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R16 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Car and Foundry Company· from 1955· class of New York City Subway car
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MTA NYC Subway "Train of Many Metals" vintage train passing Ave H: Mtattrain· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. NYCS-R16: BlastOButter42 at English Wikipedia (now W7KyzmJt at English Wikipedia )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. R16 6387: wctaiwan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. R16 TMNY: R162A 1 Train· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The R16 was a New York City Subway car model built by the American Car and Foundry Company from 1954 to 1955 for the IND/BMT B Division. A total of 200 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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1955–1987).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1955
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1987
- status
- retired
- number built
- 200
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Car and Foundry Company
- operators
- New York City Transit Authority, New York City Subway
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 75 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Single unit cars
- length
- 18.3 m
- weight
- 38.3 t
- capacity
- 70 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274419, Wikipedia: R16 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.