R36 (New York City Subway car)
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The R36 (or R36 ML) is a class of New York City Subway cars built in 1964 by the St. Louis Car Company, St. Louis, Missouri. These cars are referred as R36 ML (or Main Line) to distinguish them from the R36 World's Fair cars on the IRT Flushing Line (7).
The R36 ML was a 34-car follow-up order to the 500-car R33 model. Both R33 ML and R36 ML were similar. These cars ran for many years on the IRT main lines (Broadway-Seventh Avenue and Lexington Avenue). Prior to overhaul in 1985, they mainly ran on the 1 and 3; after overhaul they ran mostly on the 6, with occasional 4 and 7 service.
In 1998, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) announced that it would begin phasing out the Redbird cars—R26/28/29/33/36. From 2001 to 2003, Redbird cars were scrapped, sold, put into work service, or stored out service.
All but one pair of R36 ML's were scrapped. With the arrival of R142As on the 6 service, the R36 MLs were transferred over to the 7 service. The last pair, numbers 9542-43, ran on the 7 until May 2003. It went to the New York Transit Museum in 2004.
[edit] R-36 Main Line (ML) Specifications
- Car Builder: St. Louis Car Company in St Louis, MO
- Unit Numbers: 9524-9557
- Car Body: LAHT Carbon Steel
- Car Length: 51 feet, 1⁄2 inches (15 m)
- Car Width: 8 feet, 9 inches (2.7 m)
- Car Height: 11 feet, 10³⁄8 inches (3.6 m)
- Height railhead to floor: 3 feet, 9 inches (1.1 m)
- Total Weight: 69,227-69,928 lb (pre-rebuild)
- Track Gauge: 4 feet, 8-1/2 inches (1.435 m)
- Total Seating: 44
- Propulsion System: Westinghouse XCA248
- Braking System: WABCO "SMEE" (electrodynamic) with ME42 air valve
- DC Motors: Westinghouse 1447C
- Power: 100 horsepower (75 kW) / 4 per car
- Cab Arrangement: Half-width conductor/operator cab at "A" end, half-width conductor cab at "B" end
- Coupling/Numbering Arrangement: All married pairs
- Price per car (new, 1964): USD$110,563
- NOTE: In the late 1970s and early 1980s, All R36 ML cars equipped with air conditioning system instead of the original ceiling fans.
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