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The R17 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1954 for the IRT A Division.A total of 400 cars were built, arranged as single units. Two versions were manufactured: Westinghouse (WH)-powered cars and General Electric (GE)-powered cars.
The R10s were originally numbered 1803–1852 and 3000–3349. Cars 1803–1852 were renumbered 2950–2999 in 1970. As the first series of post-war subway cars, the R10s introduced many innovations. For the first time, the car body was of an all-welded low-alloy high tensile (LAHT) steel construction. This gave the body great strength
The 2009 New York City Subway and United Kingdom plot was a plan to bomb the New York City Subway as well as a target in the United Kingdom. In September 2009, several individuals fell under suspicion and were arrested due to fears that a suspected jihadist cell in New York was planning to explode bombs in the United States .
New Technology Train (NTT) [1] [2] [3] is the collective term for the modern passenger fleet of the New York City Subway that has entered service since the turn of the 21st century. This includes the current R142 , R142A , R143 , R160 , R179 , R188 and R211 models, along with the planned R262 and R268 models.
The R9 was a New York City Subway car model, which was built by the American Car and Foundry Company and the Pressed Steel Car Company in 1940 for the Independent Subway System (IND) and its successors, which included the New York City Board of Transportation and the New York City Transit Authority.
The opening of the New York City Subway in 1904, first built as separate private systems, helped bind the new city together. [110] Throughout the first half of the 20th century, the city became a world center for industry, commerce, and communication. [111] In 1904, the steamship General Slocum caught fire in the East River, killing 1,021 ...
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Here are the top five stories around New York City: 1. Aging infrastructure could cause "catastrophic service impacts" at subway stations on the Upper West Side, transit officials said.