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R38 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by St. Louis Car Company· from 1966· class of New York City Subway car
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NYCSubway4143: Adam E. Moreira· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. R38 NYTM: TriStateGuy· CC BY 4.0
- 3. NYCS R38 exterior: Photo by Robert McConnell· Public domain
- 4. R38 3992a: GK tramrunner229· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. R38 4028 (Picture 2): R38R40· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. R38 4028: R38R40· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. R38 C train at 81st Street-Museum of Natural History Station: The Legendary Ranger at English Wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The R38 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1966 to 1967 for the IND/BMT B Division. Two hundred were built in married pairs.
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 60 years ago, in 1966.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 43 years (1966–2009).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1966
- in service from
- 1966
- retired
- 2009
- status
- retired
- number built
- 200
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- St. Louis Car Company
- operators
- New York City Subway
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 86 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Married Pairs
- length
- 18.3 m
- weight
- 35.1 t
- capacity
- 50 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274674, Wikipedia: R38 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.