R62A (New York City Subway car)
- R62A (New York City Subway car)
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thumb|right|250px|An_R62A_on_the_IRT Flushing Line] R62A is a series of New York City Subway cars, built by Bombardier in Montreal, Quebec, with final assembly done in Barre, Vermont. The R62A series was a continuation of the R62 order. These 825 cars were built between 1984 and 1987 and entered service between 1985 and 1988. They replaced the R17/21/22 cars, which were retired by early 1988.The R62A series are numbered 1651-2475. Numbers 1901-2155 are single cars and run on the NYCS service|7 service to make 11-car trains. Some 1900-series cars run on the 42nd Street Shuttle. All other cars are in 5-car sets.
R62A cars currently run on the NYCS service|1 (based at the 240th Street Yard in the Bronx), NYCS service|7 service (based at Corona Yard in Queens), and 42nd Street Shuttle (based at Livonia Yard, Brooklyn). They also occasionally appear on the NYCS service|3, which also has Livonia Yard as its home, and NYCS service|4. [http://www.subchat.com/readflat.asp?Id=327817]
Car 2153 features blue colored bucket seats and currently operates on the NYCS service|7. The 11-car train set it is part of all (except Car 1915) feature green LED local (circle) lights around the rollsign where the number 7 is indicated and red LED express (diamond) lights. These are featured on the window rollsigns of these 11-cars.
Car 1909 was wrecked in 1996 and removed from the property and disposed of in 2001.
R-62A specifications
References
* Sansone, Gene. "Evolution of New York City subways: An illustrated history of New York City's transit cars, 1867-1997". New York Transit Museum Press, New York, 1997 ISBN 978-0963749284
External links
* [http://www.nycsubway.org/cars/r62.html nycsubway.org - NYC Subway Cars: R62/R62A]
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