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R-16

A random selection of images of the R16
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Photo by: Joe Testagrose


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Collection of: David Pirmann


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Photo by: Steve Zabel


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Photo by: Zach Summer


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Photo by: Joe Testagrose


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Photo by: Zach Summer


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Photo by: Matthew Shull


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Photo by: Matthew Shull


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Collection of: George Conrad Collection


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Photo by: Doug Grotjahn


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R16 Drawing


DesignationDivisionUnit NumbersManufacturerYears
R16BMT (IND)6300-6499American Car & Foundry1955

Length over
Anticlimbers

60' 2.5"
Width at
Door Sills

10' 0"
Total
Weight

84,532/86,270
Height from
Railhead

12' 2"
Height, Railhead
to Floor

3' 9 1/8"
Seating
Capacity

54

Car Notes

  Preserved
(Or Saved for Preservation)
  Converted to Work Service
(Might Still Exist)
  Wrecked/Damaged in Accident
(Possibly Repaired)
6304 Derailed, hit pillar near Roosevelt Ave., 5/20/1970.
6305 Survives at Coney Island Yard. Possibly operational; recently had some paint work done on exterior.


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Photo by: Sidney Keyles


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Photo by: David Pirmann

   
6318 Coupled for a time with R27 8120.
6339 Survives at Coney Island Yard.


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Photo by: Joe Testagrose


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Photo by: Salaam Allah


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Photo by: David Pirmann

 
6387 Survives at New York Transit Museum. Recently had truck repairs made; needs interior paint; probably operational.


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Photo by: David Pirmann


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Photo by: David Pirmann


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Photo by: Sidney Keyles

 
6398 Survives at Trolley Museum of New York. Being restored. Photos show car at 207th St. Yard, en route to museum, and at TMNY.


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Photo by: Harold Greenblatt


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Photo by: Harold Greenblatt


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Photo by: Harold Greenblatt


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Photo by: Harold Greenblatt

6452 Located until July, 2004 at P.S. 248, Brooklyn (a NYCT training facility). Was used as a training car. Painted in redbird scheme; not operational. In July 2004, car was removed to Linden Yard, Brooklyn, and will be replaced at P.S. 248 with R-110B 3005. 6452 was moved in 2005 to Coney Island Yard. In July 2007, the car was moved to the SBK yard for asbestos abatement and scrapping.


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Photo by: Trevor Logan


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Photo by: Michael Pompili


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Photo by: Michael Pompili


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Photo by: John Barnes

6494 Rear-ended by a BMT Standard; pushed against bumping block at Broad St., 9/26/1957. Good end of 6494 used to repair R27 8217.

Roster/Images by Car Number

6300 6301 6302 6303 6304 6305 6306 6307 6308 6309 6310 6311 6312 6313 6314 6315 6316 6317 6318 6319 6320 6321 6322 6323 6324 6325 6326 6327 6328 6329 6330 6331 6332 6333 6334 6335 6336 6337 6338 6339 6340 6341 6342 6343 6344 6345 6346 6347 6348 6349 6350 6351 6352 6353 6354 6355 6356 6357 6358 6359 6360 6361 6362 6363 6364 6365 6366 6367 6368 6369 6370 6371 6372 6373 6374 6375 6376 6377 6378 6379 6380 6381 6382 6383 6384 6385 6386 6387 6388 6389 6390 6391 6392 6393 6394 6395 6396 6397 6398 6399 6400 6401 6402 6403 6404 6405 6406 6407 6408 6409 6410 6411 6412 6413 6414 6415 6416 6417 6418 6419 6420 6421 6422 6423 6424 6425 6426 6427 6428 6429 6430 6431 6432 6433 6434 6435 6436 6437 6438 6439 6440 6441 6442 6443 6444 6445 6446 6447 6448 6449 6450 6451 6452 6453 6454 6455 6456 6457 6458 6459 6460 6461 6462 6463 6464 6465 6466 6467 6468 6469 6470 6471 6472 6473 6474 6475 6476 6477 6478 6479 6480 6481 6482 6483 6484 6485 6486 6487 6488 6489 6490 6491 6492 6493 6494 6495 6496 6497 6498 6499 (126/200, 63% cars pictured.)
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