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The R160 cars are configured in either four-car sets or five-car sets. 372 R160A cars (8313–8652 & 9943–9974) are configured as four-car sets and maintained at East New York Yard for the BMT Eastern Division. All four-car sets are assigned to the J, M and Z trains, but sets 8313-8376 are able to run on the L alongside the line's fleet of R143s.
Prototype air conditioning for 8 B-Division passenger cars: Never purchased: R70: Ballast cars: Never purchased: R71 35 rider cars, 6 de-icer cars, 3 hose cars, 6 reach cars (passenger car conversions) RD321–RD361 (rider, hose, and de-icer cars) MTA (in-house) Hose/reach & de-icer cars in service: R72 Flat cars F200–F218, F221–F223, PF219 ...
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.
Car 1369 was scrapped in 2005. Car 1366 and half of car 1370 are at the FDNY Randall's Island training center. Cars 1367 and 1368 were reefed in 2008. 1435–1437 and 1439–1440 were wrecked in 1991 due to a derailment. 1437 and 1439–1440 were scrapped in 2001. Car 1436 was reefed in 2008. 1438 is now part of a 5-car set with 1431–1434. R62A
Reporting marks on two Canadian Pacific covered hopper cars; with the left car marked as CP 388686 and the right car marked as SOO 115239. A reporting mark is a code used to identify owners or lessees of rolling stock and other equipment used on certain rail transport networks.
The original purchase order was for 740 cars, but because of the intense competition between the firms, the MTA was able to purchase 340 additional cars at the same price. The entire cost of the purchase was $1.45 billion. The new subway cars were based on the results of the tests from the R110A and R110B test trains. The historic deal came ...
The first five-car set of R179s (3010–3014) was delivered to the New York City Transit Authority between September 6 and 8, 2016. The next five cars (3015–3019) were delayed and were delivered between November 15 and 17, 2016, forming a complete pilot ten-car train for acceptance testing and evaluation. [45]
Of the 50 cars in work service, car 4816 was damaged in an accident at Coney Island Yard in October 2022; it was removed off property along with its mate 4817 in April 2023. Other R42 cars were saved for various purposes throughout the New York City Subway system. The full list includes: 4572–4573 – preserved by the New York Transit Museum.