The R44 is a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1971 to 1973 for the B Division and the Staten Island Railway (SIR). The cars replaced many R1–9 series cars, and all remaining 1925 Standard Steel built SIRTOA ME-1 trains, providing Staten Island with a new fleet of railcars.

See detailed roster below for a table of the original numbers. The R-44 Sets a World Speed Record. On January 31, 1972, the Transit Authority used a consist of R-44 cars to conduct speed trials on the Long Island Railroad's main line tracks between Woodside and Jamaica.

May 20, 2013 · The controller is from a R46, You can tell because the R46's have a push/pull control handle and the R44's have a twist style found on the 40/42's.

Staff Trains are trains created by staff of PTA. These trains are usually non-canon. These are all admin trains currently being used. R44 Pre-GOH Flipdot R44M (VIR) R44 (French-Canadian Variant...

The car types, which were part of the MTA NYCT GOH program, are the IRT Redbirds (R26, R28, R29, R33, R33S, R36), as well as IND/BMT cars (R30 GE, R32, R38, R40, R40A, R42, R44, and R46). These cars were rebuilt between 1985 and 1993.

Aug 20, 2011 · The R44 was built from 1971 to 1973 by the St. Louis Car Company and ran on various NYC Subway Lines, notably the , , , , (S)/(H) Rockaway Park Shuttle and the Staten Island Railway. The R44 in many ways changed the face of the New York City Subway.

Jul 21, 2012 · As promised, here is the R44 Pre-GOH with the P-Wire cab and Regulated Operating Mode by Harry Daley-Young and I. As opposed to the traditional manual control with switching, series, and parallel notches, regulated mode has specific speeds set on the throttle, and advancing the controller forward to a specific notch will cause the train to ...

What do I even write here anymoreThanks to nycsubway.org for their extensive photo gallery and to all the amazing photographers who took these photos.

Apr 16, 2011 · Hello Everyone. i am making the R44 for OpenBVE, and as a concept train for UBVE for major demonstration purposes on the new train loading system. Features Full 3D Cab

Apr 22, 2022 · Second part of the R44 50th anniversary video. 3D cab by Manuel Mejias that I modified for temporary use....more.