List of New York City Subway R-type contracts

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This is a list of all R-type contracts in the New York City Subway.

1930–1950

Contract number	Details	Unit number(s)	Manufacturer	Year manufactured	Status
R1 (R2)	Passenger cars (R2 was the truck/motor package for R1)	100–399	American Car & Foundry	1930–1931	Retired, 100/103/175/381 preserved
R3	Work/maintenance cars	01–06 (unpowered flat cars) 31–36 (track ballast gondola cars) 41–42 (powered yard shunting flat cars) 51 (supply car) 56 (pump car)	Magor Car Corporation	1931–1932	Retired, pump car 56 & flat car 41 preserved
R4 (R5)	Passenger cars (R5 was the truck/motor package for R4)	400–899	American Car & Foundry	1932–1933	Retired, 401/484/800/825 preserved
R6-3	Passenger cars	900–1149	American Car & Foundry	1935–1936	Retired, 923/925/978/983/1000/1144 preserved
R6-2	1150–1299	Pullman	1936	Retired
R6-1	1300–1399	Pressed Steel Co.	Retired, 1300 preserved
R7	1400–1474	American Car & Foundry	1937	Retired, 1440 preserved
1475–1549	Pullman	Retired
R7A	1550–1599	1938	Retired, 1575 preserved
1600–1649	American Car & Foundry	Retired
R8	Crane car	71	Magor Car Corporation	1939	Retired
R8A	Work/maintenance cars	07–10 (unpowered flat cars) 66–67 (revenue collection cars)	St. Louis Car	1939	Retired
R9	Passenger cars	1650–1701	American Car & Foundry	1940	Retired, 1689 preserved
1702–1802	Pressed Steel Co.	Retired, 1801/1802 preserved
R10	1803–1852, 3000–3349	American Car & Foundry	1948–1949	Retired, 3184/3189 preserved
R11	8010–8019	Budd Company	1949	Retired, 8013 preserved
R12	5703–5802	American Car & Foundry	1948	Retired, 5760/5782 preserved
R13	Track cleaning unit	Never purchased
R14	Passenger cars	5803–5952	American Car & Foundry	1949	Retired, 5871 preserved, 5944 in work service
R15	5953–5999, 6200–6252	1950	Retired, 6239 preserved

1951–1970

Contract number	Details	Unit number(s)	Manufacturer	Year manufactured	Status
R16	Passenger cars	6300–6499	American Car & Foundry	1954–1955	Retired, 6305/6339/6387/6398 preserved
R17	Passenger cars	6500–6899	St. Louis Car	1954–1956	Retired, 6609/6688 preserved, 6835/6899 in work service
R18	Pump/hose car	Never purchased
R19	Diesel locomotive (for R18)	Never purchased
R20	Assorted work cars	X100–X103 (tank cars), C214–C216 (crane cars), D207–D210 (track ballast gondola cars), F111–F141 (flat cars)	Magor Car Corporation	1958	Retired, F116 preserved
R21	Passenger cars	7050–7299	St. Louis Car	1956–1957	Retired, 7194/7203 preserved, 7121/7287 in work service
R22	Passenger cars	7300–7749	St. Louis Car	1957–1958	Retired, 7371/7422 preserved, 10 in work service
R23	Hopper cars	H250–H279	Marshall Railway Equipment	1958	Presumed retired
R24	Two wheel truing machines
R25	One wheel truing machine
R26	Passenger cars	7750–7859	American Car & Foundry	1959–1960	Retired, 7774–7775 preserved
R27		8020–8249	St. Louis Car	1960–1961	Retired
R28		7860–7959	American Car & Foundry	1960–1961	Retired, 7924–7927 preserved
R29		8570–8805	St. Louis Car	1962	Retired, 8678–8679 preserved
R30		8250–8351		1961	Retired
R30A		8352–8411		1961	Retired
R30		8412–8569		1962	Retired, 8481/8506/8522 preserved, 8429/8558 in work service
R31	Vacuum train	V285A–V285C			Presumed retired
R32	Passenger cars	3350–3649	Budd Company	1964–1965	Retired, 10 preserved, 1 in work service
R32A		3650–3949	Budd Company	1965	Retired, 10 preserved, 1 in work service
R33		8806–9305	St. Louis Car	1962–1963	Retired, 17 preserved, 65 in work service
R33S		9306–9345	St. Louis Car	1963	Retired, 17 preserved, 65 in work service
R34	Same as R11
R35	Flat cars	F150–F164	Marshall Railway Equipment	1965	Retired
R36	Passenger cars	9346–9769	St. Louis Car	1963–1964	Retired, 9542–9543/9586–9687 preserved
R37	45-ton diesel-electric locomotives	50–53	General Electric	1965	In service
R38	Passenger cars	3950–4149	St. Louis Car	1966–1967	Retired, 4028–4029 preserved
R39	Passenger cars	120 cars; Never purchased
R40	Passenger cars	4150–4349 (Originally 4150–4249, 4350–4449)	St. Louis Car	1967–1969	Retired, 4280–4281 preserved
R40A	Passenger cars	4350–4449 (slant-ended cars, originally 4450–4549) 4450–4549 (straight-ended cars, originally 4250–4349)	St. Louis Car	1967–1969	Retired, 4460–4461/4480–4481 preserved
R41	45-ton diesel-electric locomotives	54–59	General Electric	1968	In service
R42	Passenger cars	4550–4949	St. Louis Car	1969–1970	Retired, 5 cars preserved, 48 in work service

1971–1988

Contract number	Details	Unit number	Manufactured	Year manufactured	Status
R43	45-ton diesel-electric locomotives	60–62	General Electric	1971	In service
R44	Passenger cars	5202–5479 (NYCT) 388–435, 436–466 (even) (SIR)	St. Louis Car	1971–1973	NYCT cars retired, 5240 preserved, SIR cars in service
R45	Crane cars	C218–C219	Atlas Car Manufacturing Co.	1973	Retired
R46	Passenger cars	5482–6258	Pullman	1975–1978	In service
R47	45-47-ton diesel-electric locomotives	63–70, N1–N2	General Electric	1975	In service
R48	Rail derrick cars & flat cars	C212–C213 (rail derrick cars) F224–F225 (flat cars)	Maxson Corp	1977	Retired
R49	Flat cars	F165–F184	Maxson Corp	1972	In service
R50	Signal supply cars	Never purchased (became the R74)
R51A	Flat cars	F142–F149	Maxon Corp	1976	In service
R51B	Flat cars	F185–F199	Maxon Corp	1976	In service
R52	45-ton diesel-electric locomotives	71–82	General Electric	1977	In service
R53	Crane cars (1 ton)	C251–C255	Fuji Heavy Industries	1979	In service
R54	Supply cars	Never purchased
R55	Passenger cars	Never purchased, but rebranded as R68 & R68A
R56	Two-car rail welding unit	W301–W302	Maxson Corp	1981	In service
R57	Self-propelled crane car
R58	Flat cars (for refuse)	RF01–RF27	Fuji Heavy Industries	1983	In service
R59	Track geometry car	TGC1	Plasser	1984	In service
R60	Track gang car	Never purchased
R61	Self-propelled crane cars	C211, C216	Fuji Heavy Industries	1983	Retired
R62	Passenger cars	1301–1625	Kawasaki Heavy Industries	1983–1985	In service, 1366/1370 preserved
R62A	Passenger cars	1651–2475	Bombardier Transportation	1984–1987	In service, 1366/1370 preserved
R63	Track Geometry Car	TGC2	Plasser	1988	In service
R64	Door operator mechanism
R65	Pump cars	PC01–PC03	Kawasaki Heavy Industries/New York Rail Car	1989	In service
R66	Tank cars	T204–T206	Fuji Heavy Industries	1983	In service
R67	Fabricated trucks (became R84–R87)
R68	Passenger cars	2500–2924	Westinghouse-Amrail-ANF	1986–1988	In service
R68A	Passenger cars	5001–5200	Kawasaki Heavy Industries	1988–1989	In service

1989–1998

Contract number	Details	Unit number	Manufacturer	Year manufactured	Status
R69	Prototype air conditioning for 8 B-Division passenger cars	Never purchased
R70	Ballast cars	Never purchased
R71	35 rider cars, 6 de-icer cars, 3 hose cars, 6 reach cars (passenger car conversions)	RD321–RD361 (rider, hose, and de-icer cars)	MTA (in-house)		Hose/reach & de-icer cars in service
R72	Flat cars	F200–F218, F221–F223, PF219–PF220	Garrett Corp	1983	In service
R73	Crane cars (2 tons)	C256–C258	Fuji Heavy Industries	1984	In service
R74	Signal supply cars	S01–S02	Fuji Heavy Industries	1984	In service
R75	5 diesel locomotives	Never purchased
R76	Door modernization 900 cars (R26, R28, R29, R33, R36)
R77	Model SL50 diesel locomotives	883–902	General Electric	1983	In service
R77E	Model SL50E electric locomotives (5 from R83 contract)	E01–E10	General Electric	1983	To be rebuilt as R257
R78	Rail grinding car	RG24A1-1	Fairmont Rail	1983	Presumed retired
R79	Self-propelled rail changer	C259	Plasser	1985	Retired
R80	Hopper cars	H280–H297	Maxson Corp	1983	In service
R81	10 rider cars (passenger car conversions)	Incorporated into R71 contract
R82	4 flat cars	Incorporated into R72 contract
R83	5 electric locomotives & passenger cars	Electric locomotives incorporated into R77E contract, passenger cars never purchased
R84–R87	2 prototype & 8 production trucks				Production trucks cancelled
R88	14 rail car movers				1 purchased
R89	Rail grinding car	RG24A1-12	Fairmont Rail	1985	Presumed retired
R90–R93	Pilot overhauls (4 cars)
R94	Used flat cars	Cancelled
R95	Revenue collection car-locker car pairs (passenger car conversions)	0R714/1R714–0R723/1R723	MTA (in-house)	1988	Retired, 0R714/1R714 preserved
R96	Overhaul 43 flat cars
R97	1 vacuum train	Cancelled
R98	Retrofit traction motors
R99	Same as R29
R100	2 crane cars	Never purchased
R101	Reconditioned flat cars	F500–F529	LB Foster	1987	In service
R101A	Reconditioned flat cars	F531–F532	NYCT (in-house)	2001	In service
R102	Crane cars (10 tons)	C272–C280	Thrall Car Manufacturing Company	1989	In service
R103	Track ballast gondola cars	D437–D439	LB Foster	1990	In service
R104	Overhaul 13 locomotives, upgrade 22 other locomotives
R105	1 ballast distributor
R106	New car design – future cars	Incorporated into R110 contract
R107	New car design – lightweight trucks
R108	New car design – propulsion controls
R109	New car design – auxiliary systems
R110A	Prototype new technology passenger cars	8001–8010	Kawasaki	1992	Retired, 6 in work service, 4 pending work service
R110B	Prototype new technology passenger cars	3001–3009	Bombardier Transportation	1992	Retired, 3001/3004–3006/3008 used for training
R111	Funding/purchasing 2 cranes
R112	Dynamometer for track testing	Never purchased
R113	Crane cars (3 tons)	C260–C271	Thrall Car Manufacturing Company	1991	In service
R114	20 flat cars	Cancelled
R115	Prototype air conditioning unit designing & testing	Cancelled
R116	Hopper cars	H310–H319	Thrall Car Manufacturing Company	1989	In service
R117	10 diesel-electric locomotives	Cancelled (design stage for R120)
R118	3 hopper cars	Incorporated into R116 contract
R119	2 crane cars (10 tons)	Incorporated into R102 contract
R120	Diesel-electric locomotives	L903–L909	Republic Locomotive Works	1990–1991	In service
R121	Overhaul 22 flat cars and 2 crane cars
R122	Overhaul 18 R51 flat cars
R123	Continuous welded rail trains	ACR01–ACR08, BCR01–BCR08, CCR01–CCR08, DCR01–DCR08	MTA (in-house)	1989	Retired
R124	Ballast tampers cars	TP231–TP233			In service
R125	Model PBR-550 ballast regulator cars	BR002–BR003	Plasser		Presumed retired
R126	Same as R47 & R52
R127	Refuse train propulsion cars	EP001–EP010	Kawasaki	1990–1991	In service
R128	Same as R123
R129	Overhead cranes (for shop)
R130	Same as R110A
R131	Same as R110B
R132	Replace Coney Island Yard cranes (planning MW104111)
R133	Same as R58
R134	Refuse train propulsion cars	EP011–EP018	Kawasaki	1994–1996	In service
R135	Overhaul 4 diesel locomotives
R136	Same as R59 & R63
R137	Vacuum trains	VT101–VT105, VT201–VT205	Socofer/Neu Transf'Air	1997 (VT1xx) 2000 (VT2xx)	Presumed retired
R138	Overhaul 18 hopper cars
R139	Overhaul 4 refuse flat cars
R140	Rail grinding train	RG101–RG103	Harsco Track Technologies/Pandrol Jackson	2008	Presumed retired
R141	Flat cars	SIRT501–SIRT506, F601–F638	AMF Technotransport	1997	In service

1999–2019

All passenger rolling stock made in this time period are New Technology Trains.

Contract number	Details	Unit number(s)	Manufacturer	Year ordered	Year manufactured	Status
R142	Passenger cars	6301–6980 (primary order) 6981–7180, 1101–1250 (option order)	Bombardier Transportation	January 1997 (primary order) March 1997 (option order)	1999–2002 (primary order) 2002–2003 (option order)	In service
R142A		7211–7610 (primary order) 7611–7730 (option order) 7731–7810 (supplemental order)	Kawasaki	August 1997 (primary order) October 1997 (option order)	1999–2002 (primary order) 2002–2003 (option order) 2004–2005 (supplemental order)	In service
R143		8101–8200 (primary order) 8201–8312 (option order)	Kawasaki	1998	2001–2003	In service
R144	Funding for heavy shop equipment			1998	Funding only
R145	R72 overhaul program			1998		Complete
R146	Snow thrower cars	ST101–ST102	RPM Tech	1999	2003	In service
R148	Ballast tamping cars	TP236–TP239	Plasser	1999	2003	In service
R149	Overhaul 9 crane cars			1999		Cancelled
R152	Track geometry cars	TGC3–TGC4	Plasser	2004, 2006	2005–2006	In service
R153	Funding for R161 conversion program			1999	Order only
R155	Same as R102 & R113
R156	Model MP8AC-3 diesel-electric locomotives	OL912–OL939	MotivePower	2006	2012–2013	In service
R157	Flat cars (16 for continuous welded rail to replace remaining R123s)	F640–F677, ACR01–ACR08, BCR01–BCR08	Kawasaki	2001	2008–2009	In service
R159	Same as R71
R160A	Passenger cars	8313–8652, 9943–9974 (4 car sets) 8653–8712 & 9233–9802 (5 car sets)	Alstom	2003	2005–2010	In service
R160B	Passenger cars	8713–9232, 9803–9942	Kawasaki	2003	2005–2010	In service
R161	Rider cars (passenger car conversions)	RD400–RD441	MTA (in-house)	January 2000		In service
R162	Crane cars (1 ton)	C281–C292	Harsco Track Technologies		2008	In service
R164	Funding for R188 option cars			2008	Funding only
R169	Procuring for 2 AC dynamometers			2008	Funding only
R170	3 overhead cranes			2009
R172	Model PBR-550T ballast regulator cars	BR004–BR005	Plasser	2009	2013	In service
R174	Same as R156 (19 locomotives)
R175	Replace shop equipment			2009		Complete
R177	Funding for third vacuum train (pre-design phase)			2010	Funding only
R179	Passenger cars	3010–3327	Bombardier Transportation	2008	2016–2019	In service
R181	207th Street Overhaul Shop cranes & equipment			2010–2014 Capital Program
R182	AC/DC Traction Motor Dynamometers			2010–2014 Capital Program
R188	Passenger cars	7211–7590 (conversions) 7811–7898 (new sets) 7899–7936 (new "C" cars)	Kawasaki	2008	2010–2016	In service
R190	Snow thrower cars	ST301–ST308	RPM Tech		2013	In service
R192	Shop equipment replacement			2013	TBD	Under planning
R193	Shop equipment replacement			2017	TBD	Under planning
R194	Shop equipment replacement			2017	TBD	Under planning

2020–present

Contract number	Details	Unit number(s)	Manufacturer	Year ordered	Year manufactured	Status
R211	Passenger cars	100–174 3400–4499	Kawasaki Rail Car Corp.	2011	2021–present	In service
R251	Unpowered vacuum trains	VT301–VT303, VT401–VT403, VT501–VT503	Socofer/Neu Transf'Air	2015	2018	In service
R252	Flat cars (to replace R49, R51, R72, R101, & R141 tentatively)	F801–F944	Harsco Rail	2017	2019–2021	In service
R253	3-ton crane cars (to replace R113s)	C301–C312	Arva Industries	2017	TBD	Under delivery
R254	Refuse flat cars (to replace R58s)	(27 units)	TBD	2017	TBD	Under planning
R255	Diesel-electric locomotives	HL001–HL025	MotivePower	2020	2023–present	Under delivery
R256	Signal supply cars (to replace R74s)	(2 units)	TBD	2017	TBD	Under planning
R257	Diesel-electric locomotives (R77E conversions)	(10 units)	Cad Railway Industries	2020	TBD	Under planning
R259	10-ton crane cars (to replace R102s)	(9 units)	TBD	2022	TBD	Under planning
R262	Passenger cars	approximately 1,500 cars (1,140 to replace R62s and R62As; remainder for fleet expansion)	TBD	TBD	TBD	Under planning
R268	Passenger cars	355 cars	TBD	TBD	TBD	Under planning

Car types that currently have CBTC: R143, R160, R188, and R211.
Car types that will have CBTC in the future: R142, R142A, R179, R262, and R268.

References

"R-Type Cars 1932 to 1987". thejoekorner.com.
Renumbered to F401–F406
"Datasheet (41-42) from NYCT Revenue & Non-Revenue Car Drawings".
Renumbered to F407–F410
"Datasheet (07-10)".
Renumbered to 20176–20177 in 1966
1803–1852 renumbered to 2950–2999 in 1970
Renumbered from X104–X106 & 20151–20153
Renumbered from X107–X110 & 20141–20144
Renumbered from X111–X141 & 20048–20051/20053–20078
Renumbered from H150–H179 & 20092–20121
"Subway Guide 2000". August 27, 2014.
R11 rebuilds (1965)
Renumbered from 20600–20614
"Img_9156". June 17, 2019.
Renumbered from 100–387
Renumbered from 500–1227 & 1228–1278 (even)
R29 rebuilds (1985–1987)
https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemid=620&acctid=17125
R47 & R52 overhaul program
R123 overhaul program (for CCR & DCR only)
R58 overhaul program
R59 & R63 overhaul program
https://new.mta.info/document/25251 page 140
"R34140 PURCHASE ONE RAIL GRINDER $1M - $5M". www.mta.nyc.ny.us. New York City Transit. July 4, 1997. Archived from the original on July 4, 1997. Retrieved September 18, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"R34144 PURCHASE/REPLACE SHOP EQUIPMENT VARIOUS LOCATIONS $1M- $5M". www.mta.nyc.ny.us. New York City Transit. January 27, 1998. Archived from the original on January 27, 1998. Retrieved September 18, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
TGC3 only
TGC4 only
R102 & R113 overhaul program (2001)
R71 overhaul program (2001, de-icer & reach cars only)
http://www.thejoekorner.com/cars/r34188sol.pdf
http://web.mta.info/mta/capital/pdf/eotf_0313_0913.pdf
http://web.mta.info/nyct/procure/addenda/151337add4.pdf
http://web.mta.info/mta/capital/pdf/eotf_0618-0519.pdf
"Key equipment in tackling subway trash fires is way behind schedule". ABC7 New York. February 5, 2018.
http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/archive/160321_1030_Transit.pdf master page 121
https://new.mta.info/document/85816
^ "MTA – Eye on the Future". web.mta.info.
https://new.mta.info/document/17556
Optional additional 45 units under consideration
https://new.mta.info/document/89816
"Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
^ "2025-2029 Capital Plan". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2024. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
"NON-CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT SOLICITATION NOTICE". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.

External links

nycsubway.org New York City Subway Cars
Pre-Unification Cars (BMT)
Pre-Unification Cars (IRT)
R-Type Cars 1932 to 1987
R-Type Cars 1999 to Present (NTT)
'R' Type Roster Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (includes non-train contracts)
Roster of Rolling Stock Contracts
NYCTA Work Cars 2013
Korman, Joe (December 4, 2017). "IRT Car Assignments". JoeKorNer.
Korman, Joe (January 12, 2018). "BMT-IND Car Assignments". JoeKorNer.
Korman, Joe (November 6, 2016). "New York City Subway Car Fleet June 2010 through November 2016". JoeKorNer.

New York City Subway rolling stock

Current

A Division	R62 R62A NTT R142 R142A R188
B Division / SIR	R44 R46 R68 R68A NTT R143 R160 R179 R211

Future

A Division	R262
B Division	R268

Retired
(R-type)

IRT (A Division)	R12 R14 R15 R17 R21 R22 Redbirds R26 R28 R29/R99 R33 R33S R36 Train of Many Colors
IND / BMT (B Division)	R1–9s R1 R4 R6 R7 R9 R10 R16 Redbirds R27 R30 R32 R38 R40 R42 Train of Many Metals

Retired
(private operators)

IRT (A Division)

Elevated	Manhattan El MUDC
Subway	Composite Gibbs Hi-V Deck Roof Hi-V Hedley Hi-V Steinway Lo-V Flivver Lo-V Standard Lo-V World's Fair Lo-V

BMT (B Division) / SIR

Elevated	BU cars C-type Q-type Queens car
Subway	AB Standard Bluebird Compartment Car D-type Triplex MS Multi-section car SIRT ME-1

Experimental

Work trains

Never built

See also: R-type contracts

New York City Subway

Current
services

Shuttles	42nd Street Franklin Avenue Rockaway Park
Planned

Defunct
services

1985–present
Pre-1985	8 9 (Dyre Avenue) AA BB CC EE (Eighth Avenue) EE (Broadway) GG HH (Court Street) JJ K (Jamaica) KK LL MJ NX QB QJ QT RJ RR T TT
Shuttles	Bowling Green Broadway/63rd Street Culver Grand Street Nassau Street Polo Grounds Sixth Avenue/63rd Street
BMT numbers	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Brooklyn Loops East New York Loop
Unused labels	Unused New York City Subway service labels

Stations (List)

By borough	The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens
By type	Closed Terminals Transfer Accessible

Divisions

A Division
- IRT
B Division
- BMT
- IND

Other lists

History

Early history	IRT BMT BRT Dual Contracts
Expansions	MTA Capital Construction and Development Company Chrystie Street Connection Interborough Express Program for Action 7 Subway Extension Second Avenue Subway Historic proposals Construction Other proposals LaGuardia Airport extension
Notable crashes	Ninth Avenue, 1905 Malbone Street, 1918 Times Square, 1928 Union Square, 1991 Williamsburg Bridge, 1995 96th Street, 2024
Strikes	1966 1980 2005
Service disruptions	2017–2021 New York City transit crisis 2019–2020 L train shutdown
Other major incidents	1984 shooting 2000 lawsuit 2017 bombing 2020 fire 2022 attack 2023 killing