I am so sad to see the R32 subway cars go away. The Transit Museum should have preserved an entire set of R32 subway cars in a yard. Good thing a 2-car set of R32s are in the Transit Museum!
I agree. I grew up in Michigan City, In. And the South Shore ran passenger trains from South Bend, In. to Chicago. Old wood cars till the 70s. They are still running but no old units were saved. But I was at Union Train Museum in Union,IL. And they have 4 old power unit cars. They used catanary electrical units. Quite the museum.
I agree. But they should have kept the R32's in service and gotten rid of the R46's. At least on the R32's you're not locked inside the car and can't escape in case of an emergency with a madman like you are on the r46's.
@@DJHTransport The R32 cars even outlasted my first favorite train, the R42 and the other rolling stock that were produced afterwards. Thank you for tapping or typing to me.
@@DJHTransport they are/were functional and sturdy for sure. Their fluted exterior made them unique and are a fine example of functionalist industrial art. Thank you for creating a fantastic commemoration of this part of not only NYCMTA, but rail history as well. I hope they will be looked upon in the same regard as the legendary EMD F and GP series (on the passenger & freighter side).
They sure lasted slightly longer than expected. You see, the R32s were originally supposed to be scrapped right after the introduction of the R179s but MTA didnt retire them until 2020. Even after that, the R32s were on and off for another two years, as if MTA was reluctant to scrap the trains
I'll never forget the first time I saw these as a kid in the 70s. They were so shiny compared to the rest of the MTA fleet. These and the R40s were the most strikingly beautiful cars I think the MTA ever purchased. I loved to stand on the overpass bridge at the end of the Coney-Island/Stillwell Ave station and watch those beauties snake their way into what was the last stop on the line, on any beautiful summer evening. Very sad to see them go.
Wow, they actually cleaned the graffiti off of 3786-3787, the former derailment re-railing training cars. Ride in peace R32s! I also figured out that NYNJ Rail is actually owned by the Port Authority, but since this isn't a facility, tunnel, or rapid transit system of any sort, I do hope this is one of the only places where they won't necessarily harass anyone.
Why are NYC Subway trains still made of Steel?; in London our subway trains were made of Steel until 1948, then we began using durable Aluminium alloy as it is lighter and so trains made from Aluminium use less power.
Subway cars 3452, 3453 were built in 1964, and were rebuilt with their original air horns over the motorman cab. The other R32s were built with the air horns under the motorman cab. The 3300s and 3400s were built in 1964 and all others were built in 1965.
Ride In Peace to R32 1964 - 2022. Thank to R32 for service. As I am a Transit enthusiast of nyc and support, I will miss R32 when it was service from IND Eighth Aveune and BMT Jamaica lines.
Amazing to see them in such nice exterior condition. Over on the IRT side, those 4/5 trains (R142's) look like they're rusting out honda rust style. You see rust everywhere, on the doors, the actual frame, etc.
Its so sad to see them go. I really hope to see 3360-3361 and another pair or two saved for the transit museum! 3350-3353 have been preserved since 2010, so if 3360-3361 and one or two other pairs get saved, there would be a full 8 or 10 car train!
@@KingofGamingAndTrains456 I'm thinking 3380-3381 should be a possible candidate for preservation just from the R30 blind end 3381 has. I've always wondered how R32 3381 ended up that way in the first place.
R32 special to me, riding most of my life. N,J all over the place. They still look sturdy and beautiful. So sad to see them go.....wonder if the R46s will meet the same fate or will they too have some preserved for a back up or MOW service....
This is very cool. I have been working in the BAT for a year, and wondered if the tracks were still active. Yesterday I thought I saw tracks in the mud alongside the rail and figured that the line was indeed live. This is the first I've seen it in actual use.
After the reefing program had ended in April 2010, leftover retired R32s retired by the R160s were eventually decommissioned, stripped and trucked to Sims Metal Management in Newark, New Jersey to be scrapped, a process that lasted from mid-2013 to October 1, 2013. The reefing program, hosted by the NYCTA, had nearly 2,500 retired NYC Subway cars move out of the City on a big boat then dumped into the Atlantic Ocean off the Coast of New York and now rest on the sea floor under the Atlantic Ocean to make new homes for the sea life and fishes as artificial reefs. It’s also called “Subway Reef” or Redbird Reef”. This took place between August 17, 2007 and April 17, 2010.
@@eggdrew How come you don’t like Modern Architecture? The R32s had a _really_ industrial design especially with the undulation for the frame design Budd chose…
Hard to watch but it's an important thing to document for sure. I'm still hoping other rail museums will show interest in buying a pair of R32s each to save more of them from the scrap heap. (I do wonder what the price of one of these R32s would be though. If there were to ever be a successor to Golden's Deli that used to be in Staten Island, maybe having a R32 as the centerpiece of a "Brightliner Deli" would be a neat idea. I'd go visit such a joint every other weekend if it were made into reality.)
Reach out to MTA Asset Recovery if you are interested in something like that: Asset.Recovery@nyct.com web.mta.info/nyct/materiel/index.html Hope this helps!
@@DJHTransport @Clyde Wow! I never knew there was a whole division where one could purchase surplus equipment from the MTA. Safe to say a whole R32 would be way out of my budget range for sure though. 😅
Whoa, the R32s used to be on many lines, including the A, C, J and Z lines. I wish they'd be in service and join the R46s, R68s and R68As on the N, Q and W lines. I'll miss these cars.
0:13 NYC Transit locomotives take the old r32s off of NYCT property to 39th street and 1st Avenue(across the street from the South Brooklyn Railway yard). Then discouples from the train. at 3:48 a New York/New Jersey Railway locomotive takes the train to the 65th Street yard(adjacent to the Belt Pkwy) for scrapping. So long r32s. Nice knowing it when I used to work at Brooklyn Community Services
I'd like to take 1 car of the R32s for my backyard if the MTA makes deliveries? It would be nice if the car would fit... and my neighbors in Brownsville, Brooklyn didn't mind. But...how would the MTA get it to my hood...Grafitti free???
I remember seeing these subways back at my stations at Liberty avenue and they were so shiny and metallic I have never rode them myself but i have a toy set of thease iconic r32s R.I.P trains (r32s), and whenever i see them i always guesses their heading to some place to get them scrapped
And to think these trains outlasted the slightly newer r38 st. louis cars by 13 more years, is absolutely incredible if you ask me. 😮 The r32 trains were originally expected to be retired in 1999 after a 35-year operating lifespan, but remained in service another 23 years, amazing. 🤩😮 The longest-lasting r32s were in service for almost 58 years, currently the longest-such service life in New York City rapid transit operations. They are the oldest rolling stock since the retirement of the redbird trains and some of the oldest rolling stock of any metro system anywhere in North America, as well as some of the oldest rolling stock of any metro system anywhere in the world. The r160 order replaced the r38s, r40s and nycta r44s because of structural integrity issues found on them in late 2010 and which was in place of the remaining r32s and r42s, halted their retirement and forced them to remain in service for another decade. About one-third of the original fleet remained, 222 of which were assigned to 207th Street Yard, operating on the A and C. The r160 order was originally expected to replace all remaining r32s, r38s, r40s, r42s and nycta r44s. A large portion of the fleet was retired, stripped and sunken as artificial reefs between 2007 and 2010, in which only 232 active Phase I cars remained. The cars retired were GE-rebuilt, Phase II and Phase I. Before their 1987-1992 rebuild by morrison-knudsen, the cars were named as r32 (cars 3350-3649) and r32a (cars 3650-3949). All GE-cars, all Phase II and some Phase I cars were retired by the r160s in the late 2000s and the early 2010s and the r179 order replaced the remaining Phase I cars in the early 2020s. The budd company which built the cars no longer exists. 600 cars were originally built, arranged in married pairs. Update: Car 3659 was renumbered to 3348. The R32s were the first mass-produced stainless steel cars built for the New York City Subway and this was modern because stainless steel was a sturdier, stronger and corrosion-resistant material that reduced the weight of each car significantly and allowed easier and more efficient maintenance and operation.
Congratulations on the video, it was excellent, NYC is a wonderful city, I hope to visit one day. I started a channel here on UA-cam recently and record in the same way here in Brazil. I signed up, I will follow you from now on. A big hug!!!🙂
Where was this taken? It is trippy seeing subway cars on the street like this with normal traffic (more or less). Street level stations just on the street would be pretty neat lol
The train operated over the two active street-running railways in NYC, both of which are in Sunset Park and connect to each other: The MTA-Owned South Brooklyn Railway, which runs east-west roughly along 39th Street: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_B... The Port Authority-owned NYNJ Rail, which runs north-south mostly on 1st Avenue: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yor... The first clip of the video shows the South Brooklyn Railway trackage, the rest of the video is all NYNJ Rail territory.
I wander if we can create some non profit projects via crowdfunding to rescue some of those historic fleet as assets. Those artifact are itself a work of art and 20th century wander. We here in Japan have a very large rail community which have successful occasion in preserving fleet from being scrapped. I think it’s easier in the us because there are abundance of land. The largest obstacle would be the shipping cost and time, as they are being scrapped day by day. R32s are quite famous among Japanese fans but there seems to be very little awareness in the US about this historic fleet.
there are some trolley museums around usa which could take care of some but it seems that's the best usa can do, you japanese rail enthuisasts are just on another level compared to usa, you are the best in the world
@@metromannyc6033 still it pays honor to Redbirds I agree with Daniel B future NTT’s should pay honor to the R32’s in the exterior that would be amazing
This is very sad. 3786-3787 has been at Coney for years, and probably the only place to see a R32 trainset. All these R32's could have been sold to private owners and kept, but due to the small population of railfans like us, that is not possible. Take example the douglas c47 skytrain aircraft. There's more than 20 being kept and maintained by private owners. If the railfan community was just as popular and rich as the aircraft community, I think it's safe to say that at least 2-3 trainsets of the R32's would be in the hands of private owners. If anyone is brave to buy these poor pieces of metal, each should be around 10 grand or less. Subway can be greedy and charge you more. but chances are you can buy them for $800, as shown with the MBTA Orange trains.
It’s going to be the r44’s and r46’s turn next year. 😢 By late next year, we won’t have any more NYC Subway cars from the 1970s running in passenger service. The older and not modern r-type subway cars from the 60s, 70s and 80s are being phased out for the newer and modern new technology trains r100s and r200s. The only r-type subway cars left after the 44’s and 46’s retire, will be the r62/r62a and r68/r68a. I’m not ready for those cars to retire, but it has to be done, sadly. 😭 Need to make a change and make way for the new and modern equipment to take over as the old equipment needs to be upgraded and is not suitable for the 2020s decade.
Ok folks give it a break. This is a what happens when we scrap cars. The same thing happened to the H.V.S, L.V.S Flivers A.B. D Type R 1/9 R 10 R11 through R16.
@@wsx2000lol Ah sim. Muitíssimo obrigado pela informação. E é muito triste em ver trens antigos serem baixados da Frota e que fizeram histórias no metrô. Más agente temos de entender que a baixa é necessária e dar lugar para novos trens. Certo?
Idk they took them I know they old but they have no problem with the r32 it was good running good and everything they should at least keep them till 2023
Far better to ship them to another place to be torn apart than for them to be dumped into the ocean like what always happens to the decommissioned subway trains , it's way better to salvage the steel and reuse it instead of polluting the ocean with the unused vehicles.
I OPERATED EVERY CAR IN THE MUSEUM BUT GATE CARS ,& R32 CARS WERE THE ABSOLUTE BEST. SIMPLE &DURABLE . JUST ADD A/C AND RUN THEM FOREVER. SIGNED: " OLD C/R, M/M, TSS
I am so sad to see the R32 subway cars go away. The Transit Museum should have preserved an entire set of R32 subway cars in a yard. Good thing a 2-car set of R32s are in the Transit Museum!
Kinda sad knowing 3880-1, the two involved in the last run, will be scrapped.
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Word and ima miss car numbers 3610 and 3441
I agree. I grew up in Michigan City, In. And the South Shore ran passenger trains from South Bend, In. to Chicago. Old wood cars till the 70s. They are still running but no old units were saved. But I was at Union Train Museum in Union,IL. And they have 4 old power unit cars. They used catanary electrical units. Quite the museum.
I agree. But they should have kept the R32's in service and gotten rid of the R46's. At least on the R32's you're not locked inside the car and can't escape in case of an emergency with a madman like you are on the r46's.
The R32 was the sturdiest kind of train New York City Transit has ever owned.
They really were great cars!
@@DJHTransport The R32 cars even outlasted my first favorite train, the R42 and the other rolling stock that were produced afterwards. Thank you for tapping or typing to me.
@@DJHTransport they are/were functional and sturdy for sure. Their fluted exterior made them unique and are a fine example of functionalist industrial art. Thank you for creating a fantastic commemoration of this part of not only NYCMTA, but rail history as well. I hope they will be looked upon in the same regard as the legendary EMD F and GP series (on the passenger & freighter side).
Tram
They sure lasted slightly longer than expected. You see, the R32s were originally supposed to be scrapped right after the introduction of the R179s but MTA didnt retire them until 2020. Even after that, the R32s were on and off for another two years, as if MTA was reluctant to scrap the trains
I'll never forget the first time I saw these as a kid in the 70s. They were so shiny compared to the rest of the MTA fleet. These and the R40s were the most strikingly beautiful cars I think the MTA ever purchased. I loved to stand on the overpass bridge at the end of the Coney-Island/Stillwell Ave station and watch those beauties snake their way into what was the last stop on the line, on any beautiful summer evening. Very sad to see them go.
How old are you?
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te not 70 and not 50.
Wow, they actually cleaned the graffiti off of 3786-3787, the former derailment re-railing training cars. Ride in peace R32s! I also figured out that NYNJ Rail is actually owned by the Port Authority, but since this isn't a facility, tunnel, or rapid transit system of any sort, I do hope this is one of the only places where they won't necessarily harass anyone.
That train looks familiar to my
To my new train
The legendary R32 just left the city! Never forget!!
Why are NYC Subway trains still made of Steel?; in London our subway trains were made of Steel until 1948, then we began using durable Aluminium alloy as it is lighter and so trains made from Aluminium use less power.
There goes history...still remember riding my first r32 train(N) in the 90s, when the N had 40 slants, r32s,and r68/a's all at once
I remember going to Coney Island when i was a kid in 1964 when they first went into revenue service..
@@sopaman1234 yesss talk about it!!!love to hear it.....thank you r32s!!
Yep! They were true NYC Icons!
@@DJHTransport Yes indeed!
Subway cars 3452, 3453 were built in 1964, and were rebuilt with their original air horns over the motorman cab. The other R32s were built with the air horns under the motorman cab. The 3300s and 3400s were built in 1964 and all others were built in 1965.
R32A 3350-3649 delivered August 1964-March 1965
R32 3650-3949 delivered March-December 1965 (with final four 3946-3949 Pioneer IIIs in December)
I did wonder when they were built. Glad someone's answered my question......
R32s were my favorite trains to operate.
What a great high quality video! Thank you!
Ride In Peace to R32 1964 - 2022. Thank to R32 for service. As I am a Transit enthusiast of nyc and support, I will miss R32 when it was service from IND Eighth Aveune and BMT Jamaica lines.
Amazing to see them in such nice exterior condition. Over on the IRT side, those 4/5 trains (R142's) look like they're rusting out honda rust style. You see rust everywhere, on the doors, the actual frame, etc.
Never in my life have I seen a subway car above ground on the street. I would love to witness that for myself one day.
R32 streetcars :)
I feel the same way!
BTW, congrats on your 63k YT subscribers DJ. Keep it up!!! And go for 100k by the future
Its so sad to see them go. I really hope to see 3360-3361 and another pair or two saved for the transit museum!
3350-3353 have been preserved since 2010, so if 3360-3361 and one or two other pairs get saved, there would be a full 8 or 10 car train!
3360/61 is saved and its in CIY with the other museum cars
@@R323838 thats awesome to hear. It would be nice to save another pair or two so that there would be a full 8 or 10 car train!
@@KingofGamingAndTrains456 I'm thinking 3380-3381 should be a possible candidate for preservation just from the R30 blind end 3381 has. I've always wondered how R32 3381 ended up that way in the first place.
@@no1ukno929 And 3380-3381... is headed for scrap.
Damn a 12 car set
R32 special to me, riding most of my life. N,J all over the place. They still look sturdy and beautiful. So sad to see them go.....wonder if the R46s will meet the same fate or will they too have some preserved for a back up or MOW service....
This is very cool. I have been working in the BAT for a year, and wondered if the tracks were still active. Yesterday I thought I saw tracks in the mud alongside the rail and figured that the line was indeed live. This is the first I've seen it in actual use.
The best move to find to mess up your sleep cycle lol.
12 cars shipped in one go, getting confident with the larger load \m/
Damn they clean and shine the cars going to scrap but not the ones used for public. Makes sense
That train was such a awesome work horse I would have loved to seen them go Staten Island because they are better then then current cars in service
There’s a set still in Canarsie yard as of a couple days ago. If they are getting rid of all of them then it should be on the move one day
Goodbye R32 I going to miss riding them.
After the reefing program had ended in April 2010, leftover retired R32s retired by the R160s were eventually decommissioned, stripped and trucked to Sims Metal Management in Newark, New Jersey to be scrapped, a process that lasted from mid-2013 to October 1, 2013. The reefing program, hosted by the NYCTA, had nearly 2,500 retired NYC Subway cars move out of the City on a big boat then dumped into the Atlantic Ocean off the Coast of New York and now rest on the sea floor under the Atlantic Ocean to make new homes for the sea life and fishes as artificial reefs. It’s also called “Subway Reef” or Redbird Reef”. This took place between August 17, 2007 and April 17, 2010.
the R32 was and still is my favorite subway train. it makes me tear up seeing these R32's being taken out of service and sold for scrap.
Why are the R32s your favorite?
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te i really like the look and design of them
@@eggdrew Why do you like the outdated Aesthetic of the R32s? Why?
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te i just do... i tend to like older things better, i dont like modern archetectiure.
@@eggdrew How come you don’t like Modern Architecture? The R32s had a _really_ industrial design especially with the undulation for the frame design Budd chose…
sad to see them go, but i’m glad i got to ride one once
Hard to watch but it's an important thing to document for sure. I'm still hoping other rail museums will show interest in buying a pair of R32s each to save more of them from the scrap heap.
(I do wonder what the price of one of these R32s would be though. If there were to ever be a successor to Golden's Deli that used to be in Staten Island, maybe having a R32 as the centerpiece of a "Brightliner Deli" would be a neat idea. I'd go visit such a joint every other weekend if it were made into reality.)
Maybe try to call MTA support
Reach out to MTA Asset Recovery if you are interested in something like that: Asset.Recovery@nyct.com
web.mta.info/nyct/materiel/index.html
Hope this helps!
@@DJHTransport @Clyde Wow! I never knew there was a whole division where one could purchase surplus equipment from the MTA. Safe to say a whole R32 would be way out of my budget range for sure though. 😅
They should at least put one in the museum
They did.
Whoa, the R32s used to be on many lines, including the A, C, J and Z lines. I wish they'd be in service and join the R46s, R68s and R68As on the N, Q and W lines. I'll miss these cars.
Good Bye R-32's! Thanks for the memories!
Note a standard AAR coupler on 3642 at 5:45 and 8:25. This pair had been work motors at 207th for almost ten years.
Childhood Just Gone In a snap
0:13 NYC Transit locomotives take the old r32s off of NYCT property to 39th street and 1st Avenue(across the street from the South Brooklyn Railway yard). Then discouples from the train. at 3:48 a New York/New Jersey Railway locomotive takes the train to the 65th Street yard(adjacent to the Belt Pkwy) for scrapping. So long r32s. Nice knowing it when I used to work at Brooklyn Community Services
RIP you will be missed you served us well
I saw a pair in the Pitkin yard last week
Does anyone know the total count that have been scapped?
~16 or 14 cars. More coming in the future :((((((((
Noticed Cab light , door light, one car inside overhead. Where's that power coming from ?
Probably from some sort of generator they have inside the r32
Could it be the batteries?
Kinda sad seeing these shiny r32's going to the scrap yard. I've had many nice rides to/from the Rockaways on r32's
RIP.
Should be saved to bad
@@juliaweber212 A few may be saved for the Transit Museum
I'd like to take 1 car of the R32s for my backyard if the MTA makes deliveries? It would be nice if the car would fit... and my neighbors in Brownsville, Brooklyn didn't mind. But...how would the MTA get it to my hood...Grafitti free???
Exactly!! 2 Cars. Lol.☺️☺️
Yo I want a r32 in my hood too
Real talk
Yes I wish u could literally buy them 😭 they don't deserve to go
@@iNevaan I think you can buy parts of them tho
I remember seeing these subways back at my stations at Liberty avenue and they were so shiny and metallic I have never rode them myself but i have a toy set of thease iconic r32s R.I.P trains (r32s), and whenever i see them i always guesses their heading to some place to get them scrapped
Probably the cleanest those cars have been in 20 yrs
I believe there's 2 of these in coney island yard. . Where is the model number inside the car?
And to think these trains outlasted the slightly newer r38 st. louis cars by 13 more years, is absolutely incredible if you ask me. 😮 The r32 trains were originally expected to be retired in 1999 after a 35-year operating lifespan, but remained in service another 23 years, amazing. 🤩😮 The longest-lasting r32s were in service for almost 58 years, currently the longest-such service life in New York City rapid transit operations. They are the oldest rolling stock since the retirement of the redbird trains and some of the oldest rolling stock of any metro system anywhere in North America, as well as some of the oldest rolling stock of any metro system anywhere in the world. The r160 order replaced the r38s, r40s and nycta r44s because of structural integrity issues found on them in late 2010 and which was in place of the remaining r32s and r42s, halted their retirement and forced them to remain in service for another decade. About one-third of the original fleet remained, 222 of which were assigned to 207th Street Yard, operating on the A and C. The r160 order was originally expected to replace all remaining r32s, r38s, r40s, r42s and nycta r44s. A large portion of the fleet was retired, stripped and sunken as artificial reefs between 2007 and 2010, in which only 232 active Phase I cars remained. The cars retired were GE-rebuilt, Phase II and Phase I. Before their 1987-1992 rebuild by morrison-knudsen, the cars were named as r32 (cars 3350-3649) and r32a (cars 3650-3949). All GE-cars, all Phase II and some Phase I cars were retired by the r160s in the late 2000s and the early 2010s and the r179 order replaced the remaining Phase I cars in the early 2020s. The budd company which built the cars no longer exists. 600 cars were originally built, arranged in married pairs. Update: Car 3659 was renumbered to 3348. The R32s were the first mass-produced stainless steel cars built for the New York City Subway and this was modern because stainless steel was a sturdier, stronger and corrosion-resistant material that reduced the weight of each car significantly and allowed easier and more efficient maintenance and operation.
Congratulations on the video, it was excellent, NYC is a wonderful city, I hope to visit one day. I started a channel here on UA-cam recently and record in the same way here in Brazil. I signed up, I will follow you from now on. A big hug!!!🙂
Glad you enjoyed the video!!
This is just sad these R32 trains are godly 🙌
MTA should keep a few for Garbage or Contruction. Maybe paint them Yellow and black.
They already have a few for work service.
@@TheRailLeaguer I thought the 50 R42s replaced them. Unless they are indeed keeping some in work service.
@@davidng2336 They have both R32 and R42 cars in work service.
Those cars look cleaner than the cars running on the system now. So did they wash the cars going to be scrapped but don't wash the cars in use daily?
Nah. The R32s were just that resilient...
Did they come with knuckle couplers? Or did they install them for this move?
They always had been H2C. The AAR couplers were fitted for this freight move.
Where was this taken? It is trippy seeing subway cars on the street like this with normal traffic (more or less). Street level stations just on the street would be pretty neat lol
The train operated over the two active street-running railways in NYC, both of which are in Sunset Park and connect to each other:
The MTA-Owned South Brooklyn Railway, which runs east-west roughly along 39th Street:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_B...
The Port Authority-owned NYNJ Rail, which runs north-south mostly on 1st Avenue:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yor...
The first clip of the video shows the South Brooklyn Railway trackage, the rest of the video is all NYNJ Rail territory.
Oh dope
I wander if we can create some non profit projects via crowdfunding to rescue some of those historic fleet as assets. Those artifact are itself a work of art and 20th century wander. We here in Japan have a very large rail community which have successful occasion in preserving fleet from being scrapped. I think it’s easier in the us because there are abundance of land. The largest obstacle would be the shipping cost and time, as they are being scrapped day by day. R32s are quite famous among Japanese fans but there seems to be very little awareness in the US about this historic fleet.
there are some trolley museums around usa which could take care of some but it seems that's the best usa can do, you japanese rail enthuisasts are just on another level compared to usa, you are the best in the world
The mta should have some future NTTs with the old r32 design or heavily inspired design from the r32 but it’ll never happen
Yess 🙌
thats not how that works....old designs are outdated
@@metromannyc6033 not necessarily R142’s have the red design in the front as an honor to Redbirds.
@@matthewadonis3020 that is such a minor detail though
@@metromannyc6033 still it pays honor to Redbirds I agree with Daniel B future NTT’s should pay honor to the R32’s in the exterior that would be amazing
3:49 that bell sounded like a metrolink
Amazing! I never saw a r32 on the road.
This is very sad. 3786-3787 has been at Coney for years, and probably the only place to see a R32 trainset.
All these R32's could have been sold to private owners and kept, but due to the small population of railfans like us, that is not possible.
Take example the douglas c47 skytrain aircraft. There's more than 20 being kept and maintained by private owners.
If the railfan community was just as popular and rich as the aircraft community, I think it's safe to say that at least 2-3 trainsets of the R32's would be in the hands of private owners.
If anyone is brave to buy these poor pieces of metal, each should be around 10 grand or less. Subway can be greedy and charge you more. but chances are you can buy them for $800, as shown with the MBTA Orange trains.
When I worked for new York cross harbor railroad we handled many subway cars
Are the going over the bay or over hell gate via fresh pond??
Hey what happen to all old broad st sabway cars and old market Frankford old el cars
Why is the AEM7 a freight train
Beautiful train wow
12-car train of R32s!
Also, how is it possible that the lighting was on in one of the cars?
Generator prob
Goes to show, that the Great R32 cars will not go down without a fight
Head-end power from the locomotive.
They should make some commemorative coins out of them for us Foamers..stamp them right out of their sides..
I will miss you 😘 Train
Much ❤️
im gonna miss them, i never really got a chance to ride on it
3522, where is that power coming from? That’s the only one with power that I could see
Don't worry, when I go to the New York Transit Museum, I'm gonna see the R32 subway cars
We have an abandoned rail yard in Pennsylvania and I would like to take 2 R32 subway cars and drive it on there
please do it, buy as many as you can, I encourage you
Is there a schedule or timetable for when these are on the move to be scrapped? I would love to get my own footage too😭
Ashtabula,Ohio
How old are these cars ?
Is the MTA going to scrap the r32 pair that was restore to it original appearance
I believe that car was a museum car?
99.99% sure it will be preserved
A few of these cars were on the retirement run sad to see them go
Hi
if i had the money - i'd buy them all !! ... do a 1000% museum quality restoration & have them "ride the rails" again (so sad i can't)
5:07 how was R32 #3522 still electrified without a thrid rail??
Those are independent lights, not third rail power.
Rip R32s
So do you like r32
Welp. This is End of line for the R32's 12 set. I actually want any trainst enthusiasts to go to Ohio to see these R32's go for scrap.
It’s going to be the r44’s and r46’s turn next year. 😢 By late next year, we won’t have any more NYC Subway cars from the 1970s running in passenger service. The older and not modern r-type subway cars from the 60s, 70s and 80s are being phased out for the newer and modern new technology trains r100s and r200s. The only r-type subway cars left after the 44’s and 46’s retire, will be the r62/r62a and r68/r68a. I’m not ready for those cars to retire, but it has to be done, sadly. 😭 Need to make a change and make way for the new and modern equipment to take over as the old equipment needs to be upgraded and is not suitable for the 2020s decade.
Does anyone know their exact destination in Ohio?
This is like watching the men get onto a ship for Europe in WWII.
Some of these have their traction motors
Why don't MTA just auction it off to makes some extra $$$?
I hope there preserved
Ok folks give it a break. This is a what happens when we scrap cars. The same thing happened to the H.V.S, L.V.S Flivers A.B. D Type R 1/9 R 10 R11 through R16.
No 3rd rail for the sentencing 😢
I enjoyed video
Mta people should keep train r32 train alive and do not scrap train ,do not kill train r32 not at all.
It's getting scrap deal with it
They came off the assembly line the year I was born. Those are the cars of graffiti's Golden era.
Os R32s Foram baixados da Frota?
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@@wsx2000lol Ah sim. Muitíssimo obrigado pela informação. E é muito triste em ver trens antigos serem baixados da Frota e que fizeram histórias no metrô. Más agente temos de entender que a baixa é necessária e dar lugar para novos trens. Certo?
@@desativadoparasempre98 eu no me interesan os trens novos hehehe, solo os antigos, eu quero que esses trens continuem funcionando onde seja
@@wsx2000lol Ah sim. De fato 😀
The doors, number plates, and shields should have been removed and re-sold. The car numbers can be spray-painted onto the scrap cars.
They deserve a better fate like being modified for a new rail system in any other city.
Do you know why I hate R160C because The said,
Do you want me the weather?
R32 R42
Seeing all of these cars go to scrap seems like such a waste, why couldn't they preserve a full set?
Idk they took them I know they old but they have no problem with the r32 it was good running good and everything they should at least keep them till 2023
Gabage train scarp move
What a joke seeing them shipped all the way to Ohio for scrapping
Ashtabula, Ohio
Far better to ship them to another place to be torn apart than for them to be dumped into the ocean like what always happens to the decommissioned subway trains , it's way better to salvage the steel and reuse it instead of polluting the ocean with the unused vehicles.
I'm sad to 👀 the R32 subway cars to GO Transit Museum should get them and preserve them to their glory like they were in 70
Subway train “going barefoot” (without shoes).
I OPERATED EVERY CAR IN THE MUSEUM
BUT GATE CARS ,&
R32 CARS WERE THE ABSOLUTE BEST. SIMPLE &DURABLE . JUST ADD A/C AND
RUN THEM FOREVER.
SIGNED: " OLD C/R,
M/M, TSS
Not r32 😢
Nice