An R32 car being built. The cars predated the advent of subway air conditioning, with which they were retrofitted in the 1980s. They’ve ran on lettered lines across the city, and in recent years ...

A train buff and former MTA cleaner with a history of trespassing arrests on NYC Transit property was ... train yard in 2022 where he was photographing decommissioned R32 “Brightliner” subway ...

Even if you’ve never visited New York City, much less navigated its tunneled underbelly, there’s a good chance you recognize its subway cars.Rolling around since 1964, the R32 (no, not the ...

MTA retires old subway cars 00:42. NEW YORK-- It's the end of the line for many of the old "Brightliner" subway cars that remain in New York City railyards.. They're being floated on barges to ...

The notoriously ancient R32 train cars, which were introduced in the 1960s and still run along the C line, will soon be a thing of the past. The New York Post reports that some of those cars will ...

WNYC reporter Jen Carlson did not report on the vandalism in her Dec. 21 story in the station’s companion publication Gothamist, but she did report the enthusiasm of the riders: “With a stainless ...

Case in point: The MTA just announced that after 58 years in service, the R32 subway cars—also known as the Brightliners given the horizontal shiny and unpainted stainless exteriors they were ...

The R32 cars are currently 47 years old and already well past the standard expected useful life of 40 years. Now these cars will be required to remain in service for at least another 6 years until ...

The R32 is, not surprisingly, a favorite of train nerds, as well as of subway professionals. All of the subsequent New York City subway cars—including the glitzy R179s slated to replace the R32s ...