⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Last Runs of the R42 Type Subway Car
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- UPDATE (01/08/2020) - The R42s are temporarily back in service now. This is due to the R179 fleet being temporarily removed from service. As the R179s return to service, the R42s will be phased out.
The small remaining portion of the R42 fleet still in service on the J line was finally retired on December 30th, 2019, after over 50 years of service. A good portion of the fleet was removed from service in late December, leaving only 18, and soon after, only ten cars available for service. These ten cars (enough for one 8-car J Line consist and a spare 2 cars) soldiered on for a week or so before finally being retired after the AM rush hour. Here we see some clips of these cars in operation in their very final days of operation.
These cars have the distinction of being one of the few car types to make it to 50 years of age, a testament to excellent maintenance work performed by the MTA and an overhaul by Morrison-Knudsen in the late 1980s.
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It’s like saying goodbye to an old friend. They surely will be missed. I still remember seeing them when they were new with their dark blue belly stripe and light blue stripe over the cab window and roof. Don’t forget the large colorful route letters. A really beautiful piece of equipment that served us well for over 50 years. RIP :(
I'm definitely gonna miss them.
Even though they were gone. We still have the old God R32, I'll miss any train that retires
@@m34tgaming16 They’re both dead now
Legends indeed. We lost 2 historic NYC fleet this year. RTS buses and the R42. Hard working trains for 50 years are hard to come by. But at least some will be saved for Transit Musuem/Nostogolia rides.
Say it ain’t so! The Detroit Diesel Series 50 powered buses are gone too? I cannot get enough of that engine note.
I hated them RTS buses when I lived in New York,but I'll damn sure miss the R-42's,they were the first true air conditioned cars the NYCTA had.
well in my opinion though the RTS buses did had there issues I hated there vibrations but I actually like them .that's just my opinion.
Nostalgic*
First time I rode on this train cars , I was 3 years old when I was at the L line which used to have those slanted cars . Now as 21 year old, this really a goodbye to those cars 😞
The slant is R40, BTW.
@@JonathanChan212 he knows
When I was 7 I remember the R42s in the A line and it was real cool because at the time the A was only using R46s and R44s
Wait theres no R40
I never got a chance to ride the R38 or R44 bc i was born in 2008
As the saying goes "All good things must come to an end". I'm very thankful to ride them on every single subway line throughout the 90s and early 2000s! After 50 years of great service I will miss these subway cars! At least I still have my playlist to reminisce on the great memories I have with these trains
They were my favorite cars to ride on ever since I took my first step into that R42 J when I was little. Its sad to these now retired legends go now.
Same I don't want it to leave
Some people say they hate the R42s Kine
I wouldn’t be able to understand how they lasted such a long time, if I were alive the whole time, because 50 years is crazy long if you think about it. It’s just amazing how it’s been half a century. The R42s were really strong and I wish I was ever able to see them in passenger service.
Wow still working after 50 years! How many things in you house work after 50 years of continuous service? Kodus to the hard working subway maintenance people. Geat work!
Catlover664 Well my building was built in 1969!
@@XcelsiorFan4964 A house(building) could if, properly maintained, could last over 100 years. My house is 101 years old. I was thinking about appliences and electronics.
NYC Transit Fanner Boy The entire R32 and R42 Fleet was supposed to be retired by the R160s, but was halted due to structural frame rot issues found on the R44s. The remaining 222 R32 and 50 R42 cars continued to chug along.
NYC Transit Fanner Boy True I think this a lot about the R32s and R44s on the SIR as well and now the R46s are over 40 years old
I'm still devastated to this day that these R42s have retired. As being my favorite model and having everyone's favorite railfan window, it is simply so hard to say goodbye to. I have memories of the R40S type and those I will never forget. These trains are amazing, and I'm praying that the R32s can live another few years.
Although the R32s are crumbling, they still have at least another year left in them. My favorite feature of the R32s and R42s are not the railfan windows, but the sound the wheels make when the train comes to a stop 😎
Its a bittersweet moment seeing a well used train that has soldered on for years and years finally get retired. The sadness that the familiar is gone but excitement to be getting something new. It will be a very sad day when the last R68 is retired and it's only New Technology Trains running.
The sad thing is
I never got to ride on them.
Rip R42s the second oldest train cars in the NYCT
I hated them because it was just that and the r32 on the j but as the r179s grew more popular they grew on me
I only rode them 1 time!!!!!! So sad that they are retired😥😩😟😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Hoody Live I hated your mama too
@@ccr68lover nice😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
JELLY BEAR VALERA I only rode them a few times. Honestly, I never cared for them anyway, and I am happy to see them go. I know a lot of you do not want to see them go, but if the Subway system is to become more reliable, retirement of the cars is something that can’t wait anymore.
Miss them so bad. Used to ride them as a J in 2012 to 2014. My dad always called them the old. After school, I wouldn’t take any other train except for the R42. Sad to see them go. You served our transit system well
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how we all know the end of the railfan window era is slowly approaching.
Only A and C is left
Mac P fax
@@keeganpolar5095 its already gone
R-32s and the last cars in the museum are the only ones with RFWs left... And I have a feeling lots of fights will or have broken out over it during the special fan trips...
@@TheCloakedTiger they never put the r32s in the museum
I say, well done. The car body design was done by Sundberg-Ferar, who also designed the M-1 and R-44. The R-42, spreading all over the B division all at once, best represents the transition from pre-war/blackened old junk to a fully postwar fleet with air-conditioning. There were 400 of them plus the very similar 200 R-40 modified front cars, all built by St. Louis Car Company. The 200 R-40 slant fronts were nearly the same inside, with half being air-conditioned, also built by St. Louis. So 800 American built cars all arriving late 1967 to 1971, with no history of mechanical problems due to manufacturing defect.
Well that’s it, for the first time ever, the J and Z lines are 100% NTTs now, there are no more OTTs on the J and Z lines anymore. That means it’s possible to make that line CBTC in the future.
Like how the L is. In fact, the L train was the first line to lose all of the r42s, then was the M and finally the J/Z. Here's how it went:
L train(2007)
M train(2018)
J/Z train(2019)
Note: The r42s originally left the M line back in 2008, but I'm not sure if we could count the Myrtle el project because on the other section the M line did use r42s until 2018. And as for the L, people say that 2005 was the last time r42s ran on the L, but I think there were still a few up until 2007.
TheRealandOfficialChrisPark doesn’t the J and Z have a middle track for skip stop service because how can it do it on the tracks with local trains?
A sad day for me seeing my childhood cars passing on, I used to ride them between the cars when they served the D line way back when before the R68's I'd give anything to hear the original air release sounds before they were rebuilt
Wow..... 😯😯😯😯 I remember riding these trains when I was younger, and what better way to end the regular service after half a century to end 2019 with a bang. Thanks for the memories and RIP R42 😎👍
For those who live in the NYC Metro area.....the last R42 cars that will still be around are among the most famous train cars on the planet....4572/4573 (which were used in the chase scenes from "The French Connection") are part of the NYC Transit Museum fleet
Thanks DJ Hammer for sharing your great videos.
This closes the door on the St. Louis Car Co chapters of service to NYCTA.
The R-42’s were delivered in time to bring you to connect with their older cousins on the Flushing Line to ride to see the ‘69 World Series champs , the NY Mets.
Was hoping we could ride St. Louis Cars to one more Mets post season game , but time marches on.
It’s so sad to see these go :( , I only ever got to ride the r42s a couple of times. They have always been my favorite subway car, so thank you for making this video, it’s the best video yet on this channel. Can’t wait to see these in the transit museum at some point!
Well, that's the end of its journey. The very last St. Louis Car Company Car, And yet for 50 years we thought they would retire rapidly after 2001, but no, they still ran and stood strong, and now they're gone. ; c R.I.P.
I’m pretty sure the Staten Island R44s are St Louis Cars
@@transitvideosbayarea We know, but they are not the same, they are modified and, just don't have the same feel of the R42'S.
And r32
@@teslamodels2283 R32 And R38s are built by the Budd company, not the St Louis company
@@thecitywontsleep The R38s were built by St Louis
Honestly it's a bit hard to grasp that they are retiring, thank you R42s for the hundreds and thousands of trips in the 2000s decade on the brown M and N lines. One of my favourite cars ever! Farewell.
I remember when these were new they had a rough ride and needed attention to there bogies we had the same problem with our C stock after refurb they got new ones plus LU track started to be laid to mainline standards with concrete sleepers and continual welded rail ,still great to see the subway graffiti free and look sharp can’t wait to come over to sample it
R.I.P 1969-2019
NYC TransitFan yep
Unimasfan336 Univision909 oh look it’s Univision wassup
Hector A Hello
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And they came back...
We salute you as a thanks for your 50 year service and rest along with the r38s and the r40s
Damn I had so many good memories with the r42
RIP R42
RIP. R42 1969-2019 we had some good memories my friend you are Unforgettable
Will miss these cars. They took me to school from third grade to college and eventually a wedding and a kid later. Glad my son also had a chance to enjoy the R-42 as well.
Sad to see an old friend go. 1st rode these in 1970 or so as a very young teen. We were always excited to ride them and sometimes change trains just to do so, much to the dismay of my friend's mother. Even went so far as drawing up an IRT version of the R42; the R62's showed I almost got it right. I'm going to miss these. Thanks for your service my old friend!!!!!
The best thing is that they had to put these back in service because the R179s had to be taken out of service.
I miss these gems 4820 was the last one I rode and I think it was preserved 🙏💎
Why do you miss the R42s though?
Im glad they got a proper retirement in the end and you got to play such a cool role in it
Great video. Sad to see them go. With the style of the fiberglass end caps, I always found them to be the most attractive smee cars. Almost all of the good stuff is gone now 😔
The fact that the R42 came later than the R32 but still retired earlier than the R32
My last time riding on the R42 was a year ago. 4816 was the rail car# I was on . A bit fitting to see it leave for the retirement center for all trains.
The R42 Had to be put down he will be greatly missed 😔
The R 42 was always my favorite subway car. . I was born in New York but moved to the West Coast when I was four. Went back to visit in 1974 when I was eight years old. But never went back again until 2004, 2005, again last year. Nevertheless the R 42 was always my favorite so we car. I actually remember them back in 1974 as well.
Now: R42s retiring
2-6 Years later: r32, r44 and r46 retiring, R211s slide and replace them
2029: R62s retiring, R262s come to replace them
2035-2050: R68s retiring, Our last OTT, future New rolling stock we will never even heard before, but second av subway is completed
2060: R143s retire
2070: R160s retire
2100: MTA might have a new name, the trains are what we dont know rn, and the subway might be all around New York, even east of jamica and flushing
Is R252
Man so Much Good Memories With These Man they Will never Leave My heart man 😭💔😔
R.I.P The One and Only Subway Legends Man..
I remember these and the R40Ms on the B. Good times
Yeah! And they accumulated millions of dollars in revenue for the transit system! Thank you DJ Hammers for sharing your content and happy holidays!
I'm old enough to remember when these first came out, and back then they were primarily on the F, A, and E lines. I remember the thick blue stripes, bigger door windows, and air conditioning, a new thing for subway riders. They were a rarity on the N and B (West End) lines back then, as we had primarily R-32s, R-38s, and R1-9s on the West End.
We Going To Miss You So Much R42 J,Z Train Service
My these boys rust in peace
They will make a nice reef some where
Mathew Russell indeed like there brothers
*rest
@@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN nope pretty sure he meant rust in peace
@@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN Boodhaven Woulevard
BMT Jamaica Line is now full of NTTs
Goodbye R42 you will be missed but never forgotten 😞
I’m so glad I managed to get video of these cars on my NYC trip in 2019. I took plenty of pics and video. Sure am glad I got to experience the RFW over the bridge at least once...
F for respect to the R-42s...
R.I.P R42s, We will NEVER forget you ! ! ! 😭😭😭😭😭 🚉
@Benjamin Guanze Ye huh is that your subway car? did you build it? no
Thanks Dj Hammers; sorry I am posting this late, but I got a chance to ride this last set of R-42's as a J (not marked as a Z in 4798, which was the leading car) just around 8 am starting at Broad Street on Monday (December 30th). I hoped that maybe there would be a second set running that morning during the Z put-ins, but another set never passed by. As with other posters, I had ridden R-42's as long as I can remember (I was born in 1965). Farewell -- except that two of them are part of the Train of Many Metals. Last true RFW's are with the 32's!
R.I.P R42s I ride those to my uncle’s house for a party
Rip grey seats
I wonder if the passengers knew they were making history, sort of?
g bridgman They probably didn’t and didn’t care about them.
@@TheRailShooter well they are old from 50 years ago
@@TheRailShooter That's what I was thinking but didn't say it.
Congratulations to the last of the R42s to attain the half century mark of service. The Lackawanna electrics that ran from Hoboken to Dover, NJ, lasted 54 years with most of the original fleet in service including 3 arm chair equipped parlor cars. I didn't know any other transit electric equipment had come close to that record. What happens to these cars now? Will they be used occasionally or meet with the scrapper's torch? The NY Subway System infrastructure is a mind boggling engineering marvel. Great video. Thanks for posting. I don't know how Dj Hammers keeps track of all this stuff! :-) Happy New Decade to everyone!
@Rich Short That's interesting you experienced those Lackawanna cars, too. In 1973 they still hd 11 years of service to go and had been running 43 years! Thanks for the reply. I can't comment much on the subway cars as I don't know too much about them, but I enjoy these videos.
@Rich Short Yes, it was a huge undertaking changing over the system probably complicated by government who can never do anything quickly or even properly a good part of the time.It turned out the Arrow III cars were not compatible with some other railroads in the area. I don't recall all the details on that bu it was another "oopsie." In this case railfans got to enjoy the old electrics a bit longer. I rode them every chance I got, even short jaunts on lunch hour! I also wangeld a few rides in the parlor cars.
I never had the opportunity to ride these, because they never ran on the b line, except car 4665, but I did get to see 4665 at Coney Island yard, and visit the one surviving pair at the transit museum. I find it poetic that they’re closing exactly fifty years before New Year’s Day, and a new decade begins.
The R32’s retirement will likely be celebrated since they’re old!
I heard that they would do it in 2025
@@talwar1990 Maybe 2021/2022.
@ we still have r44's on staten island come ride them
The original R42s looked better than the renovated versions as they had the original Blue stripe painted on them. The renovated R42s were fine with the original 1969 MTA New York York City Transit insignia placed on the exterior which was a better logo than the current design from 1994. The newer logo along with the USA flags stuck on each subway car post 9/11 have ruined the visual aesthetics on the cars. Still the worst transformation was the speed reduction of all NYC subway cars starting in 1997. That's the main reason for the slow service these days. The NYC subway was built and designed for speed. Prior to 1997 the R42s had a top speed of 60MPH but now crawl at 30 MPH. Still, those trains were workhorses. I rode on them primarily on the D, L(L) and J, M, Z lines from the '70s until 2000. They will be missed.
IKR? NYC Subway had way better aesthetics before they renovated everything in the 1980s and 1990s (Which was BADLY NEEDED, BTW. The crime rate was terrible back then and the Subway was too dangerous to ride on, but that didn’t mean having to take away the Subway System’s personality. Most of the NTTs that the system has had afterwards looks way too colorless and bland.
Elaborate please on the R42s and your experience with them. I loved these trains and the rest of the OTTs and 60FT SMEES and those 60FT SMEEs were way too ahead of their time while I think that the NYC Subway has never used these trains to their full potential…
Well... there they go. The best looking cars in the system after the R40M.
No way, the 32 is the nicest
ThatGuy67 to me it’s the lemon the R179. It just looks so new and shiny.
OMG! It is so sad I feel like just the other day I was riding them. I actually did ride them before and got video of it so I'm happy I did!
Wow. First the L(2005-07), Then the M(2008;2018) and now the J/Z(2019). RIP to the r42s that served these BMT Eastern Division lines the most(1969-2019).
Well I gotta say it's been a pleasure riding the R42s on the B and C lines during my child summer years and also on the j and z line during my late high school years and early 20 years man I'm gonna miss these trains and sadly even though I never gotta a chance to rides these at least one time on the A,E,F,N and Q lines but atleast still gotta chance to ride them on the last remaining lines.
At least I had my fun with them while they lasted.
Rest in piece, warriors.. you served us very well.
Well. Now I don't have a single reason to visit the J/Z anymore.
EmperorOfNYC Check out the chambers st station! It’s finally getting remodeled!
@@TheCloakedTiger FINALLY that station looks and smells bad
I had no fun with the Nassau st line only rode R179 J train
IS IT ACTUALLY?!
13:00 did someone forgot there backpack on the last ever passenger run of the r42!?.
Sucks to be that person.
*their
It's probably the train operator's. No room in that cab.
BVGTchannel the train operator drives the train not the conductor
R.i.p I love the comfortable seating... it's like a bench
Ah I remember these trains I used to ride them they were so fun to ride they will be missed
They became synonymous with the "J" since the 90s. They replace the R16, which was the J line until they were retired. They were very similar to the R40s. But the R40s were faster (my second favorite after the R38s). The original doors had long windows until they were replace with R32/8 type doors. So long buddy! You will be surely missed.
Man I ride this the last time I think around 19 of December 2019 I was with my girlfriend but I didn't have my camera at the time I'm going to really going to miss this train it's the second oldest train many people have mistaken the R46 I remember when it was operating on the E train when the whole switch with the J train back in 2008-2009 with mix with F R V and some G train I'm really gonna miss this I hope MTA will preserve the last remaining. RIP (May 1969- December 30 2019) 50 years in service too strong to retire like the R32 Thank You
R.I.P. R42
You’re still one of my favorite at all times.
Guys you can see them in the New York City Transit Museuem
PLX Booyah, Just isn't the same
@@yojo7870 yeah to be honest I like to see them in service
There are many trains that have retired but I only saw an R33 R36 R40 R40M R46 Some MOW trains and an R68
And there were some Subway cars from the 60s and the 50s and and a few 1930s cars but I will remember all the trains that have retired and remember all their well service
I like this one more than the rest because it reminds me of denim jeans. I miss riding these so much. We need to bring them back.
sean li The 50 cars have been bought back temporarily due to door issues on the R179s. This is part of their contingency plans for incidents like this.
you should give that subway train a hug ,it wants a hug it will be lonely now
Nice! But damn, I was really hoping to see an R42 again before they were retired.
I will miss these cars, rode them many many ties on the Jamaica line. Got my last ride in on 12/19, sad to see them go even if they were very tired looking, will miss their very distinct HVAC unit sound that you would hear when riding on them.
I grew up with a lot of the subway cars built between 1948 and 2000. I will be 42 on 04/15/1978 so I've seen the NYC Subway system trains change, thge city skyline change. I hope they keep these 10 last cars at railroad museums around the NYC and the rest of the USA for memories.
R I P R42 . It was a fun ride with you
RIP R42s hope you have a great 2019
I’m hearing they’re back in service since pulling the 179s
i rode the r42 tons of times when i was little, the r42s will live on. 😔
I remember taking this train home from queens to Brooklyn as a kid in the early 2000s. It makes me sad to see them go.
It sucks pretty soon there won't be any trains to look through the front anymore (after the R32s are retired); when I was a kid i loved looking through the front of the slant trains with my grandpa
I'm glad they are gone but I'm thankful enough to be a conductor that used them on the J. A lot of the floors were rotted out in the cabs and the ceilings had holes in them.
R.I.P. R42 (1969 - 2019).
The R32 & R46 are next.
Michael Morales yep Until R211 Comes
Im not sure, if possible, the R211s would replace the R68s and R68As
@@AaronJrBrundidge nah, the R68's aren't 40 yet, though I heard it may replace some of them, and that it was gonna replace "all remaining" R32's, R44's (SIRR), & R46's.
R32s retired already
@@cruzechevy3485 no, I still see some on the A/C lines...
Rip they'll never be forgotten
Tubblescousine2 yep 😭
It would be nice if one pair of the 50 prolonged service R42s is held for the museum. Unfortunately though, I can't see NYTM getting rid of the French Connection pair, even if a pair from this batch would be far more meaningful for the collection.
I would’ve been a little more shocked if the TA let them in service in 2020.
R.I.P r42 I had a good time driving and operating em on the A line in the early 1990's
Good news. It's not retired. I'm riding one on the Z line to Manhattan right now.
Coasterlocity Also retired is 82 R32 cars.
Makes sense that it's New Year's Day and it was time to slowly retire these poor r42's. Oh by the way HAPPY NEW YEAR TO Dj Hammers! And to all and your friends and families!
Wow that set was very shiny
I’m going to miss the R42 subway cars once if the R211 will be coming in. I hope this R42 will end up as a museum train to the list of retired subway cars.
I JUST SAW THE NEWS THAT THEY ARE BACK! I came here just to comment about it!
1:10 the “Z” rollsign is cracked up
Yeah
I’m Gonna Miss Them So Much I Rode Then when I was little a few times I Liked them a lot but I ain’t gonna ride them again :( RIP R42
You could ride them again tho, In future Nogolstia rides
@@jaydenphilbertmunipals9089 Yea your probably right
Watch videos with the R42 and get a toy train of the J line to get memory’s
@@jm123456789101112 Get r42 toys where? They never made them
Rest in Peace R42 😭
Since its close to 2020, this means there's a chance the R32 or even the R46 will retire as well 😭😭😭😭
The R32s and R46s will likely retire sometime in the coming decade so we still have some time.
r32s and r46s will be gone by 2022
@@metromannyc6033 That is if the R211s all arrive on time and have no defects like the R179s. I think that it's safe to assume that the R32s and R46s will be around for several more years.
@@blakemcnamara9105 its in kawasakis hands so we should be good, plus theyd want the r32s and 46s gone asap, as theyre the oldest of the fleet and have terrible mdbf
@@metromannyc6033 Well let's hope that there's some sort of problem with the delivery! Lol.
And do trains bake as well?
Aw shoot. Good thing I rode it (and filmed it) when I had the chance.
At least a few sets were preserved
FlushingRailfanner They came back due to the R179s being pulled out due to door problems.
My favorite car to date was the R38s. But I have a lot of memory of the R42s on the "B" and "D" lines back in the 1980s.
After this and when the R32s are gone, no more convenience of looking out the 1st car window. Kids and adults today don't even bother going to the first car to look out the front anymore. These motorman comfort cabins took all the thrill away 😰😥
Ronald Harvin, Jr True, but all good things must come to an end.
@@TheRailLeaguer SADLY YESSS. I remember being saddened in 1989 as a 21 year old when they retired the R-10s. I'ma be crushed when the R32s retire. I really think they should have a going-away party for those cars when that sad final day comes. I remember shedding tears about a decade ago when I saw a bunch of R32s on a barge at the 207th Street Yard.
though I never got to ride an R42 they definitely had a good run
Bye bye my favorite train R42 I’ll miss you 😘 😭😢😭
Man I going to miss the R42s those were my childhood trians😭😭😭😢
If I had known this earlier, I would've taken one more final ride. I'm gonna miss the R42's.
Rest In Peace R42
Why?
I got lucky my first z train was on this and it was like 2018 around there
I haven't rode a R42 subway car, yet I miss it so much. (Although I am glad the R179s have finished delivering!)