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NEW YORK CITY HEAVY RAIL
Subway Train, Lower
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Subway cars quite naturally
have evolved tremendously in the more than half-century in which I
have been acquainted with the system. This view of a
lightly-patronized 6 Line southbound train shows one of the newer models,
an R142A car built by Kawasaki. Once upon a time only perhaps in
one of my wilder childhood fantasies could I have contemplated the
sleek bodies, anti-graffiti measures, automated
station announcements and snazzy destination signs of the future --
and air-conditioning, which didn't make its debut until 1967.
The former IRT division is built to a more confined tunnel design than
the former BMT and IND, and thus its cars are over a foot narrower.
The two different specifications restrict the territories in which
each model car can operate.
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