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Ironically, R62A 1841/45 briefly ran on the back in the day before being moved to the .

If Bombardier can get their situations together and organized then I'm all for it. It's like Lance said, Bombardier despite their lackluster deadlines have managed to produce "workhorse" subway fleets to the New York subway system alas the R62As & R142s. The R211s could be a joint-venture production with both Bombardier & Kawasaki similar to how Kawasaki did the R160s with Alstom. As far as the R211s design departure from current NTTs, I to would like to know the differences. The R211s are promoted to be the first of the newer generation of subway cars for the future, so we probably might see a similar design concept for future A Division cars once the R62/As are set for retirement, but that's still a long way ahead. Judging by the renderings the MTA put out recently, the interiors does kinda have the look and feel of the R160s or R179s for that matter, but the end bonnet side of the train looks interesting when the sign route is on the right side similar to how the SMEEs R46 & R68s have them. That could be the new concept going forward and they should finally do away with the "millennium" look that the R142/As, R143, R160, and now R179s carry.

Why dont they get rid of the stickers? Think about it you dont see this sticker system on the NTTs or some of the SMEEs like the R68/As which just like the R62As have been shuffled around certain subway lines for years. Look at one of the "red stckers" from car 1923, they just decided to cover the top part with Corona lavender as oppose to covering the whole thing.

Nice! Great find.

So they've finally coupled together the converts & factory sets?

R142A 7581-7590 should be the last 10-car train to be converted at Kawasaki. That will be happening pretty soon.

According to info from nycsubway.org, 7306-7310 was involved in minor collision while being delivered on 11/30/2000, it suffered anti-climber and coupler damage when brakes did not set properly after de-coupling from the locomotives that delivered them. Don't know how accurate this story is but if notes were taken during the R142A delivery process in the early 2000s, then that's what probably happened.

Where does IT says that? Also, wasn't 7301-7310 delivered earlier than that?

R62A 2026/30 on the .

More like going back lol. That set was the first along with 1741-1745 to go to the back in early 2013 as a 5-car single until coming back to Corona.

There hasn't been any other R62A transfer since 1921-1925, is that correct?

Anybody up-to-date with the Rockaway Av and Van Siclen Av station renovations on the ?

Caught an instagram pic of R188 7501/7510/7928 in service. Didn't the R62/As deal with a similar situation when they were being tested on the Flushing line in the 1980s?

Anything but Alstom and I say that with passion.

If 7551 left like he said with 7555, than it should be 7556-7655 on the .

Okay!!! This thread just took a weird turn. No pun intended.

Just saw a video of an R68A with the orange bullet taken during the day. Nice throwback moment.

There's probably about 4 more 75xx 10 car sets to go for conversion work at Kawasaki.

I think by mid-summer maybe July, the R62As will be of the for good. It's okay to ask, not trying to be a a**, it should be going to Yonkers pretty soon within the next few months. 7591 will not be converted, it will remain as an R142A.

It hasn't even left the yet...

Looking over the review, it seems the is the one getting the R211s to replace the R46 while the will get the R179s to replace the R32s. I'm not sure if some of the R160s currently on the will stick around to provide supplemental service once the R179s take over the line.

That was actually my same mind philosophy of comparing.

R62As don't have the , only the . However a handful of R62As have the smaller numbering logos (similar to the R62s) which I suppose have a .

Got'cha. They all look the same to me anyways lol.

Why R160U's? Where does the U come from?