| 4554-4555 |
First R42s in service, May 9, 1969 (in a mixed train on the Sea Beach line).
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| 4612 |
Collided with "D" train, 59th Street, 3/5/1971. Repaired at 207th Street shop and returned to service.
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| 4624-4625, 4730-4731, 4786-4787, 4818-4819 |
Bumper block overshoot at Chambers Street, 11/6/2007. As the R42 fleet is being prepared for scrapping, the four pairs of R42 cars were sent to the 207th St. yard scrap line instead of being repaired, even those with only relatively minor damage.
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| 4664 |
Hit by "J" train on Williamsburg Bridge, 6/5/1995.
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| 4680-4681, 4714-4715, 4766-4767 |
Scrapped, no other info available.
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| 4685, 4726 |
Involved in accident nr. 135th St. station. 4685 scrapped in 2000; 4726's nose (end cap) used to repair 4918.
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| 4787 |
Moved to the East New York High School of Transit Technology, 4/14/2009, replacing an R27 car.
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| 4878, 4927 |
Moved to SBK yard in Brooklyn for asbestos abatement and scrapping, July 2007. Scrapped January 2008.
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| 4904 |
Involved in fire at East New York Yard, 1971. Mate 4905 coupled with 4946.
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| 4918-4919 |
Collided with "B" train near 9th Avenue, 2/5/1995. Repaired with front end of 4726.
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| 4938-4939 |
Blind ends damaged in collision, 2/5/1995; repaired and returned to service.
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