The R68 is a B Division New York City Subway car order consisting of 425 cars built by the Westinghouse-Amrail Company (aka Francorail), a joint venture of Westinghouse, ANF Industrie, …

R-68 "B" cars are one number higher than the adjacent "A" car, R-68A "B" cars are one number lower than the adjacent "A" car. There are 3168 photos available. Suffered fire damage at Tremont Ave., …

Dec 14, 2024 · The state-run agency in 2025 plans to slowly retire its remaining 1,700-plus R46, R62/62A, and R68/R68A subway trains, which were rolled out in the 1980s, PIX-11 News reported …

R68 arriving at Columbus Circle. June 17, 2001. Visit the post for more.

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Jan 8, 2025 · A dozen 80s-vintage R68 trains – slated to be phased out of the system in the next five years – were put into service on the G line Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025 as a mysterious track problem is …

Known problems: This new version of the R-68 subway train uses other directory names than an old version of R-68 that is wanted by some of the elderly routes. The old directory name was "r68". The …

Dec 15, 2024 · Starting in 2025, the agency will begin retiring more than 1,700 subway cars from its aging R46, R62/62A, and R68/R68A fleets, which have been in service since the 1980s.

Jun 9, 2023 · Siemens doesn't really make metro cars in the US. Their existing plants are pretty much at capacity because they handle nearly every light rail and Amtrak order in the US. Siemens built …

The R68A was the fourth and final R-type contract to be built with 75-foot (22.86 m) cars (the previous three being the R44, R46, and R68).