Trainspotter Posted October 3, 2007 Share #1 Posted October 3, 2007 Retired subway cars make a splash Seventeen-ton retirees, some 600 of them, will soon be living out their golden years on the Jersey Shore, where they will see plenty of scuba diving and fishing. They are part of more than 1,600 stainless-steel passenger and work-crew subway cars that will head to their new homes off the Garden State and farther down the Eastern Seaboard starting in the late fall. Some have zipped down the track since the early 1960s and will continue to work in retirement -- as artificial reefs housing schools of fish while providing divers with an underwater glimpse of New York icons. Full story & Video: AMNY - From September 28, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Local Posted October 3, 2007 Share #2 Posted October 3, 2007 So, Bye bye, to Pitkin and Jamaica R-32's? Pitkin R-38's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMT4Life Posted October 3, 2007 Share #3 Posted October 3, 2007 This is a nice video but wasn't this the video of the first reefing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1Toasty Posted October 4, 2007 Share #4 Posted October 4, 2007 I do have mixed feelings about the artificial reefs. Yes, great for the fish, but if they kept the cars in service until they really started to break, imagine the kind of service we would get with all the new and old cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracknut Posted October 4, 2007 Share #5 Posted October 4, 2007 I seen the pictures but never the videos. Very cool to see thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo M 201 Posted October 4, 2007 Share #6 Posted October 4, 2007 So, Bye bye, to Pitkin and Jamaica R-32's? Pitkin R-38's? R32s, no. R32GEs, yes. R38s, yes. R40s, yes. R42, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebbieprops Posted October 5, 2007 Share #7 Posted October 5, 2007 Thanks for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTransitFan Posted October 5, 2007 Share #8 Posted October 5, 2007 Very cool video. It would have been good to know what exact location the cars were dumped at. I'm at the Jersey shore alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastman346 Posted October 5, 2007 Share #9 Posted October 5, 2007 This is a nice video but wasn't this the video of the first reefing? It is. those were the first redbirds that were reefed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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