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Museum Cars | Coney Island Tour
Other Areas
Some areas the tour did not visit are:
Pneumatic Shop: The Pneumatic Shop was built in
1985 at a cost of $7 million in capital funds, and has approximately
30,000 square feet of working space. The Pneumatic Shop is
responsible for supplying all air brake units for over 5,803 subway
cars and approximately 500 non-revenue cars.
Traction Motor Shop: Each year up to 4,000
traction motors receive basic overhaul and other required repairs.
The Coney Island Motor Shop is the sole source for traction motor
overhaul for the entire subway and SIRT fleet.
Small Motor Shop: Performs SMS overhaul for the
air conditioning, pneumatic compressor motors and AC blower motors at
the rate of approximately 3,000 units per year.
Shoe Beam Shop: Processes approximately 2,500 shoe
beams per year. All the beams are remanufactured to original
equipment specifications and include the latest engineering
upgrades.
Battery Shop: Restores up to 1,000 battery sets to
a like-new condition each year and is the sole source for battery
overhaul in NYCT.
Other Facilities
The Coney Island Complex provides a number of other
facilities, including Materiel (Main Storeroom along with various
storage areas), a Medical Assessment Center, a Police Firing Range, a
boiler house, transit training favilities, and plant maintenance.
Plant Maintenance consists of house maintenance, support shops, plant
service and the car wash. House maintenance and house electric
service and repair all building needs in the Overhaul Shop. They
maintain and repair over 1,000 pieces of equipment, including overhead
and wall cranes, the wheel truing machine, lathes and all hydraulic
equipment.
The Support Shops (Wood Mill, Machine, Sheet Metal, and
Blacksmith Shops) manufacture and rehabilitate all required items for
the SMS program as well as Car Repair Shop and equipment needs.
Plant Service cleans an area of 427,000 square feet daily
and, in accordance with government regulations, is responsible for the
safe containment and disposal of any hazardous waste. The proper
disposal of all garbage, wood and steel scrap, as well as the
recycling of waste oil generated by the overhaul facility, is handled
by this group.
The Car Wash cleans the exteriors of over 1,000 cars
approximately once a week for a yearly total of 50,000 washes.
Interesting Facts
Within the Overhaul Shop there are four 30-ton cranes
capable of moving entire subway cars from one work station to
another.
A wheel weighs 800 lbs., while an entire wheel and axle
assembly weighs 2,400 lbs.
25 of the 75 acres comprising the Coney Island complex
are enclosed.
The average weight of a 50'-60' subway car is 70,000
lbs. and the average weight of a 75' subway car is 85,000 lbs.
The horsepower rating of a subway traction motor is 115
horsepower. Each car has four traction motors.
Training Facilities
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R110B 3006
Photo by: Neil Feldman
Date: 4/12/2008
Notes: Fire training facility.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R110B 3006
Photo by: Neil Feldman
Date: 4/14/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R110B 3006
Photo by: Neil Feldman
Date: 4/14/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R110B 3006
Photo by: Neil Feldman
Date: 4/14/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R110B 3006
Photo by: Neil Feldman
Date: 4/14/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R110B 3006
Photo by: Michael Pompili
Date: 8/3/2004
Notes: At Coney Island firefighter training school.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R110B 3004
Photo by: Michael Pompili
Date: 8/3/2004
Notes: At Coney Island firefighter training school.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R110B 3006
Photo by: Michael Pompili
Date: 8/3/2004
Notes: At Coney Island firefighter training school.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R110B 3004
Photo by: Michael Pompili
Date: 8/3/2004
Notes: At Coney Island firefighter training school.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R110B 3006
Photo by: Michael Pompili
Date: 8/3/2004
Notes: At Coney Island firefighter training school.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R110B 3006
Photo by: Michael Pompili
Date: 8/3/2004
Notes: At Coney Island firefighter training school.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R30 8392
Photo by: Michael Pompili
Date: 8/3/2004
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R30 8401
Photo by: Michael Pompili
Date: 7/13/2004
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R30 8401
Photo by: Michael Pompili
Date: 7/13/2004
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R30 8401
Photo by: Michael Pompili
Date: 7/13/2004
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R30 8401
Photo by: Mark W.
Date: 7/3/2004
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R30 8289
Photo by: Michael Pompili
Date: 4/3/2004
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R30 8290
Photo by: Michael Pompili
Date: 4/3/2004
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R30 8290
Photo by: Michael Pompili
Date: 4/3/2004
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island Yard-Training Facilities
Car: R30 8425
Photo by: Michael Pompili
Date: 4/3/2004
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