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The Bulletin ALL R-179 CARS REMOVED from SERVICE Published by the Electric Railroaders’ (From the New York Times, January 8, 2020) Association, Inc ERA BULLETIN — FEBRUARY, 2020 The Bulletin Electric Railroaders’ Association, Incorporated Vol. 63, No. 2 February, 2020 The Bulletin ALL R-179 CARS REMOVED FROM SERVICE Published by the Electric Railroaders’ (From The New York Times, January 8, 2020) Association, Inc. P. O. Box 3323 An entire fleet of New York City’s newest the new cars broke down more often than Grand Central Station subway cars was abruptly pulled out of ser- some older ones that had been in service New York, NY 10163 vice on Wednesday after two recent epi- since the 1980s, according to authority data. For general inquiries, sodes raised concerns that doors could open “As documented, the MTA has identified or Bulletin submissions, while trains were moving, according to peo- repeated issues with Bombardier’s perfor- contact us at bulletin@erausa. org ple involved in the transit system who were mance and finds this latest development un- or on our website at told about the defects. acceptable,” Andy Byford, the President of erausa. org/contact The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the New York City Transit Authority, said in a Editorial Staff: which runs the subway, did not provide de- statement on Wednesday. “We intend to hold tails about the episodes that led it to sideline the company fully accountable.” Jeffrey Erlitz Editor-in-Chief the 298 cars, but officials said that no riders The authority has hired an outside firm to had been injured. inspect the faulty cars and has replaced Ronald Yee Tri-State News and Authority officials also declined to comment them for now with others in its roughly 6,700- Commuter Rail Editor on whether the problems would have allowed car fleet. The move has resulted in trains doors to open while trains were in motion running less frequently on the and Alexander Ivanoff J Z North American and until an investigation is complete. lines, officials said. It was unclear how long World News Editor The removal of the cars, which were being the inspections would take. David Ross used on trains on the A, C, J, and Z “There is nothing more terrifying than the Production Manager lines, is a significant setback in the authori- idea of a door flying open when you’re lean- ty’s effort to modernize the subway system’s ing against it,” said Nick Sifuentes, the Exec- Copyright © 2019 ERA antiquated infrastructure. It is also the largest utive Director of Tri-State Transportation such equipment removal in recent years. Campaign, an advocacy group. “But from a This Month’s The new cars were supposed to replace safety perspective, it’s good that this is being Cover Photo: others that date to President Lyndon B. John- flagged now and can be rectified immediate- R68s 2924+2916 son’s administration and are some of the old- ly.” (Westinghouse-Amrail, 1988) are approaching their est train cars in operation in the world. A Bombardier spokeswoman said on north terminal at Franklin Av The new cars, known as R-179s, were Wednesday that the company’s own investi- on 12/2/2017. Jeffrey Erlitz photograph. bought as part of a problem-plagued, $600 gation of the cars, which prompted the au- million contract between the authority and thority’s action, showed that the doors had the Canadian manufacturing giant Bom- not been properly calibrated by a supplier, bardier that has raised questions about the Nanjing Kangni Mechanical & Electrical of MTA’s oversight of its vendors. China. Troubling signs emerged when the cars first She declined to elaborate. In This Issue: started to roll after multiple delays. “We are now inspecting all of the R-179 The Genesis of Transit workers complained that the R- cars and, where necessary, making adjust- Dashing Dan — 179’s speedometer was hard to see, that the ments to ensure the safe and reliable perfor- master controller used to drive the train was mance of the doors for the entire fleet,” she Events on the uncomfortable and that the space between said. Montauk cars was too narrow for some workers to ma- Modernizing the subway-car fleet has been Division neuver in. a priority since the system fell into crisis in …Page 2 A more pressing concern for riders was that (Continued on page 2) 1 NEW YORKERA BULLETINDIVISION BULLETIN — FEBRUARY, OCTOBER, 2020 2000 All R-179 Cars Removed from Service cost. The Authority has started to increase pressure on con- (Continued from page 1) tractors like Bombardier that fail to comply with contract 2017 and Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, who controls terms, including adopting rules that would disqualify the authority, declared a state of emergency. them from doing business with the agency for five years The MTA’s contract with Bombardier has been trou- under certain conditions. bled with delays and design flaws since the first R-179s Transit advocates have welcomed the MTA’s push to were delivered in 2016. Several cars were pulled from hold contractors more accountable, but many say that service last January because of software defects. those regulations are too harsh. The extent of the problems was outlined in an audit by By automatically disqualifying a contractor, even when Scott M. Stringer, the City Comptroller, in December. a project is delayed or goes over budget for reasons The audit faulted Bombardier for performance issues beyond the contractor’s control, the policy could make and found that the Authority had not sufficiently held the some companies reluctant to work with the Authority. company accountable. That could create hurdles for the MTA’s effort to trans- The audit determined that missed deadlines combined form the subway because there is a relatively small pool with problems in the car’s design had delayed the con- of companies that can meet the vast system’s needs. tract’s completion by three years, costing the Authority It is “a blunt and ineffective tool to hold contractors $35 million to keep old cars in service. accountable because it discourages them from bidding “Bombardier sold us lemons,” Mr. Stringer said in a on projects in the first place,” said Rachael Fauss, a statement on Wednesday. “Straphangers need the MTA senior research analyst at Reinvent Albany, a watchdog to manage these contracts from the beginning.” group. “As the MTA seeks to lower its costs, it needs to Because of the delays in delivering the cars, Bom- revise its regulations to create a fair debarment process bardier agreed to give the Authority 18 extra cars at no that does not limit competition.” Karsten Moran photograph for The New York Times. 2 ERA BULLETIN — FEBRUARY, 2020 THE GENESIS OF “DASHING DAN,” PART SIX— ROUNDING OUT THE ‘TEENS ON THE LIRR by George Chiasson (Continued from December, 2019 issue) EVENTS ON THE MONTAUK DIVISION sion then still at grade where its intersection with the One lingering issue after the completion of Jamaica New York Connecting Railroad was anticipated, the op- Station was the elimination of several related grade portunity arose to unite improvements for both the new crossings. This was of particular concern on the and existing railway lines, as well as open a number of “Lower” (Queens) side of the Montauk Division main new thoroughfares in the “raw” (undeveloped) lands line, where no less than six overpasses remained under which then surrounded their rights-of-way. As things construction after the new station opened. Finally, work evolved, the Montauk Division was undercut to a new concluded at Division (84th) and Central (85th) Ave- nominal grade all the way from Bushwick Junction to nues; Park Street (Hillside Avenue); a span doubling 68th Street (near the Ridgewood station), while the ad- across Lefferts (Boulevard) and Jamaica Avenues; and jacent, revised street grid was partly raised so as to Stewart (89th) Avenue by the Autumn of 1913, each pass overhead and the New York Connecting Railroad constructed of steel and almost rapid transit-like in na- ultimately elevated across Fresh Pond Junction before it ture. In fact, the accompanying variance in elevation at entered a tunnel underneath the Lutheran Cemetery at the Stewart Avenue overpass had also forced closure of Metropolitan Avenue. Between 1915 and 1918 a whole the flag stop called “Shops” (as in Morris Park) during new series of Montauk Division underpasses resulted May of that year, while new overpasses at Park Street that were built to accommodate the expanded street and Jamaica Avenue finally eliminated two long- grid including Andrews Avenue (new), Collins Avenue standing BRT trolley crossings. A short steel viaduct (later 60th Street, which had been an overpass), a du- was also provided to raise the existing (1868) Richmond plex bridge at 60th Lane & Eliot Avenue (both new Hill station above street level between Park Street and roads), and another joint span to consolidate and elimi- Jamaica Avenue, and the Montauk Division main line nate the existing (and very busy) grade crossings at was placed on an elevated fill from Park Street to Divi- Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue, which in- sion Avenue where it entered Forest Park. Meanwhile, cluded BRT trolley lines on each. some 15 grade crossings remained in place west of the This also opened sufficient space for creation of the improvement area associated with the Jamaica Station massive Fresh Pond Yard, right in the middle of a set- project as far as Long Island City, including four more tled, dense urban neighborhood, which was to be a vital intersecting trolley lines (Greenpoint Avenue, Flushing cog in operations of the New York Connecting Railroad Avenue, Fresh Pond Road, and Metropolitan Avenue). as it was the main point of traffic interchange between Two other early grade crossings had previously been the New Haven and Long Island railroads.
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