The R11 was a prototype class of experimental New York City Subway cars built by the Budd Company in 1949 for the IND / BMT B Division. A total of ten cars were built, arranged as single units. Originally consisting of 400 cars, only ten R11s were built, due to the cancellation of the Second Avenue Subway.

The R-11 was the first stainless steel R-type. 15 years later, the Budd Company also built the first production stainless steel fleet, the R-32. US Patent 153,367, applied for in 1947 by designer Otto A. Kuhler, illustrated a potential exterior design of the R-11 car.

Budd built thousands of streamlined lightweight stainless steel passenger cars for new trains in the US in the 1930s through the 1980s. In 1949, Budd built ten prototype stainless steel R11 subway cars for the New York City Board of Transportation; [10] these were intended for the Second Avenue Subway. [11]

The New York Transit Museum's Budd R11 #8013 leads an empty "Train of Many Metals" through 72nd Street on the Second Avenue Line. The R11 was constructed as ...

2015年6月28日 · NYC Subway Nostalgia HD 60fps: Budd R11/34 8013 Round Trip RFW Brighton Beach-Kings Highway 6/27/15. BRT 100th Year 4th Ave Subway Anniversary Celebration. The R11/34 (8013) is by far my...

The R11 was the first stainless steel R-type car (The Budd BMT Zephyr holds the title of being the first stainless steel subway car in the city). Fifteen years after building the R11s, the Budd Company would go on to build the first bulk order of stainless steel cars in New York City Subway history - the R32.

The R11 s were ten prototype railcars used in the B Division of the Potato City Subway. Constructed by Budd in 1949, they were the first R-type stainless steel cars to be built for the system, and were frequently referred to as the "Million Dollar Train" due to their high cost per car.

Click Thumbnail To Enlarge Image & See Image Info... Notes: These were experimental units. Metropolitan Transportation Authority 1949 Budd R11 Car Media Page.

The R11 New York City Subway cars, built by the Budd Rail Car Company, were a new technology prototype test train ordered as part of a new 400 car fleet for the Second Avenue Subway in 1949, a line that was never built. This resulted in the cancellation of the order.

1949 Budd-built R11/34 8013 leads the Train of Many Metals on a New York Transit Museum special to Coney Island. This was the TOMM's first visit to the new 2nd Avenue Subway.