Favorite Subway Car

I though the last trip was 1991, but I also guess that 1990 or 1989 was the last R10 regular-basis run, maybe used for one or two fantrips afterwards. Just my guess though.

I also like the slanted R40's too.

what are the new subway cars on the 4 and 6? (IRT specs)

The R32 was the design that revolutionized the subway car. Light, fast, attractive... it really hasn't been bettered. The city made a big mistake with the longer, heavier cars in later years -- should have stuck with R32's or derivatives.

None of the Above ....

All time = Mine would be the BMT Standard.
Still operational = R-17 #6688

Any car that is clean, in good working order to get over the road, and has functioning climate control gets my vote—whether railfan-window-equipped or no.

every night I stay over at my parents I can hear this noise: "clank-clank-Clank-Clank-CLANK-CLANK WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE- This is a manhattan-bound 6 train. The next stop is 86th street. WEAEAEAEAEAEAEEA-OOOOOOOOOi-oooooooooi"
Is that stupid noise the R132 makes or the R132A

Yes, that would be it. But you're messing up your numbers. Its the R142 and R142A

Robert Paniagua wrote that the R32 were the Bluebirds. The R36 World's Fair cars when delivered in 1964, were known as this. The R36 cars were built by St. Louis, not Pullman-Standard.

The R32s were known as Brightliners. And to "The Catenary Type", that is a pretty good impression of those cars, they do have a whiny sound to them!

Maybe I'm the only one (in the world, lol), but my favorite NYC subway car is the R44. I love the way it looks, and I just love riding on one of them. Too bad they are becoming increasinly hard to find and so many are poorly maintained.

Matt: Not to criticize a another rail-buff's taste, but humor me........ how could you like a car that you can't see out the front of?

Head-end View wrote:Matt: Not to criticize a another rail-buff's taste, but humor me........ how could a you like a car that you can't see out the front of?

I am with him on the R44, I like them. Noy my favorite type, but I like them alot.

Sometimes it's just the way the trains sound and feel, and where they run that makes you like the trains. Seeing out the front isn't everything, it's a great plus but it's not everything.

You have a point "Ninety-Eight". Even I have to admit I'm intrigued with the the LIRR M-7, and the R-142 & 143, despite their glaring deficiencies. I like the sight and sound of them, but they'll never be my favorite cars. Long live the M-1/M-3, and the R-40 with the slanted ends!

Yes, you're right, Mr. Head-End View, although I admit I caught a few R44s with the railfan window exposed enough to see through the front! And even the R46 and R68-68A! I've seen their cab door windows sometimes uncovered enough for me to see through just like its older trains .

The R-68/68A's are interesting cars too. When they were new, they often ran with the small cab forward, so they were still good buff cars, but in recent years, I've only seen them with the wide cab leading. A real shame 'cause they are neat cars. Especially distinctive with their head and marker lights in a vertical arrangement, instead of the usual horizontal configuration. I sometimes think of them as "the new BMT Standards".