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Q-type Queens car (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Laconia Car Company· from 1938· fleet of Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit cars
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NYCS BMT Q: BlastOButter42 at English Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. New York Transit Museum July 2013 004: King of Hearts· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Q-type and QX were a New York City Subway car class originally built by the Osgood-Bradley, Brill, Laconia, and Jewett car companies, and rebuilt in 1938 by the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) 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 88 years ago, in 1938.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 41.8 m long: about 9 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 31 years (1938–1969).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1938
- in service from
- 1938
- retired
- 1969
- status
- retired
- number built
- 114
- kind
- metro
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Laconia Car Company, Jewett Car Company, Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation
- operators
- 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 (Q) or two-car sets (QX)
- length
- 41.8 m
- weight
- 25.9 t
- capacity
- 52 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7265314, Wikipedia: Q-type Queens car (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.