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  1. 09-06-2010, 12:44 AM #1
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    The case of the missing train.

    This happens once in awhile on the New York Subway system... here is how this one happened:

    The story of the missing train begins on the last night of 'AA' service. A motorman was told to take a train from 207th Street station to the yard. This motorman was relatively new and wasn't sure of what to do. The dispatcher told him to just follow the signals and he couldn't miss it. Although he knew the tracks to the yard were not too far away, he kept going until he reached 168th Street.

    He stopped there to ask a signal maintainer where the yard was. There happens to be a small yard north of 168th Street (called the 174th Street Yard) which was used between the rush hours to store 'AA' trains. The signal maintainer thought the motorman was talking about 174th yard and said he would set up the switches and signals. The motorman changed ends of the train to go back north and put the train away in 174th Street...
    The Case of the Missing Train.
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  2. 09-06-2010, 01:03 AM #2
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    Hello.

    Missing trains are not that uncommon.
    What happens is that rolling stock is somehow diverted into Mexico, never to be seen again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KA5PIU View Post
    Hello.

    Missing trains are not that uncommon.
    What happens is that rolling stock is somehow diverted into Mexico, never to be seen again.
    NY trains diverted to Mexico? :roll:

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    Quote Originally Posted by ad4mg View Post
    NY trains diverted to Mexico? :roll:



    John sez nothing... except John would love to know where he gets that stuff...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ad4mg View Post
    NY trains diverted to Mexico? :roll:

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    John sez nothing... except John would love to know where he gets that stuff...
    I'll never look at a detour sign the same way again.
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    The things one reads on here in the morning... :roll:
    "Everyone wants to be an AM Gangsta until it's time to start doing AM Gangsta shit."
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    Quote Originally Posted by N8YX View Post
    The things one reads on here in the morning... :roll:
    Ay, an' sometimes in the afternooon an' evenin' too!
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    Quote Originally Posted by KA5PIU View Post
    Hello.
    The number you have reached is out of service or has been disconnected. This is a recording...
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    Hello.

    New York train?
    Give the Mexicans time,,,,,,give the Mexicans time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ad4mg View Post
    NY trains diverted to Mexico? :roll:
    Well, to New Jersey, in fact. Almost the same thing.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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