R30A (New York City Subway car)

The R30A was a New York City Subway car built by St. Louis Car Company for the New York City Transit Authority in 1960. They were a continuation of the R30 style, First cars to feature the new GE SCM controllers, whereas the other GE R30's (8250-8351) were equipped with the older GE MCM controllers. The cars were "Protestant" married pairs, meaning they were coupled together as pairs, and ran primarily on the BMT Eastern Division, although they would appear in the northern and southern divisions from time to time. The last R30As were retired from passenger service in 1993 with The Electric Railroaders Association sponsoring a Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip. No cars in the fleet were preserved since they were exact duplicates of their predecessors, R27s and R30s. A scene in the movie Saturday Night Fever shows a train of R30As running on the R train.

External links

• nycsubway.org - NYC Subway Cars: R30A

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