 | R32 Artists'
Conception.
Collection of Phil Hom. |
| Designation | Division | Unit Numbers | Manufacturer | Years |
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| R32 | IND/BMT | 3350-3649* | Budd | 1964 |
| R32A | IND/BMT | 3650-3949 | Budd | 1964 |
- Cab Arrangement: Half-width driving cab at "A" end,
half-width conductor control cab at "B" end
- Coupling/Numbering Arrangement: All married pairs.
- Stainless steel
- 60' long, 10' wide
- 236 R32, 297 R32A cars rebuilt, 1988-1990, MK/GE
- Mismatched pairs:
3348 & 3549 (3348 was formerly 3659),
3382 & 3831,
3383 & 3890,
3418 & 3863,
3419 & 3740,
3420 & 3645,
3421 & 3558,
3444 & 3777,
3445 & 3468,
3469 & 3592,
3470 & 3919,
3471 & 3658,
3502 & 3905,
3503 & 3600,
3520 & 3891,
3521 & 3862,
3530 & 3741,
3531 & 3830,
3548 & 3593,
3559 & 3904,
3601 & 3918,
3617 & 3776,
3621 & 3644,
3628 & 3669,
3650 & 3767.
- The GE Rebuild cars are: 3594-3595, 3880-3881, 3892-3893,
3936-3937, 3934-3935
- R32 Datasheet from NYCT Revenue & Non-Revenue Car Drawings
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After the initial delivery of the "Brightliner" R-32s,
the NYCT put four of the cars on display at 34th St/6th Ave. The
public was invited to vote on which interior lighting and fan grill
design they liked. The R-32s had thin light lines and the standard
louvered fan grills. The R-32As came with light canopies which could
serve to backlight advertising signs. The fan grills were also
different. From a technical standpoint, the R-32As came with
Westinghouse Propulsion Packages while the R-32s came with GE SCM
controllers.
The R-32s are no longer referred to as R-32 and
R-32As. They are currently referred to as R-32 Phase I, R-32 Phase II
and R-32 GE. The R-32 Phase I cars (re-built by MK) have
WABCO Air Brake packages, GE Master Controllers (Throttle) and
Thermoking HVAC units. The R-32 Phase II cars (also re-built by MK)
have NY Air Brake equipment, Westinghouse Master Controllers and Stone
Safety HVAC units. Since the cars were sent out to overhaul based on
how poorly they were performing (bad cars first) there are regular
R-32s and R-32As which are Phase I and Phase II. There are also about
a dozen pairs which are comprised of R-32 and R-32A mixes. One last
oddity of the R-32 fleet. While the original contract of R-32s
started with car #3350, there is now an R-32 sporting the #3348. This
was an odd car which was converted to an 'even' car when the NYCT
ended up with 2 odd cars due to a mishap.
Car Notes
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Preserved
(Or Saved for Preservation) |
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Converted to Work Service
(Might Still Exist) |
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Wrecked/Damaged in Accident
(Possibly Repaired) |
| 3348 |
Former car #3659 was rebuilt into an "even" car and renumbered 3348 in July 1994. 3348 is mated with 3549.
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| 3353 |
On display at New York Transit Museum, July 2008.
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| 3559, 3904 |
Fire damage in 53rd St. tunnel, 1996. (Air shaft grate fell on tracks causing third rail arcing when train hit it). Cars repaired and are now a mismated pair.
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| 3616 |
Revenue service inactive, 36th St. Yard.
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| 3620 |
Frame damaged, permanently retired. Moved to SBK yard for scrapping July 17, 2007.
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| 3628 |
Collided w/AA train car #4612 at 59th Street, 3/5/1971. End smashed. Rebuilt and erturned to service, paired with 3669 (ex-3368) (see below).
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| 3651 |
Scrapped, no other info available.
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| 3669 |
Derailed, hit wall, Franklin Shuttle, 12/1/1974. Massive gash in right side. Mate 3668 renumbered to 3669 and converted from "even" car to "odd" car.
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| 3766 |
Involved in incident 5/15/1985 on "N" train south of DeKalb Avenue. This was the second car and its leading end was badly damaged. Scrapped.
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R32 MDBF
| Date | Mean Distance
Between Failure (Miles) |
|---|
| 05/1994 | 45385 | | 06/1997 | 66411 | | 07/1997 | 61151 | | 12 Months Ending 07/1997 | 81942 | | 12 Months Ending 11/1999 | 69578 | | 12 Months Ending 12/2001 | 104188 | | 12 Months Ending 12/2002 | 97732 | | 12 Months Ending 12/2003 | 110710 | | 12 Months Ending 12/2004 | 127140 | | 12 Months Ending 12/2005 | 136029 | | 12 Months Ending 12/2006 | 100301 | | 12 Months Ending 12/2007 | 112550 |
(View printable version of above table.)
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