+Young+ Posted June 2, 2011 Share #1 Posted June 2, 2011 I just found the following link on Yahoo! News (Retired NYC subway cars sleep with the fishes) which I thought might be of interest on this site. Comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 2, 2011 Share #2 Posted June 2, 2011 Isn't this old news?? I mean the redbirds were retired a good 10 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabllo Posted June 3, 2011 Share #3 Posted June 3, 2011 A good 10 years? I don't think so. They retired in 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T to Dyre Avenue Posted June 3, 2011 Share #4 Posted June 3, 2011 They didn't retire them all at once in 2003. The last train of R36 World's Fair cars ran in early November 2003. They had been retiring Redbirds steadily before then as enough R142s came on line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of RedBirds Posted June 3, 2011 Share #5 Posted June 3, 2011 Why artificial reefs why can't they just make a Subway Yard with only Retired Cars from the Low-V's-R44-R110. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman1455 Posted June 3, 2011 Share #6 Posted June 3, 2011 Why artificial reefs why can't they just make a Subway Yard with only Retired Cars from the Low-V's-R44-R110. It would cost too much money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 3, 2011 Share #7 Posted June 3, 2011 A good 10 years? I don't think so. They retired in 2003. No, not all of them were retired a good 10 years ago, but I remember being at the Times Square station (I was a college student on break then :cool:) when one of the first new R142s were being tested on the line and it was definitely in the early 2000s, hence why I said a good 10 years ago. You see I actually lived near to where the new subway cars were being manufactured before they made their way down to NYC. They were manufactured up in Plattsburgh and I was a college student at Plattsburgh and was working near to where they were testing them in the early 2000s before coming back to New York City and then moving to Europe to finish my degree. I also recall seeing some of the actual cars being delivered here in NYC. They would have some of them loaded on some sort of device and would have them driven in the city. Not sure why that was, but I do recall seeing some. Should've taken a picture of them (not R142s, but the newer models out on the and those lines). In sum 8 years, 10 years, who's counting? It's been long enough though that I sure as heck don't miss those redbirds (no offense to any redbird fans out there, i.e. King of RedBirds ), especially not the lack of AC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Train Master Posted June 3, 2011 Share #8 Posted June 3, 2011 Yeah this is very old news I'm sure we can assume anything going on a barge is for artifical reefing not just the Rustbirds are there the other real trains that used to roam.a few yrs ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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