Re: Best peice of NYC subway equipment (207125)

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Posted by J trainloco on Tue Mar 20 22:38:23 2001, in response to Re: Best peice of NYC subway equipment,
posted by turnstiles on Tue Mar 20 02:13:13 2001.

>>but I would like to ask what were the best and worst car types<<

The worst had to be the R-16 in the 1980's. Nothing could be worse than those cars.

>>IIRC, the R-44's had MDBF's of about 7,000 soon after delievery, but you would certainly be more familair with this than I am<<

You recall correctly.

But, I've read that the R-44's were second worst during that time. The absoloute worst? R-16's. The 16's weren't the best cars when it came to MDBF in the 80's.

Best car? R-32. Why? It's still running. It'll be running for at least another 10 years. For a car to still be running shows 2 things.

1. Budd built the R-32's to last.
2. MK rebuilt the R-32's to last.

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