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A random selection of images of the R6
(click here to see the photo captions only)

(image 1997) Photo by: Joe Testagrose	(image 42911) Collection of: Amanda Marsh	(image 1969) Photo by: Joe Testagrose	(image 2045) Photo by: Joe Testagrose	(image 2004) Photo by: Terry Walden
(image 1970) Photo by: Doug Grotjahn	(image 2044) Photo by: Joe Testagrose	(image 2036) Photo by: Joe Testagrose	(image 43122) Photo by: Stuart Gitlow	(image 83387) Photo by: David-Paul Gerber

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Designation	Division	Unit Numbers	Manufacturer	Year
R6-3	IND	900-1149	American Car & Foundry	1935
R6-2	IND	1150-1299	Pullman	1936
R6-1	IND	1300-1399	Pressed Steel	1936
Cab Arrangement: Half-width driving cab at each end; conductor controls on exterior Coupling/Numbering Arrangement: All single units R6-1 (Pressed Steel) Datasheet from NYCT Revenue & Non-Revenue Car Drawings (PDF) R6-2 (Pullman) Datasheet from NYCT Revenue & Non-Revenue Car Drawings (PDF) R6-3 (ACF) Datasheet from NYCT Revenue & Non-Revenue Car Drawings (PDF)

Length over
Anticlimbers
60' 2.5" Width at
Door Sills
10' 0" Total
Weight
84,081 lbs. Height from
Railhead
12' 2" Height, Railhead
to Floor
3' 9 1/8" Seating
Capacity
56

Car Notes

Preserved
(Or Saved for Preservation)

Converted to Work Service
(Might Still Exist)

Wrecked/Damaged in Accident
(Possibly Repaired)

1000

Survives at Coney Island Yard, owned by Railway Preservation Corp.

(image 1972)
Photo by: Joe Testagrose

(image 24459)
Photo by: David Pirmann

1079

Scrapped, no other info available, 7/1958.

1144

Survives at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, England, United Kingdom.

(image 2001)
Photo by: Joe Testagrose

(image 2004)
Photo by: Terry Walden

(image 2002)
Photo by: Terry Walden

(image 2003)
Photo by: Terry Walden

1192

Scrapped, no other info available, 8/1958.

1236

Accident at Church Ave. on 2/12/1973 with R40 4420; the R40 was demolished.

1300

Owned by Railway Preservation Corp.; stored at Coney Island Yard for many years; moved to 207th Street Yard in 2004 for restoration; ran first trip 8/21/2005 on a Transit Museum Nostalgia Train ride to the Rockaways.

(image 24454)
Photo by: David Pirmann

(image 30443)
Photo by: Brian Weinberg

(image 41093)
Photo by: Brian Weinberg

923, 925

Converted to revenue collection cars R247, R248. Survive at Coney Island Yard, owned by Railway Preservation Corp.

(image 14897)
Photo by: Neil Sullivan

(image 24464)
Photo by: David Pirmann

(image 24466)
Photo by: David Pirmann

973, 980

Involved in collision near Church Avenue, 6/27/1967, both seriously damaged.

983

The carbody of R6-3 983 was recently rediscovered on private property in Jacksonville, FL. It is being used as a storage shed.

(image 80682)
Photo by: Daniel Herbin/www.metrojacksonville.com

(image 80683)
Photo by: Daniel Herbin/www.metrojacksonville.com

(image 80684)
Photo by: Daniel Herbin/www.metrojacksonville.com

(image 80685)
Photo by: Daniel Herbin/www.metrojacksonville.com

986

Collided with "A" train outside Hoyt St., 7/17/1970.

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