Retired NYC subway cars on the way to recycling plant

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
  • It's the end of the line for these classic cars, which had been on the subway tracks for more than half a century.

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  • @gmpny3945
    @gmpny3945 2 года назад +25

    I rode these in 1964 when they had their blue and white interiors and grabhandles. These trains withstood the grueling test of time of the NYC subways. Till the very end they looked great and got me to work on time. The R32s will be missed by us railfans.

    • @Iwilldestroyyoo
      @Iwilldestroyyoo 2 года назад

      And they were filthy disgusting then, just like they are today, just a million times worse. LMMFAO, can’t wait to see what kind of liberal stench the new subway cars will be bestowed with. 😂😂😂

    • @qolspony
      @qolspony 2 года назад

      I'm truly sorry for your lost. Rip.

    • @CelestialTrailblazer
      @CelestialTrailblazer Год назад

      "got me to work on time." - Perhaps back then, but not today. It is very unlikely with the NYC subways due to always people causing problems.

  • @8avexp
    @8avexp 2 года назад +14

    I remember when the R-32s were new. In fact, my very first subway ride was on a shiny new R-32 N train on July 21, 1965.

  • @LouieV6
    @LouieV6 2 года назад +38

    So glad that I got the chance to ride the Redbirds when I was a kid in the late 90s. And my first memory of riding the r32 was when I was riding them with my my mother on the C line when we lived in Washington heights. It’s crazy that as old as those cars were, they still had great AC.

    • @Muddydot
      @Muddydot 2 года назад

      I saw this when I was a kid in like 2014/15 or something u not that old

    • @lonfromdadiaspora
      @lonfromdadiaspora 2 года назад

      I rode on the 4 and 6 lines

    • @ml48963
      @ml48963 Год назад

      They don't make A/C like they used to!

    • @ronicefraser3983
      @ronicefraser3983 7 месяцев назад

      NO

  • @ThaMastTransit_MSDWolf8420
    @ThaMastTransit_MSDWolf8420 2 года назад +30

    Ride In Peace to R32 1964 - 2022. Thankx to train operators who operated the R32.

  • @KingofGamingAndTrains456
    @KingofGamingAndTrains456 2 года назад +16

    So sad to see the legendary R32s go but nothing lasts forever.
    These trains were a really big part of my childhood. Since I’ve been living near the A and C lines since I was born, theres a good chance I spent some time aboard an R32 whenever I took the subway. Today I still take the A and C trains and it just doesn’t feel the same.
    I really miss the front Railfan window on these trains too. I have so many memories of when I would look out of it and pretend I was driving the train. Those were great days…

    • @BobMarley-uz9mn
      @BobMarley-uz9mn 2 года назад

      I am sure that there are old videos of them on YT

    • @qolspony
      @qolspony 2 года назад

      Nothing last forever! Makes me want to cry, cry cry.

  • @vitomcsween974
    @vitomcsween974 2 года назад +31

    So many memories with these cars, I'm sure going to miss the sound they make when leaving the station

    • @znxchngames
      @znxchngames 2 года назад +2

      Ikr sad to see them go along the Orion 7

    • @ToxicDasher
      @ToxicDasher 2 года назад

      Yeah memories like gang violence, bums stinking up the train and rapes

  • @jsarria73
    @jsarria73 2 года назад +7

    OMG 😳😳 those gorgeous MTA train 🚃 cars for sure I as a MTA passanger ride those gorgeous MTA cars every day I'll miss them for sure they're beautiful and comfortable to when I'm in there 😢😢🚃🚃!

  • @qolspony
    @qolspony 2 года назад +2

    They delivered the same way they end their service life. These are the last trains before me. I was born 5/16/1970. My favorite cars were the R38s; a model similar to these cars.

  • @jedinxf7
    @jedinxf7 2 года назад +18

    wish we could retire and recycle half the MTA administrators.

  • @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624
    @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624 2 года назад +6

    RIP to the original MTA trains in NYC. 😩

  • @griffinrails
    @griffinrails 2 года назад +5

    This is so sad to see, the R32s will always be an icon of the NYCTA.

  • @a1700zz
    @a1700zz 2 года назад +3

    I rode the R32's from 1964 until now. Born 1964 and proud of it.

  • @TowMan127
    @TowMan127 2 года назад +3

    Very cool to see my brother at the beginning of the video. He works at that train yard in sunset park.

  • @r160aexpress5
    @r160aexpress5 2 года назад +16

    It was great growing up with the R32s, the (A) line will never be the same anymore without it, rip!

  • @42luke93
    @42luke93 2 года назад +19

    Would like to see video of how they recycle these. Hope someone records it in Ohio for us!

    • @AEMoreira81
      @AEMoreira81 2 года назад +2

      It’s the same yard in Ohio that is scrapping Metro-North cars. In fact, this is being done on the Metro-North contract.

  • @nathancosta36
    @nathancosta36 2 года назад +4

    Man, i'll never get the experience my uncle did before I was born😔

  • @kacyrufenacht2018
    @kacyrufenacht2018 2 года назад +2

    They should set these in a designated safe spot to park or set on ground for people to paint on

  • @Carl-Romero
    @Carl-Romero 2 года назад +3

    R32s were an all time gem classic

  • @Robinx1985
    @Robinx1985 2 года назад +5

    Keep in mind one car would still be around for the transit museum

    • @transitfan954
      @transitfan954 2 года назад +3

      I know there was a pair there in 2009 when I last visited (3352-3353). Hopefully, a few more will be preserved. I wish they would restore them to their 1964 appearance (blue doors and that great 60s TA logo).

    • @stephaniewensler6332
      @stephaniewensler6332 2 года назад +2

      @@transitfan954 i heard there is 1 whole set preserved now

  • @warrencorbin
    @warrencorbin 2 года назад +3

    One of my favorite memories in the subway was on an R32 and sadly it was the last time I was ever on one

  • @BronXLimited
    @BronXLimited 2 года назад +4

    It's sad to see these trains go but everything has its end.

  • @luislaplume8261
    @luislaplume8261 2 года назад +4

    They are transported by barge. And when the R32 was built, it had high speed ceiling fans.

  • @blakemcnamara9105
    @blakemcnamara9105 Год назад +2

    Sad. I greatly miss them. It's not the same being a railfan.

    • @Flaccidtetris
      @Flaccidtetris Год назад

      Amen, newer vehicles in general just lack the charm of the old ones :/

  • @SwitchedDreams
    @SwitchedDreams 2 года назад +1

    Sadly I never got to ride in any of these carts.. I missed something huge..

  • @zakitransitguytv
    @zakitransitguytv 2 года назад +1

    I remember always taking the a c e trains on the r32s even taking the f train to coney Island I'm gonna miss them

  • @mhansl
    @mhansl 2 года назад +2

    How odd it would be to be at a RR crossing somewhere between NY and Ohio and see ones old train cars go by.

    • @RailRide
      @RailRide 2 года назад

      The channel 'Wide World of Trains" caught one going by in upstate NY. ruclips.net/video/1gJYv928XvM/видео.html

    • @michaelgorman4229
      @michaelgorman4229 Год назад

      I saw the R32 layover at CSX Dewitt yard for 4 days and I took photos and videos on the last week of December 2022 and New Year's eve no rush to get to Ashtabula, Ohio I already put in youtube.

  • @86reyleon
    @86reyleon 2 года назад +1

    I grew up with the RedBirds 😊
    On the 💚4💚

  • @TheKingofTransit
    @TheKingofTransit 2 года назад +1

    I been rode R32 cars on the C train for the first time in early July 2019 during my vacation.

  • @brooklynboytransitfanner8812
    @brooklynboytransitfanner8812 2 года назад +6

    The A and the C line now sucks

    • @sylonisupport68
      @sylonisupport68 2 года назад +1

      The A and C is getting new trains and 8th Avenue is getting CBTC, to improve service on the A and C.

    • @Alientio2345
      @Alientio2345 2 года назад

      It always has been, with and without these cars.

  • @phantastik3389
    @phantastik3389 2 года назад +1

    the red bird was the first train I rode on when I was a kid

  • @ridleyscurry2480
    @ridleyscurry2480 2 года назад

    I wish I had enough money to buy one. I could preserve it

  • @lowfurts
    @lowfurts 2 года назад +1

    Its hard to think that this could happen

  • @marcleslac2413
    @marcleslac2413 6 месяцев назад

    The F on the rollsign, F to pay respects to the r32

  • @jayywayne2279
    @jayywayne2279 2 года назад +1

    I wished they at least made newer cars called like R34s or sum like that for people to look out through the front & back windows

  • @mayhemmike1789
    @mayhemmike1789 2 года назад +3

    They wanna make money off the stainless steel instead of dumping it in the water is all😑

  • @lildasani
    @lildasani 2 года назад +4

    Shipping them to Ohio at what Cost?

    • @danhenderson5198
      @danhenderson5198 2 года назад

      Three Fitty... Hahahahah LMAO@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @conxeptnyc_
    @conxeptnyc_ 2 года назад +2

    I wish I can buy one of those subway car but I don’t think it’s possible

    • @zigitzz8
      @zigitzz8 2 года назад

      I said the same for a slinky bus ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @tristanexists1806
      @tristanexists1806 2 года назад

      If you get a couple 100 thousand dollars than yeah you can buy it

    • @conxeptnyc_
      @conxeptnyc_ 2 года назад +1

      @@tristanexists1806 maybe if I go buy a lotto ticket

    • @MP-tz2yn
      @MP-tz2yn 2 года назад

      You can't afford it anyway lol.

    • @Flaccidtetris
      @Flaccidtetris Год назад

      Exactly how I feel with old trolleybuses 😭😭

  • @theofficial1train
    @theofficial1train 2 года назад +2

    If they can give me their doors, I will be the happiest man alive

  • @jaywill8902
    @jaywill8902 2 года назад +13

    Hope we could get rid of crime the same way

    • @danhenderson5198
      @danhenderson5198 2 года назад

      This is the know go Jayson Williams.... hahahha

    • @TheSjuris
      @TheSjuris 2 года назад

      Gee wonder what happens when you move jobs to China and force women to have unwanted babies. You think it’s bad just wait 20 years. Going to be much worse.

    • @peskypigeonx
      @peskypigeonx 2 года назад

      These jokes are old.

  • @FreedomLovingLoyalistOfficial
    @FreedomLovingLoyalistOfficial 2 года назад

    Any being preserved?

  • @jaytv25
    @jaytv25 2 года назад

    They should've just sold the cars to people so that they can interact with it forever

  • @antwansmith2792
    @antwansmith2792 2 года назад

    Are they recycling them in to making newer. subway car?

  • @TFSIChristmas
    @TFSIChristmas 2 года назад

    Are there still any more R32s?

  • @victorsforza5578
    @victorsforza5578 2 года назад +1

    Remember these tin cans well. 🌈 Especially on the N TRAIN..

  • @derekdolcy5839
    @derekdolcy5839 2 года назад

    Wow neat 🙂👍👍👍

  • @kingofthelight8260
    @kingofthelight8260 2 года назад

    😭😭😭 Don’t leave me. Megatron left me. (R40 slant)

    • @tristanexists1806
      @tristanexists1806 2 года назад

      I'm so confused with this comment ????

    • @kingofthelight8260
      @kingofthelight8260 2 года назад

      @@tristanexists1806 Ok. Let me elaborate as simple as possible. The front of the R40 slant looks like the face of Megatron from revenge of the fallen. Did you watch any of the transformers movies?

    • @tristanexists1806
      @tristanexists1806 2 года назад

      @@kingofthelight8260 I have not sadly watch any of the Transformers movies

  • @rh6625
    @rh6625 2 года назад

    It would seem like all the spray paint would make the cars a toxic hazard.

  • @zakitransitguytv
    @zakitransitguytv 2 года назад

    I wonder if mta in the near future can a similar design to r32

  • @wakey1086
    @wakey1086 2 года назад

    Saw it on PiX TV news

  • @BobMarley-uz9mn
    @BobMarley-uz9mn 2 года назад

    Instead of sending them to a recycling plant, Just strip them and then dump them into the ocean to be turned into coral reefs they had done this before with NYC subway cars

    • @sarge6870
      @sarge6870 2 года назад +1

      And if you were paying attention, you would have heard in the report that they don't last very long in the water!

    • @BobMarley-uz9mn
      @BobMarley-uz9mn 2 года назад

      @@sarge6870 most underwater wrecks in the Atlantic are still intact

    • @thetrainguy500
      @thetrainguy500 2 года назад

      Nah that's a bad idea, Just send them to museums

    • @BobMarley-uz9mn
      @BobMarley-uz9mn 2 года назад

      @@thetrainguy500 There are probably some at museums

  • @rknine7998
    @rknine7998 2 года назад +1

    Cannot erase the old New York of the phone booth and these beautiful Subway cars. I cannot stand modern things because they are so fake. Why are they scrapping these model cars if they are so good, like the reporter mentioned?

  • @carolharris2401
    @carolharris2401 2 года назад +1

    I say fix them up and convert then into homes for homeless folks

  • @Jeff-uj8xi
    @Jeff-uj8xi 2 года назад +3

    It aggravates me to see these serviceable R-32 Budd cars being trashed. Knowing how the MTA loves to trash things, why did they bother to remove the trucks? Don't tell me they actually plan to use them for something else or for spare parts. That would be too sensible.
    I miss being able to watch WPIX Channel 11. And I miss watching Greg Mocker, which I did for many years. I miss the Channel 11 News at Ten, which I watched every night. The jerks at Comcast removed WPIX from our cable TV line-up down here in Southern New Jersey, for no reason and with no warning, about two years ago. They're good at raising prices and taking channels away. We get lots of useless shopping network channels that nobody watches and there are over a dozen religious channels. They even had the gall to remove Turner Classic Movies. No amount of pleading with Comcast does any good. Oh yes, you can get Turner Classic Movies if you pay for a sports package that's of no interest to me. As it is, I pay over $ 170 dollars a month for a bare-bones minimal line-up. Complaining to the N. J. Board of Public Utilities is totally useless. They told me that they've had dozens of complaints and there is nothing they can do. They actually suggested that I get a satellite dish....I kid you not !!

  • @damianpeters4321
    @damianpeters4321 2 года назад

    😔 That's all I have to say about that!

  • @wsx2000lol
    @wsx2000lol 2 года назад

    I want to see what about preservation of R32 instead... 😢

  • @pacmantravel2158
    @pacmantravel2158 2 года назад

    Hope they will be remade again in the far future... 2064?

  • @PuntaPacifica507
    @PuntaPacifica507 2 года назад

    So the Redbirds was a waste

  • @jollygreen4662
    @jollygreen4662 2 года назад

    Drop them in front of the shores to slow down tides and storm and erosion

  • @thetrainguy500
    @thetrainguy500 2 года назад

    Only if they can give #3405 & #3400 to me

  • @EVO_IX
    @EVO_IX 2 года назад +2

    Create reefs. Lmao yea ok. More like dumping. That’s a big fine in nyc for littering

    • @snackwrap2011
      @snackwrap2011 2 года назад +1

      They been doing this like the Redbirds it turns into a reef over time

    • @tristanexists1806
      @tristanexists1806 2 года назад +1

      Have you never heard of artificial reefs buddy
      You probably haven't bud

  • @serenitychozen
    @serenitychozen 2 года назад +1

    They could actually be refurbished into housing for the homeless

  • @pj66677
    @pj66677 2 года назад +5

    What needs to happen is get rid of the crusty old dirty trains they keep running on the 3 A & C lines those trains will still be in service 10yrs from now they’ll keep putting screws in the floor & patching the seats with bathroom sealant 🤷🏽‍♂️🤣

    • @johnlewis3891
      @johnlewis3891 2 года назад

      They already ordered new trains to replace the A/C trains. They're do to start this September.

    • @Maunico0809
      @Maunico0809 2 года назад

      The R62s on the 3 are doing well, I ridden won a while ago and it was completely fine.

  • @bfresh0635
    @bfresh0635 2 года назад

    Should just put it on an island and let the homeless live in it lol

  • @timafiggy
    @timafiggy 6 месяцев назад

    Bye!

  • @kenneylai7932
    @kenneylai7932 2 года назад

    Too damn dangerous

    • @peskypigeonx
      @peskypigeonx 2 года назад

      These jokes are getting too old.

  • @jasonguzman564
    @jasonguzman564 2 года назад

    Pelham 123

  • @ethanfreitas918
    @ethanfreitas918 Год назад

    O

  • @warrior6803
    @warrior6803 2 года назад +1

    Good ventilation for homeless stench