The first five NYC Transit R211s were hauled from Brooklyn Marine Terminal down to Coney Island Yard via The South Brooklyn Railway and The West End Line today!
This train really has no problem at all with the sharp curve, there is very little flange squeel. I can't imagine that there are flange oilers on this peace of track. If the trains were this quiet all the time, that would be great :)
Yes, it did take that curve rather quietly! You're right- there aren't any track lubricators out there(between Costco's parking lot and the off-ramp from the Gowanus Expressway).
@@tcsnowdream9975 Yup! This also connects with NYNJ Rail near 39th Street & 1st Avenue which provides connections to NY& Atlantic Railway as well as car-floats across NY Bay to New Jersey. I wish they would have brought the R211s in entirely by rail-freight instead of by truck.
Since those are not in service yet, it remains to be seen what the policy about locking the end-doors will be but I don't see any reason to keep those locked. The end-doors on the R44s and R46es were/are kept locked because of the cars' length of 75 feet: This creates a large gap between the cars while the trains negotiate curves which is unsafe.
Those tracks have seen more use in the last week than in quite a while! SBK is used for delivery of new railcars and special equipment as well as transferring Staten Island's cars to and from Coney Island Shops. The traffic averages 2 to 3 moves a year.
The NYNJ Rail runs car-floats across NY Harbour from Jersey City, NJ and their tracks connect with SBK. Massive container ships do not off-load in Brooklyn. The closest place where they do, I believe, is Elizibethport on the New Jersey side of the harbour. New York City subway equpment has arrived by car-float in the past but I'm not sure if any has arrived that way recently. Also, while it's probably possible to have a container delivered by ship in NJ and then brought onto NYC Transit property by rail(Norfolk Southern to NYNJ Rail to SBK?), I don't know if it's ever been done.
R211A has no gangway. R211T is the one with the gangway. R211S is specifically designed to run on the Staten Island Railway as it needs to be customized in order to run on that railroad.
R211T has open gangway, R211A doesn't have open gangway (formation is similar to R143, R160, R179) and R211S refers to the cars that will replace the R44s on the Staten Island Railway. The R211 cars seen in this video are R211As.
I believe the bells were activated because the whole South Brooklyn Railway is considered street-running. The NYNJ Rail which runs on First Avenue, one block away, keeps their bells on, too (Check-out my two NYNJ Rail videos also on this channel). Another reason could be that it is an unprotected level-crossing(not any gates or flashers).
Given that you are Railcat in the NYC area maybe you can tell me something. I have heard about an interesting project that might happen. A twin tube rail tunnel from Brooklyn, Long Island area under the mouth of New York Harbor over to Staten Island. Big enough for double stack container trains. A massive project! Any idea what I'm talking about?
Yes, it's supposed to connect Long Island(at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn) to New Jersey and it's called the Cross-Harbor Rail Freight Tunnel. It's only been proposed and has met with local opposition. Here is some more information: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-Harbor_Rail_Tunnel
@@BryanMWade Thank you! I had heard about it a few years ago and was wondering what was going on with it. Just like Halifax, New York is a PORT and port matters interest me. Like raising the bridge so the new megaships can pass under it. Twenty thousand TEUS on ONE ship? Crazy!
Is there a law that trains were going to have interconnection corridors between each train car, why did they no longer put them on? Greetings from Mexico City, Mexico
The R211s with the interconnection corridor are known as R211Ts. The ones that were delivered are R211As. I'm not sure when the tees will be delivered. ¡Muchos Saludos y bien venido a mi video y a mi canal youtube!
Those came by truck directly from Nebraska. Those were rolled down ramps from the flatbeds to the rails of the South Brooklyn Railway. It should have been transported to NYC completely by rail if you ask me!
If you look closely, there are decals: Those are located under the number boards on the front of the first car and on the back of the last car. That is where the stripes are as well. These cars are designed to run in 5-car sets. There are decals on the bottoms of the end-doors in the front and back of the set as well.
