The R27 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1960 to 1961 for the IND/BMT B Division. A total of 230 cars were built, arranged in married pairs . Two versions were manufactured: Westinghouse (WH)-powered cars …

Coupling/Numbering Arrangement: All married pairs. The last of the R-30 cars were retired from passenger service in 1993. The Electric Railroaders' Association sponsored a Farewell to the R-30 fan trip. There are 861 photos available. Location: 30th/Grand Aves. Equipped early with individual guard lights for each door leaf.

A train of R27's leaves Jamaica terminal on the old Jamaica el in 1971. Thru service to Jamaica is now history. A four car train of graffiti-ridden R27s runs southbound between Broadway Junction and Atlantic Ave. on the 14th St-Canarsie line. The date is April 6, 1983.

R27: 8020–8249 St. Louis Car 1960–1961 Retired R28: 7860–7959 American Car & Foundry 1960–1961 Retired, 7924–7927 preserved R29: 8570–8805 ... 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 [18] R100:

There were also 550 cars on the B Division lines: R27 and R30/A, making a grand total of 1,960 cars built. All were built by the American Car and Foundry Company and the St. Louis Car Company.

Oct 23, 2013 · Today, history was made in which the last remaining R27 subway car, car number 8145 was removed from NYCT property - some 23 years after 229 of its sister cars were removed and scrapped. 8145 did her last years as a School Car, first at 36th Street Yard in the 1990s, and then later at Pitkin Yard.

Lionel is proud to offer the New York City Transit Authority R27 Subway Cars. Coupled in semi-permanent married pairs, these cars entered service in 1960 and often traveled to Manhattan through the tunnel, as indicated by the QT designation on the sign board.

Under license from the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the set features cars with operating doors, prototypical lighting and destination boards, and RailSounds announcements of the stops along the line that serviced Lionel’s New York City offices.

Feb 10, 2009 · The R27/R30/R30A retired because they were in bad shape/poor condition and it had no AC and they were replaced by the R68/R68A. When the R44/R46 GOH was over in 1992 then the R30 retired in 1993 since the R68/R68A were replacing them.

The R27 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1960 to 1961 for the IND/BMT B Division. A total of 230 cars were built, arranged in married pair s. Two versions were manufactured: Westinghouse (WH)-powered cars …