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R8A (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by St. Louis Car Company· from 1939· retired class of New York City Subway car
what is it?
The R8A was a class of New York City Subway revenue cars built in 1939 by the St. Louis Car Company, and used to gather and transport tokens from stations along the IND division. 66 and 67 were the only two cars built.
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 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1939
- in service from
- 1939
- number built
- 2
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- St. Louis Car Company
- operators
- Independent Subway System, New York City Board of Transportation
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 13.4 m
- weight
- 27.1 t
- capacity
- 9 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274944, Wikipedia: R8A (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.