What would be the ultimate subway car combination? ( R62 seats on an R42, like that )

[R421969]

What elements of the any IRT, BMT/IND cars would you combine to make the ultimate car?

[metsfan]

NTT slant with the curve in the side, beige floor & blue R40 seats. No center poles.

 

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[Radioguy]

+1 on the slants.

[JJr142]

an R46 with R160 flooring and seats.

[Y2Julio]

NTT slant with the curve in the side, beige floor & blue R40 seats. No center poles.

 

- A

 

You try ridding a crowded F train with no center poles.

[metsfan]

You try ridding a crowded F train with no center poles.

 

Ben der, dun dat.

 

Try PATH some time!

 

- A

[Y2Julio]

Ben der, dun dat.

 

Try PATH some time!

 

- A

 

I have. I've never seen it as crowded as an F train going towards Manhattan during rush hour.

[R421969]

I would like to see the steel swinging handle bars on an R44/46

I think those trains were the first to be delievered w/o them. would have looked nice.

[JJr142]

How about an R32 with the siemens propulsion? Image how that will be.

[Y2Julio]

How about an R32 with the siemens propulsion? Image how that will be.

 

That would be blasphemy! *hugs R32* there there my precious. the mean old man won't hurt you.

[R421969]

hmm...that wud b nice. hell, put siemens propulsion on a BMT standard...

...and then paint it with the red bird scheme.

[JJr142]

hmm...that wud b nice. hell, put siemens propulsion on a BMT standard...

...and then paint it with the red bird scheme.

 

yep, that will be cool, it will bring back memories, but imagine the R32 with a mix of Alstom and siemens propulsion. The sound will be precious.

[RokuSix]

The seat arrangements of the R46, with the blue bench styling of the R142.

[INDman]

What about a Brooklyn Union Gate Car with R142 announcements and controls? It would still have metal signs, but LED marker lights, rattan style seats but made with Kevlar so they can't be cut up.

[metsfan]

I have. I've never seen it as crowded as an F train going towards Manhattan during rush hour.

 

Then you must be going at an odd hour, because when i go its crush packed to safe capacity if not over at times. For the small system it is, PATH has a LOT of riders. WTC to NWK around 5 pm on a regular weekday.

 

- A

[metsfan]

I would like to see the steel swinging handle bars on an R44/46

I think those trains were the first to be delievered w/o them. would have looked nice.

 

They do look nice till you whack your head on one or cut your hand on the protruding spring.

 

- A

[R421969]

lmao is that why they got rid of them??? ouch

[Y2Julio]

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[Y2Julio]

Then you must be going at an odd hour, because when i go its crush packed to safe capacity if not over at times. For the small system it is, PATH has a LOT of riders. WTC to NWK around 5 pm on a regular weekday.

 

- A

 

It was a PATH train from 33rd Street via Hoboken to Journal Square.

[Sea Beach]

R40 Slant with R160 Interior and siemens proplusion. Now thats a horrifying site.

[R32 3348]

R160 + RFW

R40 - gates, just like when they were delivered

[metsfan]

It was a PATH train from 33rd Street via Hoboken to Journal Square.

 

Ah, a weekend/late night. No wonder.

 

R40 Slant with R160 Interior and siemens proplusion. Now thats a horrifying site.

 

Slanted NTT with R40 interior. :cool:

 

R160 + RFW

R40 - gates, just like when they were delivered

 

I say let the slant be NTT and have retractible gates as to keep the leading & trailing car be uncluttered.

 

RFW on NTT = a must, even if its on the trailing car only.

 

- A

[exseed]

R160 + RFW

R40 - gates, just like when they were delivered

Doesn't the R160 already have a RFW?

[via White Plains Road]

Doesn't the R160 already have a RFW?

No they don't....they have the extra cab door there....the only subway car that have RFW is the R-62A on the and I've seen one on the R-62 !

[R32 3348]

Technically they do but I was talking aobut a glass RFW, not a glass RFW covered by a plastic polarizing filter.