| Designation | Division | Unit Numbers | Manufacturer | Years |
|---|
| R10 | IND | 1803-1852 | American Car & Foundry | 1948 |
| R10 | IND | 3000-3349 | American Car & Foundry | 1948 |
- Cars renumbered 2950-3349 in 1970
- Last R-10 train in revenue service was in September 1989,
most likely Friday, September 8, 1989 with just only one train on
the "C". The following Monday, there were no R-10's listed on
the "C" line car assignment sheet. The Electric Railroaders'
Association sponsored a "Farewell to R-10 Fantrip", held October 29,
1989, which consisted of cars 3018-3203-3182-2974-3143-3045-3145-3216,
probably the last run of R-10 cars with (non-revenue) passengers.
- R10 Datasheet from NYCT Revenue & Non-Revenue Car Drawings
|
Length over
Anticlimbers
60' 2.5" |
Width at
Door Sills
10' 0" |
Total
Weight
81,200 lbs. |
Height from
Railhead
12' 2" |
Height, Railhead
to Floor
3' 9 1/8" |
Seating
Capacity
56 |
Paint Schemes: The R-10's various paint schemes
were as follows: two-tone grey/orange (1948-circa 1967); tartar red
(1962-circa 1966 on the following cars: 1822 (ren. 2969), 1850
(ren. 2997), 3099, 3101, 3137 and 3342); navy blue/white with and
without blue stripe (1965-circa 1970), silver/blue (circa 1970-1988)
and dark green with silver roof and black front hood (1985-1989 on the
GOH Westinghouse units only).
General Overhaul: The R-10's GOH rehabilation
program between December 1984 to February 1986 was simply an interim
measure to get the entire car fleet in a non-graffiti state and await
the ultimate arrival and replacement by the R-68/68A's. The
rehabilation of each one of the 110 R-10's was done in-house at a cost
of $65,000.
Scrapping: The last R-10 car to be removed from
NYCTA property was #3081, which was the only surviving G.E.-equipped
unit in existence. The bulk of the scrapping of the remaining R-10
cars ended in June 1990.
Car Notes
| |
Preserved
(Or Saved for Preservation) |
|
|
Converted to Work Service
(Might Still Exist) |
|
|
Wrecked/Damaged in Accident
(Possibly Repaired) |
| 2959 |
Collision at Pitkin Yard, date unknown. Returned to service.
|
| 3029, 3240 |
Involved in a side swipe incident in 1958, near Dyckman Street on the IND "A" line. These cars were repaired later by Pullman-Standard, and car #3240 received all-new bright R-17 type lighting with its clear lenses.
|
| 3035, 3135 |
Damaged in collision, 11/7/1963. A portion of 3035 was welded onto 3135's body. 3135 was returned to service, and renumbered as 3035. Original 3035 was scrapped (and remains of 3135). #3035 became the first R10 to be scrapped.
|
| 3047 |
Accident causing front end damage. Repaired with spare R-16 parts and returned to service. Date unknown.
|
| 3055 |
Accident?
|
| 3062 |
Hit by "E" train outside Hoyt St., 7/17/1970. Scrapped in November, 1976.
|
| 3113 |
In collision, front end damaged.
|
| 3150 |
In collision at 207th Street Yard, 1/11/1973, repaired and returned to service.
|
| 3184 |
Owned by Railway Preservation Corp. Stored at Coney Island Yard for many years, was recently moved to the New York Transit Museum.
|
| 3189 |
Used as Road Car Inspector School Training Car, located at NYCT Pitkin Yard. This car has an experimental 3-passenger transverse seat interior; mechanical condition unknown.
|
| 3192 |
Car 3192 had a new R-42 type front installed on that car in early 1975 to be the prototype car for an overhaul complete rebuilding of the fleet to be done with modern interiors and air-conditioning. The unit was scrapped in 1980 inside Coney Island Yard and the rebuilding never took place.
|
| 3212 |
Involved in a fire condition at Times Square, date unknown. Returned to service.
|
| 3221 |
Struck by a "mad bomber" type device at 125th Street, 11/16/1960. Damage sustained on this car was a big hole through its ceiling and roof, but it was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
|
| 3226 |
On March 6, R10 3226 was accidentally part of a train consist moved from Concourse Yard to Jerome Yard... scraping the Beford Park Blvd. IRT station platform in the process. The car returned to service within a couple of weeks (!).
|
| 3274, 3333 |
Derailment at Columbus Circle, damage caused by hitting center wall, 12/12/1978. Stored at 207th Street for a year then scrapped in 1980.
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