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The R9 was a New York City Subway car which was built in 1940 by two separate orders from different manufacturers.
Car 1802 survives at the New York Transit Museum and is operated with other R1/9's in occasional fan trips.Car 1689 survives at the Shore Line Trolley Museum and is in operable condition. Car 1801 survives at New York State Museum in Albany.
R9 1802 in passenger service on the V line in December of 2007 for a special holiday event
[edit] R-9 Specifications
- Car Builder: American Car and Foundry, Pressed Steel Company
- Car Body: Riveted Steel
- Unit Numbers: 1650-1802
- Fleet: 153 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-D4, 714-D5
- Power: 190 hp.
- Total Seating: 56 seats
- Total Weight: 84,081 lbs
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[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
