NYC Transit prepares vintage cars to run for Yankees’ season opener
BRONX, N.Y. — It is been three several years because the community has had the option to experience New York Town Transit’s fleet of classic subway devices. That is scheduled to adjust Friday, April 8, when the century-aged Interborough Immediate Transit “Lo-V” cars and trucks are slated to work for opening working day at Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees’ opener, at first scheduled for Thursday, April 7, has been postponed for the reason that of weather conditions.
It can take intensive planning to hold these cars operating, and my take a look at to the upkeep shop exactly where the Lo-Vs stay reveals the perform necessary to retain a flawless procedure.
The routine maintenance checklist has been worked on for months. Parts want to be tested, fixed or changed — time-consuming efforts that will need to be accomplished by a rapid-approaching, drop-dead date.
On this day, the maintenance crew has these things to maintenance or switch: 3rd-rail connectors to electric power the train checking compressors that have to work with the propulsion techniques examining the doorway program for connectivity troubles and a minor touch-up paint. This is just 1 working day for a single car or truck.
Complicating the circumstance is that two a long time of COVID-19 concerns have meant new employees experienced to be recruited to swap seasoned upkeep workforce. Because the Lo-Vs very last ran for the Yankee opener in 2019, new crew associates also will need orientation with the returning crew.
The New York Metropolis Transit Authority is starting off as it did in 2002, creating mechanical and operational techniques, and partaking in crew setting up between the Car Equipment Department and the Transportation Section. This time, the course of action is a tiny less complicated mainly because some persons continue being associated with have the leadership and techniques necessary to forge ahead.
The accompanying images will give you a sense of the challenging do the job these adult males do.
— Current at 1:45 p.m. CDT to notice postponement of Yankee opener.
