R142 (New York City Subway car)
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R142 is the model class of the newest generation of IRT cars for the New York Subway. Built by Bombardier in Plattsburgh, New York and Barre, Vermont from 1999-2002, these 1030 cars, along with the R142A will be the new backbone of the IRT fleet.
These cars have Alstom ONIX AC propulsion, electronic braking, automatic climate control, and an on-board intercom system.
The first R142's were delivered in November 1999. Regular service began in mid-2000 after several months of testing. The R142's and R142A's replaced most of the Redbirds--the R26, R28, R29, R33 & R36 IRT cars.
There are two types of cars: A (cab at one end) and B (no cabs). The trains can linked up in A-B-B-B-A sets.
Currently the R142's are on the 2-7 Avenue Express, 4-Lexington Avenue Express, 5-Lexington Avenue Express, as well as limited appearances (extremely rare) on the 1/9 and 3.
R142 CURRENT ROSTER
as of MAY, 2005Designations - Unit Numbers- - Years - - Notes -
Primary Order - 6301-6980 - - 1999-2002 - - 680 cars -
Option order 1 - 6981-7180 - - 2002-2003 - - 230 cars -
Option order 2 - 1101-1220 - - 2002-2003 - - 120 cars -
Option order 3 - 1221-1250 - - 2003-2004 - - 30 cars -
TOTAL of Primary, Option Orders 1,2 and 3:... 1,060 cars
R-142 SPECIFICATIONS
- CAR BUILDER: Bombardier Rail Car Inc. in Canada
- CAR LENGTH: 51 FEET, 4 INCHES (15.6 m) LONG
- CAR WIDTH: 8 FEET, 7-3/16 INCHES (2.6 m) WIDE
- CAR HEIGHT: 11 FEET, 10.6 INCHES (3.6 m) TALL
- Track Gauge: 4 FEET, 8-1/2 INCHES (2.6 m)
- Propulsion System: ALSTOM ONIX propulsion system, AC Traction Motors
- Brakes: WABCO braking system
- Doorway width (side - clear opening) 4 FEET, 6 INCHES (1.4 m)
- Average unit car weight (empty) 70,000 LBS (32,000 kg)
- Maximum design speed: 62 mph / 100 km/h
- POWER: 150 HorsePower (112 kW) / 4 per car
- Total seated passengers: (cab car) A car: 34 / (no cab) B car: 40
- Total standees: (cab car) A car: 148 / (no cab) B car: 142
- Built in 5 car sets
- Maximum train length: 10 cars (2 units)
External links
- Bombardier - R142 (http://transport.bombardier.ca/index.jsp?id=1_0&lang=en&file=/en/1_0/1_1/1_1_2_6.jsp)
- nycsubway.org - NYC Subway Cars: R142 (http://www.nycsubway.org/cars/r142.html)