stainless steel interior, and it has the propulsion of the R62A, meanwhile the R160's are rusting as well, and they have only been in service for the past 5 years or so, and the seals at the end of the cabs look like they are about to come off.

What you may be looking at is actually steal dust.

[Dj Hammers]

That brown substance that can be seen on some of the NTTs is not rust as many foamers wish it is. It is steel dust.

[peacemak3r]

Actually stainless steel does rust, just not as easily. Without maintenance a stainless steel carbody will also succumb to corrosion.

Correct, stainless steel still rusts, just at a slower pace.  I had a stainless steel exhaust rust on me after 4 winters.

[pitor160]

The R142 is gettin converted to R188 and R160 to R179 so yea soon every line is gonna hav NTT

[Dj Hammers]

The R142 is gettin converted to R188 and R160 to R179 so yea soon every line is gonna hav NTT

None of the R142s are being converted to R188s. Only a small handful of R142As are being converted.

And none of the R160s are being converted to R179s.

Until the R68/As retire (unless they retire before the R62/As), the system will not be all NTT.

[R62A 2067]

The R142 is gettin converted to R188 and R160 to R179 so yea soon every line is gonna hav NTT

None of the R142s are being converted to R188s. Only a small handful of R142As are being converted.

And none of the R160s are being converted to R179s.

Until the R68/As retire (unless they retire before the R62/As), the system will not be all NTT.

...which would be about 20 years from now..

[Lance]

Only a small handful of R142As are being converted.

I wouldn't call 350 R142A conversions a "small handful". Just sayin'.

[Dj Hammers]

Actually its 10 R142As to be converted and the rest is newly-built R188s in the current contract.

The option order that the MTA might take may increase the amount of R142As converted.

[bve]

The R142 is gettin converted to R188 and R160 to R179 so yea soon every line is gonna hav NTT

This info is soo bogus smh...