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The R-44s are the
lemons of the MTA. The cars run on both the subway and are the
Staten Island Railway's (Extra cars for it were added on to the
order) only rolling stock. They were the first 75 foot car order,
so trains operate 8 cars, but take up the same platform space as
10 shorter cars. In thorey the cars can reach 80 miles per hour
(the new Second Avenue subway plan at the time was to accomadate
it), but now thay rarely pass 40. The cars look and feel like the
R-46s but thay sill have the glass (on the SIR it has been
removed) between the seats and the door vestibules. There cabs
are also smaller. They were also the first cars with full width
cabs and orange cut-out seats. On the subway they run exclusively
on the A line and Rockaway Park Shuttle
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| (r442) The exterier of an R-44 stopped at 181 Street, the photo works because there are only support colomns inbetween the tracks at the northern end. Photo by and merged by Jeremiah Cox, 13 November, 2003 (This panarama was oringinally 3 photos) |
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March, 2004
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