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R32

A random selection of images of the R32
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(image 88797) Photo by: Christopher Henderson	(image 94399) Photo by: John Barnes	(image 71581) Photo by: Michael Hodurski	(image 37671) Photo by: Joe Testagrose	(image 87263) Photo by: Gary Chatterton
(image 87610) Photo by: Glenn L. Rowe	(image 84163) Photo by: Peter Ehrlich	(image 39593) Photo by: David Pirmann	(image 1100) Collection of: David Pirmann	(image 4685) Photo by: Joe Testagrose

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R32 Artists' Conception.
Collection of Phil Hom.

Designation	Division	Unit Numbers	Manufacturer	Years
R32	IND/BMT	3350-3649*	Budd	1964
R32A	IND/BMT	3650-3949	Budd	1964
Cab Arrangement: Half-width driving cab at "A" end, half-width conductor control cab at "B" end Coupling/Numbering Arrangement: All married pairs. Stainless steel 60' long, 10' wide 236 R32, 297 R32A cars rebuilt, 1988-1990, MK/GE Mismatched pairs: 3348 & 3549 (3348 was formerly 3659), 3382 & 3831, 3383 & 3890, 3418 & 3863, 3419 & 3740, 3420 & 3645, 3421 & 3558, 3444 & 3777, 3445 & 3468, 3469 & 3592, 3470 & 3919, 3471 & 3658, 3502 & 3905, 3503 & 3600, 3520 & 3891, 3521 & 3862, 3530 & 3741, 3531 & 3830, 3548 & 3593, 3559 & 3904, 3601 & 3918, 3617 & 3776, 3621 & 3644, 3628 & 3669, 3650 & 3767. The GE Rebuild cars are: 3594-3595, 3880-3881, 3892-3893, 3936-3937, 3934-3935 R32 Datasheet from NYCT Revenue & Non-Revenue Car Drawings

After the initial delivery of the "Brightliner" R-32s, the NYCT put four of the cars on display at 34th St/6th Ave. The public was invited to vote on which interior lighting and fan grill design they liked. The R-32s had thin light lines and the standard louvered fan grills. The R-32As came with light canopies which could serve to backlight advertising signs. The fan grills were also different. From a technical standpoint, the R-32As came with Westinghouse Propulsion Packages while the R-32s came with GE SCM controllers.

The R-32s are no longer referred to as R-32 and R-32As. They are currently referred to as R-32 Phase I, R-32 Phase II and R-32 GE. The R-32 Phase I cars (re-built by MK) have WABCO Air Brake packages, GE Master Controllers (Throttle) and Thermoking HVAC units. The R-32 Phase II cars (also re-built by MK) have NY Air Brake equipment, Westinghouse Master Controllers and Stone Safety HVAC units. Since the cars were sent out to overhaul based on how poorly they were performing (bad cars first) there are regular R-32s and R-32As which are Phase I and Phase II. There are also about a dozen pairs which are comprised of R-32 and R-32A mixes. One last oddity of the R-32 fleet. While the original contract of R-32s started with car #3350, there is now an R-32 sporting the #3348. This was an odd car which was converted to an 'even' car when the NYCT ended up with 2 odd cars due to a mishap.

Car Notes

Preserved
(Or Saved for Preservation)

Converted to Work Service
(Might Still Exist)

Wrecked/Damaged in Accident
(Possibly Repaired)

3348

Former car #3659 was rebuilt into an "even" car and renumbered 3348 in July 1994. 3348 is mated with 3549.

(image 4682)
Photo by: Robert Marrero

3353

On display at New York Transit Museum, July 2008.

(image 88796)
Photo by: Christopher Henderson

(image 88797)
Photo by: Christopher Henderson

3559, 3904

Fire damage in 53rd St. tunnel, 1996. (Air shaft grate fell on tracks causing third rail arcing when train hit it). Cars repaired and are now a mismated pair.

3616

Revenue service inactive, 36th St. Yard.

3620

Frame damaged, permanently retired. Moved to SBK yard for scrapping July 17, 2007.

(image 44120)
Photo by: David Pirmann

(image 24469)
Photo by: David Pirmann

(image 71579)
Photo by: Michael Hodurski

3628

Collided w/AA train car #4612 at 59th Street, 3/5/1971. End smashed. Rebuilt and erturned to service, paired with 3669 (ex-3368) (see below).

(image 4812)
Photo by: Steve Zabel

3651

Scrapped, no other info available.

3669

Derailed, hit wall, Franklin Shuttle, 12/1/1974. Massive gash in right side. Mate 3668 renumbered to 3669 and converted from "even" car to "odd" car.

(image 36087)
Photo by: Doug Grotjahn

3766

Involved in incident 5/15/1985 on "N" train south of DeKalb Avenue. This was the second car and its leading end was badly damaged. Scrapped.

R32 MDBF

Date	Mean Distance Between Failure (Miles)
05/1994	45385
06/1997	66411
07/1997	61151
12 Months Ending 07/1997	81942
12 Months Ending 11/1999	69578
12 Months Ending 12/2001	104188
12 Months Ending 12/2002	97732
12 Months Ending 12/2003	110710
12 Months Ending 12/2004	127140
12 Months Ending 12/2005	136029
12 Months Ending 12/2006	100301
12 Months Ending 12/2007	112550

Overhaul Phase / Mismated Pair List

(Thanks to Chao-Hwa Chen)

Car Number	Car Mate	Type	Car Number	Car Mate	Type	Car Number	Car Mate	Type
3348 (*) (ex 3659)	3549	Phase II	3532	3533	Phase II	3742	3743	Phase I
3350	3351	Phase II	3534	3535	Phase II	3744	3745	Phase II
3352	3353	Phase II	3536	3537	Phase II	3746	3747	Phase I
3354	3355	Phase I	3538	3539	Phase I	3748	3749	Phase II
3356	3357	Phase I	3540	3541	Phase II (Reefed 5/6/08)	3750	3751	Phase I
3358	3359	Phase I	3542	3543	Phase II	3752	3753	Phase II
3360	3361	Phase I	3544	3545	Phase II	3754	3755	Phase II
3362	3363	Phase II	3546	3547	Phase II	3756	3757	Phase I
3364	3365	Phase II	3548 (*)	3593	Phase I	3758	3759	Phase II (Reefed 5/6/08)
3366	3367	Phase II	3550	3551	Phase I	3760	3761	Phase II
3368	3369	Phase II	3552	3553	Phase I	3762	3763	Phase II
3370	3371	Phase I	3554	3555	Phase II	3764	3765	Phase II
3372	3373	Phase II	3556	3557	Phase II	3768	3769	Phase II
3374	3375	Phase I	3559 (*)	3904	Phase II	3770	3771	Phase I
3376	3377	Phase I	3560	3561	Phase II	3772	3773	Phase I
3378	3379	Phase II	3562	3563	Phase II	3774	3775	Phase I
3380	3381	Phase I	3564	3565	Phase II	3778	3779	Phase I
3382 (*)	3831	Phase II	3566	3567	Phase II	3780	3781	Phase I
3383 (*)	3890	Phase I	3568	3569	Phase II	3782	3783	Phase I
3384	3385	Phase I	3570	3571	Phase II	3784	3785	Phase I
3386	3387	Phase II	3572	3573	Phase II (Reefed 5/6/08)	3786	3787	Phase I
3388	3389	Phase I	3574	3575	Phase I	3788	3789	Phase II
3390	3391	Phase II	3576	3577	Phase II (Reefed 5/6/08)	3790	3791	Phase II
3392	3393	Phase II	3578	3579	Phase I	3792	3793	Phase I
3394	3395	Phase I	3580	3581	Phase II	3794	3795	Phase I
3396	3397	Phase I	3582	3583	Phase II	3796	3797	Phase I
3398	3399	Phase II	3584	3585	Phase II (Reefed 5/6/08)	3798	3799	Phase I
3400	3401	Phase I	3586	3587	Phase I	3800	3801	Phase II
3402	3403	Phase II	3588	3589	Phase II	3802	3803	Phase II
3404	3405	Phase I	3590	3591	Phase I	3804	3805	Phase I
3406	3407	Phase I	3594	3595	GE	3806	3807	Phase I
3408	3409	Phase II	3596	3597	Phase II	3808	3809	Phase II
3410	3411	Phase I	3598	3599	Phase II	3810	3811	Phase I
3412	3413	Phase I	3601 (*)	3918	Phase II	3812	3813	Phase II
3414	3415	Phase I	3602	3603	Phase II	3814	3815	Phase II
3416	3417	Phase I	3604	3605	Phase II	3816	3817	Phase II
3418 (*)	3863	Phase II (Reefed 5/6/08)	3606	3607	Phase I	3818	3819	Phase I
3419 (*)	3740	Phase I	3608	3609	Phase II	3820	3821	Phase I
3420 (*)	3645	Phase II	3610	3611	Phase I	3822	3823	Phase I
3421 (*)	3558	Phase II	3612	3613	Phase II (Reefed 5/6/08)	3824	3825	Phase II
3422	3423	Phase II (Reefed 5/6/08)	3614	3615	Phase I	3826	3827	Phase II
3424	3425	Phase I	3617 (*)	3776	Phase II	3828	3829	Phase I
3426	3427	Phase I	3618	3619	Phase I	3832	3833	Phase II (Reefed 5/6/08)
3428	3429	Phase I	3621 (*)	3644	Phase I	3834	3835	Phase I
3430	3431	Phase I	3622	3623	Phase II	3836	3837	Phase I
3432	3433	Phase I	3624	3625	Phase I	3838	3839	Phase II
3434	3435	Phase I	3626	3627	Phase II	3840	3841	Phase I
3436	3437	Phase I	3628 (*)	3669 (ex 3668)	Phase I	3842	3843	Phase II
3438	3439	Phase I	3630	3631	Phase I	3844	3845	Phase II
3440	3441	Phase I	3632	3633	Phase II	3846	3847	Phase II
3442	3443	Phase I	3634	3635	Phase I	3848	3849	Phase II
3444 (*)	3777	Phase I	3636	3637	Phase II	3850	3851	Phase II
3445 (*)	3468	Phase I	3638	3639	Phase II	3852	3853	Phase II
3446	3447	Phase I	3640	3641	Phase II	3854	3855	Phase II
3448	3449	Phase I	3642	3643	Phase I	3856	3857	Phase I
3450	3451	Phase II	3646	3647	Phase I	3858	3859	Phase II
3452	3453	Phase I	3648	3649	Phase II	3860	3861	Phase II
3454	3455	Phase I	3650 (*)	3767	Phase I	3864	3565	Phase I
3456	3457	Phase II	3652	3653	Phase II	3866	3867	Phase II
3458	3459	Phase II	3654	3655	Phase I	3868	3869	Phase I
3460	3461	Phase I	3656	3657	Phase II (Reefed 5/6/08)	3870	3871	Phase I
3462	3463	Phase II	3660	3661	Phase I	3872	3873	Phase I
3464	3465	Phase I	3662	3663	Phase I	3874	3875	Phase II
3466	3467	Phase II	3664	3665	Phase I	3876	3877	Phase I
3469 (*)	3592	Phase I	3666	3667	Phase II	3878	3879	Phase I
3470 (*)	3919	Phase II	3670	3671	Phase I	3880	3881	GE (Reefed 3/5/08)
3471 (*)	3658	Phase I	3672	3673	Phase I	3882	3883	Phase II
3472	3473	Phase I	3674	3675	Phase II	3884	3885	Phase II
3474	3475	Phase II	3676	3677	Phase I	3886	3887	Phase I
3476	3477	Phase I	3678	3679	Phase II	3888	3889	Phase I
3478	3479	Phase II	3680	3681	Phase II	3892	3893	GE (Reefed 3/5/08)
3480	3481	Phase II	3682	3683	Phase I	3894	3895	Phase I
3482	3483	Phase II	3684	3685	Phase II	3896	3897	Phase I
3484	3485	Phase I	3686	3687	Phase II (Reefed 5/6/08)	3898	3899	Phase II
3486	3487	Phase II	3688	3689	Phase I	3900	3901	Phase I
3488	3489	Phase I	3690	3691	Phase I	3902	3903	Phase II
3490	3491	Phase II	3692	3693	Phase II	3906	3907	Phase II
3492	3493	Phase I	3694	3695	Phase I	3908	3909	Phase II
3494	3495	Phase I	3696	3697	Phase II	3910	3911	Phase II
3496	3497	Phase I	3698	3699	Phase I	3912	3913	Phase I
3498	3499	Phase II	3700	3701	Phase II	3914	3915	Phase II
3500	3501	Phase I	3702	3703	Phase II	3916	3917	Phase II
3502 (*)	3905	Phase II	3704	3705	Phase I	3920	3921	Phase II
3503 (*)	3600	Phase II	3706	3707	Phase I	3922	3923	Phase I
3504	3505	Phase I	3708	3709	Phase I	3924	3925	Phase I
3506	3507	Phase II	3710	3711	Phase II (Reefed 5/6/08)	3926	3927	Phase II
3508	3509	Phase II	3712	3713	Phase II	3928	3929	Phase I
3510	3511	Phase I	3714	3715	Phase I	3930	3931	Phase II
3512	3513	Phase I	3716	3717	Phase I	3932	3933	Phase I
3514	3515	Phase I	3718	3719	Phase I	3934	3935	GE (Reefed 3/5/08)
3516	3517	Phase II	3720	3721	Phase I	3936	3937	GE (Reefed 3/5/08)
3518	3519	Phase I	3722	3723	Phase II	3938	3939	Phase I
3520 (*)	3891	Phase I	3724	3725	Phase II	3940	3941	Phase II
3521 (*)	3862	Phase II	3726	3727	Phase I	3942	3943	Phase II
3522	3523	Phase I	3728	3729	Phase I	3944	3945	Phase II
3524	3525	Phase II	3730	3731	Phase I	3946	3947	Phase II
3526	3527	Phase II	3732	3733	Phase I	3948	3949	Phase II
3528	3529	Phase II (Reefed 5/6/08)	3734	3735	Phase II
3530 (*)	3741	Phase II	3736	3737	Phase I
3531 (*)	3830	Phase II	3738	3739	Phase I
Notes: (*): Mismatched pair (Reefed mm/dd/yy): Reefed date

Roster/Images by Car Number

3348 3350 3351 3352 3353 3354 3355 3356 3357 3358 3359 3360 3361 3362 3363 3364 3365 3366 3367 3368 3369 3370 3371 3372 3373 3374 3375 3376 3377 3378 3379 3380 3381 3382 3383 3384 3385 3386 3387 3388 3389 3390 3391 3392 3393 3394 3395 3396 3397 3398 3399 3400 3401 3402 3403 3404 3405 3406 3407 3408 3409 3410 3411 3412 3413 3414 3415 3416 3417 3418 3419 3420 3421 3422 3423 3424 3425 3426 3427 3428 3429 3430 3431 3432 3433 3434 3435 3436 3437 3438 3439 3440 3441 3442 3443 3444 3445 3446 3447 3448 3449 3450 3451 3452 3453 3454 3455 3456 3457 3458 3459 3460 3461 3462 3463 3464 3465 3466 3467 3468 3469 3470 3471 3472 3473 3474 3475 3476 3477 3478 3479 3480 3481 3482 3483 3484 3485 3486 3487 3488 3489 3490 3491 3492 3493 3494 3495 3496 3497 3498 3499 3500 3501 3502 3503 3504 3505 3506 3507 3508 3509 3510 3511 3512 3513 3514 3515 3516 3517 3518 3519 3520 3521 3522 3523 3524 3525 3526 3527 3528 3529 3530 3531 3532 3533 3534 3535 3536 3537 3538 3539 3540 3541 3542 3543 3544 3545 3546 3547 3548 3549 3550 3551 3552 3553 3554 3555 3556 3557 3558 3559 3560 3561 3562 3563 3564 3565 3566 3567 3568 3569 3570 3571 3572 3573 3574 3575 3576 3577 3578 3579 3580 3581 3582 3583 3584 3585 3586 3587 3588 3589 3590 3591 3592 3593 3594 3595 3596 3597 3598 3599 3600 3601 3602 3603 3604 3605 3606 3607 3608 3609 3610 3611 3612 3613 3614 3615 3616 3617 3618 3619 3620 3621 3622 3623 3624 3625 3626 3627 3628 3629 3630 3631 3632 3633 3634 3635 3636 3637 3638 3639 3640 3641 3642 3643 3644 3645 3646 3647 3648 3649 3650 3651 3652 3653 3654 3655 3656 3657 3658 3659 3660 3661 3662 3663 3664 3665 3666 3667 3668 3669 3670 3671 3672 3673 3674 3675 3676 3677 3678 3679 3680 3681 3682 3683 3684 3685 3686 3687 3688 3689 3690 3691 3692 3693 3694 3695 3696 3697 3698 3699 3700 3701 3702 3703 3704 3705 3706 3707 3708 3709 3710 3711 3712 3713 3714 3715 3716 3717 3718 3719 3720 3721 3722 3723 3724 3725 3726 3727 3728 3729 3730 3731 3732 3733 3734 3735 3736 3737 3738 3739 3740 3741 3742 3743 3744 3745 3746 3747 3748 3749 3750 3751 3752 3753 3754 3755 3756 3757 3758 3759 3760 3761 3762 3763 3764 3765 3766 3767 3768 3769 3770 3771 3772 3773 3774 3775 3776 3777 3778 3779 3780 3781 3782 3783 3784 3785 3786 3787 3788 3789 3790 3791 3792 3793 3794 3795 3796 3797 3798 3799 3800 3801 3802 3803 3804 3805 3806 3807 3808 3809 3810 3811 3812 3813 3814 3815 3816 3817 3818 3819 3820 3821 3822 3823 3824 3825 3826 3827 3828 3829 3830 3831 3832 3833 3834 3835 3836 3837 3838 3839 3840 3841 3842 3843 3844 3845 3846 3847 3848 3849 3850 3851 3852 3853 3854 3855 3856 3857 3858 3859 3860 3861 3862 3863 3864 3865 3866 3867 3868 3869 3870 3871 3872 3873 3874 3875 3876 3877 3878 3879 3880 3881 3882 3883 3884 3885 3886 3887 3888 3889 3890 3891 3892 3893 3894 3895 3896 3897 3898 3899 3900 3901 3902 3903 3904 3905 3906 3907 3908 3909 3910 3911 3912 3913 3914 3915 3916 3917 3918 3919 3920 3921 3922 3923 3924 3925 3926 3927 3928 3929 3930 3931 3932 3933 3934 3935 3936 3937 3938 3939 3940 3941 3942 3943 3944 3945 3946 3947 3948 3949 (481/601, 80% cars pictured.)