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."

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.

Although 23 years had passed between the end of the Second World War and the first delivery of the class R42 cars, these cars were nevertheless a part of the almost continuous delivery of cars for the system, and followed the same basic principles of the R10 cars of 1948.

The R-42 was featured in the famous car versus subway chase scene in the 1971 movie, The French Connection. The two cars that appeared in the film—#4572 and #4573—are the very same ones that can be found on the platform at the New York Transit Museum.

2020年2月10日 · 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. An R-42 consist will run on the A ...

2018年5月16日 · The R-42 was the last subway car was among the last subway cars made by the St. Louis Car Company, which was in business from 1887 to 1974. It was also the first fleet that was completely air conditioned. Only two R-42 trainsets run on the Jamaica line as of 2018. The R-42s were overhauled in 1987-88 and mostly replaced by incoming R-160s in 2007.

2024年10月9日 · The R42 is a New York City Subway car model built between 1969 and 1970 by the St. Louis Car Company in St. Louis, Missouri for the (INDBMT) B Division. It was the last 60foot (18.29m) B Division car built for the New York City Subway until the R143 in 2001, and the last car model class to be bui

On February 12th, 2020, the MTA and the New York Transit Museum ran the 1969 St. Louis Car Company R42 along the Subway line. The trip started from Euclid Ave to Far Rockaway, then up to Inwood-207th St, and lastly back down to Euclid Avenue. These cars are the second to last cars standing from t...

2020年2月12日 · The R-42 was the last design to feature “married pairs,” where two cars are linked together along the train. Some of the retired R-42 cars are at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean as part...

2020年2月12日 · But officially, the celebration was for a fleet of cars known as the R-42s. The R-42 subway car fleet, which debuted in 1969, made its final run along the "A" line before being taken out of...