A representative selection of images
of the BMT Q-Type Cars
(click here to see the photo captions only)
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| Designation | Unit Numbers | Manufacturer | Years |
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| Q-Type (El car rebuilds) | 1600-1629 A-B-C | | 1938 |
| QX-Type (El car rebulds) | 1630-1641 A-B | | 1938 |
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Car Notes
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Preserved
(Or Saved for Preservation) |
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Converted to Work Service
(Might Still Exist) |
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Wrecked/Damaged in Accident
(Possibly Repaired) |
| 1602A | At Trolley Museum of New
York.
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| 1609C | Involved in collision with SIRT 2925 at Fresh Pond
Yard, 1/14/1966. 1609C suffered minor damage, while the SIRT car was pushed on
to the tracks of the LIRR Montauk Branch.
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| 1612C |
New York City Board of Transportation "Q" 1612C. The
best-preserved example of a BMT "Q" type rapid transit car is 1612C,
preserved in the only rail museum in the country actually situated in
a disused subway station, the New York
Transit Museum. This car was built as a single-unit,
open-platform wooden elevated car for service on the BRT, and for the
first three decades of its life it operated as such. In the late
1930's, to modernize the fleet serving the Corona/Flushing line for
the 1939 World's Fair, BMT decided to rebuild 90 of its old elevated
cars into 30 semi-permanently mated three-car sets known as "Q" (for
"Queens") cars. This involved enclosing the cars' platforms,
installing quarter-point side doors, and reworking the control systems
so that each set functioned in a motor/trailer/motor fashion. In
1950, the "Q" fleet was transferred to the Third Avenue Elevated and
lighter-weight trucks from IRT composite cars were fitted to 1612C and
the other motor cars. The final change to the appearance of these
cars came in 1957, when they were transferred to the Myrtle Avenue
Elevated and their railroad roofs were lowered in height so that they
could make it through the subway to the Coney Island shop complex.
Retired in the late 1960's along with the other "Q" types, 1612C was
first converted to alcohol sprayer car 30504 (20504), and then chosen
for preservation sans the other two cars in its set. In the late
1970's, when preserved "Q" set 1622ABC was rebuilt to open platform
configuration, 1612C was restored to its c1940 condition and placed in
the NYTM where it has remained on display for over a quarter century.
--Jeff Hakner and Frank Hicks.
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| 1622 A-B-C | See BMT Gate Car Roster.
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| 1630X, 1631X, 1612B | Converted to reach car service,
30617, 30618, 30619, respectively.
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| 1631X | Converted to alcohol sprayer car 30505 (20505). |
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