#1969
C-type (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Laconia Car Company· from 1923· 1923 New York City Subway car series
🚇 metro retired
what is it?
The C-type was a series of elevated New York City Subway cars originally built by the Osgood-Bradley, Laconia, and Jewett car companies, and rebuilt by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company between 1923 and 1925 from former BU 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 103 years ago, in 1923.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 41.8 m long: about 9 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 33 years (1923–1956).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923
- in service from
- 1923
- retired
- 1956
- status
- retired
- number built
- 90
- kind
- metro
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Laconia Car Company, Jewett Car Company, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
- operators
- Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, New York City Board of Transportation, New York City Transit Authority
- top speed
- —
- power
- 149 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Three-car sets
- length
- 41.8 m
- weight
- 34.9 t
- capacity
- 46 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5005970, Wikipedia: C-type (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.