What does a Signal Maintainer do?
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- In the subway, the signal system controls train traffic. Signal Maintainers help keep our trains moving and prevent delays by keeping our signals working. Find out more about what they do.
Dangerous job, yet a vital one. Those signal malfunctions while in the train are brutal!
It's not that dangerous if you follow the rules.
@@morrisonak following rules just help make a job safer it doesn't void the job from being dangerous 🤨
Still dangerous, whether you follow rules or not. Doesnt make it any safer.@@morrisonak
There's so much behind the scenes in the subway that we all take for granted.
Yeah like the illegals hiding out in the subs
I generally work between West 4th Street and 34th street
B roll footage: Shows 86th Street
Signal maintainers: maintain signals. Pretty straightforward :P
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Extreme Foamers: wE dOnT nEeD sIgNaLs
@@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN how is it a dead meme if i did that to make a joke
@@yuuycockdemnations69420 ikr not even a meme
@@yuuycockdemnations69420 It's overused...
@@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN Boy. I did not make a fucking meme. So can you shut up and take your massive shitshow self somewhere else?
wow i can't believe so much effort is put in to trying to maintain the subway
Just goes to show you there's a lot you don't know! :)
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@@Jevildury what
Great video and thankyou.Retired NYCT signalman; 1991-2016☆
What will be the best advice you will tell someone just starting. That’s 20 yrs old and eager about controls
@@dabeast4575 Signalman here, very nice job, own boss, will leave you alone so long as you do your job.
Have to think out of the box, can be tricky sometimes. Can be dangerous, lost a few colleagues over the decades.
MTA excellent place to work. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants job security and pension retirement.
I was born over there in NYC and i always dream of working for MTA as a conductor
Ramirez Family same
The good thing about train conductor in subway is no money handling. You open and close doors while remembering your assigned territory
0:15 the second avenue subway is relatively new and the signal are being upkeeped.
Going to school now to study engineering can't wait for MTA!
Spice 0o0 Same here. I’m already in my third year in my Computer Engineering Technology degree.
same
As a signal maintainer for NJTRANSIT, college wasn't required. FRA rules are adhered to for all railway systems including monorails.
tonygreene67 so for training idk if you know but do they train for positions like train operator if college is not required or your position you did for NJ transit?
@@prospect4954 for train engineer the NJ TRANSIT used to recruit from experienced signal maintainers or conductors since we all studied from the same right of way manuals
Man, I wish you lived close to me! I'd love to have lunch and pick your brain about stuff. I'd love to know all I can about this so I can be the best at my job!
The M.T.A Is very straightforward
When I worked as a Signal maintener on British Railways at Clapham Junction, there was a very high failure rate. Man in charge of dept ASE was corrupt & criminal, embezzling money for budget had to be paid of. Replacement was narcissistic told by chairman of BR he was to be fired in 6 months. Low pay, long working hours very poor quality staff. Report I put in said standards had to improve.
i love signals there awesome , i want one of those lights if u guys have and old one floating around
That face screams enjoyment :)
I really want to drive a MTA bus. Especially a 2012 New Flyer C40LF. But, im only 12.
good luck mate i want to be a conductor
A signal maintainer maintains the signal.
I could have sworn I saw a mechanical harddrive in one of the vertical signals?
When is the MTA replacing the ancient signalling systems seen in the video? I know the funding system and political management systems of the MTA are a horrendous mess, but could you maybe go to London or Paris and see how other old subways are upgrading to modern technology?
Gustav Löwgren it’s funding man if they got the same amount of funding they got in the 40s and 50s it would be wonderful but politics
@@sweetmyth2537 What about the congestion pricing they're gonna start doing next year? That should help a lot right?
Trailer Crack smoker That is completely not true.
The older signal system was responsible for two deadly crashes in the 1990s: one in 1991 in Union Square, and the other in 1995 on the Williamsburg Bridge Brooklyn approach. By contrast, since CBTC went fully live on the L 14th Street-Canarsie Local (or simply the Canarsie Line) in 2012, there has not been a single signal related collision.
Stop with the scare tactics man.
What does that mean the subway system was built by three different companies?
It means that three companies operated subway lines in NYC. You had the Interborough Rapid, Brooklyn-Manhattan, and the Independent (or IND) transit companies all building competing subway and elevated lines.
Plz do what train operators and conductors
fatboy48075 they already did one for conductors but I’m waiting on the one for operators.
Well he did make 150k... lol. I will be taking this exam next time it comes out.
How do you know that?
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0:42 looks like south ferry
Hi , i am working in Indian railways signalling department i need a job in abroad railways
The 7 train doesn't need those signals since they use CBTC and MTA have taken down those signal boxes lol they are just on the Express tracks for any test trains or garbage trains lol
NYC Gamer Eventually, the entire system won’t need those old signals anymore.
@@TheRailLeaguer I have seen that the R68A N train was getting close to the R160 N train at Queensboro plaza station I don't know if the MTA change the distance between trains or not??
@@TheRailLeaguer but not that close
NYC Gamer I think that they have shorter signal blocks (normal blocks are 1000’) on some lines, but this still limits capacity. Moving to CBTC is our only answer.
Work trains
Bet he enjoys that pay and pension more!
The pay isn't all that great if you have a shitty union representative.
@@113tidbits Whats the starting pay?
wow infrastructure in the USA looks ancient
Is it broke yet? why fix it
The system is run 24/7/365 In normal operation it is never shut down. Any one line that is disrupted will have a significant adverse effect.
Signal gang gang
Nice video but he sounds kinda bored or tired
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Son los más vago del mundo 🌍
A whole lot of nothing in this video.
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Nobody cares
@@Yeshfie_5510 You cared enough to reply.
Third!!
All of these guys would loose their jobs with CBTC.
Blake McNamara They will be reassigned to CBTC-related duties.
@@TheRailLeaguer I see that you're on your routine comment inspection again.
Blake McNamara What comment inspection?
@@TheRailLeaguer he's just mad that you proved him wrong, and he also doesn't know that CBTC also has some wayside signals and that switches don't suddenly disappear because it's in effect.
@@TheRailLeaguer I think you'd be great in MTA, sometimes the workers get annoyed when you ask them questions. You seem to enjoy knowing your stuff and giving information.
delay my train for 10-20 mins
NBaBall3r26 Thats the signals job themselves. The maintainers repair those signals to get the trains moving again.
NBaBall3r26 it’s either they get delay or not have a train to ride because the signals break down for not being taken care of.
Nick More like break down because they are old.
Everyone is so used to subway delays that cbtc will blow their mind away.
NYC subway riders minds are already quite blown away.
Cause train delays daily.
Shut your face
It's true, I've been stuck behind many signals that...... for lack of a better word.....just need to be replaced not fixed.
bklynbadboy Reason #1 for CBTC..
@@TheRailLeaguer Other than the L and 7 trains, what's the next line to get CBTC?
@@matthewhernandez8342 Queens Blvd, 8th Avenue, Lexington Avenue.
What does a "signal maintainer" do?
*Absolutely nothing*
Come to UK Signal failures are very common.
Lmfao , paint n pray 😴
What's next what does a water faucet do?
No, that's not an MTA job. These videos are to cover all the jobs so you know what they do.
@@BenTheMiner r/woosh
godofwar0678 next video: what does godofwar0678 comment on the next video
@godofwar0678 next video..... what is that brown stuff spilling out onto the platform.
And before any of you buffs comment, I work for the damn company so 🤫
@@ConfuzedMind me too I work in the A division LOL
Hey, Yanunandan: work faster. Thanks.
We should make the MTA go bankrupt
QuarioQuario54321 What?
literally impossible because every transit angency across the country gets funds from the government, theyd just reduce service.
That’s a completely lame idea.
Alex The mta and r179,r211 fan,weather fan It is a lame idea. I think they should take their meds.
You asking for lots of traffic on the street