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R42

A random selection of images of the R42
(click here to see the photo captions only)


(image 51118)

Photo by: Christopher Esposito


(image 84933)

Photo by: Filip Matuska


(image 41886)

Photo by: Michael Pompili


(image 66995)

Photo by: David Pirmann


(image 69705)

Photo by: Michael Hodurski


(image 5443)

Photo by: Steve Zabel


(image 85645)

Photo by: Glenn L. Rowe


(image 84010)

Photo by: Glenn L. Rowe


(image 71448)

Photo by: Zach Summer


(image 78425)

Photo by: Robert Mencher


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DesignationDivisionUnit NumbersManufacturerYears
R42IND/BMT4550-4949St. Louis Car1969-1970
  • 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
  • 392 cars rebuilt 1988-1989, MK/NYCTA
  • Mismatched pairs: 4460 (R40M) & 4665 (R42), 4684 & 4727
  • R42 Datasheet from NYCT Revenue & Non-Revenue Car Drawings

Car Notes

  Preserved
(Or Saved for Preservation)
  Converted to Work Service
(Might Still Exist)
  Wrecked/Damaged in Accident
(Possibly Repaired)
4554-4555 First R42s in service, May 9, 1969 (in a mixed train on the Sea Beach line).
4612 Collided with "D" train, 59th Street, 3/5/1971. Repaired at 207th Street shop and returned to service.
4624-4625, 4730-4731, 4786-4787, 4818-4819 Bumper block overshoot at Chambers Street, 11/6/2007. As the R42 fleet is being prepared for scrapping, the four pairs of R42 cars were sent to the 207th St. yard scrap line instead of being repaired, even those with only relatively minor damage.


(image 77872)

Photo by: Glenn L. Rowe


(image 79752)

Photo by: Glenn L. Rowe

   
4664 Hit by "J" train on Williamsburg Bridge, 6/5/1995.


(image 5459)

Photo by: Trevor Logan

     
4680-4681, 4714-4715, 4766-4767 Scrapped, no other info available.
4685, 4726 Involved in accident nr. 135th St. station. 4685 scrapped in 2000; 4726 may still be at 207th Street Shops minus its nose, which was transplanted onto 4918.


(image 5474)

Photo by: Harold


(image 5562)

Photo by: Trevor Logan


(image 5563)

Photo by: Trevor Logan

 
4878, 4927 Moved to SBK yard in Brooklyn for asbestos abatement and scrapping, July 2007. Scrapped January 2008.
4904 Involved in fire at East New York Yard, 1971. Mate 4905 coupled with 4946.
4918-4919 Collided with "B" train near 9th Avenue, 2/5/1995. Repaired with front end of 4726.


(image 7608)

Photo by: David Pirmann

     
4938-4939 Blind ends damaged in collision, 2/5/1995; repaired and returned to service.

R42 MDBF

DateMean Distance
Between Failure (Miles)
05/199432464
06/199764648
07/1997598
12 Months Ending 07/199768799
12 Months Ending 11/1999100774
12 Months Ending 12/2001121222
12 Months Ending 12/2002116526
12 Months Ending 12/2003121449
12 Months Ending 12/200499593
12 Months Ending 12/2005109916
12 Months Ending 12/2006122646
12 Months Ending 12/2007111890

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