So much more complex than the Philly subway system.
9 сағат бұрын
What are the blue lights in the tunnel for?
@harveywachtel109128 күн бұрын
I haven't ridden this in about 50 years. I can't believe the B&O color-position signals are still up. The New Dorp Lane grade crossing is long gone, alas. When I was growing up in Borough Park, Brooklyn, on a summer night with my windows open, if the wind was blowing just the right way, I could hear the faint wailing of train horns signalling for it so many miles away. Now I'm living in suburban Philly and get awakened many mornings by SEPTA trains bellowing for Rydal Road at 06:30.
@user-rx3ys5wd1kАй бұрын
My life as a Kid was surrounded by the R160 N, Q, C, R32 A & C & The R142A 6
@mozekiАй бұрын
That was messed up that he basically screwed over the passengers at Astoria Blvd.
@jaymorgenthal94792 ай бұрын
Back in the early 60’s before the West End/Sea Beach approach to Coney Island was completely rebuilt it was a interesting complex of slip switches.
@Mission.Control2 ай бұрын
Does the Tottenville Express still operate? I can't seem to find much info on it
@edwardp3502Ай бұрын
Yes, during PM rush hours. St. George express during AM rush.
@Elevatorelectricgate2 ай бұрын
33:20 The R160A Alstom brakes and R160B Siemens motor sound the same.
@Bklyny7182 ай бұрын
10 MILLION FACE VALE BAIL from HALLS of JUSTICE
@jimhills19202 ай бұрын
Very nice video. How did they let you put your camera right ridge just outside the train? How is the camera mounted, as it appears very secure and the images are steady and not jerky due to the track vibration?
@jimhills19202 ай бұрын
Correction: “right into the ridge just outside the train car”.
@josephmitchell53023 ай бұрын
It’ll blow the horn’s all the time when they go by your station should they be doing that🎉
@mariofilippi35393 ай бұрын
Enjoyed this video vey much. Thanks.
@nealgordon37123 ай бұрын
I've noticed that at that time stations were a skipped due to track maintenance, however I've noticed people waiting at each station ,as if nobody knows this these stations are not picking up anyone there. Like why doesn't anybody body either place a sign indicating no service is available or have someone by the turnstiles let people know of this change. It's kind of cruel to have people waiting for a train that isn't coming, after all people are going to work or are trying to get home and are left there. HOW CRUEL.
@morganlimes3 ай бұрын
Everything that you said is all 100% true. They do close off the non operated side but since it was already the last train to go express i assumed they opened up both sides and people went on both sides confused. Luckily that day the conductor and train operater communicated to open on both sides and everyone was able to board!
@irishmike35143 ай бұрын
Thanks for the ride!! I was probably 5 or 6 when I took this train in the early 60's.
@mariofilippi35393 ай бұрын
I never knew SI had a train. Enjoyed the video.
@James_Loveless2 ай бұрын
Since 1860
@tedvalis60713 ай бұрын
What it looked like at Fulton St back in February 1989.. How can I post a photo from that time?
@lyndonpeters57903 ай бұрын
4:50 Lexington Avenue 59 Street transfer
@kinkisharyocoasters3 ай бұрын
Is Park Place the only station in the system without a starting signal? Clearly it doesn't need one since if a train is north of the double-track zone, it has the whole segment to itself.
@jamilasouma60723 ай бұрын
R160,😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@defo_not_rob3 ай бұрын
Yo bro what happened to your channel again? I miss your videos and the content you make in them
@Ron-u1z3 ай бұрын
This is where the " WARRIORS " bobed and weaved all the way back to Coney island after sirius was shot.😁😁
@Ron-u1z3 ай бұрын
Another person who thinks the world owes them everything. No, the fucking doors are not being opened on the wrong side, just for you, BOY.
@anthonyd63703 ай бұрын
i love trains
@fredashay3 ай бұрын
How did you get a camera mounted there on the front of the train? Do you work for the MTA or are friends with the motorman?
@ACEAndKTrainProductions3 ай бұрын
Yo Bro Are You Still Active It's Been 1 Year Already
@jessenunez14603 ай бұрын
Awesome video🛤️🛤️
@Elevatorelectricgate3 ай бұрын
The R44 would be the first subway car to feature door close chimes.
@Elevatorelectricgate3 ай бұрын
7:33 This is literally the only time the F train goes *this* fast with the new wheels.
@deepnation100094 ай бұрын
This video is great. Some of the comments here are beyond stupid.
@poseidon1164 ай бұрын
Hey ya’ll, great video. I write from Palermo, Sicily, Italy. a.D. 7.V.2024
@user-ft6yt6xe8z4 ай бұрын
Bring back the 32s...........
@user-ft6yt6xe8z4 ай бұрын
Love those R 32s
@user-ft6yt6xe8z4 ай бұрын
OH man, l miss riding the R1-9s and theR-32s over the racetrack back in the day, if you got the railfan window you would truly be in for an experience!!!!!!!
@anonymous37384 ай бұрын
Does St. George Terminal really need that many platforms? Maybe they can all be replaced by one wide island platform and the line can curve west and RCB Ballpark could be restored. That way, St. George can become a through-station rather than being separated with a wye like Hoboken on PATH. This is because the line could continue north of the island as it used to go there.
@edwardp35023 ай бұрын
The Ballpark Station is literally 200 feet west of St. George Terminal and was a complete waste. Fully 95% of SI train and bus riders go through St. George. The old North Shore line is dead and ripped up in many spots and ain’t never coming back. Any $$ should go to new trains, buses and station improvements for the current MTA properties.
@anonymous37383 ай бұрын
@@edwardp3502 Yeah, maybe you’re right. I was outraged when certain station renovations, such as the ESI lacked accessibility upgrades. I guess restoring any abandoned line, such as the Rockaway Beach Branch can wait.
@johnfoellmi84184 ай бұрын
HOLY CRAP!!!!! How fast is this sucker going between stops????????? I'll get to my destination in no time!!!!!!!
@krazyhasissues4 ай бұрын
shoutout to the cameraman for holding onto the front of the train for the entire ride
@edwardp35023 ай бұрын
His hair was a complete mess by the time they reached Grasmere 😂
@RoadTripTelevisionNJ4 ай бұрын
Hey! I live in Prospect Park. Prospect Park, New Jersey, that is! LOL. 😁😂🤪🤣😆😄😊👌
@omarkimbaca13864 ай бұрын
I love the motion sway.
@glenbearh91094 ай бұрын
Great camera placement
@jeffinjersey90944 ай бұрын
Gotta be the train ride in America. This N train really cranks on those long runs between Xpress stations. Guessing 60+ MPH? Anyone know for sure?
@glenbearh91094 ай бұрын
great view makes me wonder where the camera is placed? Were you able to place it outside?
@morganlimes4 ай бұрын
I quickly placed it at the tip of the floor thats outside of the train at the terminal before the train operator got into the cab that way i dont get questioned haha
@glenbearh91094 ай бұрын
@@morganlimes Well it worked out well
@edwardp35023 ай бұрын
@@morganlimes How’d you retrieve the camera? Drive to Tottenville or wait for train to return to St. George?
@morganlimes3 ай бұрын
@@edwardp3502 I was onboard the train that day and when it got to tottenville I just waited for the operator and conductor to leave. She actually noticed it and was laughing about it with the conductor about what a camera is doing there Lol. They then left down the ramp exiting the station and then I simply retrieved it.
@edwardp35023 ай бұрын
@@morganlimes The one option i didn’t even consider 😂
@HalloweenHalloween-sc4jo4 ай бұрын
How did you get the camera set up on the front of the train? Were you the train operator?
@morganlimes4 ай бұрын
I just went to 86 street, the stop before the terminal, and i quickly placed the camera at the tip of the floor using a grabber tool. not a train opersator haha BUT possibly in the future maybe
@donaldblock6404 ай бұрын
On the plus side it is a pleasure to ride and not see tons of graffiti and little or no trash on the tracks, on the neg side a pretty boring ride.
@edwardp35023 ай бұрын
Staten Island keeps things pretty neat compared to the other 4 boroughs.
@Transportationviews5 ай бұрын
Great work! Im so curious on how you mount the camera onto the front of the train like that?
@anonymous37385 ай бұрын
The center express track on the Astoria line has been unused in regular service since 2002 due to low demand. However, if the line ever gets extended to LaGuardia Airport, it may become a weekday peak-direction express track as ridership may increase to and from the airport.
@jaymorgenthal94795 ай бұрын
There was a short lived super express called the NX that ran from 57st to brighton beach via the sea beach line. it ran from Nov 27 1967 until spring 1968. it ran peak direction rush hour only with R27 cars. discontinued due to lack of patronage.
@jaymorgenthal94795 ай бұрын
The R 211 cars will be here soon.
@edwardp3502Ай бұрын
Sometime in 2050 the way things are going 😂
@jaymorgenthal9479Ай бұрын
@@edwardp3502 No congestion pricing. no new cars. no new 2nd ave subway extension
@edwardp3502Ай бұрын
@@jaymorgenthal9479 Cars have been bought and paid for already. MTA can tap into the hundreds of millions of dollars it takes in from Verrazzano Bridge and other tolls to keep them running.
@abbottcooper32435 ай бұрын
Shudda been a 79th Street station.
@RRaquello5 ай бұрын
One trivia point: the Tottenville depot is the southern most railway terminus in New York State because Tottenville is the southern most point in New York State. You can't go any further south without going into the drink.
@RRaquello5 ай бұрын
One thing from my kid days was the SIRT trains used to be only 3 cars. This was up to at least the 1980's. Then all the stations had to be extended to fit five cars. Great Kills, for example, used to end where the foot bridge crosses over the tracks at the south end. The Bay Terrace platform used to end where the electric switch boxes are, also at the south end. That station used to have a weird configuration where the stairs went down at the end of the platform and there was a path between the two tracks so you'd be walking along side the train as both you and the train left the station. Now that's all part of the raised platform. Also, up to the late 70s, when I was attending Tottenville High School, the Princes Bay station was still made of wood.
@billjoang5 ай бұрын
Princes Bay also had stairs on the Tottenville bound side at Waterbury Ave. Also a waiting room on St. George bound side that was boarded up as long as I remembered it Pleasant plains also had the wood platforms.