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CP-4070 wrote:Has anyone ever had problems filming out of the RFW? Either by MTA stuff or passengers?none out the RFW, but certainly out the cab window at times.
CP-4070 wrote:Has anyone ever had problems filming out of the RFW? Either by MTA stuff or passengers?Avoid the <7> Express west of Queensboro Plaza if there is male train operators at the controls. I never had problems with female <7> Express T/O's and Local (7) T/O's.
CP-4070 wrote:Why only on the 7 ?It's not only the 7. To be honest, it really depends on what type of T/O you get. Some are railfan friendly, and others are just plain jerks. It's basically luck of the draw. Of course, if you have a Railfan window instead of a cab window, then there's no issue at all.
CP-4070 wrote:What is the difference? I though a cab window is not accissable for passengers?The Railfan window is what you find on the R32, R42, and the single car R62A's. All other trains have Cab windows, meaning that it is not a direct view out to the track, and you must see through the cab out to the railfan window. As such, T/Os could care less if you're looking out the railfan window because you are not seeing them in the cab, but because the Cab window offers a partial view of the cab, some employees get kind of paranoid about people staring into their workspace or recording out the front through it. That is when you run into your issues.
Head-end View wrote:I'm still in disbelief that the R-32's have outlived newer fleets such as the R-40/42's. Those R-32's must have been really well-built cars. Imagine 45 years ago, American industry routinely built such a high quality product..........It's Budd cars. They were always built really high quality. Look at the amtrak Amfleet cars, those are used super heavily in high speed service, they've been used for almost 40 years already and amtrak isn't expecting retiring them until 2020. The r32s are great cars, very durable. Outlasted the 40s, 40Ms, 42s, 38s. Back when the 32s came out American industry was high quality, good stuff. Do you think the R143s or 160s are going to last 50+ years?
