Talk:R42 (New York City Subway car)

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See discussion at: Category talk:New York City Subway passenger equipment

[edit] Wait a second...

Doesn't the interior of an R42 have colored (red, orange, and yellow) seats? Burnedthru 22:31, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Actually,no. Colored seating is only found on the R44-R68A(including IRT R62/R62A).R32-R42 have bench seating. Singed 72.68.37.89 (talk) 21:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reference for former use on the M

"the M train uses R-42's, built in 1969 and 1970", Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, Crash on the Subway: The System, [[June 6][], 1995, page B5 --NE2 10:50, 14 April 2007 (UTC)