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MTA NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY ACTIVE FLEET ROSTER

IRT Division(Numbered Lines)

R62: 1301-1625
R62A: 1651-2475
R62 made by Kawasaki, R62A made by Bombardier
All 5-car sets, except 1901-2160 which are singles
Built in 1984
R62 assigned to the 3; R62A assigned to the 1, 7, 9, S(42 St)
Orange seats
51' length

R142: 1141-1250, 6301-7190
R142A: 7211-7810
R142 made by Bombardier, R142A made by Kawasaki
5-car sets
Built in 2000(7731-7810 built in 2004)
R142 assigned to the 2, 4, 5; R142A assigned to the 4, 6
Blue seats
51' length

BMT/IND Division(Lettered Lines)

R32: 3350-3949
Made by Budd
Married pairs
Built in 1964
Assigned to the A, C, E, F, N, Q, R
Black seats
60' length

R38: 3950-4149
Made by St. Louis Car Co.
Married pairs
Built in 1967
Assigned to the A, C
Black seats
60' length

R40: 4150-4449
R40M: 4450-4549
Made by St. Louis Car Co.
Married pairs
Built in 1968
Both types assigned to the B,N, W
Black seats
60' length

R42: 4550-4949
Made by St. Louis Car Co.
Married pairs
Built in 1969
Assigned to the B, N, J, M, W, Z
Black seats
60' length

R44: 5202-5479
Made by St. Louis Car Co.
4-car sets
Built in 1971
Assigned to the A, S(Rockaway)
Orange seats
75' length

R46: 5482-6258
Made by Pullman-Standard
4-car sets, except 6208-6258 which are married pairs
Built in 1975
Assigned to the F, G, R, V
Orange seats
75' length

R68: 2500-2924
R68A: 5101-5200
R68 made by Westinghouse-Amerail, R68A made by Kawasaki
4-car sets, except 2916-2924 which are singles
Built in 1987
R68 assigned to the D, N, Q, S(Franklin); R68A assigned to the N, Q
Orange seats
75' length

R143: 8101-8312
Made by Kawasaki
4-car sets
Built in 2002
Assigned to the L
Blue seats
60' length

R160: 8313-8972*
R160A: 8973-9993*
R160 made by Kawasaki, R160A made by Alstom*
5-car sets, except 8313-8652 which are 4-car sets*
Built in 2006(8973-9993 built in 2009)*
R160 assigned to the A, C, J, M, Z; R160A assigned to the E, F, N, Q, R*
Blue seats*
60' length*

*NOTE: R160 is the initial order, while R160A is the option order...the info listed here is subject to change, as the R160s have not arrived yet.

I see a career in either railway historian,
or conductor, or something in that field.

Thanks for the schedule tips, and keep
following your heart. If you believe in
pastlives, I would say you had a history
of transportion type lives.

From,
Ghosthunter

Where did I mention schedules?

That brings back some memories...

I'm fairly good at my mainline locomotive classifications, and Chicago subway/elevated train classifications, but my real talent used to be as an aficionado of bus-body companies, usually but not always for school buses.

I could tell Superior Coach bodies by the rear fenders, and could usually tell Blue Bird and some others as well.

I was a fan of the aesthetics of the late 1960's GM city buses (the ones with the slanty windows) and the similar looking Flxible buses. To this day I am somewhat of a bus design maven (London chooses some good designs.)

I watched with interest the development of long-distance tourbuses from the old Greyhound Scenicruiser from the 60's thru the 80's, occasionally distressed by some lapses in taste like the mid-80's GM Greyhounds with the "vestigial" second set of rear wheels (several of which were smashed up in the passable 80's Arnie film "Red Heat")

I also used to be quite an aficionado of car door handles. Of the old chrome handle-and-button type, the early 70s GM models had the most pleasing design, while the Ford ones were the most ugly. The Chrysler ones were cool, but less elegant.

The best part of all this is, when I was in my early teens on family car trips, I would talk about such things frequently. I'm sure you can imagine how grateful and charmed my family were to be informed and reminded of these various facts and observations on each trip!

Nowadays, I still notice these things, but I feel like the person inside has gotten larger than the set of compulsions which were once a rather larger part of his personality.

Might it be fair to say that this is part of what defines an AS person? That he/she is, in some ways, a set of compulsions with a somewhat eclipsed person hidden among them?

I know all the manufacturers of school and city buses, and trains and subways too!