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A random selection of images of the R4

(image 1906) Photo by: Joe Testagrose	(image 1882) Collection of: Joe Testagrose	(image 46959) Photo by: Doug Grotjahn	(image 1926) Photo by: Joe Testagrose	(image 87626) Photo by: Glenn L. Rowe
(image 26676) Photo by: David Wallace	(image 73826) Photo by: Jorge Catayi	(image 25491) Photo by: Brian Weinberg	(image 1874) Photo by: Joe Testagrose	(image 25947) Photo by: Frank Hicks

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Designation	Division	Unit Numbers	Manufacturer	Years
R4	IND	400-899	American Car & Foundry	1932-1933
Cab Arrangement: Half-width driving cab at each end; conductor controls on exterior Coupling/Numbering Arrangement: All single units R4 Datasheet from NYCT Revenue & Non-Revenue Car Drawings

Length over
Anticlimbers
60' 2.5" Width at
Door Sills
10' 0" Total
Weight
84,503 lbs. Height from
Railhead
12' 2" Height, Railhead
to Floor
3' 9 1/8" Seating
Capacity
56

Car Notes

Preserved
(Or Saved for Preservation)

Converted to Work Service
(Might Still Exist)

Wrecked/Damaged in Accident
(Possibly Repaired)

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Several cars converted to work motor service, numbers M503-M506, M551-M556, M900-M920.

...

One car converted to alcohol sprayer cars, numbers AL470.

401 (aka 491)

Survives, operable, stored at Coney Island Yard. Formerly used as a training car at Jamaica Yard and numbered 491. Was moved to Coney Island in 1998 for restoration. Two missing side doors were provided by R1 175.

(image 1920)
Photo by: Sidney Keyles

(image 28601)
Photo by: David Pirmann

(image 34132)
Photo by: David Pirmann

404, 690

Involved in collision near Church Avenue, 6/27/1967. 404 seriously damaged.

467

First first-generation IND subway car to be retrofitted with headlights, in 1962.

472

Scrapped after collision; also involved R1 212 and 378; 2/17/1936.

484

Survives at New York Transit Museum. Outfitted with "bullseye" lighting and experimental PA system in 1946. Operable (operated the first R-type fan trip in many years on 6/8/2003, plus several others).

(image 1966)
Photo by: Steve Hoskins

(image 25945)
Photo by: Frank Hicks

(image 25491)
Photo by: Brian Weinberg

744

Outfitted with "bullseye" lighting and experimental PA system in 1946.

800

Survives at Seashore Trolley Museum in operational condition.

(image 1958)
Collection of: David Pirmann

(image 1962)
Photo by: Todd Glickman

(image 28344)
Photo by: Michael Pompili

825

Survives at Trolley Museum of New York.

(image 1964)
Photo by: David Pirmann

(image 1965)
Photo by: David Pirmann

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