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Vacuum train V285A–V285C Presumed retired R32: Passenger cars 3350–3649 Budd Company 1964–1965 Retired, 10 preserved, 1 in work service R32A: 3650–3949 1965 R33: 8806–9305 St. Louis Car 1962–1963 Retired, 17 preserved, 65 in work service R33S [12] 9306–9345 1963 R34: Same as R11 [13] R35 Flat cars F150–F164 [14] Marshall Railway ...
In September 2024, the MTA further indicated that a handful of R68 and R68A cars would be retired by R211 cars. The MTA also wanted to replace the rest of the R68 and R68A fleet with 355 new 60-foot-long (18 m) cars, thereby retiring the last remaining 75-foot-long (23 m) cars in the New York City Subway system's revenue fleet. [12]
The "Train of Many Colors" makes another appearance on the 7 train in 2008, commemorating the last game at Shea Stadium. Air conditioning is standard on all cars R42 and later. R38s 4140–4149 and R40s 4350–4549 were also delivered with A/C, and all cars not equipped with A/C from classes R26–R40 (with the exception of the R27, R30, and ...
For once, New Yorkers are praying for subway delays. The MTA's announcement it will phase out an iconic portion of the fleet in 2025 has normally jaded straphangers feeling nostalgic over the loss ...
The interior side route & destination rollsign on the W Exterior fixed side signage dedicated to the Franklin Avenue Shuttle. The R68 was the third R-type contract to be built with 75-foot (22.86 m) cars (the previous two being the R44 and R46), which have more room for sitting and standing passengers per car than the 60-foot (18.29 m) cars that were used previously and afterward.
The R211 is a class of New Technology Train (NTT) subway cars built for the New York City Transit Authority.Being built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing for the B Division of the New York City Subway and for the Staten Island Railway (SIR), they will replace two aging subway car models: all R44 cars on the SIR, plus all R46 and some R68 subway cars.
The R62A, R68, and R68A uses Westinghouse E-Cam Propulsion like the R44. I doubt that XCB248R or XCB248S is the serial code for these new controllers. That was the serial numbers of the old WH Cam Control Packages.
On June 1, 1983, the NYCTA proposed changes to increase service along Sixth Avenue and better connecting the line to the Bronx and Queens. As part of the changes, B train service would run to 168th Street at all times, with service to 57th Street during non-rush hours replaced by a new H train running between 57th Street and World Trade Center.