NYC Subway Nostalgia HD 60fps: R38 & R40 Slant Cab Operation (6/25/16)

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  • Опубликовано: 1 июл 2016
  • Operating the old SMEE equipment for the 2016 Parade of Trains @ Brighton Beach. Enjoy =)
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  • @Nells718DK
    @Nells718DK 7 лет назад +150

    Just took the exam for this recently, keeping my fingers crossed as this is a childhood dream of mine.

    • @officergregorystevens5765
      @officergregorystevens5765 6 лет назад

      Childhood dream of mine too but too bad im from waterbury ct not the city... did you get it? And did you start off as a metro north bus driver?

    • @anikaroberts5608
      @anikaroberts5608 6 лет назад +4

      Nells718DK me to but rip I'm only 12

    • @Janardsleftear1280
      @Janardsleftear1280 5 лет назад +1

      I moved from my and this was my dream too.not sure how often these test come out but I still wanna apply when they do

    • @Janardsleftear1280
      @Janardsleftear1280 5 лет назад

      good luck

    • @Matthewxie5505
      @Matthewxie5505 5 лет назад

      Flock Billy every four years

  • @keyboardwarria
    @keyboardwarria 5 лет назад +60

    man she's a legend, just rushes into the station honking like that

  • @trainluvr
    @trainluvr 7 лет назад +188

    That's Maria, the coolest motor woman on the property.

    • @2413Sandy
      @2413Sandy 7 лет назад +5

      trainluvr hey I watched ur vids before

    • @shoujianchen6324
      @shoujianchen6324 7 лет назад

      trainluvr 二一,

    • @keyboardwarria
      @keyboardwarria 5 лет назад +1

      do u know where she sits on the board?

    • @lennysvideoz
      @lennysvideoz 3 года назад

      ive met her before, i dont remember where though

    • @mrmta9796
      @mrmta9796 Год назад

      How do you know who that is?

  • @brandonnelson5021
    @brandonnelson5021 3 года назад +16

    This lady is one of the best engineers I’ve grown up around

  • @robertravena
    @robertravena 6 лет назад +75

    i did this for 16 yrs..how can ya not like driving a train????

    • @anikaroberts5608
      @anikaroberts5608 6 лет назад

      Robert Andreone which ind,but?

    • @Qboro66
      @Qboro66 5 лет назад +4

      I'm 15 years in and counting and I still love it. Not too crazy about TA though. Btw I don't know about you but I always operate with my gloves on. I don't know how she wouldn't? And another thing I still have my metallic handle.

    • @williammallory5553
      @williammallory5553 5 лет назад

      Robert Andreone going on 19 years now and still loving it.

    • @Matthewxie5505
      @Matthewxie5505 5 лет назад +1

      Dangggggggg!

    • @fnihp30
      @fnihp30 4 года назад

      I admire Train Operators!!!! I have always wanted to do this.

  • @SubwayVaughn
    @SubwayVaughn 6 лет назад +12

    I really admire how Maria"?" operates the train so casually.

  • @jayg6222
    @jayg6222 6 лет назад +14

    Took the MTA train operator exam last year, my placement is 5538. I pray that I get called one day but I know most likely it’ll never happen.

    • @5TU
      @5TU 9 месяцев назад

      Ever get in?

  • @LexAveExp
    @LexAveExp 6 лет назад +5

    I've watched this video many times before but today I'm feeling nostalgic. :-(

  • @MamboGuy914
    @MamboGuy914 4 года назад +12

    This video is so cool and is so New York… It's sad that train operators will be replaced with computers within the next 20 years or so

    • @ZviJ1
      @ZviJ1 2 года назад +4

      I seriously doubt it will happen. Experience shows that people strongly prefer a human operator in the operation cab, even if he/she does almost noting.

    • @Ike10623
      @Ike10623 11 месяцев назад

      Never gonna happen

  • @jaylew8408
    @jaylew8408 6 лет назад +25

    That would be the coolest job, though after 2-3 years I'm sure it would be nice to switch lines to the scenes aren't so repetitive

    • @Anewuser_6282
      @Anewuser_6282 3 года назад +1

      You can work a different line almost every day, it’s called working “exta”

    • @joshuajimenez6893
      @joshuajimenez6893 3 года назад +1

      @@Anewuser_6282 if i would work in the MTA as a t.o. or conductor i can work at any lines i can choose?

    • @chrisdadrilla
      @chrisdadrilla 3 года назад +2

      @@joshuajimenez6893 I was wondering too, but I don’t think so. What ever Train they assign you to drive you have to drive it for a long time. I live near the (2) train and I see the same Train Drivers most times that operate the train, They do this route because they know the route and memorize the speed and stations and train dispatchers.

  • @douglasjohn1803
    @douglasjohn1803 4 года назад +14

    DAMN!!!!!! I wanted this job so bad after retiring from the NYPD. I took the open competitive exam in 2009, passed and all, but I guess they didn't reach my list number bc I never heard back from them. O WELL LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @BDavinci06
      @BDavinci06 4 года назад +5

      Try again!! Keep going for the tests. They will call you. But if you want in take the conductor's test then go for the Train operator promotional test

    • @ShawnLamont1997
      @ShawnLamont1997 9 месяцев назад

      Yeah conductors exam is easier and quicker ..

  • @rondobson1828
    @rondobson1828 4 года назад +17

    When I was a kid, I couldn't figure out why Santa could bring me freight trains and Amtrak-style passenger trains, but couldn't bring me subway trains! And not just any subway trains, I wanted the ones that had all that cool graffiti all over them!

  • @AEKarnes
    @AEKarnes 6 лет назад +11

    She is one smooth operator. Seems really cool too.

    • @FanRailer
      @FanRailer  6 лет назад +2

      ehh quite frankly surprised the resistors didn't burn up with the controller being held in switching for THAT long.

    • @AEKarnes
      @AEKarnes 6 лет назад +2

      Correct me if I'm wrong because I'm not sure, but I think R38's have resistors that are not enclosed in the deranged box like on an R16/17 so I think they tolerate a bit more switching.

    • @FanRailer
      @FanRailer  6 лет назад +1

      True and also untrue. The design idea behind the enclosed, force air cooled grids on the GE R16/R17s was actually in part to permit longer operation times in resistance points. Provided the MG works as intended, at low speeds, you would still be supplying sufficient cooling air to the resistors. Open grids are subjected to the whims of the air flowing over them, which can vary based on weather, and train speed. Since switching typically keeps trains at very low speeds, unless you're experiencing abnormally high winds, the grids are not being cooled as much as they would be if they were supplied with forced air. Hence, just like first point on our trolleys, you're not supposed to use switching on RT cars for more than 2-3 seconds at a time before shutting off and coasting for a few seconds.

    • @AEKarnes
      @AEKarnes 6 лет назад +1

      While true in theory I've been advised and to some degree seen for myself that air circulation in the box was in reality inadequate to perform the task in a superior way to the thermosyphoning principle of the open grids. (Grids heat local air, it rushes upwards due to lower density, cool air rushes in from below, even with train at low speed.) I've been advised by Joey that 6688 can only be used in switching for even shorter periods of time than 5466 and 1689. Do you find the same to be true?

    • @eanayayo
      @eanayayo 4 года назад +1

      @@FanRailer hi. Can you help me? Where I can read about American old subway trains? 70-80s years. I did not find much of it. I mean operating, driving, motor control system, signaling system? And why people there saying that 25 mph is crazy driving?

  • @cutieepie8
    @cutieepie8 6 лет назад +3

    How does one go about getting a special tour ride like this?

  • @demerrillspencer3860
    @demerrillspencer3860 5 лет назад +1

    That's awesome!

  • @daletrickz8012
    @daletrickz8012 7 лет назад +5

    I liked this video

  • @trae3290
    @trae3290 8 лет назад +2

    nothing but some good ole 38s and 40s

  • @locomotivejosh2866
    @locomotivejosh2866 6 лет назад +2

    How do you guys get to ride on these trains

  • @namesomega3694
    @namesomega3694 Год назад +1

    I remember as a kid being able to see my elementary school on this ride

  • @kinkisharyocoasters
    @kinkisharyocoasters 3 года назад

    I wonder which speedometer configuration was preferred by most operators. Where was it mounted on the R40M and R42?

  • @blockvfive1196
    @blockvfive1196 Год назад

    I like how the speedometer in the R40 isn’t on the side, it’s on the bottom so all you need to do is look down

  • @juniors2sexy
    @juniors2sexy 5 лет назад +4

    She’s the best love her ✊🏽☺️😃

  • @TrainLover-wt9ix
    @TrainLover-wt9ix 2 года назад +1

    How does this MTA fan trips work and how or when will the next one happen?

  • @MrAtrain1
    @MrAtrain1 7 лет назад +1

    This was the bomb video. I still want to drive a subway train!!!! Help me somebody!! What is it worth to you???

  • @nolantremblay4567
    @nolantremblay4567 3 года назад

    Why are there 2 hands on the traction?

  • @jaydenfernandez3877
    @jaydenfernandez3877 6 лет назад

    I love nyc grain & subway trains

  • @blakemcnamara9105
    @blakemcnamara9105 4 года назад

    My favourite B Division car next to the R32.

  • @kill7ree
    @kill7ree 7 лет назад +2

    I have a question, I know there are switches for trains but do they go over them automatically or the operator has to do something for the train to completely switch tracks?

    • @youcanpunchmeintheface
      @youcanpunchmeintheface 7 лет назад +1

      kill7ree switches are controlled from CTC (Centralized Traffic Control) by dispatchers. Operators just operate trains, not controlling the routing

    • @MIkeDye200202holla
      @MIkeDye200202holla 6 лет назад +1

      No some tracks must be switched by the train operator by pressing a button at the station

    • @jrocxzs
      @jrocxzs 6 лет назад +1

      Many tracks are switched using s button in stations by the train operator. Some operators are too short to reach so they might use a stick out the window to push the button.

    • @FanRailer
      @FanRailer  6 лет назад +4

      To clarify, punch boxes (the "buttons in stations") do not directly align switches. Most send a command request to the signal tower, and notifies the tower operator of the trains desired line-up. The tower operator then throws a lever to align the switch for the train.

    • @venomthegod6977
      @venomthegod6977 6 лет назад +1

      Sometimes there is a punchbox on a platform or against a wall that the motorman uses to get a lineup. Then other times they will call a tower to get one, especially if they cannot get past a red light.

  • @richardturner6981
    @richardturner6981 3 года назад +1

    I play the NYC Subway Driver on my work computer. I don't know if i can play this on my tablet. It's really a lot of fun.

  • @Reimu-ACS64
    @Reimu-ACS64 3 года назад +3

    Love from China!
    It is nice to see how NY subway train operates while I always see the operation of Beijing subway line 10, 13, 2, and 6 :)
    Based on what I know, this is another kind of system to control the speed of subway besides VVVF. How is it called?

  • @SprinZGD
    @SprinZGD 4 года назад +2

    I'm jealous of you and at the same time I feel, I don't know if I'll be proud, but everything you can if you propose, obviously with effort and work

  • @eddieweathersweathers9986
    @eddieweathersweathers9986 2 года назад

    The way she came the station is fast
    But a love her at the same time

  • @orangecayman520
    @orangecayman520 7 лет назад +1

    cool

  • @supersaiyangoku3580
    @supersaiyangoku3580 5 лет назад +1

    Driving like a maniac

  • @chasehamann1423
    @chasehamann1423 6 лет назад +1

    I want to have that same job I now everything a bout the New York subway

  • @uis246
    @uis246 3 месяца назад

    Wow, this looks ancient

  • @officergregorystevens5765
    @officergregorystevens5765 6 лет назад +3

    I notice she didn't beep before going past that station around 4:30 :)

    • @CH-nb9yy
      @CH-nb9yy 3 года назад +1

      You don't need to honk when passing on the express tracks.

  • @tubblescousine257
    @tubblescousine257 7 лет назад +8

    hey uhh Michael do u know if they're doing this again? soon? hopefully

    • @FanRailer
      @FanRailer  7 лет назад +1

      I think so.

    • @tubblescousine257
      @tubblescousine257 7 лет назад +1

      Ah k LoL

    • @tubblescousine257
      @tubblescousine257 7 лет назад +1

      Rip me LoL guess I can't make it for may 20th guest operator LoL but iam 100% sure iam Going in June

  • @marciavasquez7423
    @marciavasquez7423 5 лет назад +1

    The r160 was like i'm not going enywhere

  • @mzcat76
    @mzcat76 7 лет назад +5

    Why does she put the Throttle to Point 2 then Neutral?

    • @mzcat76
      @mzcat76 7 лет назад

      Captain Chaos xD 😋😋😋

    • @GABRIELADAWSON
      @GABRIELADAWSON 7 лет назад +1

      +Captain Chaos The Taking Of Pelham 123 lol.

    • @nyctenthusiast3507
      @nyctenthusiast3507 6 лет назад +1

      The taking of Brighton
      123

    • @REXXSEVEN
      @REXXSEVEN 6 лет назад +1

      News headline of the 90's:
      "He took the A train.... Literally!"

    • @Qboro66
      @Qboro66 5 лет назад +2

      It's called Coast. She does that to maintain her speed.

  • @chipsranger
    @chipsranger 8 лет назад +1

    Ótimo
    Brasil

  • @Matthewxie5505
    @Matthewxie5505 5 лет назад

    I never say hi to train operator but I wave hi and bye to conductors 😂😂 I love train too but I am more interested in buses...

  • @michaelwest9009
    @michaelwest9009 Месяц назад

    Leaving Brighton Beach she held the master controller in the switching position way too long.

  • @SimbaC2007
    @SimbaC2007 4 года назад +1

    what is slant cab?

  • @chrianreyo1111
    @chrianreyo1111 6 лет назад +1

    I don't get that train?!

  • @josecontreras8468
    @josecontreras8468 4 года назад +1

    What does The M mean for the back of R40M?

    • @ceddotm
      @ceddotm 3 года назад

      Modified

    • @ceddotm
      @ceddotm 3 года назад

      It was originally a slant in the front then it was modified to a regular front

  • @Mapie
    @Mapie 3 года назад +1

    I want to drive a train, looks fun

  • @CommuterRailProductions
    @CommuterRailProductions 2 месяца назад

    I wanna become a train operator so bad. It’s my dream

  • @DigitalAndInnovation
    @DigitalAndInnovation Год назад

    2:36 Is that really necessary?

  • @motorman1989
    @motorman1989 6 лет назад +2

    That's a R38 that she is in

  • @LexAveExp
    @LexAveExp 6 лет назад +1

    Smooth running R38

    • @joeli6509
      @joeli6509 3 года назад

      I love that so much

  • @cliffpadilla6382
    @cliffpadilla6382 5 лет назад +1

    Which line is this?

  • @user-rf9sg1iv6i
    @user-rf9sg1iv6i 7 лет назад +1

    так вот как выглядит кабиниа машиниста в амнреке

  • @carljohnson621
    @carljohnson621 7 лет назад +2

    ok, can someone explain me how that thing works ?? if im guessing right, you pull the lever towards you if you want to accelerate, push it forwards for idle speed (??) and the right lever is the brake, pushing it forwards in order to stop (or pulling it towards you maybe ??)

    • @FanRailer
      @FanRailer  7 лет назад +8

      Yes. On the cars with two control levers, the left side is the throttle. It has 4 points; idle, and 3 points of power (switch, series, & parallel). The right side is the brake; release is parallel to the cab window, full service is about 7 o clock. 6 o clock is emergency, and 4 o clock is handle off.

    • @carljohnson621
      @carljohnson621 7 лет назад

      Fan Railer thank you !! now i know how to operate a subway car

    • @FanRailer
      @FanRailer  7 лет назад +1

      Yea, it's not as simple as you make it seem.

    • @carljohnson621
      @carljohnson621 7 лет назад

      Fan Railer yeah i know, you have to pay very close attention and all of that, but it isnt impossible you know

    • @FanRailer
      @FanRailer  7 лет назад +2

      Having operated equipment, yes, I do know.

  • @AaronJrBrundidge
    @AaronJrBrundidge 8 лет назад +1

    I could probably work on operating those old cars for testing, and be a voice actor

    • @disposition_
      @disposition_ 7 лет назад

      Same here! Im only a kid but i know how to operate one. I dont know about the voice acting.

    • @AaronJrBrundidge
      @AaronJrBrundidge 7 лет назад

      here's some issue: stick to what you're good at

    • @tyresepascal2835
      @tyresepascal2835 7 лет назад

      BallisticFun lol me too

  • @ralphmiranda2077
    @ralphmiranda2077 7 лет назад +2

    At least there's a new brake pipe stem in there-makes a difference!

    • @Printer0011
      @Printer0011 4 года назад

      Ralphy boy!!!🤣🤣🤣

  • @Qboro66
    @Qboro66 5 лет назад +1

    The cab on those Slant R40s were tiny. I could hardly fit in it with my bag. Btw I unlike her have to wear my gloves while operating. I don't know how she wouldn't.

  • @jackielee5815
    @jackielee5815 2 года назад +1

    I am very pround motor woman did good job.she drive the train .

  • @visionist7
    @visionist7 5 лет назад

    This is some French Connection malarkey

  • @thomaspiare300
    @thomaspiare300 2 года назад

    Bruh I’ve seen this lady before isn’t this the B train leaving Brighton Beach?? 😂😂

  • @AirbusA310Fan
    @AirbusA310Fan 10 месяцев назад

    0:07 Bro Thinks He's a R27/R30

  • @daletrickz8012
    @daletrickz8012 7 лет назад +1

    I drive pretty good as you too but not in real life

  • @seventrain4711
    @seventrain4711 Год назад

    00:42 close the door so I can do my job in New York peace lol

  • @Lyza0327
    @Lyza0327 7 лет назад

    I want to be part of the MTA company so bad. But I want to be the conductor lol, Driving the actual train can be scary

    • @FanRailer
      @FanRailer  7 лет назад +5

      lol conductors have to deal with passengers ;)

    • @Lyza0327
      @Lyza0327 7 лет назад

      Fan Railer I wouldn't mind. I have experience handling customers lol. Still better than Driving the train. You just never know when some crazy fool decides to push someone onto the tracks and you end up accidentally running over him/her. I would be traumatized for life.

    • @stevenasante8662
      @stevenasante8662 6 лет назад

      Fan Railer I'm certain most motorman were formerly conductors. That's how my uncle started off, as a conductor.

    • @FanRailer
      @FanRailer  6 лет назад

      Up until the last Open Competitive test for T/O, the TA DID hire for the motorman position off the street.

  • @NewYorkCitySubwayR160BSiemens
    @NewYorkCitySubwayR160BSiemens 6 месяцев назад

    7:29/7:30

  • @officergregorystevens5765
    @officergregorystevens5765 6 лет назад

    I wonder how I'd find a subway where I could even do this without getting arrested... I guss where they have the door open up in the front is a good start. I remember being on an M4... used to walk all the way to the front, and yes I know thats MTA Metro North.. would have been New Haven Line (I'm from Waterbury, CT) and back then that M4 had a door you could see into if the driver left it open. Subway operators though on the other hand come from driving MTA buses from what I know anyway. I'm 28 and don't have any job but would like to become a passenger rail operator, anyway. Perhaps, though, start off as a city bus driver. I think for that all you need is the F (passenger) endorsement on your drivers license. Probably not a huge amount of trianing, not like the CDL class A anyway... wow im talking to myself. Nice video I enjoy it. I like how focused she is.

    • @Johnnmary1002
      @Johnnmary1002 6 лет назад

      Officer Gregory Stevens for bus operating you need a class b cdl with passenger and airbrake endorsements the motorman is a promotional for us i will say only this working for the mta sucks but you cant beat it 20 down 9 to go

  • @mikielikesittube
    @mikielikesittube 5 лет назад +1

    How many typos in this comment thread . Lol

    • @ZviJ1
      @ZviJ1 2 года назад

      Plus poor grammar and syntax. One might be forgiven for believing that citizens of the mightiest and supposedly most advanced country on earth could write a few rather simple sentences in proper English (and without the aid of some computer program like Grammarly).

  • @thexboxgamer9128
    @thexboxgamer9128 6 лет назад

    Driving that cab is kind of easy i did try it out it is somewhat like driving the redbirds if you remember i always hated the dead motormans switch it was so annoying

  • @motorman1989
    @motorman1989 6 лет назад

    I did not care for them 38or 40 the control would hurt my left hand

    • @trainmanthunder
      @trainmanthunder 6 лет назад +1

      Motorman 2015 easiest controllers to handle. You likely never worked WH R30s or Westcodes

    • @robertravena
      @robertravena 6 лет назад

      i did. friggin LOATHED the R44s.. utter bastards to operate. the R30s,27s and even the R16s were easy compared to the 44s.

    • @robertravena
      @robertravena 6 лет назад

      and ive done R10s local . rock park to bedford park. 2 trips.winter.

    • @blakemcnamara9105
      @blakemcnamara9105 4 года назад

      Apparently, that's why they were retired.

  • @anotherprofile7954
    @anotherprofile7954 5 лет назад

    it's kind of cool but it's also sad how americans don't really give a fuck about their infra structures, like these trains/lines are so old, no one invests in these things...

    • @ZviJ1
      @ZviJ1 2 года назад +1

      You don't really know what you're talking about. Like other, even older trains, these r-38s and r-40s have been retired already. The MTA is far from perfect, but they constantly fix tracks and occasionally upgrade infrastructure.

  • @chrisjct
    @chrisjct 7 лет назад +1

    You couldn't show anything else but her smh

    • @FanRailer
      @FanRailer  7 лет назад +12

      There's nothing else to see given the purpose of this video.

  • @gocristi7270
    @gocristi7270 5 лет назад +1

    where is sbuway
    just a granny half lseeping

    • @visionist7
      @visionist7 5 лет назад

      yes

    • @daveo2882
      @daveo2882 4 года назад

      She’s barely hanging onto the dead man switch throttle. And no gloves. I’ve relieved drivers who opening admit to rubbing one out while driving.

  • @chrianreyo1111
    @chrianreyo1111 6 лет назад +1

    I don't get that train?!

  • @dedchannel952
    @dedchannel952 3 года назад

    7:29/7:30