Enjoy Guys!
The new Diesel was on a 90 foot flatcar.. The flatcar the R156 was on could NOT make the turn around Costco , to cross 3 Avenue, to head to the West End Line. The Diesel was moved back to the yard within the Bush terminal district. TA is figuring out a Plan B now..
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I was drooling at the pic of your wife/gf.
Thats what you meant right?
Is this rocket science Put it on the tracks!! No flat car needed
They probably wanted it "mint in box" Ben! 
They probably wanted it "mint in box" Ben!
Those darn collectors!!
Maybe an export with a wider/narrower gauge?? Perhaps the flatcar could take a smaller curve than the diesel?? Someone's kid has a shrink wrap business??
This was the flatcar used to deliver the first R-156, HTTX 91796--as shown in the video below:
(it's the last car in the train).
Wonder why MPI chose such a hilariously outsized flatcar to ship the second one? Did the MTA forget to tell MPI what kind of curvature the load was going to need to negotiate in order to be delivered?
(I guess Linden Yard could be the "Plan B")
Edit: Or maybe not...
---PCJ
This is 913 Railride. This was the loco before the one i photographed today that was being delivered. The 1st video was from like April of last year, when the 1st new loco was being delivered, the 2nd video was like from last month, when the 2nd loco was being delivered. My shots today was the 3rd one coming onto TA Property..
Little sunptin' I found:
| MPI MP8AC-3 R156 (New York City Subway) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| The first R156 is delivered to the MTA | |
| Power type | Diesel-Electric |
| Builder | MotivePower, Inc. |
| Build date | 2012-2013 |
| Total produced | 28 |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Locomotive weight | 112,000 lb (50.8 t) |
| Fuel type | Diesel fuel |
| Prime mover | Cummins QSK 23 |
| Generator | Caterpillar |
| Traction motors | Siemens SITRAC AC propulsion |
| Cylinders | 6 |
| Top speed | 50 km/h (31 mph)[1] |
| Power output | 800 hp (597 kW) |
| Career | New York City Subway |
| Class | R156 |
| Number in class | 28 |
| Delivered | 2012-2013 |
| First run | May 1 2012 |
The MPI MP8AC-3 is a light-weight Diesel locomotive built by the MotivePower division of Wabtec. It was designed from scratch as a work train engine for the New York City Subway system, where it is designated the R156. The MTA ordered 28 units in 2006. After some difficulty with the initial prototype, the first unit, numbered OL912, was delivered on May 1, 2012.[2] Deliveries will continue through mid-2013.[3][4][5][6]
The R156 is designed to navigate the clearances and tight turns of the NYC subway, with weight constrained to 112,000 lbs so it can operate on elevated portions of the system. It joins a fleet of 62 Diesel-electric work locomotives on the system. Third rail power is not used because the third rail is normally turned off at work sites for safety reasons.[7] Instead, the R156 is powered by a 6-cylinder,[8] 800 horsepower Cummins QSK 23 Diesel engine. A separate, smaller Caterpillar Inc. Diesel drives a generator for head end power, and to heat the main engine and keep batteries charged when the main engine is not running. Trucks are supplied by Kawasaki, which provides the same wheel and traction sets for new R160 subway cars. The traction motors are Siemens' SITRAC AC motors. The R156 locomotives have provisions for the future installation of communications-based train control (CBTC) equipment.
They don't drive new cars to the dealership either.
I noticed the rusty rail ramp in the background for unloading the loco off the flat car.
Is this rocket science Put it on the tracks!! No flat car needed
Come on now, that would only make sense!
I remember seeing a bunch of new passenger cars sitting at the Dundalk Marine Terminal on flat cars, also wondered why didn't they just put them on the tracks and move them to their destination with an engine.
New cars can be shipped to the dealership more efficiently by truck than a locomotive or a string of cars can be moved by rail, one driver per cars gets expensive, one engineer per string of cars or locos is still the same as one engineer pulling a locomotive on a flat car or a string of cars to their destination.
Jerry
It probably came in at the 53 street car floats. The TA has used this delivery method for years. Even if on flat cars they were off loaded at Bush terminal. I guess the new people are too smart for that. Lift it by crane right to the tracks if you had to. Too bad the Ave I connection of the now NY&A is gone They could have taken it down Mcdonald ave to CI.
R44's being delivered
R32 delivery
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