R-10 (ACF, 1948)
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Roster
| Designation | Unit Numbers | Manufacturer | Years |
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| R-10 | 1803-1852 | American Car & Foundry | 1948 |
| R-10 | 3000-3349 | American Car & Foundry | 1948 |
- Cars renumbered 2950-3349 in 1970
- Last R-10 train in revenue service was in September 1989, most likely Friday, September 8, 1989 with just only one train on the "C". The following Monday, there were no R-10's listed on the "C" line car assignment sheet. The Electric Railroaders' Association sponsored a "Farewell to R-10 Fantrip", held October 29, 1989, which consisted of cars 3018-3203-3182-2974-3143-3045-3145-3216, probably the last run of R-10 cars with (non-revenue) passengers.
| Length over Anticlimbers 60' 2.5" |
Width at Door Sills 10' 0" |
Total Weight 81,200 lbs. |
Height from Railhead 12' 2" |
Height, Railhead to Floor 3' 9 1/8" |
Seating Capacity 56 |
Datasheet
R-10 Datasheet from NYCT Revenue & Non-Revenue Car Drawings
Description
Paint Schemes: The R-10's various paint schemes were as follows: two-tone grey/orange (1948-circa 1967); tartar red (1962-circa 1966 on the following cars: 1822 (ren. 2969), 1850 (ren. 2997), 3099, 3101, 3137 and 3342); navy blue/white with and without blue stripe (1965-circa 1970), silver/blue (circa 1970-1988) and dark green with silver roof and black front hood (1985-1989 on the GOH Westinghouse units only).
General Overhaul: The R-10's GOH rehabilation program between December 1984 to February 1986 was simply an interim measure to get the entire car fleet in a non-graffiti state and await the ultimate arrival and replacement by the R-68/68A's. The rehabilation of each one of the 110 R-10's was done in-house at a cost of $65,000.
Scrapping: The last R-10 car to be removed from NYCTA property was #3081, which was the only surviving G.E.-equipped unit in existence. The bulk of the scrapping of the remaining R-10 cars ended in June 1990.
Photo Gallery
 Image 2388 (143k, 1024x679) Photo by: Steve Zabel Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Coney Island Yard |
 Image 2392 (167k, 1024x678) Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: DeKalb Avenue |
 Image 2414 (141k, 1024x665) Photo by: Joe Testagrose Location: West 4th Street/Washington Square |
 Image 2419 (187k, 1024x669) Photo by: Steve Zabel Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Concourse Yard |
 Image 2440 (168k, 1024x681) Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: 88th Street/Boyd Avenue |
 Image 2445 (172k, 1024x667) Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: 207th Street Yard |
 Image 2473 (198k, 1024x671) Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Beach 44th Street/Frank Avenue |
 Image 2503 (176k, 1024x694) Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Crescent Street |
 Image 2526 (172k, 1024x678) Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: 71st Street |
 Image 2532 (205k, 1024x684) Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Fort Hamilton Parkway |
 Image 2576 (93k, 736x496) Photo by: William Mangahas Location: Coney Island Yard |
 Image 73022 (140k, 1044x788) Photo by: John Barnes Location: New York Transit Museum |
 Image 114198 (207k, 1024x683) Collection of: George Conrad Collection Location: Mott Avenue/Far Rockaway |
 Image 122431 (250k, 1024x677) Photo by: Joe Testagrose Location: West 4th Street/Washington Square |
 Image 122512 (242k, 1024x641) Photo by: Willie Rosenberg Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: 207th Street Yard |
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Car Notes
| Green | Preserved, saved for preservation, or exists in some state |
Yellow | Converted to work service (and later scrapped or still in use) |
Red | Wrecked/Damaged in accident (and possibly repaired), or scrapped prior to the bulk of the type |
| Number | Notes | |||
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| 2959 | Collision at Pitkin Yard, date unknown. Returned to service. | |||
| 3029, 3240 | Involved in a side swipe incident in 1958, near Dyckman Street on the IND "A" line. These cars were repaired later by Pullman-Standard, and car #3240 received all-new bright R-17 type lighting with its clear lenses. | |||
| 3035, 3135 | Damaged in collision, 11/7/1963. A portion of 3035 was welded onto 3135's body. 3135 was returned to service, and renumbered as 3035. Original 3035 was scrapped (and remains of 3135). #3035 became the first R10 to be scrapped. | |||
| 3047 | Accident causing front end damage. Repaired with spare R-16 parts and returned to service. Date unknown. | |||
| 3055 | Accident? | |||
| 3062 | Hit by "E" train outside Hoyt St., 7/17/1970. Scrapped in November, 1976. | |||
| 3113 | In collision, front end damaged.
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| 3150 | In collision at 207th Street Yard, 1/11/1973, repaired and returned to service. | |||
| 3184 | Owned by Railway Preservation Corp. Stored at Coney Island Yard for many years. Has been on display at the New York Transit Museum.
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| 3189 | Used as Road Car Inspector School Training Car, located at Pitkin Yard. This car has an experimental 3-passenger transverse seat interior; mechanical condition unknown.
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| 3192 | Car 3192 had a new R-42 type front installed on that car in early 1975 to be the prototype car for an overhaul complete rebuilding of the fleet to be done with modern interiors and air-conditioning. The unit was scrapped in 1980 inside Coney Island Yard and the rebuilding never took place.
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| 3212 | Involved in a fire condition at Times Square, date unknown. Returned to service. | |||
| 3221 | Struck by a "mad bomber" type device at 125th Street, 11/16/1960. Damage sustained on this car was a big hole through its ceiling and roof, but it was subsequently repaired and returned to service. | |||
| 3226 | On March 6, R-10 3226 was accidentally part of a train consist moved from Concourse Yard to Jerome Yard... scraping the Bedford Park Blvd. IRT station platform in the process. The car returned to service within a couple of weeks (!). | |||
| 3274, 3333 | Derailment at Columbus Circle, damage caused by hitting center wall, 12/12/1978. Stored at 207th Street for a year then scrapped in 1980.
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