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R6 (New York City Subway car)

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In service
  
1935-1977

Constructed
  
1935–1936

Number preserved
  
7

Built at
  
Berwick, Pennsylvania

Number built
  
500

R6 (New York City Subway car)

Manufacturer
  
American Car and Foundry Company, Pullman Standard, Pressed Steel Car Company

The R6 was a New York City Subway car built in 1935 and 1936. The R6 contract had three separate orders from different manufacturers due to the large order. The R6 separate orders were R6-3 (American Car and Foundry Company), R6-2 (Pullman Standard), and R6-1 (Pressed Steel Car Company). The R6 fleets were almost identical to the R4s which preceded them, except that the R6 had a 2 pane front window compared to the R4's 1 pane window.

The cars were ordered to equip extensions of the IND in Brooklyn and Queens.

The R6s were used for service on the IND exclusively until 1968-1969, when many were displaced from the IND by the new R40 and R42 cars, and many were transferred to the East New York Yard of the Eastern Division, and were used on the former BMT J, KK, LL, M, and QJ routes until 1977 when the R6s were retired, and replaced by the R46s.

Preservation

  • Cars 923 and 925 were converted to revenue collection cars, and numbered R247, and R248. Once they were no longer needed as work cars, they were purchased and preserved by Railway Preservation Corp, and stored in Coney Island Yard. Restoration will be needed if these cars are to run again.
  • Car 978 was converted into a deli (Golden's Deli) at the Staten Island Mall, until the Deli was closed in January 2012. The owners of the Deli have placed it in storage, but have ultimately decided to sell the car. The car was successfully sold and is being restored by a private owner.
  • Car 983 was on private property in Jacksonville, Florida where it was used as a tool shed until 2014. It is currently at the Craggy Mountain Railroad Line and is being restored. The car uses trucks from scrapped R32s.
  • Car 1000 was preserved by Railway Preservation Corp. and has been fully restored
  • Car 1144 is preserved at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre in England
  • Car 1300 was preserved by Railway Preservation Corp. and has been fully restored

    • Car 1208 had been preserved by the New York Transit Museum, but was scrapped during the 1980s as were several other museum cars.

    References

    R6 (New York City Subway car) Wikipedia
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