Comments on: Subway Rails Get Bent http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/ The only blog written from the NYC Subway system Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:23:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Mathews Drenalin http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/comment-page-1/#comment-82492 Mathews Drenalin Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:34:25 +0000 http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/#comment-82492 Hello, I found your site a week or two ago and have read all the posts quietly. I decided to should post my firstcomment. Unsure of what to write but anyway. Interesting website. Will visit in a bit to hear what else youve got to say. Hello, I found your site a week or two ago and have read all the posts quietly. I decided to should post my firstcomment. Unsure of what to write but anyway. Interesting website. Will visit in a bit to hear what else youve got to say.

]]> By: Scott http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/comment-page-1/#comment-53036 Scott Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:43:15 +0000 http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/#comment-53036 Was there a stopage or halt to the Uptown 6 train service tonight in NY around 11pm or so? I heard that there was a police investigation somewhere down the track line and that hundreds of people were stranded inside the train for almost an hour. I think they said train was stopped around 86th st. Can anybody confirm?? Was there a stopage or halt to the Uptown 6 train service tonight in NY around 11pm or so? I heard that there was a police investigation somewhere down the track line and that hundreds of people were stranded inside the train for almost an hour. I think they said train was stopped around 86th st. Can anybody confirm??

]]> By: N Subway Train Detrailed at 57th Street http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/comment-page-1/#comment-39431 N Subway Train Detrailed at 57th Street Mon, 05 May 2008 02:50:45 +0000 http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/#comment-39431 [...] it’s not really a huge shock.  I posted this video over a month ago about a section of track at 59th street that sags 6″ or more when the train passes over it.  [...] [...] it’s not really a huge shock.  I posted this video over a month ago about a section of track at 59th street that sags 6″ or more when the train passes over it.  [...]

]]> By: The SUBWAYblogger http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/comment-page-1/#comment-37549 The SUBWAYblogger Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:23:44 +0000 http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/#comment-37549 No no, it is defininately flexing a ton. The wooden beams drop 6 inches. This is the exact place you are talking about. It's still gravel over there, not concrete. The downtown express track bed has been replaced with concrete. But from the uptown 1 platform, you can see the uptown express track. It is that uptown express track that is still "pebble ballast" and bends like hell. I think there's space under the pebbles that the wooden blocks drop into when the weight of the train passes over it. No no, it is defininately flexing a ton. The wooden beams drop 6 inches.

This is the exact place you are talking about. It’s still gravel over there, not concrete. The downtown express track bed has been replaced with concrete. But from the uptown 1 platform, you can see the uptown express track. It is that uptown express track that is still “pebble ballast” and bends like hell.

I think there’s space under the pebbles that the wooden blocks drop into when the weight of the train passes over it.

]]> By: Flapjacks http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/comment-page-1/#comment-37548 Flapjacks Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:17:41 +0000 http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/#comment-37548 I think it's actually an optical illusion caused by the traction power shoes, which are blocking the line of site between you and the rail. If you look at a train passing by from the other platform enough, you'll think you're seeing it everywhere. The only way to actually tell if it's bending a lot is to be closer to the level of the tracks so that the traction power shoe isn't blocking your line-of-site. There used to be a place where you could kinda do this — the back of the uptown local platform on the 1 train at 59th street. The east-side rail of the downtown express track would bend a bit into the ballast when a train went on it. But since then, the MTA has replaced the pebble ballast with concrete and there is no bending. I think it’s actually an optical illusion caused by the traction power shoes, which are blocking the line of site between you and the rail. If you look at a train passing by from the other platform enough, you’ll think you’re seeing it everywhere.

The only way to actually tell if it’s bending a lot is to be closer to the level of the tracks so that the traction power shoe isn’t blocking your line-of-site.

There used to be a place where you could kinda do this — the back of the uptown local platform on the 1 train at 59th street. The east-side rail of the downtown express track would bend a bit into the ballast when a train went on it. But since then, the MTA has replaced the pebble ballast with concrete and there is no bending.

]]> By: Leon http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/comment-page-1/#comment-37219 Leon Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:13:47 +0000 http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/#comment-37219 This happens all the time. im surprised no trains ever derailed yet This happens all the time. im surprised no trains ever derailed yet

]]> By: Tom McManus http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/comment-page-1/#comment-37204 Tom McManus Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:32:06 +0000 http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/#comment-37204 Subwayblogger, The Track Inspector is probably aware of this condition already, but in case he isn't please report it to New York Transit. Use the survey marker on the column ( the yellow sign with the numbers )in your video and the track #. On the I.R.T. The tracks are numbered as follows, Downtown local is track #1, Dt exp #2, Up town exp #3 and up town local #4. On the lettered lines it's D/t local #1, D/t exp. #3 up town exp #4 up town local #2. Customer complaints get handled faster than you would think. While this situation may not be an emergency, it still needs attention. Good looking out. Subwayblogger,
The Track Inspector is probably aware of this condition already, but in case he isn’t please report it to New York Transit. Use the survey marker on the column ( the yellow sign with the numbers )in your video and the track #. On the I.R.T. The tracks are numbered as follows, Downtown local is track #1, Dt exp #2, Up town exp #3 and up town local #4. On the lettered lines it’s D/t local #1, D/t exp. #3 up town exp #4 up town local #2. Customer complaints get handled faster than you would think. While this situation may not be an emergency, it still needs attention. Good looking out.

]]> By: Nick Bastian http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/comment-page-1/#comment-37181 Nick Bastian Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:19:16 +0000 http://subwayblogger.com/2008/03/18/subway-rails-get-bent/#comment-37181 Here in Phoenix, they are installing the new lines for our upcoming Light Rail syatem.. Some morons used a torch to make some cuts in the line and we had some cracks months before the scheduled opening. Should be fixed soon and open on time though. :-) Here in Phoenix, they are installing the new lines for our upcoming Light Rail syatem.. Some morons used a torch to make some cuts in the line and we had some cracks months before the scheduled opening. Should be fixed soon and open on time though. :-)

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