R62A (NYCS car)
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An R62A train on the
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Interior of an R62A car, with blue replacement seats as a part of an SMS program.
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| In service | 1985–present |
| Manufacturer | Bombardier Transportation |
| Built at | La Pocatière, Quebec; Auburn, New York; Barre, Vermont (final assembly) |
| Family name | SMEE |
| Replaced | R17, R21, R22 |
| Constructed | 1984–1987 |
| Entered service | May 29, 1985 (under CAP) |
| Number built | 825 |
| Number in service | 824 (713 in revenue service during rush hours) |
| Number scrapped | 1 (1909) |
| Formation | 5-car sets (1651–1900, 1961–2475) singles or 3-car sets (1901-1960) |
| Fleet numbers | 1651-2475 |
| Capacity | 42 (A Car, full-width cab at one end) 44 (B Car, half-width cabs at both ends) |
| Operator(s) | New York City Subway |
| Depot(s) |
240th Street Yard (375 cars) Corona Yard (34 cars) Livonia Yard (20 cars) Pelham Yard (395 cars) |
| Service(s) assigned |
– 310 cars (31 trains) – 360 cars (36 trains) – 22 cars (2 trains) – 10 cars (3 trains) |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Stainless steel with fiberglass end bonnets |
| Train length | 3-car train: 153.12 feet (46.67 m) 4-car train: 204.16 feet (62.23 m) 10-car train: 510.4 feet (155.6 m) 11-car train: 561.44 feet (171.13 m) |
| Car length | 51.04 feet (15.56 m) |
| Width | 8.60 feet (2,621 mm) |
| Height | 11.89 feet (3,624 mm) |
| Platform height | 3.65 ft (1.11 m) |
| Doors | 6 per car |
| Maximum speed | 55 mph (89 km/h) |
| Weight | 75,550 lb (34,270 kg) |
| Traction system | Adtranz E-Cam Propulsion with 4 Westinghouse 1447J motors per car |
| Power output | 115 hp (85.8 kW) per axle |
| Acceleration | 2.5 miles per hour per second (4.0 km/(h·s)) |
| Deceleration | 3.0 miles per hour per second (4.8 km/(h·s)) (Full Service) 3.2 miles per hour per second (5.1 km/(h·s)) (Emergency) |
| Auxiliaries |
SAFT NIFE PR80F Battery SAFT SMT8 Battery |
| Electric system(s) | 625 V DC Third rail |
| Current collection method | Contact shoe |
| Braking system(s) | NYAB GSX23 Newtran “COBRA SMEE” Braking System NYAB Tread Brake Unit |
| Safety system(s) | emergency brakes |
| Coupling system | Westinghouse H2C |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
The R62A is a New York City Subway car built between 1984 and 1987 by Bombardier in La Pocatiere, Quebec, with final assembly done in Auburn, New York and Barre, Vermont under a license from Kawasaki. The R62As replaced the R17s, R21s, and R22s (built from 1954–1958), which were all retired by early 1988.
The R62As are numbered 1651-2475. The cars were originally single cars with functioning cabs at both ends; however all running on the 1 (based at 240th Street Yard in the Bronx) and the 6 (based at the Westchester Yard in the Bronx) were linked as 5-car sets, with a full-width cab at each end. The five-car sets, however, retain their intermediate half-width cabs in the remaining cab positions. This leaves the 7 (based at Corona Yard in Queens) with the only R62As that operate as single cars (mainly in the 1901-1960 range), in order to make 11-car trains.
Twenty cars (1927-1933, 1935-1937, 1940-1941, 1945-1946, 1950-1953, and 1955-1956) are reserved to run in service on the 42nd Street Shuttle, which uses three and four-car trains; ten of these are used at a time while the rest are stored at Livonia Yard in Brooklyn.
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