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Revision as of 02:19, 11 April 2005 by 216.194.63.18 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Westinghouse / Amrail and other companies joint venture to deliver 425 R-68 car contract. R68 was built in France and ship by boat to New York Habor. It is the first of two contracts of R68. R68 was built in combined by R46 and R62 features to built in a better state of the art subway car with low MDBF (Mean Distance Between Failure), perfoming better service. R68 is the third R-class contract to be built in 75 feet car. It holds more seats and more standedes. It serves on D-6 Avenue Express, N-Broadway Express , Q-Broadway Express, S Franklin Avenue Shuttle and sometimes making apperence on B-6 Avenue Express and W-Broadway Local. R68 now stored and serve on the Concourse Yard and Coney Island Yard.
R68 specifications
- Manufactor: Westinghouse / Amrail
- Unit numbers: 2500-2924
- Length: 75 Feet long
- Width: 10 feet wide
- Propulsion: Westinghouse, DC Motors
- Transverse cabs at leading end; narrow cab at other
- Built in 4-car sets except cars 2916-2924 are singles built for the S - Franklin Avenue Shuttle
- Seated total: 90 seats
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