Posts Tagged ‘subway’
Friday, August 20th, 2010
The following MTA NYCT Subway service alert was posted this morning for the G train because of a “water condition” at the 21 St – Van Alst station:

Misery for the G
Water? At 21 St – Van Alst? YA THINK?!!?


These photos are from four years ago. So I hope they get right on that…
Tags: G train, mta, new york city, New York City Transit, nyc, nyct, station, subway, subway station, train, water condition
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Friday, May 28th, 2010
Concurrent with the subway service revisions planned to take effect June 27, 2010, a new subway map edition will be released that does more than just reflect the changes in service. The new map will still closely resemble the current one, with the following significant design changes:
- Subway lines shadowed (outlined in gray)
- Service Guide removed
- Accessible Stations list removed
- Bus transfer bubbles compacted
- Parks will be olive colored
- Water will be a deeper blue
- Manhattan will be 30% wider
- Staten Island will be 50% smaller
- Other boroughs enlarged
- Most ferry routes removed
Compare the March 2010 The Map to the New The Map:

March 2010 NYC Subway "The Map"

Proposed new NYC Subway "The Map"
Take a look at many other versions of the NYC Subway Map by browsing my gallery of map scans at Railfanwindow.com.
Source: New York Times
Tags: map, mta, new york city, New York City Transit, nyct, subway, The Map
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Weeks Marine Crane 552 in the Harlem River Ship Canal today
As I reported earlier today, the Weeks Marine crane 552 departed the 207 St subway yard after serving there for about nine years. The crane loaded all the reef-ready subway cars onto the Barge of Death. It also loaded the scrap trucks onto another barge for delivery to a scrap dealer. Here are some photos of the crane being pushed by Weeks tug Elizabeth through the canal and towards the Hudson River at around 1:20 PM today.


Photos taken by my wife. Thanks!!
Tags: barge of death, mta, new york city, New York City Transit, reef, subway
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Currently on the dead line at 207 Street Yard are a redbird, a yellow rider car, and some R-42 cars. These cars may soon be loaded onto the Barge of Death for a one-way trip to the reef.
Tags: barge, barge of death, mta, New York City Transit, r-42, reef, subway
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010
After an absence of several months (due to the fact that the reefing program was temporarily suspended), the Barge of Death is now back at 207th Street Yard. I can see the top of the backhoe that is on top of the barge and used to push the subway cars into the water when out at sea. And the tug Virginia just came back under the raised Broadway Bridge to head back to the Hudson River.
So it looks like there may be another barge going out in the not too distant future…
Tags: barge, barge of death, mta, new york city, New York City Transit, nyc, nyct, reef, subway
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
These people do not belong in subway tunnels, and they should not be vandalizing public property. Let what happened to this kid be a lesson to others like him.
Boy’s Leg Is Severed in Tunnel on N Line
Tags: New York City Transit, nyct, subway
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Some in the Asian community in Atlanta do not like the name of the subway line though their community – the Yellow Line. All the MARTA subway lines were renamed last year to reflect colors instead of compass directions.
Article 1: MARTA ‘yellow line’ to Doraville angers some in Asian community
Article 2: Mixed reaction on MARTA’s ‘yellow line’ rebranding
I think I’ll just have to go down there myself to form my opinion

MARTA Subway Map
Tags: subway
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Monday, January 11th, 2010

Service Alert Screenshot
According to the service alert above, the (C) isn’t running right now due to a police investigation. The problem is that the (C) isn’t running at all this weekend to begin with!
No C trains running – Take the A instead
Jan 9 – 11, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon
Note: A trains run local between 168 St and Euclid Av
Free shuttle buses replace A trains between Jay St and Utica Av
Tags: mta, new york city, New York City Transit, nyc, nyct, subway
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Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Service Alerts Screenshot
Things did not look good for the IRT No. 1 and 6 subway lines this morning. The (1) had signal problems at three different stations all at the same time!
- 116th Street-Columbia University Station
- 59th Street-Columbus Circle Station
- Marble Hill-225th Street Station
While the (6) had a track problem at the Westchester Square Station.
The (1) problems were resolved one by one, with the last one cleared up at 1:41 PM. Unfortunately, at 4:01 PM, more signal problems cropped up along the (1), this time at the 125th Street Station. That issue was fixed over four hours later, at 8:39 PM, according to the service alerts emails.
Tags: mta, new york city, New York City Transit, nyct, station, subway, train
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