R46 (New York City Subway Car)
The R46 is a New York City Subway car that operates on the IND and BMT routes of the New York City Subway. They were built by Pullman Standard in Chicago, Illinois in 1975–78. These cars, as well as the previous R44 were 75 feet (22.86 m) long. While most R44s had Westinghouse propulsion, the R46 had General Electric propulsion.
The R46 order was 754 single cars, numbered from 500-1278. Even cars with cabs are A cars, odd cars (without cabs) are B cars. The fleet had various problems dating back to delivery. In 1989-92, Morrison-Knudsen of Hornell, New York rebuilt 752 of the cars. The other two (1054 and 941) had been scrapped after an accident at Jamaica – 179th Street on June 4, 1987. After rebuilding, the R46s were renumbered to 5482-6258, equipped with LCD side signs, lost their MTA blue stripe paint-scheme, and arranged in linked sets of four.
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