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The Hedley Hi-V was a New York City Subway car class built from 1910 to 1911, which were motor cars, and then in 1915 an order for trailers that were numbered 4223–4514. . All were built by the American Car and Foundry, Standard Steel Car Company, Pressed Steel Car Company, and Pullman Compa
The car was modified with trolley poles and is used for various tourist rides around the museum. Car 1801 has been preserved by the New York State Museum in Albany, New York, located in the museum's Metropolis Hall. Car 1802 has been preserved by Railway Preservation Corp. and restored. It is the last car of the R1–9 fleet.
Following their removal from service, the majority of the fleet was scrapped. A small number of cars remained in work service and were used until the 1980s. Several other cars have been preserved and remain today, including: 100 – preserved by the New York Transit Museum and restored. It is the first car of the R1–9 fleet, numerically.
The air conditioned cars cost $40,000 more than the non-air conditioned cars. [6] From this point on, the New York City Transit Authority began adopting air conditioning as standard equipment on all new cars, and older model cars were retrofitted with AC units to make life much more bearable throughout the subway system. The Stone-Safety Air ...
The R27 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1960 to 1961 for the IND/BMT B Division. A total of 230 cars were built, arranged in married pairs. Two versions were manufactured: Westinghouse (WH)-powered cars and General Electric (GE)-powered cars. The first R27s entered service on November 15, 1960.
A New York Transit Museum set of R1–9s on an excursion trip. The R1–9s (colloquially known as Arnines by railfans) were the 1,703 similar New York City Subway cars built between 1930 and 1940 for the Independent Subway System. All were built by the American Car and Foundry Company, the Pressed Steel Car Company, and Pullman Standard. The ...
For example, cars 5965, 5984–5985, 5989, and 6214 were converted into R71 rider cars after retirement, but were replaced with R161s (R33s converted into rider cars) and subsequently reefed in 2009. [5] Car 6239 has been preserved by the New York Transit Museum since 1976. This car was retrofitted with the first prototype air conditioners and ...