R9 (New York City Subway car)

R9

R9 1802 in passenger service on the former train in December 2007 for nostalgia holiday service
In service 1940 – 1977
Manufacturer American Car and Foundry (?), Pressed Steel Car Company (?)
Built at Chicago, Illinois, USA
Replaced Additional fleet for the IND Sixth Avenue Line and 3 additional cars replacing cars in a 1936 accident
Constructed 1940
Entered service 1940
Number built 153
Number preserved 3
Number scrapped 150
Fleet numbers 1650-1802 (motorized single units)
Capacity 56 (seated)
Operator(s) New York City Subway
Specifications
Car body construction Riveted steel
Car length 60 feet 2 1⁄2 inches (18.35 m)
Width 10 feet (3.05 m)
Height 12 feet 1 5⁄8 inches (3.70 m)
Platform height 3.76 ft (1.15 m)
Doors 8
Maximum speed 55 mph (89 km/h)
Weight ~ 84,575.5 lb (38,362.8 kg)
Traction system Westinghouse 570-D5 or General Electric 714-D4, 714-D5
Power output 190 hp (142 kW).
Electric system(s) 600 V DC Third rail
Current collection method Contact shoe
Braking system(s) WABCO Schedule AMUE with UE-5 universal valve, ME-23 brake stand, and simplex clasp brake rigging. WABCO D-3-F air compressor
Coupling system WABCO H2A
Headlight type incandescent light bulbs
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

The R9 was a New York City Subway car which was built in 1940 for the IND and its successors, which included the New York City Board of Transportation and the New York City Transit Authority. A total of 153 R9 (or "Arnine") cars were ordered from two different manufacturers. Cars 1650-1701 were built by American Car and Foundry, while cars 1702-1802 were built by Pressed Steel. 150 of the new cars were ordered for service on the new IND Sixth Avenue Line, which opened on December 15, 1940. The Sixth Avenue Line was the second IND Manhattan trunk line (joining the 1932 IND Eighth Avenue Line), and therefore the additional cars were needed for the new service. The remaining 3 cars in the R9 contract were ordered as replacements for 3 older IND cars (cars #212, #378, and #472) that had been damaged beyond repair as a result of a February 17, 1936 collision at the Smith–Ninth Street station.[1]

The 153 R9 cars remained the newest part of the IND fleet until the arrival of the R10 cars in 1948. The R9s were also used for service on the IND exclusively until 1968, when they were displaced by the new R40 cars, and were transferred to the East New York Yard of the Eastern Division, and were used on the former BMT J, KK, LL, M, and QJ routes until 1977 when the R9s were retired, and replaced by the R46s.

Retirement and after service life

The fleet of R9 cars stayed intact and in service until being retired from service in 1976 and 1977. The last day of R9 cars in service was on March 31, 1977 as the cars made their final run on the J train.

Following their retirement, the majority of the cars were scrapped. However, three have been preserved.

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993-01-01). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang.
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