Test run I guess?
Vince
train at 36th St. The terminal was King's Highway which of course would
be on Sea Beach.
(N) does anyone know anything about this possible future route?
Peter Schleifer
wrote:
I have seen the new cars on the W on its regular route. W's which are
going to the yard at the end of the daily run go on the 4th Ave/Sea
Beach local to Kings Highway, so the time at which you saw it was
normal for a W to be in Brooklyn.
On those rare days when I am going to work early, I sometimes take a W
from 9th St. The last one seems to be at around 7:10 AM.
--
Peter Schleifer
"Save me from the people who would save me from myself"
J.R.Guthrie
news:4888018f$0$7332$607e...@cv.net...
The W is really a short N -- and as such, equipment originates and
terminates at Coney Island at the beginning and end of the day. They carry
[sometimes confused] passengers].
Cheers,
Jim Guthrie
Vince
"J.R.Guthrie" <jgut...@pipeline.com> wrote in message
news:PIadnaI_26hHgxTV...@earthlink.com...
I see thanks for the info, I recall a special R that used to run from 95th
St in Brooklyn to Chambers St
back in I think the 1970s or 80s
J.R.Guthrie
>
> I see thanks for the info, I recall a special R that used to run from 95th
> St in Brooklyn to Chambers St
> back in I think the 1970s or 80s
That was the RR.
One **really** knows the R is F/u when after 3-4 N trains have passed at
59th and the platform is packed to a dangrous level, an M train shows up and
announces it's running to 95th Street. I thought this was going to happen
once last week when my N train ran local from 36th to 59th, and then an M
train pulled in -- but the M went OOS and headed into the Sea Beach line.
Cheers,
Jim Guthrie
Peter Schleifer
<jgut...@pipeline.com> wrote:
>"Vince" <vpil...@optonline.net> wrote in message
>news:48894ae9$0$20915$607e...@cv.net...
>>
>> I see thanks for the info, I recall a special R that used to run from 95th
>> St in Brooklyn to Chambers St
>> back in I think the 1970s or 80s
>
>That was the RR.
The 'Bankers R' was still running for a while after the second R was
dropped, it lasted until at least 1988. The R was in a brown diamond
on the roll signs. Although the terminal was listed as Chambers St,
it kept going - I always took it to Canal.
Joseph D. Korman
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:50:36 -0400, "J.R.Guthrie"
> <jgut...@pipeline.com> wrote:
>
>
>>"Vince" <vpil...@optonline.net> wrote in message
>>news:48894ae9$0$20915$607e...@cv.net...
>>
>>>I see thanks for the info, I recall a special R that used to run from 95th
>>>St in Brooklyn to Chambers St
>>>back in I think the 1970s or 80s
>>
>>That was the RR.
>
>
> The 'Bankers R' was still running for a while after the second R was
> dropped, it lasted until at least 1988. The R was in a brown diamond
> on the roll signs. Although the terminal was listed as Chambers St,
> it kept going - I always took it to Canal.
>
With the first Chrystie St operation, it was the *RJ* and ran all the
way to 168th-Jamaica. Even after the cut back to Chambers, some were
probably layed up at ENY yard. FYI, before that the West End had rush
hour TT trains that were also stored at ENY mid day.
The *QJ* was the week day Brighton local to 168th.
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Vince
"Joseph D. Korman" <joe...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:488A08AC...@earthlink.net...
> Peter Schleifer wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:50:36 -0400, "J.R.Guthrie"
>> <jgut...@pipeline.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Vince" <vpil...@optonline.net> wrote in message
>>>news:48894ae9$0$20915$607e...@cv.net...
>>>
>>>>I see thanks for the info, I recall a special R that used to run from
>>>>95th St in Brooklyn to Chambers St
>>>>back in I think the 1970s or 80s
>>>
>>>That was the RR.
>>
>>
>> The 'Bankers R' was still running for a while after the second R was
>> dropped, it lasted until at least 1988. The R was in a brown diamond
>> on the roll signs. Although the terminal was listed as Chambers St,
>> it kept going - I always took it to Canal.
>>
>
> With the first Chrystie St operation, it was the *RJ* and ran all the way
> to 168th-Jamaica. Even after the cut back to Chambers, some were probably
> layed up at ENY yard. FYI, before that the West End had rush hour TT
> trains that were also stored at ENY mid day.
>
> The *QJ* was the week day Brighton local to 168th.
>
> --
I recall them all, they should have kept the OJ it was a great run that made
a lot of sense
Joseph D. Korman
I was probably one of the few people who actually needed the through
train. My folks lived in Coney Island and an uncle lived on the Jamaica
BMT line. He had a color TV! Being a Star Trek fan, every Friday I
would *trek* to my uncle's house to watch in color! The QJ came in
handy for that ride.
Vince
My friend's mom had a color set so I got to see Star Trek and Man from Uncle
in color
The first two months only since I went into the army October 28 of that
year.
Ed(NY)
>
>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:50:36 -0400, "J.R.Guthrie"
>> <jgut...@pipeline.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Vince" <vpil...@optonline.net> wrote in message
>>>news:48894ae9$0$20915$607e...@cv.net...
>>>
>>>>I see thanks for the info, I recall a special R that used to run from
>>>>95th St in Brooklyn to Chambers St
>>>>back in I think the 1970s or 80s
>>>
>>>That was the RR.
>>
>>
>> The 'Bankers R' was still running for a while after the second R was
>> dropped, it lasted until at least 1988. The R was in a brown diamond
>> on the roll signs. Although the terminal was listed as Chambers St,
>> it kept going - I always took it to Canal.
>>
>
> With the first Chrystie St operation, it was the *RJ* and ran all the way
> to 168th-Jamaica. Even after the cut back to Chambers, some were probably
> layed up at ENY yard. FYI, before that the West End had rush hour TT
> trains that were also stored at ENY mid day.
>
> The *QJ* was the week day Brighton local to 168th.
>
> --
in the same direction. The QJ ran from 168th St-Jamaicat to Brighton Beach,
and the RJ from 168th St-Jamaica to 95th Street. In the AM, the RJ ran its
full complement of 5 or 6 trains out of 168th Street before the first QJ
ran. This accomplished two things: (1) it got these trains down to 95th
Street in time for their rush hour schedule back into Manhattan; and (2) it
allowed the QJ to avoid running excess equipment down to Brighton Beach
early in the AM. In the evening, the reverse happened: the RJ's would run
down to 95th Street during the heart of the PM rush, and then return from
95th Street to Jamaica, providing the last 5 or 6 runs following the last
Jamaica-bound QJ. The whole operation made sense in how it allowed the
equipment to be used most efficiently while providing peak-direction rush
hour service into Nassau Street on both the Brighton and 4th Avenue lines.
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