The R46 is a New York City Subway car model that was built by the Pullman Standard Company from 1975 to 1978 for the IND/BMT B Division. They replaced all remaining R1–9 fleet cars and General Electric-powered R16s, and some R10s. The R46 order initially consisted of 754 single cars, each 75 feet (23 m) long, and was the largest single order ...

Train of R-46 cars on F service at Smith/9th Street on the IND Crosstown Line. Photo by David Pirmann, August 2000.

3 天之前 · Railfanning the (F) & (G) trains at the 4th Avenue-9th Street station in Park Slope Brooklyn as part of a special addition. One week again the R211T debuted ...

2025年1月2日 · After half a century, New York City is retiring its iconic orange and yellow subway cars. This year, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will begin phasing out the R46 trains and...

Time for the custom-made Munipals MTA R46 M Train Via The J Line At Broadway Junction! Plus the work train hauling the it later!.WATCH T...

The R46 is a New York City Subway car model that was built by the Pullman Standard Company from 1975 to 1978 for the IND/BMT B Division. They replaced all remaining Arnine cars and GE-powered R16s, and some R10s.

With the (G) line still on a shortage, R46 equipment has began to run. This allows the R68/A equipment to be used for other services. In this short clip, a R...

2024年3月8日 · The R46 cars—with their iconic orange and yellow plastic bucket seats set in an L-pattern, faux wood paneling, and tan wallpaper covered in tiny New York City seals—date back to 1975 when...

2023年8月24日 · There are currently 9 train sets of R211, including the open gangway cars but not the SIR cars. At some point they will run out of room to keep both the R46 and the R211 fleets, although I get the impression from reading here that there is still room at the inn with the spare factor way down.

2023年8月24日 · The R46 is also a superior and comfortable train for the t/o to operate. The cab seat has a seatback. It's too bad there is so much steel dust making the digital side signs tough to read on many of the CIYD assigned R46's I have observed. They can run 2 car R46's on the Franklin shuttle until that issue is settled in time.

This is a list of all R-type contracts in the New York City Subway. [1] All passenger rolling stock made in this time period are New Technology Trains. Car types that currently have CBTC: R143, R160, R179, R188, and R211. Car types that will have CBTC in …

The R46 is a model of New York City Subway cars built between 1975 and 1978, by Pullman Standard in Chicago, Illinois for use on the B Division (IND/BMT). They, along with the previous R44s, are 75 feet (22.86 m) long. Currently, the fleet is maintained at Pitkin Yard and Jamaica Yard, running on the A, F, R and Rockaway Park Shuttle. Background

2018年1月29日 · A full length train (600 feet) of 75 footers is 8 cars long, which gives 32 door openings per side. A full length 60 footer has 10 cars, or 40 door openings per side. Those eight additional door openings made passenger egress and ingress faster, which reduces dwell time per station, an important factor because many of today’s delays are ...

The R46 order initially consisted of 754 single cars, each 75 feet (23 m) long, and was the largest single order of passenger cars in United States railroad history at the point of the fleet's completion. The R46 was the second order of 75-foot cars to be ordered for the New York City Subway, after the R44s.

The R46 is a New York City Subway car model that was built by the Pullman Standard Company from 1975 to 1978 for the IND/BMT B Division.They replaced all remaining Arnine cars and General Electric-powered R16s, and some R10s.The R46 order initially consisted of 754 single cars, each 75 feet (23 m) long, and was the largest single order of passenger cars in United States railroad history at the ...

2023年3月24日 · Until very recently the A train, one of the lengthiest lines in the system, running from Inwood to South Jamaica, Far Rockaway or Rockaway Park, oddly was stocked with some of the oldest cars in the system, the R-32s introduced in 1964, and the R-46, introduced in 1974.

2024年11月24日 · Sorry for the hold up on the R62A 7 train munipal video. It was great to see the R46 GG train and find another rare munipal! There were a few F train running...

2025年3月4日 · train passengers now have a 15% chance of riding an open-gangway car every time they ride. Open-gangway trains first operated on the C line in 2024. ... (MDBF) rate of approximately 220,000 miles, compared to the R46’s 46,000 miles. The MDBF is a measure of how far the railcar can travel before a mechanical issue occurs and requires maintenance.

NYCTA R-46 electric subway train. The train comes in two versions: One consists of 8 motorized cars, the other of 4 motorized cars. Data below is for the 8 cars consist. One R-46 unit consists of 4 permanently coupled cars. The 8 car train consists of 2 such units coupled.

On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at approximately 9:48AM, a southbound A express train arriving at the 125th street station in Harlem, Upper Manhattan, suddenly derailed injuring 34 people. Let me tell...