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R46
R46 W train at 30th Avenue.jpg
In service 1975-now
Family name SMEE
Constructed 1975-1978
Specifications
Track gauge 1,435mm

The R46 is a New York City Subway car model that was built by the Pullman Standard Company from 1975 to 1978 for the IND/BMT B Division. They replaced all remaining Arnine cars and GE-powered R16s, and some R10s. The R46 order initially consisted of 754 single cars, each 75 feet (23 m) long, and was the largest single order of passenger cars in United States railroad history at the point of the fleet's completion. The R46 was the second order of 75-foot cars to be ordered for the New York City Subway, after the R44s.


Images for kids

  • Rockaways Test Train (8880137906)

    Inside the cab of an R46 car

  • We hope you'll be proud R46 poster

    Poster celebrating the new R46 cars

  • R46 Builder Plate, 1991

    Plaque showing overhaul of the R46

  • R46 C Train LCD Exterior View

    The current LCD side destination sign. This replaces the original rollsign-based side destination signs on the cars prior to the cars' overhauls

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