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Posted by Widecab5 on Tue Sep 13 20:18:27 2011, in response to Re: R-142A to Corona Yard, posted by Joe V on Mon Sep 12 16:54:51 2011. All:AFIAK, so far the entire R-188 contract still consists of just three 11-car pilot trains, one of 10 rebuilt R-142A's (7211-7220) plus one new "B" car (I believe to be 7921). Also two entirely new 11-car trains of one 5-car and one 6-car set. These will be equipped with CBTC. There is no funding as yet for the balance of this order so it is all "on hold" until the money becomes available to acquire the balance of a proposed 506 cars for the 7 line. Another problem is funding the actual CBTC installation on the 7 line. I believe they have a contractor for system design, but I am unsure if physical plant work has actually begun. Either way, it will also require hundreds of million$ that MTA may not as yet have, and would probably take 2-3 years of service disruptions to complete. One phrase I have heard passed around as a joke in this regard is: "CBTC = Catch Bus To Corona..." Perhaps someone out there has more recent information in this regard to share, but 33 cars is all there is to this (so far) as I understand things. The 10-car test train is supposed to identify potential operational issues regarding the use of R-142A's (plus one) on the 7 line prior to delivery of the first pilot train at the end of 2011 or early in 2012. This set will be permanently assigned to Corona. Barring the unexpected it seems that the Javits extension, when opened, will be getting plain old block signals and using the R-62As (pilot trains aside). Regards, George Chiasson Jr. (Widecab5@aol.com) |
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