I took another tour with the New York Transit Museum today. This one was of Jamaica Yards in Queens, where maintenance is performed on subway cars. I love touring these yards. Jamaica Yards was different then some of the other ones I have toured in that it has a bit more space. Not a lot, but at least a little more. Every time I go on one of these tours I learn and retain just a little more.
Subway cars enter the yards from this tunnel
Jamaica Yards repair sheds
Jamaica Yards. “Stop look read your iron” is a warning to drivers to be alert where they are going. “Iron” refers to the rail.
Trains lined up in the yards
Trains in the maintenance shed
Of course I am going to be interested int the safety measures. These lights read: Carbon monoxide alarm boiler room, methane alarm gas meter room, high water alarm car wash pump room, and car wash fire alarm.
One of the workers shows us how they test that the shoe, which contacts the third rail, is at the right height
One of the workers shows us how they test that the shoe, which contacts the third rail, has the correct tension