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R7A subway car 1575 on display at the
New York Transit Museum. This car was rebuilt in 1947 as a prototype for the R10 fleet.
The R7A was a New York City Subway car was built in 1938 by two separate orders from different manufacturers.
Car 1575 was an R10 prototype built by ACF. It survives at the New York Transit Museum and has operated in fan trips with other R1/9's.
[edit] R-7A Specifications
- Car Builder: American Car and Foundry, Pullman Standard
- Car Body: Riveted Steel
- Unit Numbers: 1550-1649
- Fleet: 100 cars
- Car Length: 60 feet, 21⁄2 inches (18.35 m)
- Car Width: 10 feet (3.05 m)
- Car Height: 12 feet, 15⁄8 inches (3.70 m)
- Track Gauge: 4 feet, 81⁄2 inches (1435 mm)
- Motors: Westinghouse 570-D5 or General Electric 714-D1, 714-D2
- Power: 190 hp.
- Total Seating: 56 seats
- Total Weight: 84,081 lbs
[edit] 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
