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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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 Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2026 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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"KINGS HIGHWAY" station renovation (1010 WINS)........
"Mr. Jan-OH!" was gushing over this station now being "fully renovated and accessible".
And,of course, his usual schpiel.....
....the station is over100 years old; so much has eroded under the surfaces...."
"....too many tight places in which to work....."
Yeah, yeah, we've head it all before.... 
"NYO"
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W.B. Fishbowl
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2026 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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On top of it all, now we hear "congestion pricing" hasn't really cut back on air pollution . . .
To quote Gomer Pyle, "Surprise, surprise, surprise!" |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2026 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| W.B. Fishbowl wrote: | On top of it all, now we hear "congestion pricing" hasn't really cut back on air pollution . . .
To quote Gomer Pyle, "Surprise, surprise, surprise!" |
W.B.:
I "hoid" the SAME thing on Eyewitness News yesterday; like yourself, what I "hoid" did not surprise me in the slightest.....
"NYO"
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2026 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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"Ohhhh, 'G'......."
"Hoid" on 1010 WINS that more shutdowns of the "Gee" are upcoming; business owners along the line are NOT at all pleased, as one might imagine; they are trying to get the "Em-Tee-Ay" to re-schedule at least some of the work.....
"NYO"
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2026 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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Last time Your's Truly rode the "Gee-Gee", the hulking "Artens" (aka "Thunderboids") were still in "soivice"(and that's a LOOOOONG time ago!)....... 
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2538
(courtesy:ntcsubway.org)
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2026 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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This weekend will be the "wrap up" fir the multi-weekend switch replacement/trackwork on the #1, #2, and #3 lines
Of course, this also translates into seeing lfewer block signals and more "See-Bee-Tee-See".......... 
"NYO"
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W.B. Fishbowl
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2026 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | This weekend will be the "wrap up" fir the multi-weekend switch replacement/trackwork on the #1, #2, and #3 lines
Of course, this also translates into seeing lfewer block signals and more "See-Bee-Tee-See"..........
"NYO"
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And, eventually, "Bye, Bye, Silverboids" . . . |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2026 10:27 am Post subject: |
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W.B:
Sadly, bith the now veteran "Silverboids" and "Brighton Belled" R-69s will be disappearing into history.  8
The last cars running that are NOT NTTs, and the last with roller curtains.....an era is indeed in iits twilight.....
"NYO"
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2026 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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On this day in 1966.............
The first "R-38s" ("Brightliner Wannabes") entered service, on the "F" line.......
"NYO"
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W.B. Fishbowl
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2026 10:35 am Post subject: |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | On this day in 1966.............
The first "R-38s" ("Brightliner Wannabes") entered service, on the "F" line.......
"NYO"
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They were all, at the outset, assigned out of Jamaica Yard, owing to the "Arnines" kept there being in a worst state of disrepair. Delivery of these "Brightliner Wannabes" was slowed down by a strike at the "Saint Looie" plant. They were definitely the first cars made specifically for the "Eye-En-Dee" since the "Arten" "Thunderboids." From the R-16 to the "Are Toity-Too," all cars with these specs were orientated towards the "Bee-Em-Tee." |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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W.B.:
Appreciate the additional info, as always.
IMHO, both the "32s": and the the 38s" were desecrated with the GOH; the end bulkheads, with the new, miniscule "cyclops" sign (whatwere they thinking?) forever marred the original look of these classic cars (the removal of the straps and that hideous new iinterior paint really finished them off)
Recall, also, that the "38s" were the lst newcars to feature the "tradionalal" SMEE-era bulkheads.....
"NYO"
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W.B. Fishbowl
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | W.B.:
Appreciate the additional info, as always.
IMHO, both the "32s": and the the 38s" were desecrated with the GOH; the end bulkheads, with the new, miniscule "cyclops" sign (whatwere they thinking?) forever marred the original look of these classic cars (the removal of the straps and that hideous new iinterior paint really finished them off)
Recall, also, that the "38s" were the lst newcars to feature the "tradionalal" SMEE-era bulkheads.....
"NYO"
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And yet, the "Toity-Toos" way outlasted and outlived the "Toity-Ates." Go figure. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2026 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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W.B.:
And, recall, we USED to think that the ancient "Hi-Vs" held the record for longevity......
"NYO"
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