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Flivver Lo-V (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Pullman Company· type of subway car built in 1915
what is it?
The Flivver Lo-V was a New York City Subway car type built in 1915 by the Pullman Company for the IRT and its successors, which included the New York City Board of Transportation and the New York City Transit Authority. The name Flivver originates from a slang term of the same name used during the early part of the 20th century to refer to any small car that gave a rough ride.
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
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 152: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 178
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Pullman Company
- operators
- Interborough Rapid Transit Company, New York City Board of Transportation, New York City Transit Authority
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 149 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 15.5 m
- weight
- 35.2 t
- capacity
- 152 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5459776, Wikipedia: Flivver Lo-V (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.