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."

This Wednesday, February 12th, R-42 subway cars will make their final trip, ending more than 50 years of service in New York City. Please join us to say farewell to this historic fleet. The last train of R-42 cars will travel on the A line this Wednesday, February 12th. See the approximate schedule below:

The R42 was a train that was built between 1969 and 1970. There were 400 train cars in the fleet which were numbered from 4550-4949. The introduction of R179 caused the final R42s to be retired. [2] After this, many of the cars were either thrown into the ocean or kept for usage by train maintainence workers.

2020年2月12日 · The Queens-bound platform of the Euclid Avenue station was filled with train enthusiasts old and young Wednesday morning as the MTA officially retired the R42s after more than 50 years in...

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.

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.

2020年2月10日 · Here, an R-42 consist enters the West 8th St. station. G trains usually do not get this far south, but occasional weekend operations bring them to Coney Island. For me, the J train is among the lines I use the least.

2020年2月13日 · R42 workhorses The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday bade farewell to the last of its R42 cars, which first came into service in 1969. Straphangers say goodbye to one set of NYC Transit subway cars that predate the moon landing.

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.