A Railfan weekend sponsored by NYCT:
Cool! Isn’t that the kind of train King Kong (I mean the REAL King Kong!) pulled off the elevated?
Nope. These never ran on the elevated. They are far too heavy for that. Those were wooden cars that raun on the El. They were much shorter and somewhat narrower.
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Lion,
Oh, the sound! [:)][wow][yeah]
Are those all R-9s, or are there also some other numbered “Arnines” (R-1, R-4, R-6,)?
Firelock, for the elevated cars, look here:
-http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Chapter_1,_The_Elevated_Lines
Thing is, they’ve fixed the gears. When I saw the last of these things (on the IND 8th Avenue line in local service, IIRC mid-Seventies) they had the most wonderful eerie howl on acceleration. The contemporary MP54s on the West Chester service out of Philadelphia had their own version of the sound. That just added to the symphony…
I like that. Good to know there are other orgo people out there…
The Arnines still have the howl of the bull gear, but maybe the camera did not pick it up, what with being out doors and all.
Today’s video is from a set of R-32s running on the (C) line from Jay Street to Nassau Street.
Wooden cars? Really? Well, it’s a wasted day if you don’t learn something new and I certainly did.
And NorthWest, thanks for the link! Looks interesting and I’ll have fun reading it.
So, the Arnine list: (by order in train)
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1802, R-9
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1000, R-6
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381, R-1
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401, R-4
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1300, R-6
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1575, R-10*
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484, R-4
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100, R-1
*-Built as an R-7, wrecked 196, rebuilt into body/interior but not mechanical prototype of R-10, and could only MU with Arnines, not R-10s.
So, they aren’t all R-9s, but they are all Arnines.[:)] Got to love fan lingo!
Overmod, the final Arnines were retired March 31, 1977! For some that was 47 years of service! I can only imagine what they would have sounded like in the late '70s.
Firelock, for more cars, see the other chapters of They Moved the Millions here.
Lion, thanks for the video! I didn’t realize just how closely the lights were together. Ahh, the jointed rail noise… are they upgrading to CWR?
My Avatar is now a set of R32s at Chambers Street, taken this spring. Cars are 49 years old! Just thought I’d change the scenery a bit… Lastly…
Subway trivia! There is one Arnine that exists outside of the US. Where is it, and which car is it?
THANKS THESE ARE THE SUBWAY TRAINS I RODE MOST OFTEN AS A CHILD THROUGH HIGHSCHOOL
Alright, the answer is R-6 # 1144, Buckinghamshire, England. The story is here.
NW
Might actually get to see that R-6!
Regarding the train, 100 was the first, the sample car, and 1802 was the last one built.
I should point out that some of the 100’s, R-1’s,.did see service before the original “8th Avenue Subway” opened in 1932. In late 1931 two eight-car trains ran on the BMT’s Sea Beach line, with appropriate signs, carrying revenue passengers, as a test, between Times Square and Coney Island. So, it can be thought of as 48 years of continuous service.
Happy Independence Day to you Dave, over there in Isreal! Hope you have a good one!
Wayne
Thanks! Also of note is that Staten Island, the Borough of Richmond, which has of course the SIRT, former B&O subsidiary, now running with R44’s or R46’s, has one R-1-R-9. It is located in Golda’s Restaurant (Kosher), located in the main shopping mall, where one can eat inside the car body located in the restuarant building. I assume the restaurant still exists, haven’t been there for 17-1/2 years.
Dave:
You mean the car that was in The Golden Deli, which closed last year when the landlord raised the rent to get a “better” class of tenets. Anyway the car from what I understand is in storage in Brooklyn while the owner looks for a place he can afford.
R-6 978 is that car.
This is not your grandfather’s subway car…
Yeah! The FIND is a welcome change, as on the R32s often the destination indicators were scratched or showing the wrong destination. This spring I noticed some of the LEDs on the New Technology trains were partially burnt out. Are they having issues with them?
LION does not know what you are talking about. If they are out to the eye, they are indeed out, but if they are only out to the camera’s eye, then no, they are working correctly. High intensity LEDs are never on constantly but cycle to keep them somewhat cooler. Your camera was just faster than the LED circuits.
If you want to photograph a train, and have the LED display be complete, you must use a slower speed setting that what the camera might otherwise choose.
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The service indicator above the front door seemed to have 1/3 of the lights out. I noticed this particularly on the 7 trains.