R42 (New York City Subway car) - Wikipedia
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.
R-42 (St. Louis Car) - nycsubway.org
R-42 car 4800 leads a J train inbound at Hewes Street on the BMT Jamaica Line. Photo by David Pirmann, August 2008. Coupling/Numbering Arrangement: All married pairs. The last of the R-42 fleet was officially retired on 12/30/2019, making two final trips on the "J" line. The final consist was 4798/9-4817/6-4830/1-4825/4."
Farewell, R42s. You Served New York City Well - Railway Age
The R42s, numbered 4550-4949, featured several firsts for a New York City subway car. They were the first fleet fully equipped with Stone Safety 10-ton air conditioning systems, which had been installed on the last 10 R38s (4140-4149) and all R40As.
R-42 Farewell Trip - New York Transit Museum
This Wednesday, February 12th, R-42 subway cars will make their final trip, ending more than 50 years of service in New York City. Please join us to say farewell to this historic fleet. ROUTE & SCHEDULE
FAREWELL R-42 SUBWAY CARS - Forgotten New York
Feb 10, 2020 · On a recent visit to the NYC Transit Museum, I was sure to take a look at a pair of R-42 cars in its collection. The K train ended service in 1988; it was a local 8th Avenue service, with the C largely replacing it. The R-42 fleet has one more run in it. On Wednesday, February 12, you can ride it one last time.
List of New York City Subway R-type contracts - Wikipedia
All passenger rolling stock made in this time period are New Technology Trains. Car types that currently have CBTC: R143, R160, R179, R188, and R211. Car types that will have CBTC in the future: R142, R142A, R262, and R268. ^ "Datasheet (41-42) from NYCT Revenue & Non-Revenue Car Drawings". ^ "Datasheet (07-10)". ^ "Subway Guide 2000".
50-year-old R-42 subway cars are finally being retired - 6sqft
Feb 12, 2020 · The NYC subway rolls a little further into the 21st century today: The MTA is finally retiring its Nixon-era R-42 trains.
R42 (New York City Subway car) - Simple English Wikipedia, the …
R42 train car used for maintainence purposes running on the F line. The R42 was a train that was built between 1969 and 1970. There were 400 train cars in the fleet which were numbered from 4550-4949. The introduction of R179 caused the final R42s to be retired. [2]
MTA retires 50-year-old R42 subway cars famed as ‘workhorses’
Feb 13, 2020 · Straphangers can say goodbye to one set of NYC Transit subway cars that predate the moon landing. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday bade farewell to the last of its R42...
When first introduced, the R-42 replaced the Standard and R-1 subway cars, many of which had been in service since the subway lines they ran on had first opened—in the case of the …