⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ R142A Metroflexx Test Train in the Rockaways!

[@Ihonestlydek]

R142A 3 train via the rockaways goes hard tho

[@DJHTransport]

Fact!!

[@myempire9219]

7 avenue exp / via Fulton exp / Rockaway park

[@TheMetrolinkRailfan406]

​@@DJHTransport RARE R142A (3) Train testing on the (A) Line. Cool video

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

Foam

[@NoobGaming1st]

THEY NEED TO PUT THE R142S BACK ON THE 3 LINE FR FR

[@Bassotronics]

For some reason, I love those shots where the train is coming from far away just like in this video.

[@VinceHere98]

Pretty unusual to see an R142A in the Rockaways. And signed up as a 3 as well.

[@DJHTransport]

Yep!

[@IsaiahPerez-du3kn]

Ah yes my favorite line to use the R142A cars! The 3 train lol

[@r62aguy85]

R62s make the 3 train what it is the red rocket never forget that

[@FinnBugFinn]

hey! i was the one at broad channel in the gray jacket, i didn't talk to you, but it was nice seeing you in person! especially since i've always been watching your content for years!

[@DJHTransport]

Whats up man!! Glad you made it out there! It sure was cold and windy out there haha

[@FinnBugFinn]

@@DJHTransport yeah, it was freezing, it was worth it though!

[@BigBlackGuy]

It's sad that I moved last Monday I ain't even get the chance to see this

[@gee853]

I am a former New Yorker. I was born in Brooklyn and lived there for 36 years. My father worked in the Engineering Department at 370 Jay Street in the early 1960's and my grandfather worked for the system throughout the 1940's and the 1950's! Many of my extended family members also worked for the New York City Transit Authority. One was a manager and one in a supervisory position. The subway system and its history are built into my D.N.A.! So, I do find it out of the ordinary to see an IRT R142 on a stretch of the IND Rockaway line!

[@TheTransferPoint]

Signed as the (3) is crazy 😮

[@DerrickTan74]

3 signage is crazy! What an interesting catch!

[@nyctransitrailfan]

Reminds me when the R142A 7 tested on far rock

[@jadenmuniz8817]

Love how this conductor actually knows some of us love to railfan so he set it to a 3 as no R142A has ever ran on it!

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

The R142A trains of the MetroFlexx are at he Rockways are always going fast. : )

[@Bassotronics]

Nice bird drone @ 8:15! Taking overhead video!

[@kirkzevola5004]

Sweet catch of the R142A 7625 - 7645 test train out in the Rockaways. Cool that MTA signed it up as a 3 train.

[@christianfigueroa8805]

Dude you got the best videos of NY TA TRAINS KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK WOW I NEVER KNEW This EXISTED

[@MetroMenTransitProductions]

Awesome catch! A little too awesome!

[@scottyerkes1867]

Testing of new equipment is very important for safety and comfort of passengers.💚👌

[@MetroMenTransitProductions]

It’s far from new.

[@meli4157cozy]

@@MetroMenTransitProductionsAre you blind? The breaks are brand new, how is this hardly new equipment?

[@jaydottt_transitfanner]

@@MetroMenTransitProductionshe means the new braking system not the rolling stock model

[@MetroMenTransitProductions]

@@jaydottt_transitfanner ohhhhh

[@gtavstepfordcounty1733]

​@@MetroMenTransitProductionsderp derp derp derp

[@KingofGamingAndTrains456]

“This Is A Far Rockaway Bound (3) Train, Via The (A) Line. The Next Stop Is: Beach 67 Street.”

[@TCORV]

😂

[@GTAE86YT]

Lol, 3 train on the BMT line with a literal IRT R142A is crazy, these consists from the 4 line have never ventured out here since.

[@jelanimckenzie49]

An R142A as a (3) train.... Hell yeah i approve!

[@duddud5319]

The only way the 3 train could realistically get an R142A is if there is an emergency right at the crack of dawn, and an overnight R142A 4 train to New Lots Ave was instructed to have its crew changed for the morning shift and just carry on as the 3 train from there

[@Manuonroblox]

Or when rush hour ends and it’s going to new lots so it just has to reroute to a (3) train

[@tomwujek4867]

The new Metroflexx system has had some early success worldwide since getting launched. It integrates a service brake, emergency brake, wheel slide protection, TCMS communication, advanced diagnostics, and condition based maintenance into 1 product. It also has an extended MTBO of 10 years and the single product can be used with multiple configurations. At the same time, maintanence is supposed to be much simpler and it weighs less. This makes me think it could be introduced with a refurbishment of the R142 or be introduced on the future R262,

[@DJHTransport]

Interesting!!! Thanks for the detailed info.

[@Rah2005]

Is a R142 refurbishment on the table?

[@tomwujek4867]

@@Rah2005 It might be to make them CBTC compatible. I know that the current HVAC units are gradually being replaced by CRRC Shijiazhuang King Transportation which will be similar to the HVAC on the R179 trains.

[@Rah2005]

@@tomwujek4867 that's a good point. Now I've got to go research CBTC expansion...thanks for the info

[@NYCMTA-k7p]

This is a far rockaway 3 train the next stop is 34 penn station

[@MJB5377]

This dude was just in Switzerland yesterday and he's already back in New York?!

[@DJHTransport]

Dj Hammers Teleporting

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

Or is he a time lord from doctor who with a tardis

[@hobog]

1:57 can definitely see the trains are meant for the smaller loading gauge routes!

[@KeenanFoster]

I’ve never seen an r142a 3train let alone via the rockaways soo cool

[@nekocraftguy]

I honestly didn't expect to hear such quiet brakes in my entire life as a train fan

[@csouth28]

Interesting, I do like how the brake release sounds. Hopefully this test goes well and we see some retrofits take place.

[@JavierVelez2007]

R142A signed up as a 3 train is extremely ultra rare!

[@iO-Sci]

This New York City Metro train is serene and at times unique in my viewpoint viewing from Seoul. 이 뉴욕시 지하철 열차는 고요하고 때로는 서울에서 바라보는 나의 관점에서 독특합니다.

[@Aatrixian]

Sheesh, first an R143 break testing in the Rockaways, and now an R142A as well. Broad Channel has been getting quite a bunch of surprises lately, lol.

[@ogLimitedEdiition]

Very interesting. Are there any articles or publications about this new tech?

[@AweShiyte]

I have never watched the gap like I did on this video!

[@EGOR4IKTRAINS]

For some reason this bridge reminds me of the Preobrazhensky Metro Bridge. This bridge is located between Preobrazhenskaya Square and Sokolniki stations

[@Boeing747official-invasion]

Signed up as a 3 train in my home line

[@TheLIRRFrenchie...]

I wonder if this is the same set I saw parked at Pitkin yard last week as I was walking up the ramp to linden plaza to visit my aunt 🤔. I was quite shocked to see it there lol had to really peek through the fence to see it to make sure I wasn't going crazy lol.

[@TailsMilesFoxx]

WOW I've never seen an R142A in the rockaways, as the 3, must have came from 207th st yard all the way to the rockaways I assume?

[@icyleorailfanningchannel930]

R211A: Hey you’re not allowed to be here! R142A: I’m just taking the day off though R179: We really need him out of here R46: For Real! All he is doing is displaying as the 3 train while being on our line R142A: Just give me a break okay?

[@TonEd622]

Literally if the subway cars would do a comedy show, this would be their convo 😂

[@lopwr1212]

cringe

[@BXpitbull24]

R142: Rockaway family is tough on my cousin R142a He’s going to need to come back home as 4 train.

[@christianfigueroa8805]

It's sounds like a Thomas The Tank Engine Episode with the new guy as the new ead of the MTA NYCT as Sir Topham Hatt

[@DennisLora2001]

Nice work man plus it's very strange that the R142A is on the Rockaway line.

[@AmtrakNJTCSX_MTAfannerNYC]

Epic catch dude this is extremely rare to catch ngl

[@DJHTransport]

Thanks!! It was a long hike through the publicly-accessible wildlife refuge to get the first shot :)

[@AmtrakNJTCSX_MTAfannerNYC]

@@DJHTransport Np dude

[@5argetech56]

I lived in Rockaway in the 70's, Beach 67th st. Gaston ave, Arverne was my stop!

[@GTAE86YT]

dang you was an og

[@duanec3015]

This is honestly really cool! Will this happen again?

[@wyattsmith2498]

Is there a possibility this system is being tested for R262s?

[@leecornwell5632]

No R262/As as of yet. They have not found no builders for the R262/As. There's no word on that. The R62AS R62S has to hold on on the 1 3 6 S lines until the Brand New R262/As gets here.

[@foni105]

are they gonna be in the rockaways soon?

[@josephmitchell5302]

Nice video but what are the things tape for the windows on the side of the car?

[@DJHTransport]

That is wiring for the testing instrumentation :D

[@justSTUMBLEDupon]

3:31 what’s that going down the side of the train?

[@WatchManOfDoom0928]

Tape

[@jfchonors8873]

Did they take a #4 from Jerome yard and transfer it to the Concourse yard to get it on the B division?

[@leecornwell5632]

Yes. The reason why they had transferred to the B devisins from the Jerome Ave 4 line to picken yards is because they had to upgrade the brakes to be tested on the A line to far Rockaway s and they have the middle track s to test them just like they had the R62AS from the 42 Times Square shuttle using six car units.

[@michel4rthur]

Wouldn't they test it on Sea Beach instead?

[@aaronthefriendlyroblox5733]

Ay R142A (3) via the A line, not actually though that’s not gonna happen, I can see the first 5 cars looks clean but the other 5 cars are extremely dirty and need to be washed, good catch there

[@HayleyKiyokoLineBMT]

Great

[@showstoppa01]

Since the letter lines been getting new trains for a few years now you think the A division numbered lines will get any new trains?

[@leecornwell5632]

Yes the iRT lines is definitely getting both Equipments R262s open gangways R262As end ways just like the R211As R211s Staten island Rail ways I'm telling you.

[@leecornwell5632]

The 7 Flushing line is not getting no R262/As because they have all the R142As from the Pelham 6 line and there original R188s six and six car units to make it eleven cars . The R188s R142As is definitely staying put on the 7 Flushing line. That's the reason why they have the R62AS back on the Pelham 6 line.

[@Patchy682bestbus]

Dang, Queenslink sure came early except used on the 3 line (if you know what im talking abt)

[@pbatommy]

Those cars are R188ML (their internal designation).

[@randolphtwells1360]

I wonder if this R142A is going to be on the 3 line to go to Harlem-148th. Street and to New Lots Avenue. Do you imagine that, DJ?

[@DJHTransport]

That would be cool! But highly unlikely sadly

[@Dezlite]

Livonia yard cant take New techs, due to the way the yard is designed. The ceiling is too low.

[@ccxi_4300]

what are these lines doing out of the train

[@camera9024]

2:19 Look how rusty they are! We’re getting old, bois!

[@karma-z6a]

It’s not rusting, it’s just really dirty and needs a deep cleaning!

[@ThatUnknownProPlayer2024]

@GojiRaidsAgain55they need a deep cleaning that’s why 😢

[@MasterTransit_MSDWolf8420]

Wow!

[@mortalkombat1712]

That train model used to be on the 6 Line

[@leecornwell5632]

Yep the R142As used to be on the Pelham 6 line.

[@mortalkombat1712]

I miss them on there

[@ortimate2543]

I can imagine it saying: "This is a Far Rockaway Bound 3 train via the A line, the next stop is.. broad channel"

[@soli82cat]

Are they replacing the current train models with the R142A?

[@leecornwell5632]

Not until the Brand New R262/As comes to replace all the R62AS R62S on the 1 3 6 S lines for CBTCS.

[@michaelscott7706]

What are they testing on the 142As?

[@leecornwell5632]

They were testing them for new brakes to replace the old brakes because pretty soon when they start delivering the Brand New R262/As for CBTCS on the 4 5 6 S 3 1 Broadway lines they are definitely gonna be remodified the R142/As cab units and New brakes for CBTCS.

[@christssoulwinner188]

an r142 3 train via rockaways is different and interesting as I am a railfan.

[@davidng2336]

The 3 sign is foam.

[@superluigi6547]

Does the R142 3 Trains on Brooklyn in New Lots and Manhattan

[@farrockqns3759]

The 142 does go to new lots but only assigned to the 4 line

[@TitanCameraman771]

IND:why is your r142a doing on my rock way line IRT:it’s for testing IND:ok

[@Psevdonim123]

NYC: "Oh no, the gap is 4 inches more with this type of train, it's dangerous to use it on IRT/IND platforms!" London: "Um, sir, these two types of train have completely different loading gauges..." "Argh, noncence, send the Piccadilly line to Uxbridge it will be fiiiiiiine" *Narrator's voice:* it wasn't fine

[@jackchen7003]

Rare to see an R142A in the borough of Queens!

[@devinsauls3568]

The 3 train can go to Queens?! 😱

[@ronicefraser3983]

I'm missing some things that can be done without knowing anything for them because I have never played with anyone else in the hit try that I can see the game

[@qcoolbra25]

I'm confused I thought number trains can't run the letter lines

[@TheLIRRFrenchie...]

They can because they're slim enough. Letter lines can't run on numbered lines because they're wider.

[@2500Creations]

I can bet you, these formers were having a field day with the R142A (3) via the Rockaways..

[@misaelarroyo5971]

Just like the 2 and 5 share strip maps. The 3 and 4 should also share stripmaps. Since they go to the same place in Brooklyn like the 2 and 5 does in Brooklyn and the Bronx

[@Metsfan7232]

3 & 4 swapping equipment at New Lots would be more problematic than 2 & 5 at Flatbush

[@conxeptnyc_]

@@Metsfan7232R142/A’s should be retrofitted with those FIND+ Screens that are on the R211 or just wait till the R262 lmao

[@Bassotronics]

That cannot run the original 3 line because it’s a wide BMT (9 foot 9) train and cannot fit the narrow IRT. (8 foot 5) Update: I think it actually is a IRT since I see a gap between platform and doors. 🤔

[@Paintbrush370]

I want this to be back on the 6 line

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

The r262 prototype should be assigned to the six train and the contract isn't awarded yet, so late 2026 revenue testing

[@Paintbrush370]

@@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2 Ugh

[@leecornwell5632]

The 6 Pelham line is definitely getting mixed equipments R262As R142As when they get the Brand New R262/As . For now the R62AS R62S has to hang in there on the 1 3 6 S lines until the R262/As comes. We definitely wish that they could of kept the 8 Thrid Ave Elevated line running without tairing it down. If they would of kept the 8 Thrid Ave Elevated line running I gareete you the R62AS would of definitely replacing all the R12 R14s R15 s Just like they did on the 1 3 6 S 4 and 7 Flushing lines for the old Redbirds.

[@leecornwell5632]

That's another reasons why they have those 8 signs on the R62AS R62S and the R142/As . When they deliver the R262As I have a real spriital feeling that they are definitely gonna have the powder blue 🔵 8 Thrid Ave Elevated computer 🖥️ rolling signs I'm telling you.

[@Paintbrush370]

@@leecornwell5632Thanks for telling me

[@ghostengineer]

What’s a metroflexx train ?

[@DJHTransport]

Metroflexx is the name of the new brake package that this train is testing

[@ghostengineer]

@@DJHTransport oh gotcha. Thank you

[@TheMetrolinkRailfan406]

An R142A meets R179

[@pinhead35]

Light rail is so cool

[@ThatUnknownProPlayer2024]

2:19 poor R142A they need a deep cleaning but the MTA don’t do anything they just send any NTT and OTT for service while they’re clean or dirty

[@theestallion818]

That used to be the 4 train what's going on?????? 😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@leecornwell5632]

Yes. The R142As is still on the 4 Jerome Ave 4 line and going back to the 4 line.

[@Nelson-od9ns]

They should replace from B division to A divisions

[@patleung4176]

MTA really needs to keep their fleet washed better.

[@tom762x39]

Its most likely a decommissioned train used for testing. I you look careful there are wires taped the that ,in a vertical fashion going up to the windows.

[@theestallion818]

Those models never going on the 3 line permanently 😮😮😮😮

[@Metsfan7232]

would not be first time cars permanently xfered from 4 to 3

[@Ironman875]

The R142A could come to the 3 when the R262 comes out.

[@Perseverance1987x]

those R142as look rough from all the vandalism.

[@romeojames89]

Hopefully the 3 line will be getting some new trains finally those old ones are so busted and disgusting 😂🤣

[@leecornwell5632]

What. Bro the R62AS R62S is definitely not busted because you don't see no holes and no rusted. The R62S R62AS reminds me of the R32S

[@146_ChinoMexicano]

Imagine if MTA did actually put R142A on the 3 Train service, that would've been COOL AF!!!! But unfortunately, i know it'll never happen....

[@Abstractt]

The rust on those 142As have not aged well, they need a well-deserved wash

[@untamed6]

Metroflexxing

[@Boypogikami132]

What the hell is a metroflexx Edit: nvm they’re brakes

[@arcadeadf]

R142A (3) on Rockaways 💀

[@rubberbandcity]

retroflex

[@jaydenphilbertmunipals9089]

Yeah the mta needa to clean the r142a/r142 fleet more, all of them are this dirty

[@TransitMan_123]

Oh this is some foamers things!

[@amy7092]

Sawa

[@RicardoLopez-mc5op]

So rusted!

[@Nitro99999]

I don't think this model is aging well it looks dirty and rusted and disgusting as hell what is going on lol

[@TSgotstolengoddamm]

its prob bc its yard doesnt have a car wash and they refuse to take it to another yard to have a wash (which is lame bc it just makes crime within the subway worse since all other ppl perception of nyc subway is it being dingy)

[@Metsfan7232]

⁠@@TSgotstolengoddammTBH will take a little more than some clean cars to make NYC subway appear less dingy