The D-Type, [1] commonly known as the Triplex, was a New York City Subway car class built by Pressed Steel Car Company. They were operated by the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) and its successors, which included the New York City Board of Transportation and the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA).

Unlike a standard subway car, which has a set of wheels, or truck, at each end, the triplex cars share trucks. The three car units are articulated and cannot be separated. A truck is under each of the articulated joints, and at each end. Therefore a triplex unit has four trucks, whereas a normal three-car train would have six trucks, two on ...

The Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) was an urban transit holding company, based in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, and incorporated in 1923. The system was sold to the city in 1940.

2015年6月21日 · Here are the BMT Triplex D-Type subway cars providing shuttle runs at the New York Transit Museum on Saturday, June 20, 2015. The special train ran between the museum's Court Street Station...

2021年10月27日 · NYC Subway BMT D-Type Triplex trains.This railfan excursion took place in 2001 using an NYC Subway BMT Triplex train. the triplex is a 3-car articulated trai...

#TodayinHistory: On July 23, 1965, BMT D-Type Triplex cars made their final run on the BMT West End line (today’s D train). In service between 1925 and 1965, the fleet of D-Types was originally purchased for service on the Fourth Avenue Local between 95th Street Brooklyn and Queensboro Plaza.

The B.M.T. gave a demonstration yesterday of the triplex car, a new type of vehicle which it will soon introduce in numbers on its system. The triplex, which is really three cars linked into...

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