I was a conductor for 5 years on the #6 train. Tough job. Lots of challenges. But though I’m not living in NY anymore, I’m glad I had the opportunity to actually experience my dream of working on a NYC subway train as a conductor.
@YTEEPROOF6 ай бұрын
SOUNDVIEW! SOUNDVIEW! My kids mother is a operator on the Canarsie Brooklyn L train
@itzKingIzzo2U6 ай бұрын
Salute to you
@timmercer66746 ай бұрын
My Dad was a Conductor on the 6,2,5 for years. He also was a platform Conductor at 59th Street.
@gregl19277 ай бұрын
As someone from Boston watching this: it's impressive that they clean the trains in 2 minutes at the end of the line. And they have contactless fare payment. The MBTA could learn a lot from New York MTA of how to run an actual subway system.
@videonut19887 ай бұрын
But they also have the system's own cards for people who do NOT have contactless cards.
@Metsfan72327 ай бұрын
They have 2-3 cars assigned per cleaner. Usually is just sweeping, while not uncommon for trains to change direction at terminal within one whole minute (in that case, train interior receives little to no cleaning).
@fcjose317 ай бұрын
Limpiar en 2 minutos? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5zGdmdne797pKssi=WDp0ZLyRt7KXxrtB&t=1 Aqui se limpia bien en los garajes por la noche, pero los de largo recorrido se limpian cada viaje.
@TheRailLeaguer7 ай бұрын
@@videonut1988So does NYC.
@mtanyctrainatlantamartatra71646 ай бұрын
It's not thoroughly clean though
@danielwrynn47077 ай бұрын
I just wanted to say, " This is an excellent video!" I'm a conductor for NYCT. I work on the G train. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more excellent videos 📹 👍
@r62aguy857 ай бұрын
I took the test for the train operator position Sunday don’t know what I scored yet but I know I passed for sure how long did they take to call you back that’s the only thing I’m worried about
@danielwrynn47077 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@danielwrynn47076 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@Lemon-zw7cb6 ай бұрын
@@r62aguy85 can take a long time, up to 1-6 years but you would probably get called within 6 months
@harlemboy4135 ай бұрын
@r62aguy85 better be worried about studying that shit ain't easy. It's gonna blow your mind how much stuff you have to learn in 6 months. I'm a conductor going for operator also
@NicksDynasty7 ай бұрын
We need more networks like this in more cities
@Ragnarok0437 ай бұрын
TIL theres no sensor on the door, the conductor is manually re-opening the door
@JayJay-cw3cg7 ай бұрын
The conductor is the person who opens the doors and are stationed in the center of the train, the Train Operator are the ones who actually drove and operate the train.
@JoseNunez-hh1yr7 ай бұрын
'Motormen' to you.🙂
@kristainviayoutube5007 ай бұрын
@@JoseNunez-hh1yroperator-motormen, same thing.
@kenwoodburn52447 ай бұрын
The ones who control and “drive it” are actually the engineers
@JayJay-cw3cg7 ай бұрын
@@kenwoodburn5244 no i believe that's the pilot
@captainkeyboard10076 ай бұрын
On the Franklin Avenue Shuttle, and the Forty-Second Street Shuttle lines, the train operator operates the door controls, as well as the motors and the brakes.
@fennerguyreloadedАй бұрын
1:34 She is one of the cutest conductors in the MTA ❤
@MsLexDiva307 ай бұрын
Shout out to MTA for keeping our city run smoothly. When you see a MTA employee out there, stop and say thank you. They work really hard. My mother, stepfather, and brother in law all work for MTA. They work hard and actually care.. ❤ Thank you, MTA..
@Sjmrsjohnson17 ай бұрын
Awwww thank you sweetheart
@hughherndon42767 ай бұрын
I miss home. Love hearing our accent.
@BesttLuck7 ай бұрын
what accent?
@TechJolt3d7 ай бұрын
@@BesttLuck Probably the New York accent
@ishaspeaks45366 ай бұрын
That’s Carribbean accent not NYC
@amazing500005 ай бұрын
@@ishaspeaks4536 This is the NYC accent. Everyone talking in this video drop their R's when they talk. That's makes the NY accent. I don't know where you got Caribbean from? I'm from Brooklyn, which has a lot of Caribbean Immigrates and they talk nothing like this,
@deepnation100095 ай бұрын
@@amazing50000This is what I'm saying. Lifelong New Yorker here and these folk are real NYers.
@metropod7 ай бұрын
... anyone at thrillist want to explain with 3:51 uses stock footage from Chicago...?
@tfp_42157 ай бұрын
Lol
@Noorullah17 ай бұрын
Wow good eye hahah. Metra does not run in New York.
@metropod7 ай бұрын
@@Noorullah1 I mean it’s not that hard to get an overview of the 7 line’s Corona Yard. It has a public walkway crossing above it.
@BrokenBonesRBLX7 ай бұрын
@Noorullah1 it does. you're just too blind to see it.
@BrokenBonesRBLX7 ай бұрын
it's not from Chicago. It's form NYC. Look closely.
@alexcervantes61257 ай бұрын
In LA Metro, you have to become a Bus Operator for some amount of years to be promoted to Train Operator.
@fnihp307 ай бұрын
Same thing in Chicago at Chicago Transit Authority (CTA).
@dynasty00196 ай бұрын
Which is a stupid rule.
@John-u6d4h2 ай бұрын
I’m a former NYC motorman….oldest equipment I’ve operated were the R10 cars from 1948….but eventually I got to operate everything including the Museum fleets
@creativemindplay7 ай бұрын
So we're just not gonna talk about what a silver fox Demetrius Crichlow is
@pbatommy7 ай бұрын
I'm now retired after working as a train operator for 31 years.
@allenmondesir7 ай бұрын
Awesome what was the worst thing about your job?
@pbatommy7 ай бұрын
@@allenmondesir the trauma I suffered when someone ended their life on my train.
@ilttpvvm7 ай бұрын
@@pbatommyI was a station agent when some poor SOB decided to end it all at my station on my tour.
@r62aguy857 ай бұрын
@@pbatommyyour so lucky man you probably operated the Legendary SMEEs R32 R42s R44 Redbirds R46 R62 R62A R40 slants. Took the test last Sunday hoping to get in all the Good SMEEs will be gone by that time I get called in 7 years or so
@pbatommy7 ай бұрын
@@r62aguy85 I was A Division so I ran all the IRT SMEE classes from the R12s through the R62As. I also ran all the tech trains as well. I even ran the diesels.
@rivera5bАй бұрын
2:02 Not anymore, now he is the permanent president of the MTA NYC Transit
@1howemat6 ай бұрын
3:51 when did the (7) get extended to Chicago, IL?!?! 😂
@TheTransitFox136 ай бұрын
Fr
@MtaTrainsFan7 ай бұрын
Im also gonna do training to be a train operator can't wait my dreams is coming true
@PrimyFritzellz7 ай бұрын
Is it just me that find it weird that the conductor calls the passengers "Customers"? Like they're passengers on a train. Not going into a shopping mall
@metropod7 ай бұрын
it's what they wanted us to say for a long time.
@coreturkoane55707 ай бұрын
They're a******* well some of them are! I hate people 😠😡
@pbatommy7 ай бұрын
For a short time, the MTA wanted us to refer the riding public as "our guests"!
@michaelhernandez43297 ай бұрын
It’s the courteous thing to say. Airlines call passengers customers because they pay to ride.
@JoseNunez-hh1yr7 ай бұрын
Part of the 'Blue Book' communications guide handbook.
@xSoporific14 ай бұрын
Thank you
@marvellespiller636 ай бұрын
The way they spraying those seats down is what they need to do for the CTA I shouldn’t have to wipe down my own seats 😂😂😂
@bigwristband6 ай бұрын
Anyone else notice they used Chicago trains at 3:51?
@TheTransitFox136 ай бұрын
Me.
@Timothy7 ай бұрын
First!
@NicksDynasty7 ай бұрын
Big dawg watching public transit videos, I love it
@redcomet00797 ай бұрын
Yo Tim, quit sleeping on that script ✍️😂
@TheTransitFox136 ай бұрын
Shut it
@alexandraclarke4317 ай бұрын
No longer in NYC but I’m not a fan of paying for a test regarding employment with MTA
@MrSloika3 ай бұрын
No one should pay to apply for a job.
@captainkeyboard10076 ай бұрын
Transit workers The Best People Around who roll the big wheels abound. Typed by me, a subway buff.
@Mpugs6 ай бұрын
4:39 those are not platform screen doors
@bruve4 ай бұрын
Of course they arent, they cant install that in a 120 Year Old Subway System without having to completely redesign the station. They are acknowledging that Platform screen doors are the best way to prevent riders from falling onto the tracks, instead they added barriers to hopefully prevent it from happening as frequently as it could without the barriers in place.
@cadicorniche6 ай бұрын
This video made me homesick.
@carkawalakhatulistiwa7 ай бұрын
3:59 We are talking about trains, not cars
@metropod7 ай бұрын
Having actually gone through one, it’s actually not that different.
@bruve4 ай бұрын
They're just relating how they wash the trains in Corona Yard to a car wash, numbnut
@shawnhall97927 ай бұрын
With all these people why are our trains in this city so dirty ? Why are they always shutting down and hardly running on time ? You have all these people in the MTA business but it's always rundown
@scottmac6 ай бұрын
The NYC MTA has 5.5 million riders per day. That’s why.
@shawnhall97926 ай бұрын
@scottmac that's not an excuse let's cut the bs there's cities with far more people and it's more clean . But it's also the passengers fault as well
@scottmac6 ай бұрын
@@shawnhall9792 the cities you’re thinking of are all located outside of the United States where there is an entirely different culture and funding scheme.
@harlemboy4135 ай бұрын
@shawnhall9792 what cities plus MTA subway over 100 years old when Japan was being bombed in ww2 it was already about 50 years old. I'm a conductor you have no idea how massive this system is I'm still amazed.
@shawnhall97925 ай бұрын
@harlemboy413 there's literally cities in America that have better maintenance! I understand our subway is 100 year's old but damn there's has to be something they can do plus there's people who just throw trash in the stations I feel like people like that should be fined because all that garbage in the train tracks causes a lot of delays as well . Most of the time the MTA doesn't seem to care about the system falling apart hell over in The Bronx my friend had a fractured knee because the stairs collapsed! And then my father's friend went through a similar thing in Manhattan where she sued them this is disgusting how the system is like a 3rd world country with all the billions that pour into this city
@videonut19887 ай бұрын
To the OPTO Stans, keep scrolling.
@maxwish94716 ай бұрын
I want to work from the MTA from age 22 to age 70 (2029-2077).
@Theofficaltransitpingwin7 ай бұрын
how does someone go from working a 188 to a 160 and the same person in the same video wtf
@liveeric26317 ай бұрын
9 years N I'm Still waiting on a call I apply for the conductor exam on September 25 2015 took the test on march 22 2016 Got the list number 31,000 don't know what's going on with the list.......I Don't even know what number they up too
@Symbiote-hq6pn4 ай бұрын
If your list number is 31,000 honestly just move on or retake an exam. They’re only in the 13,000s right now.
@liveeric26314 ай бұрын
@Symbiote-hq6pn 13,000 😲 yeah I already applied for the bus operator exam already
@Symbiote-hq6pn4 ай бұрын
@@liveeric2631do you have a cdl permit?
@salaamallahalternatechannel7 ай бұрын
THIS BLACK SISTER IS GREAT !! -- LOVE HER
@garyaustin92877 ай бұрын
Yes I personally know her. She is definitely a very nice person.
@TheEnigmaProductions4 ай бұрын
I despise the MTA once I get my car I’m never taking the subway
@TheRailLeaguer4 ай бұрын
Why?
@ronaldopando7696 ай бұрын
They forgot to mention the $700 million a year they lose to fare evaders 😂
@tonylarussa40466 ай бұрын
BARELY running!!!!!!!!
@lavernedavy12473 ай бұрын
Mr third generation it's been always my dream to work for M.T.A I would love to be a Terminal cleaner I love to clean right now I'm a school bus Matron and I keep my school bus very clean soil will like to be a train cleaner as well Laverne
@viviennewestwoodruinedmylife7 ай бұрын
And only been cleaned once
@nycbigbear7 ай бұрын
Someone couldn't be bothered to watch the video
@stickynorth7 ай бұрын
TROLL!
@agentrgwx85294 ай бұрын
mental illness sure isn’t good
@stickynorth7 ай бұрын
Still the most impressive metro system on the planet bar none... Well maybe the Vancouver skytrain or Dubai Metro which are both fully automated but that's a whole other discussion!
@metropod7 ай бұрын
Because they were built from the ground up for that technology. There are sections of the subway network that date from the late 1880s that is still in use. We celebrate 1904 as the opening of the original IRT mainline from City Hall to 145th, the introduction of underground services. But New York has elevated trains for decades prior and sections of earlier elevated in Brooklyn opened 20 years earlier now form a core component of the J train, from Gates Avenue (the world’s oldest purpose built rapid transit/Metro station still in day to day service outside of London at 139 years old) to Crescent Street. This section is old enough to have had steam locomotives pull the trains.
@Alexpeltecu6 ай бұрын
Badly
@mactech81672 күн бұрын
m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qITKp3xnerGZp7M
@monkeystuff6617 ай бұрын
Thats a good conductor L MTA a little but W 🙃
@ProjectsHoodRat6 ай бұрын
But how come MTA charging local NYers congestion pricing for driving back to their own home, those that lives within the city, below 60th? Or elderlies coming in from outer boroughs for doctor appt in the Upper East or Upper West where majority of the medical advance hospitals are located? Just cut pension and bonuses from the executives that does nothing but sit at the table and conduct their useless weekly meetings about dumb priorities like "platform robots"
@rockvilleraven4 ай бұрын
Things could be worse, in Washington, DC the fares are mostly distanced based because there are no dedicated funding sources for the Washington Metro, unless you ride after 9:30 to closing or all day weekends, it's can go from $2.50 to 6.75 each way max. The rest of the time, its 2.50 flat each way.
@jolyonwelsh98347 ай бұрын
A.I. will replace you eventually.
@fcjose317 ай бұрын
Aquí mantienen el sistema de 106 años, se modernizan las líneas mas antiguas, por eso no luce tan mal a pesar de los años, aunque muchas estaciones se hicieran hace mas de un siglo, se han modernizado. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJnIc32ij5xqd5Ysi=Y-jLRzd4TMkiIw4i&t=1
@RandyWarzinski6 ай бұрын
I respect these workers however NYC Subway system is the worst in the world compared to other countries. Tokyo Japan has the best subway system in the world why because they are smarter than americans at economics, engineering, planning, maintaining, and . It isn't because the american system is so old, thats a lame excuse on why the MTA subway is bad. It can be completely rebuilt and modernized which it should be .
@agentrgwx85294 ай бұрын
I mean if it was the absolute worst then would it be running completely like it is at this second? I hardly have problems with the L and 7 trains which I take to get around and are clean, efficient and fast. I’m just happy I have a good way to get around, could care less if Tokyo is better since none of their lines or tracks or whatever tf it is touch this continent
@RandyWarzinski4 ай бұрын
@@agentrgwx8529 all you need to do is do research online and it will tell you that the nyc subway is one of the worst in the world also to mention UNSAFE so please spare me your BS
@bruve4 ай бұрын
@@RandyWarzinski It may be unsafe, but it gets the job done. Also, its one of the most complex in the world, not many transit systems have this many Train Lines & Bus Routes like the MTA does. And most of the unsafe stations are the unrenovated ones (ex. Chambers Street), and they remain unrenovated likely due to either the lines importance or the infrastructure of the station. A majority of newly renovated stations are much safer, ex. Hudson Yards, 5 Av-Bryant Park, and many other stations. And the unsafe state of most stations is because of the riders themselves, throwing trash on the tracks or on the floor, or people pushing others onto the tracks. In All, its not entirely the MTAs fault, some of the riders are to blame.
@higheveryday1387 ай бұрын
Cap as shit
@agentrgwx85294 ай бұрын
What is cap though?? 💀💀
@higheveryday1384 ай бұрын
@@agentrgwx8529 Why are you sending skull emotes what does that mean?