NYCT IRT Main!Line R36s 9542 & 9543 with R17 6609         
9542 and 9543 are 1965 model "Main Line" Westinghouse R36 IRT passenger units built by St. Louis Car, delivered 2/1965. Last new build passenger rail equipment in North America with conventional sash windows, 9543 tested Westinghouse E-Cam DC traction in 1988, later installed on GOH R44s (1991) and now on all R62s, R62As, R68s and R68As. 9642-43 are in New York Transit Museum fleet (as of 2004). 6609 is a 1955 model GE R17 IRT passenger unit built by St. Louis Car (in NYTM fleet since 1976).
Date: 7/11/2017 Location: New York, NY Views: 73 Collection Of:   Kevin Wong
Author:  Kevin Wong
NYCT IRT Main!Line R36s 9542 & 9543 with R17 6609
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