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The R38 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1966 to 1967 for the IND / BMT B Division. Two hundred were built in married pairs. In addition, the R38s were built to supply extra trains for service changes resulting from the 1967 opening of the Chrystie Street Connection.
R38: Passenger cars 3950–4149 St. Louis Car 1966–1967 Retired, 4028–4029 preserved R39: Passenger cars: 120 cars; Never purchased: R40: Passenger cars 4150–4349 (Originally 4150–4249, 4350–4449) St. Louis Car 1967–1969 Retired, 4280–4281 preserved R40A: 4350–4449 (slant-ended cars, originally 4450–4549)
New York City Subway rolling stock. The "Holiday Shopper's Special", a train of R1, R4, R6, R7A, and R9 subway cars running in special service at the 23rd Street station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line. An R142A series car interior in service on the 4 route. A Vaktrak track vacuuming train [1]
The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, [2] or simply Transit, [3] and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City. Part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest and largest transit system in ...
Redbird trains were eight New York City Subway train models so-nicknamed because of their red paint. 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.
The R32s outlasted the newer R38s, R40s, R42s, and New York City Transit R44s. [46] Despite their considerable structural quality, the R32s suffered from low mechanical reliability near the end of their service lives.
5202–5479 (NYC Subway) 388–435, 436–466 (even) (SIRTOA) (cars originally numbered 100–435, 436–466 (even)) Capacity: A car: 72 (seated) B car: 76 (seated) Operators: New York City Subway (1971–2010) Staten Island Railway (1973–present) Depots: Clifton Yard: Service(s) assigned: Specifications; Car body construction
The R160 is a class of New Technology Train subway cars built for the New York City Subway 's B Division. Entering service between 2006 and 2010, they replaced all R38, R40, and NYCT -operated R44 cars, and most R32 and R42 cars. The R160s are very similar to the earlier R143s and later R179s.
BU cars is the generic term for BRT elevated gate cars used on predecessor lines of the New York City Subway system. Various orders of these cars were built by the Osgood-Bradley, Brill, Cincinnati, Laconia, Pullman, Gilbert & Bush, Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wason, Pressed Steel, Brooklyn Heights Railroad, John Stephenson, and Jewett car companies.
BRT. Starting in 1899, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; 1896–1923) and Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT; 1923–1940) operated rapid transit lines in New York City — at first only elevated railways and later also subways. The BRT was incorporated on January 18, 1896. [43]