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R17 (New York City Subway car)

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train on October 10, 1955. All 400 cars were delivered by January 1956. In 1959–60, with the delivery of the R26s and R28s and their being placed in 6 service, the G.E. equipped cars were transferred to the West Side Lines and became part of the R21/22 fleet. On November 1, 1962, fifty R17s (#s
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7267 (renumbered G7267) and has not moved since 2002. This car is still classified as a work car and was used on a special trip sometime during the 1990s. Although it was reported that the cars may be operational and preserved, the car was stripped of parts in 2009 (such as sash windows and
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grids, and other propulsion control electrical equipment. Designed to simplify maintenance, in practice, the heavy box proved unwieldy. Resistance grids also generate a good deal of heat and therefore need to be cooled. Typically, this is done automatically on a subway car that uses a
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were added to the cars. Additionally, vandalism and wear & tear contributed to rapid and frequent damage to the original seats, leading the Transit Authority to replace the seats with hard fiberglass benches similar in feel to the ones in use on New York City subway trains today.
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The R17s were delivered in a maroon paint scheme. Some were repainted bright red ("tartar red") in the late 1960s. All cars received the TA sliver/blue paint job starting in 1970. In the early 1980s, they were painted plain white, and eventually, 16 cars were repainted fox red for
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system, as the grids are exposed, and the train's natural movement creates a breeze that ventilates and cools the grids. But since the R17's grids were enclosed in the heavy box, ventilation and cooling would be provided by using the spinning
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train and being mixed with both rebuilt and unrebuilt R26–R33 cars. A few survived until February 29, 1988, on the 42nd St. Shuttle, one of which was set aside for preservation at the Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven, Connecticut.
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The first R17s entered service on October 10, 1955. Originally painted maroon red, the R17s subsequently received several different paint schemes, including bright red, platinum mist/blue, or plain white. The R17s were replaced by the
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in lieu of a third window. The sign contains three readings arranged vertically on its box – the top two being the train's terminals, and the bottom being the train's route. This window and signbox pattern, first appearing on the
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Cars 6800–6809 were factory equipped with air conditioning when delivered. However, the air conditioning experiment was considered a failure, and the cars were refitted with standard axiflow fans between 1962 and 1964.
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have eliminated this unfortunate system, and reverted to the former exterior-mounted grids that are exposed as the train's natural movement creates a breeze that ventilates and cooled the grids starting with the
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Cars 6813 and 6850 were converted to R123 continuous welded rail holder cars for set DCR and overhauled under the R128 program, but were replaced with R157 flat cars in the 2010s and eventually scrapped.
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The R17, like many older New York City Subway cars built for the A Division, also features two sets of mid-car body passenger windows on each side. Normally arranged in two pairs of three on the
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Car 6812 was repainted with a gold exterior scheme with a view of being used in the Fifth Avenue Association's 50th Anniversary Parade; however, the car was withdrawn in favor of R22 7526.
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had a similar setup, and therefore the "Flat bottom" nickname applies to the GE cars in those classes as well for the same reason as above. The nickname never applied to the
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The major identifying characteristics of the R17 can all be found in its windows. These include the circular windows on the car end doors, similar to those found on the
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car, it is smaller and contains only three doors on each side of the car (instead of four). Side windows are of a two-pane, pull-down drop sash type (used until the
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The majority of the remainder of the fleet was scrapped, but some R17 cars were saved for various purposes throughout the New York City Subway system, including:
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in the 1980s, and the final train of R17s ran on February 29, 1988. Some R17 cars were saved for various purposes, but most were scrapped.
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GE 1240-A4 motors (100 hp per axle). 4 motors per car (2 per truck), WH 1447C motors (100 hp per axle). 4 motors per car (2 per truck).
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Schedule SMEE with A-1 Application package, J1 relay valve, ME-42A brake stand, and A.S.F simplex unit cylinder clasp brake rigging
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in Brooklyn. It is fully operational and runs periodically on museum-sponsored "Nostalgia Trains", specifically on the
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During the course of their careers, two cars (6673 and 6786) were wrecked in 1957 as a result of a collision near
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As delivered, R17s came with low-running lights and very comfortable foam rubber seats. In 1957, sealed beam
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cars. The cars were single unit cars capable of operating both independently or as part of a longer train.
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feeding air into the box. The GE R17s were not the only subway cars with this arrangement. The GE-powered
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While the cars received the fox red paint scheme like other cars that would go on to be later known as "
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The R17s were numbered 6500–6899. They were one of three car classes purchased in the mid-1950s by the
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while they were being overhauled. The red R17s were the last to remain in service, running on the
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Gene Sansone, New York Subways: An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars,
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Car 6688, which belongs to the Shore Line Trolley Museum, appears in the 2014 film
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Car 6762 was converted to an R71 rider car after retirement, but was replaced with
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Car 6552 received a speckled green interior paint scheme during the early 60s.
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White painted (though clean) R17s on the Shuttle appear in a scene of
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Sass), Ralph Katzthe New York Times (by Fred J. (July 10, 1956).
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rollsigns). Both cars still remain, but are awaiting scrapping.
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cars in either class. The GE cars built and delivered after the
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Car 6895 (renumbered to 36895) is currently in storage at
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6500–6549) were transferred from the Mainline IRT to the
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in 1985–86. All 16 of the fox red cars were sent to the
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6895 (renumbered to 36895) at the Concourse Yard with
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High-Voltage (Hi-V) rolling stock, which included the
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The interior of a repainted red R17 operating on the
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The first train of R17s was placed in service on the
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Index


Court Square
Train of Many Colors

St. Louis Car Company
St. Louis
Missouri
Gibbs Hi-Vs
Deck Roof Hi-Vs
Hedley Hi-Vs
R62A
New York City Transit Authority
LAHT Carbon steel
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Electric
Westinghouse
WABCO
Traction motors
Electric system(s)
V
DC
Third rail
Current collector(s)
Contact shoe
Braking system(s)
WABCO
Tripcock
Coupling system
Westinghouse H2C

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