AB Standard (New York City Subway car)

what is it?

The AB Standard was a New York City Subway car class built by the American Car and Foundry Company and Pressed Steel Car Company between 1914 and 1924. It ran under the operation of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) and its successors, which included the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), the New York City Board of Transportation, and the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA). The cars were designed following the signing of the Dual Contracts, which called for a major expansion of the BRT. A total of 950 cars were built.

who runs it

Brooklyn Rapid Transit CompanyBrooklyn–Manhattan Transit CorporationNYNew York City Board of TransportationNew York City Transit AuthorityNew York City Subway

base stats

• power 104 kWpower output
• weight 43.7 tin working order
• seats 182passengers
• built 950made in total

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 111 years ago, in 1915.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏20.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 182: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• ⌛Served for 54 years (1915–1969).

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built

1915

in service from

1915

retired

1969

status

retired

number built

950

kind

metro

traction

electric

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Pressed Steel Car Company, American Car and Foundry Company

operators

Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, New York City Board of Transportation, New York City Transit Authority, New York City Subway

top speed

—

power

104 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

formation

See letter designations below

length

20.4 m

weight

43.7 t

capacity

182 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.