Q10 no overnight artics anymore
Looks like someone knows someone on the q10 route because they pulling the artics off the q10 at night starting next week. Word has it that the MTA got complaints that the actics are too loud and it's...
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LIRR station announcers are making $200K a year
LIRR station announcers are making $200k a year By Aaron Short July 26, 2015 | 6:00am Photo: Ellis Kaplan Now arriving — gigantic paydays for LIRR train-station announcers. Four Long Island...
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August 19th-20th 2015 Daredevill Trip via NICE/SCT
Hey, anyone want to join me for this or at least part of it? Nassau County Representative Laura Curran will ride with us for part of it. There will be a press conference at 11:30 on the first day as we...
View ArticleR143 J/Z
By far, this is the most suprising move ive ever seen done. Since the R143 is so close to a R160, I decided to do some videos of the catch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKF3FJQdtng...
View ArticleVIDEO: R160-- how it's made/old R44 (or R46) video
I thought y'all might find this interesting interesting how they don't include the R188 anywhere here. here's that second video
View ArticleTurnpike Crash turns into Commute from Hell for Central/South Jersey Passengers
http://newjersey.news12.com/news/turnpike-lanes-reopen-following-fatal-truck-accident-in-linden-1.10706500?firstfree=yes
View ArticlePlaces Where It's Cool To Take Photos While Railfanning
Can anyone give me information for these systems if they are safe to do non-commercial photography/filming? Subway systems of China and high speed rail Hong Kong MTR Japan and the Japan Rail network,...
View ArticleHeineken Pushes MTA To Change The Way Turnsiles Tune When Swiping
Heineken Beer has been planning to change the way the turnsiles sound when swiping your MetroCard to enter the subway system. Any thoughts? This idea has been going on for the past month or two.
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A fair request of NYC to help build MTA
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo with MTA chairman Thomas Prendergast at the Whitehall Street subway station on Sept. 14, 2014. Photo Credit: Charles Eckert New York City is thriving again. New businesses,...
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Manhole cover rips into Bx11 bus, injures rider
An iron manhole lid — weighing as much as 300 pounds — ripped through the floor of an bus right beneath a woman’s seat. A startling photo obtained by the Daily News shows the shredded floor of a Bx11...
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Meet The Voice Behind The NYC Subway Announcements
If you ever lived in New York City or visited it, you've probably heard him. His name is Charlie Pellett. And he's most well-known for being the voice behind, "Stand clear of the closing...
View ArticleWhere is the Proof that SBS Will Work on Woodhaven?
http://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/where-s-the-proof-sbs-will-work-on-woodhaven/article_c4a767e7-4c90-59a4-857c-0e99d0478e19.html State Sen. James Sanders Jr. and Paul Samuelson used the same...
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Using a metrocard for non MTA agencies
I know the simple rules of the metrocard, but what is confusing me is the free transfer part. My question is let's say I take the to flushing and deside to transfer to a nice bus route. Or even take...
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Full Weekend Shutdowns of Cranberry Tube Begin
The Cranberry Tube, which carries the and Lines between Lower Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn, will be shut down in both directions for Superstorm Sandy-related repairs this weekend, the start of 40...
View ArticleBus/subway/Railroad timetables for sale: final offer
I have 2 OVERSIZED heavy tubs that you would need a dolly for with over 1000 timetables/maps/brochures from around the country obtained by me in person or from ebay over the past decades to thin out...
View ArticleIRT Astoria and BMT Flushing
As most of you know, when the old elelavted lines exsisted back then, the BMT used to be able to head to Flushing, and the IRT used to be able to head to Astoria. This meant that they were able to...
View ArticleNew bus lanes not part of SBS plan Lines
Bus lanes are appearing along parts of Woodhaven Boulevard — but not as part of the city’s Select Bus Service plan. The Department of Transportation is painting “bus only” lanes along the corridor in...
View ArticleTransit Employee Pass/ID
Hello, I just received my pass a couple weeks ago. I would like to know are employees suppose to dip their pass when boarding the bus? One bus driver told me all I have to do is show it to him....
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Here are the best and worst subway lines for Wi-Fi
The subway lines have bad connections — to the Internet. They were ranked as having the subway system’s weakest Wi-Fi signals in a comprehensive study of the 67 stations with free access. Straphangers...
View ArticleThe Reducing Demand of Coal and Oil
Our country's freight railroads are known to carry the most valuable rich objects in the world. Oil and coal. But in recent months, the demand for those 2 resources is decreasing....
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