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Community => Transit => Topic started by: Dr. Subway18 on February 19, 2012, 12:30:26 am

Title: just a touch of R42
Post by: Dr. Subway18 on February 19, 2012, 12:30:26 am
ok ive never seen this in my life, I was just listening to the ipod relaxing looking a NYCT pics and i came across this  http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2485 (http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2485)  before you read the info at the bottom just take a moment to look at it lol.
Yes it will make you scratch your head   ???
Title: Re: just a touch of R42
Post by: peacemak3r on February 19, 2012, 12:34:52 am
Unfortunately it has been seen by many people already, especially if you had the that Subway Cars book.
Title: Re: just a touch of R42
Post by: Dj Hammers on February 19, 2012, 09:39:31 am
ok ive never seen this in my life, I was just listening to the ipod relaxing looking a NYCT pics and i came across this  http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2485 (http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2485)  before you read the info at the bottom just take a moment to look at it lol.
Yes it will make you scratch your head   ???
That is a picture of an R10 that was retrofitted with an R42 bonnet as a prototype for a possible rebuilding program for the R10s. A similar prototype was made out of an R16 for the same purpose.
Title: Re: just a touch of R42
Post by: Dr. Subway18 on February 19, 2012, 01:54:29 pm
Unfortunately it has been seen by many people already, especially if you had the that Subway Cars book.
where can i get the subway cars book? and how many of these cars were put in service?
Title: Re: just a touch of R42
Post by: peacemak3r on February 19, 2012, 03:07:31 pm
I'm pretty sure the Transit Museum still carries them, I forgot the title of the book.  The book was given to me as a present when I was a kid, so the latest model in the book was the R110A/B.  I'm assuming it was updated by now.
Title: Re: just a touch of R42
Post by: Dr. Subway18 on February 19, 2012, 05:20:41 pm
The Transit Museum prob sells them online if they do ill order one soon.