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. It was the last 60-foot (18.29 m) B Division car built for the New York City Subway until the R143 in 2001, and the last car model class to be built in ...

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."

MTA New York City Transit retired the last remaining R42 subway cars from service on Feb. 12, 2020, ending a 51-year run that began in May 1969. The cars have been used on all NYCT B Division lines, each accumulating more than seven million service miles.

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 Standard, as early as 1915. The R-42 was the first subway car to have built-in air conditioning.

R42/R30 Gel Train at Howard Beach- JFK

2018年5月16日 · The R42s, along with the R32s, are the last remaining NYCT subway cars with the front railfan window, now nearly extinct. However, the statement “The R-42 was the last subway car made by the St. Louis Car Company” is not correct.

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...

2024年10月12日 · R42 as it was when it first entered service during the spring of 1969. Still a work in progress though…

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

2025年2月7日 · The current plan is for the Jamaica-based R40M's and R42's to be retired by the next wave of incoming R160's. The older cars should be more scarce later in the summer and into the fall. Supposedly the last 50 R42's at East New York will …