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Single cars; even numbered cars ("A" cars) have single full-width cabs, odd numbered cars ("B" cars) have blind ends. New York City Subway car numbers were originally 100–387 and renumbered 5202–5479. New York City Subway cars retired. Staten Island Railway cars currently being replaced. R46: 1975–1978 Pullman: 5482–6207 (4-car sets ...
Redbird trains were eight New York City Subway train models so-nicknamed because of their red paint. [1] The Redbirds totaled 1,410 cars of the following types on the A Division lines: R26, R28, R29, R33, R33S, and R36. There were also 550 cars on the B Division lines: R27 and R30/A, making a grand total of 1,960
The R62 in particular was the first New York City Subway car class built by a foreign manufacturer. [240] These were all delivered between 1983 and 1989. The R10, R14, R16, R17, R21, and R22 car classes all were retired with the deliveries of the R62/As and R68/As.
Independent Subway System NYC Board of Transportation New York City Transit Authority: Specifications; Car body construction: Riveted steel: Car length: 60 ft 6 in (18.44 m) Width: 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) Height: 12 ft 1.9375 in (3.71 m) Floor height: 3 ft 1.875 in (0.96 m) Doors: 8 sets of 45 inch wide side doors per car: Maximum speed: 55 mph (89 ...
The R46 is a New York City Subway car model that was built by the Pullman Standard Company from 1975 to 1978 for the IND/BMT B Division. They replaced all remaining R1–9 fleet cars and General Electric-powered R16s, and some R10s. The R46 order initially consisted of 754 single cars, each 75 feet (23 m) long, and was the largest single order ...
The Zephyr holds the title of being the first stainless steel subway car in the city, preceding the R32 – the first bulk order of stainless-steel cars in New York City Subway history – by thirty years. Prior to the R32, Budd went on to build the R11 prototypes in 1949. Unlike the other prototypes and the production units, the Zephyr was ...
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 ...
The R42 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company between 1969 and 1970 for the IND/BMT B Division. There were 400 cars in the R42 fleet, numbered 4550–4949. It was the last 60-foot (18.29 m) B Division car built for the New York City Subway until the R143 in 2001, and the last car model class to be built in ...