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(Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!! |
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Posted by R32_3671 on Sat Jan 24 16:47:38 2009 I have been waiting for this for a very long for this and the R32 on the (G) has finally come it was only set so I took it for the 1st time in 10 years and It was a fun ride enjoy the pics:          |
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Posted by (3) Livonia Ave. Local on Sat Jan 24 16:52:15 2009, in response to (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by R32_3671 on Sat Jan 24 16:47:38 2009. They did it again? Wow. I'm sure everyone remembers the August 11/12th weekend after the major flood in 2007 when THIS appeared on the (G). Well, the day after, an R32 came on the (G) as well. Nice photos! Always awesome to catch one of those; I'm surprised they didn't use a rollsign for simply (G) Crosstown Local, though instead of adding Queens Blvd. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Jan 24 17:04:19 2009, in response to (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by R32_3671 on Sat Jan 24 16:47:38 2009. Nice catch!! I remember actually working a train of R-32s on the G. That day was weird because there was a G.O. in effect, and get this.....there was a four car set of R-68s (ANF) on the G as well, straight up from Coney Island, and yeah who was lucky enough to get a round trip on those to Church Avenue (that day, around the summer of 2001, the G was extended to Church Avenue via the Prospect Park express tracks, express from Smith-9th to Church)....ye, little ol' ME!! :-DNice day indeed, because of the total oddities I saw there (sadly I did not have a camera at the time), AA/AA R-46 consist, AA/BA R-46 consist, the 10-car R-32s in one trainset of 10 cars (5 pairs), and the one 4-car R-68 consist. |
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Posted by R32_3671 on Sat Jan 24 17:06:26 2009, in response to Re: (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Jan 24 17:04:19 2009. I was on that R42 (G) that day, I missed that R32 that weekend. But I got it today. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Jan 24 17:13:11 2009, in response to Re: (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by R32_3671 on Sat Jan 24 17:06:26 2009. Good catch!! You should have been around in 2001 in that nice G.O. where my mentioned set of oddities appeared on the G. Here it goes again....1 AA/AA R-46 1 AA/BA R-46 1 4-car set of R-68s borrowed from the Franklin Avenue Shuttle (how I knew this, some of the roll signs were stuck in the Franklin Avenue Shuttle "S" position at the non-operating ends between the second and third cars) 1 10-car R-32 consist straight outta Jamaica Yard, to which at about 4pm, they were laid up back at Jamaica Yard that day.....a good buddy of mine did the honors!! Would have been cool to add to the oddities of the G a set of R-42s!! :-D |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sat Jan 24 17:28:52 2009, in response to (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by R32_3671 on Sat Jan 24 16:47:38 2009. I remember them quite well from before 63st... pretty much whenever there wasn't enough 6 car R46s, they preferred to send in an R32 rather than an 8xR46. |
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Posted by Fred G on Sat Jan 24 17:33:27 2009, in response to (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by R32_3671 on Sat Jan 24 16:47:38 2009. Great catch!your pal, Fred |
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Posted by R32_3671 on Sat Jan 24 17:43:05 2009, in response to Re: (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by Fred G on Sat Jan 24 17:33:27 2009. Thanks, I saw it at smith 9th sts heading Northbound, I chased it to greenpoint ave, then I took it. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Jan 24 18:40:32 2009, in response to (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by R32_3671 on Sat Jan 24 16:47:38 2009. Nice, the (G) train is the length it should be for the rest of the year! |
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Posted by aem7ac on Sat Jan 24 20:23:28 2009, in response to (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by R32_3671 on Sat Jan 24 16:47:38 2009. unbelievable |
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Posted by El-Train on Sat Jan 24 20:30:23 2009, in response to (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by R32_3671 on Sat Jan 24 16:47:38 2009. Question about the rollsign fonts: Which are the older variation, the ones with the big letters or the ones with the little letters? The former always bugged me on the E's R32's......they looked too "loud" and "messy". =) |
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Posted by Bill From Maspeth on Sat Jan 24 22:14:36 2009, in response to Re: (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by (3) Livonia Ave. Local on Sat Jan 24 16:52:15 2009. There is only one rollsign designation for the G. Even if there was more than one, the t/o will put up the first one he comes to since the t/o has to change 20 route signs, plus as many as 40 destination signs all by himself as c/r's usually do not go on put-ins. This is very time consuming. Some SubChatters think sign changing is fun time but it is not if you are racing the clock to get a train ready for service. There is a lot to do. |
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Posted by mr_brian on Sat Jan 24 22:55:49 2009, in response to Re: (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by El-Train on Sat Jan 24 20:30:23 2009. Akzidenz-Grotesk: the "little" lettersHelvetica: bigger letters |
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Posted by Broadway Buffer on Sun Jan 25 01:20:56 2009, in response to Re: (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by El-Train on Sat Jan 24 20:30:23 2009. True, but they're all inferior to the original rollsigns on those trains, even though I only know of them through photos. Large, classy and most importantly, legible. Green back lights also helped. The small letters are neat, but you can barely read them, especially on the interior. |
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Posted by (3) Livonia Ave. Local on Sun Jan 25 08:29:26 2009, in response to Re: (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by Bill From Maspeth on Sat Jan 24 22:14:36 2009. Oh, ok. Sorry, I didn't know, I thought there was one for only Crosstown. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Sun Jan 25 20:03:39 2009, in response to (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by R32_3671 on Sat Jan 24 16:47:38 2009. nice catch, congrats. |
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Posted by Howard Fein on Mon Jan 26 08:02:53 2009, in response to (Photos) R32 (G) Train!!!!, posted by R32_3671 on Sat Jan 24 16:47:38 2009. Saw it yesterday afternoon around 2:00 Queens-bound at Hoyt-Scherm. But I passed on riding it because my priority for the day was getting a Slant to B116. Fortunately, it was fulfilled. |
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