R22 (New York City Subway car)
- R22 (New York City Subway car)
The R22 was a New York City Subway car built in 1957 for the IRT division.
R22s were the last single cars built prior to the R33WFs in 1963-4. The last R22s were retired in December 1987.
Cars 7513, 7509, and 7516 were used as an automatic test train which ran revenue service on the 42st Street Shuttle from January 1962 to April 21, 1964, when a fire partially destroyed the Grand Central Shuttle platform and several cars. [http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/irtshuttle.html]
A train of R22s were featured in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film), a film about the hijacking of a subway car, seen in the film as number 7339, on the downtown No. 6 line. Car 7371 survives today at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine.
In 1995, the R22 were also featured in Money Train, a film in which a Transit cop hijacks and robs the "Money Train." The R22 were modified for the film by the MTA.
R-22 Specifications
*Car Builder: St. Louis Car Company
*Car Body: LAHT carbon steel
*Unit Numbers: 7300-7749
*Fleet: 450 cars
*Car Length: 51 feet, 1/2 inches
*Car Width: 8 feet, 9 inches
*Car Height: 11 feet, 10 inches
*Track Gauge: 4 feet, 8-1/2 inches (1.435 m)
*Propulsion System:
*Motors: Westinghouse 1447C or General Electric 1240A4
*Power: 100hp (4 per car)
*Total Seating: - 44 seats
*Total Weight: 77607-78604 lb
*"(More to come)"
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