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R12 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Car and Foundry Company· from 1948· class of New York City Subway car
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MTA NYC R12 5760: Mtattrain· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Third Ave El R12 200th Street: Steve Zabel· CC BY 4.0
- 3. NYCS-R12: User:BlastOButter42· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The R12 was a New York City Subway car built by the American Car and Foundry Company in 1948. A total of 100 cars were built, arranged as single units. Two versions were manufactured: Westinghouse (WH)-powered cars and General Electric (GE)-powered cars.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 78 years ago, in 1948.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 33 years (1948–1981).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1948
- in service from
- 1948
- retired
- 1981
- status
- retired
- number built
- 100
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Car and Foundry Company
- operators
- New York City Board of Transportation, New York City Subway
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 75 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Single units
- length
- 15.5 m
- weight
- 33.2 t
- capacity
- 44 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274392, Wikipedia: R12 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.