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R26 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Car and Foundry Company· from 1959· class of New York City Subway car
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MTA NYC Subway ACF R26 cars 7774-7775: Mtattrain· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The R26 was a New York City Subway car model built by American Car and Foundry from 1959 to 1960 for the IRT A Division. A total of 110 cars were built, arranged in married pairs. The R26s entered service on October 12, 1959, and received air conditioning by 1982.
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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 44 years (1959–2003).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1959
- in service from
- 1959
- retired
- 2003
- status
- retired
- number built
- 110
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Car and Foundry Company
- operators
- New York City Subway
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 86 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC Third rail
- formation
- Semi-Married Pairs
- length
- 15.6 m
- weight
- 31.8 t
- capacity
- 44 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274463, Wikipedia: R26 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.