The cars were also referred to as "World's Fair" cars, or R36WFs (R36 W orld's F air), and featured three-piece curved "picture" windows, unlike other IRT cars at the time. While in regular service, five two-car consists of these cars were coupled to one single R33S car to make 11-car trains for the 7 and 7d routes.

2014年5月17日 · Here are R36WF cars 9586 and 9587, which made their debut midway this week. A brief history - These cars in particular are special for two reasons: this pair was one of the first R36WF cars to be overhauled and then painted in the red paint scheme we know today as the Redbirds back in 1984.

The so-called IRT "SMEE" fleet consisted of all cars built for the former Interborough lines between 1948 and 1964, including the popular "Redbird" cars retired in 2003. The SMEE fleet numbered 2,860 entirely-compatible cars.

The R36 World's Fair (also known as R36WF) cars were built in 1964 by the St. Louis Car Company, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA and were designed and built exclusively for service on the 7-Flushing Local IRT train route of the New York Subway for the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Click Thumbnail To Enlarge Image & See Image Info... Notes: Cars #9346-9523 & 9558-9769 are R36WF "World's Fair" units and cars #9524-9557 are R36 "Mainline" units.

2024年10月4日 · Most of the Redbirds (1,294) were submerged off the coast of Delaware, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia as artificial barrier and diving reefs, by Weeks Marine. However, pair 9400-9401 and the five pairs that formed the last R36WF train in service were held for many years.

2013年9月23日 · From the Random Thoughts Thread, here are R36WF cars 9586-87 being prepared for their move. Sorry for the low quality as these pictures were from my phone and taken on the fly.

2008年11月18日 · How come the R36WF redbird has never been involved in any fan trips or special events?

The R36 World's Fair (also known as R36WF) was a New York City Subway car model that was built in 1963 and in 1964 by the St. Louis Car Company in St. Louis, Missouri for the IRT A Division. They were purchased for service on the IRT Flushing Line ( 7 and <7> trains), which was the closest line to the 1964 New York World's Fair .

In 1962, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) ordered 430 cars for the NYCS service|7 train. This route would run to the World ' s Fair grounds in Flushing Meadows in Queens.