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Hedley Hi-V (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Standard Steel Car Company· retired class of New York City Subway car
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- 1. Electric railway journal (1910) (14761178232): Internet Archive Book Images· No restrictions
what is it?
The Hedley Hi-V was a New York City Subway car class built from 1910 to 1911, which were motor cars, and then in 1915 an order for trailers that were numbered 4223–4514. All were built by the American Car and Foundry, Standard Steel Car Company, Pressed Steel Car Company, and Pullman Company. These were the first cars built with center doors.
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
- 15.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- retired
- 1961
- status
- retired
- number built
- 617
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Standard Steel Car Company, Pressed Steel Car Company, Pullman Company
- operators
- Interborough Rapid Transit Company, New York City Board of Transportation, New York City Transit Authority
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 149 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Singles
- length
- 15.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5750270, Wikipedia: Hedley Hi-V (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.