The R40 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1967 to 1969 for the IND/BMT B Division.There were 400 cars in the R40 fleet, arranged in married pairs.Two versions of the R40 were manufactured: the original 200-car R40 order built in 1967–1968, and the supplementary 200-car R40A order built in 1968–1969, with the last 100 cars of the supplementary ...

The modified ends were designed by the design firm of Sundberg-Ferar, which also designed the MTA "Metropolitan" (M1) cars for the MTA commuter railroads, and the R-44/R-46 front ends. The R-40 "M" cars retained their smooth front, blue belt rail paint, and large rollsigns until circa 1979-1980 when the signs were changed (to the MTA color ...

2022年11月6日 · You hit the nail on the head. The idea behind the slants' design was to put forth the idea of modern cars for a modern subway. Most other cars in service at the time all shared the same design elements from the original R1 order back at the start of the IND. The slants were supposed to be the revolutionary idea to get people back on the subway.

These last 100 R40's established a basic "MTA look" which would show not only on subway cars but on suburban commuter rail cars as well, built for cousins of the subway such as the Long Island Railroad. Class R40M, modified with straight ends, a la R42, is new in this photo taken at Coney Island Yard. These were renumbered later (4450-4549) to ...

2009年6月12日 · The Transit Museum will receive a pair of cars, rumored to be 4280 and 4281, but for one final ride, catch it on the A. Photo by Doug Grotjahn/NYCSubway.org. ... The MTA's R40 Unfortunately Did Predict The Troubled Future Of New York's Subway Cars – Jalopnik | Everyday News Update January 19, 2020 - 4:45 pm

The R40 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1967 to 1969 for the IND/BMT B Division. There were 400 cars in the R40 fleet, arranged in married pairs. Two versions of the R40 were manufactured: the original 200-car R40 order built in 1967–1968, and the supplementary 200-car R40A order built in 1968–1969, with the last 100 cars of the supplementary ...

2025年2月5日 · The R40 subway, however, was one of his flops. To give the new stainless steel cars an exciting look, Loewyﾒs firm designed a molded fiberglass end cap with a 15-degree slant. Apparently no one thought to test the design before it went into production, and the new cars entered service on the F lineﾒs 6th Avenue Local on March 23, 1968. By ...

2021年3月23日 · The final hundred, the R40M, also had air conditioning but introduced the R42 style flat ends after the original R40 design was discarded. In the late 1980s, the first two hundred R40s were retrofitted with A/C, as part of an MTA program to install A/C the entire fleet (except cars that were scrapped in the early 1990s, such as the R27-30s).

2008年6月3日 · As many of you know by the end of the summer one of the most visually distinguishable pieces of rail equipment since the redbirds, the venerable R40 will be gone. I thought we could devote a thread to final run/final season photos and videos. The slanted beasties are apparently running on the (, ...

The R40 was a B Division New York City Subway car built between 1967 and 1969 by the St. Louis Car Company in St. Louis, Missouri. The R40 cars were unique for their 10-degree slanted end, designed by the firm Raymond Loewy and Associates. The R40 fleet was numbered 4150–4549. These cars were unique for their 10° slanted end, designed by the firm of Raymond Loewy and Associates. On March 23 ...