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(image 73147) Photo by: David Pirmann	(image 91293) Photo by: John Barnes	(image 5130) Photo by: Mark S. Feinman	(image 43037) Photo by: Stuart Gitlow	(image 52726) Photo by: John Barnes
(image 5075) Collection of: Joe Testagrose	(image 62860) Photo by: Gary Chatterton	(image 97410) Photo by: Christopher Henderson	(image 49173) Photo by: Michael Hodurski	(image 5011) Photo by: Joe Testagrose

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R38 Side View, before overhaul. Photo by Steve Hoskins.

Designation	Division	Unit Numbers	Manufacturer	Years
R38	IND/BMT	3950-4149	St. Louis Car	1966-1967
Cab Arrangement: Half-width driving cab at "A" end, half-width conductor control cab at "B" end Coupling/Numbering Arrangement: All married pairs. Stainless steel 60' long, 10' wide 196 cars rebuilt 1987-1988 by GE All cars in this class retired by March 19, 2009. 4098/4099 was the last pair running (on the C, retired 3/19/2009). R38 Datasheet from NYCT Revenue & Non-Revenue Car Drawings

Car Notes

Preserved
(Or Saved for Preservation)

Converted to Work Service
(Might Still Exist)

Wrecked/Damaged in Accident
(Possibly Repaired)

3990-3991

Yard accident, Coney Island, 1972; end smashed.

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Photo by: Steve Zabel

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Photo by: Steve Zabel

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Photo by: Steve Zabel

4000-4001

Yard accident, 207th Street (1971?).

4063

Collision with 4248 at Dyckman St. (early 1980s) Sustained front end damage. Received R42 storm door and was given an R16 roof line (sign area). R42 storm door has since disappeared (during GOH).

4088-4089

First pair of R38's scrapped, Spring 2008. They had been partially stripped and out of service at 207th St. Yard for nearly 10 years prior to scrapping.

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Photo by: Glenn L. Rowe

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Photo by: Glenn L. Rowe

R38 MDBF

Date	Mean Distance Between Failure (Miles)
05/1994	67271
06/1997	80009
07/1997	57476
12 Months Ending 07/1997	93758
12 Months Ending 11/1999	70653
12 Months Ending 12/2001	122033
12 Months Ending 12/2002	148659
12 Months Ending 12/2003	156287
12 Months Ending 12/2004	200677
12 Months Ending 12/2005	162917
12 Months Ending 12/2006	137729
12 Months Ending 12/2007	137940

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