NYC subway rolling stock

Hi, i have a few questions abuot the NYC rolling stock:

i've seen many pics of grafitti trains in NYC.
there where some of old silver trains whith round windows in the doors.
how are they called? when and where did they run? are there still cars
preserved in any museums or for heritage tours?
where can i get lists whith fotos of all NYC subway rolling stock types?
the best was a book about this.

i badly need this informations

thanks a lot for your efforts and nice greetings from berlin
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http://www.nycsubway.org is an excellent resource that has all of the information you are asking for (and much more as well).

Direct links on the site to information about rolling stock:

Current fleet: http://nycsubway.org/cars/currentfleet.html
Retired fleet (after unification of the individual rapid transit companies): http://nycsubway.org/cars/postunification.html
Retire fleet (before unification): http://nycsubway.org/cars/preunification.html

Here is a link to the subway museum:

http://www.mta.info/mta/museum/

Thanks a lot, these sites are great and the pictures are unique !!!

I hope to visit NYC one time, it must be the greatest city in USA

I found "my" type its the R11 but there are much better types p.e.the ancient R6 and the other very oldscool cars.
you have a really fascinating transportsystem. here in berlin, the most is cleaned and modernised. keep your town exciting!!!

On a related note, I was wondering if there was an up-to-date listing of where these cars are based out of (ie. which yards have what series of cars). I'm hoping to get to Yankee Stadium sometime this summer and would like to know what's used on the B/D and 4.

ctrabs74 wrote:On a related note, I was wondering if there was an up-to-date listing of where these cars are based out of (ie. which yards have what series of cars). I'm hoping to get to Yankee Stadium sometime this summer and would like to know what's used on the B/D and 4.

A-R32, R44, R46 (207/Pitken)

B-R68/A (Coney Island)

C-R32(207/Pitken)

D-R68(Concourse)

E- R160 (Jamacia)

F-R32, R46, R160(Jamacia)

G-R46 (single unit of 4 cars, OPTO on weekends) (Jamacia)

H(AKA Rockaway Park S) R44 (Pitken)

J-R42, R160A-1 (East New York)

L-R143,R160A-1(East New York/Canarsie)

M-R160A-1 (East New York/Fresh Pond)

N-R160A-2/160B(Coney Island)

Q-R68A,R160A-2/106B(Coney Island)

R-R32, R40M, R46(Jamacia)

S (Aka Fanklin Ave Shuttle)- R68(Coney Island)

V-R32, R40, R46 (Jamacia)

W-R160A-2/160B(Coney Island)

Z-R42, R160A-1(East New York)

1-R62A(240th street)

2-R142(238th street)

3-R62(Livonia/148th street)

4-R62 (one in a blue moon), R142/A(Jerome)

5-R142(Unionport/East 180th/238th street)

6-R142A(Westchester)

7-R62A(Corona)

8/0 (aka 42nd Street shuttle)-R62 (148 street)

(updated 10/09)