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R10 (New York City Subway car)

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of the original paint scheme were tested, with 3037 in a lighter gray and 3218 in a darker gray. On car 3133, the orange painted-on stripe was replaced by an attached orange plastic strip along the sides of the car. From 1965–1966, they were repainted into an aqua blue/white scheme, directly replicating that of the World’s Fair
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The R10s bore several paint schemes during their service lives. The cars were delivered in two-tone grey with orange stripes. In 1964, nine of these cars were painted red with black roofs and black skirts (1822, 1825, 1850, 3099, 3101, 3137, 3234, 3334, 3342). During the following year, two versions
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Car 3189 has been preserved by the New York Transit Museum. The car had an experimental 3-passenger transverse fiberglass interior seating installed in 1969, which has since been removed. It was retired from revenue service in 1984, but was later repainted solid blue and used as a training car for
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The original interior paint scheme was blue and gray, conducted with various experiments of this nature. While 1848 was all blue inside, 3219 was painted with bright orange and blue around 1964. When the cars were painted with silver and blue outside, the interiors received a light gray and pale
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green paint scheme (on car 1806, which was 2953 by this time, a dark gray was used). At a later date, the original blue and gray scheme resumed being used once again. The rattan seats also received treatment on certain cars, with 3050 in green coloring, whereas 3210 in a bright blue color.
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car 1575 was rebuilt from its original appearance by ACF and became the prototype for the R10. The car was designed to test new interior and cosmetic features. After it was rebuilt, 1575 re-entered service on June 30, 1947; however, while it cosmetically resembled an R10, mechanically and
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Other features to be noted were a pair of stainless steel doors that were tested on car 3119, ventilation louvres that were inserted into the side doors on car 3138, and three cross seats that were extended to permit seating by three people on car 3189. These were done during the 1970s.
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route on November 20, 1948. They were initially the mainstay, and were exclusively assigned to this train, where they remained for almost 30 years, and became synonymous with that route for more than 20 years. During these early years, they made occasional appearances on the
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There was a light overhaul program for 110 of the WH-powered cars between December 1984 and February 1986 in an effort to get the entire fleet in a non-graffiti state. The rehabilitation of the select R10s was done in-house at a budgeted cost of $ 65,000 per car.
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As the first series of post-war subway cars, the R10s introduced many innovations. For the first time, the car body was of an all-welded low-alloy high tensile (LAHT) steel construction. This gave the body great strength, as the body and underframe were
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in 1977–8. While the remaining cars may have been considered the second worst operating revenue service car during the 1980s based on MDBF (Mean Distance Between Failures), doing better than only the R46s, many R10s outlasted the newer
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in Brooklyn. The car was restored to operating status in 2022 – during which the car was repainted into the aqua blue/white scheme – and has been operating on New York Transit Museum-sponsored excursions since September
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The first R10s entered service on November 20, 1948. Various modifications were made over the years to the R10 fleet, and about 110 cars were lightly overhauled in 1984–1986. Some R10s were replaced by the
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in 1954, and primarily used on Broadway–Jamaica service to help familiarize crews with SMEE equipment in anticipation of the arrival of the R16 cars, whereupon they were returned to normal IND service.
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together to form a single, durable, and rigid car body, which had strong structural integrity. The R10s also featured a new type of braking system known as the "SMEE" schedule braking, which introduced
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cast steel truck frame design also used on many passenger cars and coaches up until the R68As in 1988. Sealed beam headlights were installed on all cars of this class starting in 1956.
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Although the they could operate in mixed consists of later SMEE cars, the R10s, for the most part, ran in solid consists throughout their careers. They were briefly mixed with fifty
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type front installed; it was a prototype car for a complete rebuilding of the fleet, which would add modern interiors and air-conditioning. The unit was scrapped in 1980 inside
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in the late 1970s; the remaining cars, despite having low reliability rates, outlasted several newer car classes. The remaining R10s were replaced by the
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and the rebuilding program never took place with the other cars because of the higher cost of rebuilding the cars as opposed to purchasing new cars.
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These cars were nicknamed "Thunderbirds" by their operating personnel and railfans because of the cars' high speeds.
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train could be equipped with some air-conditioned cars). Many of these displaced R10s were then often used on the
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Their numbers can be found in the New York Division Bulletin published by the Electric Railroaders' Association.
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The R10 was the last B-Division car to have seats that had thick strand woven cloths covering the entire seat.
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The R10s were originally numbered 1803–1852 and 3000–3349. Cars 1803–1852 were renumbered 2950–2999 in 1970.
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Car 3184 has been preserved by the Railway Preservation Corp. and was previously displayed at the
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and last ran on October 29, 1989. Two cars have been preserved, while the rest were scrapped.
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assigned to the A in the late 1950s, and with the R42s assigned to the A during 1969–1970.
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Brooklyn/Queens Crosstown Local). Ultimately, the fleet was essentially assigned to the
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electrically, it was still an R7A and could only operate with other pre-war IND
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that were found on all pre-war subway cars. Finally, the cars introduced the
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2950–2974, 3000–3049, 3100–3224 (WH); 2975–2999, 3050–3099, 3225–3349 (GE)
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beginning on September 13, 1977 (which was, in turn, receiving brand new
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1447-A motors (100 hp (75 kW) each). All four axles motorized.
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truck crisis, they needed to be placed back into regular
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Thirty cars, numbered 3320–3349 were transferred to the
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Picture of R10 train on LL line during 1979-1984 period
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After retirement, most cars were sent to what is now
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New York: New York Transit Museum Press. 838:Approximately 53 R10s were replaced by the 783:, then for a slightly longer period on the 421:Edison B4H (32 Volt) battery with 24 cells. 403:100 hp (75 kW) per traction motor 1758: 1675: 1668: 1465: 1416: 1296: 1277: 1263: 1255: 120: 353:8 sets of 50 inch wide side doors per car 109:Learn how and when to remove this message 16:Retired class of New York City Subway car 1182:https://www.instagram.com/p/CiiTnMngg_U/ 1129:"NYC Oddball Subway Cars: R-27 Car 8217" 850:The remaining R10s were replaced by the 650:In 1947, following an accident in 1946, 1191: 913: 1095:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( 1088: 1050:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( 1043: 1005:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( 998: 667:The R10s first ran in service on the 7: 47:adding citations to reliable sources 1954:Train-related introductions in 1948 58:"R10" New York City Subway car 1959:New York City Subway rolling stock 1286:New York City Subway rolling stock 799:with only occasional usage on the 695:beginning in 1969, when brand new 413:2.5 mph/s (4.0 km/(h⋅s)) 14: 524:was the first series of post-war 1964:American Car and Foundry Company 898:road car inspectors at the TA's 530:American Car and Foundry Company 151: 129: 23: 727:and later, the rush hours-only 369:81,200 lb (36,832 kg) 295:New York City Transit Authority 34:needs additional citations for 876:Two cars have been preserved: 715:were directly assigned to the 1: 751:service; however, during the 528:cars. 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