Comments on: Catching a Nostalgic ride this weekend

By: Judge

Judge — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:48:12 +0000

Nevermind! 5 minutes to slow on my part!

By: Judge

Judge — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:44:39 +0000

Not quite. It’s the width of the rolling stock and therefore the potential gaps from train to platform that make the IRT incompatible with the BMT & IND; all tracks in the system are standard guage (4′ 8.5″).

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:39:17 +0000

The tracks are standard gauge everywhere. The difference is loading gauge, which refers to the maximum allowable width and height for trains. The pre-Dual Contracts IRT has a narrower maximum width, so an IND/BMT train will not have enough room to run on it. IRT trains can run on IND/BMT track, but there’s a large gap between the trains and the platforms, so they can’t serve the stations.

Dual Contracts-era IRT lines are mostly built to IND/BMT loading gauge, so they can accommodate IND/BMT trains in principle, but the platforms are built to the narrower IRT loading gauge. So those lines are easy to convert to IND/BMT operation by shaving off the platforms, as was done to the Astoria Line.

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Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:47:49 +0000

[...] I thought I would take a few minutes to promote the site a bit. Tomorrow, I’ll be riding the Nostalgia Train to the Bronx, and when the train goes above ground, I’ll upload some pictures via [...]

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:25:48 +0000

just to clarify the shot above. it’s a Main St bound train pulling into 33rd – Rawson St coming from Queensboro Plaza.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:56:58 +0000

I actually saw Redbirds the other day running through the system. The ironic part is….they were under Central Park West! In the IND! They’d have to get some sort of big overhaul to do that though because if I’m not mistaken, the IRT trains run on narrow gauge track or the BMT/IND runs on a broad gauge track, making the Redbirds incompatible with IND ROWs.

By: Scott E

Scott E — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:09:05 +0000

So this includes a trip around the old City Hall loop station. I don’t suppose it stops there, would it?

By: Tomás

Tomás — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:06:19 +0000

I’m going to post this info in my own blog as well. And as Kid Twist says, that’s the approach to the QBP station (or at least, that’s what seems to me).
And a final note: June 20 is saturday.
Thanks for the info!!!

By: Kid Twist

Kid Twist — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:50:17 +0000

Thanks for passing along the info.
FYI: The pic is in LIC on the Flushing Line.