R33WF Posted November 3, 2009 Share #1 Posted November 3, 2009 Last Run World's Fair R33/R36 cars made their last run in revenue service on the morning of 11/3/2003, with cars 9564-9565-9309-9582-9583-9584-9585-9617-9616-9587-9586. Left Time sq at 10;30AM making Local stops to Willets Point Shea Stadium Red=scrap green= still around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted November 3, 2009 Share #2 Posted November 3, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexAveExp5 Posted November 3, 2009 Share #3 Posted November 3, 2009 lol i have a copy of this article on my wall at home http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2003/09/21/2003-09-21_end_of_line_for_redbird_subw.html END OF LINE FOR REDBIRD SUBWAY CARS BY PETE DONOHUE DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Sunday, September 21th 2003, 7:13AM Bye, Bye Birdie. The last of the Redbirds, built for the 1964 World's Fair, will soon be taken off the rails. Only 88 of the subway cars - making up eight trains - still pick up passengers on the Flushing line. They will be retired by mid-October, and will join more than 1,100 others that have been dumped off the Atlantic coast to create artificial reefs. The Redbirds are being replaced by high-tech, stainless steel cars built by Kawasaki and Bombardier. Although still chugging along strong, the car bodies are rusting away. "The Redbirds did a great job serving New Yorkers for more than four decades," Transit Authority President Lawrence Reuter said. "Though they have been a New York City icon, they are being replaced with a new generation of subway car that gives up the nostalgia factor for increased reliability and an overall more pleasant riding experience." What became known as the Redbirds because of their color are a series of car models that were built in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The last of the bunch were ordered for the World's Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens - featuring large side windows to offer fairgoers vistas of the fairgrounds and all their glory as the trains approached on the No. 7 line, TA spokesman Charles Seaton said. Originally, the cars were blue-and-cream colored. They were painted red in the 1980s during a war against graffiti, he said. They are the last of the painted passenger trains, and the last to have tear-shaped metal grab holds - which came after straps made of nonmetallic materials that gave birth to the term "straphanger." It's the end of an era, and not just for subway buffs, said Clifton Hood, history professor and author of "722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York." "It may be a point of nostalgia for someone who went to Coney Island with his family on one, or maybe went on his first date on one," Hood said. "But by the same token, the new cars are going to have some meaning to a kid 50 or 60 years from now." The rattling Redbirds once ran on all the numbered lines. In more recent history, a Redbird on the No. 7 line that goes to Shea Stadium was decorated with Mets blue and orange for the 2000 Subway Series against the Yankees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted November 3, 2009 Share #4 Posted November 3, 2009 It was a sad day indeed for railfans that day. I wish I could have been on that last ride. But I'm more than happy that I rode the Slants on their last day after waiting for a long hour for that consist, and I'll be there when thelater car classes retire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted November 3, 2009 Share #5 Posted November 3, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Glen Posted November 3, 2009 Share #6 Posted November 3, 2009 Truly a sad day for the iconic Redbirds. Unfortunately I was away from the city on that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted November 3, 2009 Share #7 Posted November 3, 2009 I miss my Redbirds ! Always ride them, seeing the railfan windows and even changing the roll signs.. [Thats back then anyways.. when i was young]. Yup great time. Use to always ride on the ! Sometimes on the ! The last time i rode it on the was in like 2002 from 86th to 42nd st and took the R33/36 there and the last time for the was from 149th to Burnside via Exp in 2001/2002. was in 2001 about the same time.. The isnt the same as much especially the ! But ill always ride them thru the TOMC and nostalgia rides! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r40s 4501 Posted November 4, 2009 Share #8 Posted November 4, 2009 i love r33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted November 4, 2009 Share #9 Posted November 4, 2009 There was only 1 R33WF, the rest were R36WF cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3352 Posted November 14, 2009 Share #10 Posted November 14, 2009 :cry: What A Bad Day For Riders ( Basically All Of The IRT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted November 14, 2009 Share #11 Posted November 14, 2009 Last Run World's Fair R33/R36 cars made their last run in revenue service on the morning of 11/3/2003, with cars 9564-9565-9309-9582-9583-9584-9585-9617-9616-9587-9586. Left Time sq at 10;30AM making Local stops to Willets Point Shea Stadium Red=scrap green= still around Didn't notice till now; interesting that they have a consecutive number set from 9582-7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Paniagua Posted November 15, 2009 Share #12 Posted November 15, 2009 I also liked the R33/36 IRT Elevated Division redbirds especially on the (2)/(5), , and even on one instance on the line I managd to get video of the Redbirds (one trainset) on the line and film out front of the open air portion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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