The R40 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1967 to 1969 for the IND / BMT B Division. There were 400 cars in the R40 fleet, arranged in …

The R-40 "M" cars retained their smooth front, blue belt rail paint, and large rollsigns until circa 1979-1980 when the signs were changed (to the MTA color bullets) and pantograph gates …

R40: Passenger cars 4150–4349 (Originally 4150–4249, 4350–4449) St. Louis Car 1967–1969 Retired, 4280–4281 preserved ... Under the Sidewalks of New York: The Story of the Greatest …

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, …

Jun 12, 2009 · These cars designed by Raymond Loewy became rail fan favorites. With their familiar front slants and large windows, the R40s provided straphangers with a clear view out …

Feb 5, 2025 · Hop on board this latest MTH transit set at your dealerﾒs now. Itﾒll take you to Coney Island today or back to the summer of ﾒ68 ﾗ wherever youﾒd like to go. The R40's …

These last 100 R40's established a basic "MTA look" which would show not only on subway cars but on suburban commuter rail cars as well, built for cousins of the subway such as the Long …

Jan 19, 2020 · Luckily for the newly consolidated Metropolitan Transit Authority, the R40s contract hadn't been completed by the time they realized the new design was going to be a problem.

Mar 23, 2021 · In the late 1980s, the first two hundred R40s were retrofitted with A/C, as part of an MTA program to install A/C the entire fleet (except cars that were scrapped in the early …

Nov 6, 2022 · From Wikipedia: “The 200 original R40s and the first 100 R40As were unique for their futuristic 10-degree slanted end (designed by the firm Raymond Loewy and Associates) …