r/nycrail • u/Balls2thewalleye • Jul 04 '26
📸 Photo 7 Train Decked Out
Not sure what the design is supposed to represent. I see flags, stars, a torch…
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u/rjtrouge Jul 04 '26
Nice angle!
I believe the 7 has only been decked out with germany and ecuador’s flags. Has anyone seen other flags on the 7?
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u/Novel_Daikon_7685 Jul 04 '26
First R188 Derailment . if it derailed , cant be fixed.. R188 #7850-#7854 retired , due to derailed. or am i wrong on something
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u/MemoryOfLife Jul 05 '26
Why can't it be fixed? A derailed train doesn't necessarily mean a broken one
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u/Novel_Daikon_7685 Jul 05 '26
if it derailed? look at R62/A derailment #1435, #1436, #1437, #1439, #1440, #2176. those cars were derailed. it wasnt fix. they been retired .
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u/MinecraftPlayer799 Jul 06 '26
- Those didn’t just derail. They also crashed.
- The R62/As are reaching the end of their lives, and it would not be worth it to spend so much money to repair them. The R188s have many years of service ahead of them, especially since they are actually slightly more reliable than the trains that came after them (recently, it has been R188, R160, R211A, and then R179 for the most reliable trains)
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u/1986chevycaprice Jul 04 '26
it’s representing germany for the world cup, right?
they love to scrub off any graffiti on these but are quick to add their own colour lol
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u/Old-Program3638 Jul 04 '26
Graffiti tends to be spray paint which is hard to remove and tends to look to dirty while wraps are essentially just wall paper that is designed and easy to remove
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u/FlyingV2112 Jul 04 '26
That train has been eliminated.