A Tribute to the (NYC Subway) R44s

[@obbyandAWE]

I am begging you to do a remake of this after SIR R44s retire

[@joeeeeeeeeeeeey8888]

It Mostly Severd at the A Line And Now A Trains Are Now R46 instead of R44

[@alexberlus8668]

Sound like mbta orange line hawker siddeley

[@mtattrain]

Rest in peace Chester Bennington.

[@stevengarcia8259]

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[@jonrailz5044]

This video inspired me to make one but with R32's and R42's which will retire next year

[@RRAMTrainRailfanner]

R.I.P 1971-2010 R44s.

[@Wbishop1995]

They gonna forever

[@AmirFromNYC]

2 cars got wrecked during a crash 5282 and 5285

[@thrilli997]

I mean the R44 is like the R46 but without the gray stripe

[@jonrailz5044]

They are different because of propulsion and the plastic window frames on the side of the seats

[@abudiyan]

I know this song!

[@jupiterproductions3894]

i like this song btw i was born after one year this channel was made

[@AmirFromNYC]

R.I.P R44s 1971-2010

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

R44s sill run on the sir.

[@RRAMTrainRailfanner]

We Know

[@jonrailz5044]

But they run on the general electric propulsion like the R46

[@GEMSTONE554]

The r44s are still on service on the Staten Island Railway

[@rahmel2009]

fnaf king fox FNAF king fox But as the R44M

[@pres7412]

The R44’s still exist.

[@AmirFromNYC]

The R44s creep me out

[@uptownsanz4465]

R.I.P R44 and Chester Bennington

[@stevengarcia8259]

WHO IS CHESTER?!?

[@aaronsamuel2823]

St Louis company should of never built the R44. Budd car company which build the R32 and R46 had stainless steel which was good. If R44 didn't suffer structural issues then I would of have rode it. Btw I was 4 years old when this retired it's a beautiful subway car not gonna lie 👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@NYRailFan.]

There was an economic recession when the R44's were built. The R44's had to be built very quickly, and be as cost effective as possible. Because the cars construction was rushed, it had really poor quality, and suffered mechanical issues. Not only did it suffer mechanical issues, but it also suffered structural issues because the carbon steel. The reason they were primarily made of carbon steel is because that material is relatively cheap, and light. Now budd on the other hand, did have good stainless steel, but they would've used unproven technology, which is exactly what they did with amtrak's "metroliner" order. Because the technology was unproven, the cars were very mechanically unreliable, and broke down quite often. So the R44's were doomed to fail from the start. No matter which company built it!

[@aaronsamuel2823]

@@NYRailFan. Thank you so much for the info appreciate it. The R44 is a very beautiful subway train it's very sad that I couldn't ride it

[@NYRailFan.]

@@aaronsamuel2823 I agree, the R44's looked great. I also didn't get to ride them either!

[@plushynoob3463]

The R44’s structural issue came after they were cleaned up after there were graffiti, sense they used acid baths to clean the graffiti, the carbon steel in the R44’s didn’t react well with the acid baths, cause the R44’s to slowly rot. If the MTA had focused more on the R44’s health and not making it even better, the R44’s would probably still be here to this day. In addition, the R38’s, R40’s, and R42 also had the same rotting issues like the R44’s cause they had carbon steel in them.

[@dimabaladi]

It would be extremely nice if the Mta can rebuild the R44 subway cars

[@TheRailLeaguer]

Abderrahim Rmidi Why?

[@jonrailz5044]

@@TheRailLeaguer 75 ft cars provide more space to passengers

[@TheRailLeaguer]

JMFortnite 8-car 75 foot trains increase dwell times and do not fit on certain lines, such as the J/Z, L, and M. Luckily, open-gangway trains provide the same capacity as a 75-foot train.

[@TheRailLeaguer]

RC14Hz What do you mean no?

[@TheRailLeaguer]

RC14Hz So you’re saying that 75 foot cars than can’t fit on Eastern Division lines are better than 60 foot open gangway cars than can be used anywhere in the B division?

[@dimabaladi]

I really wish the R44s would come back to NYC

[@TheRailLeaguer]

Abderrahim Rmidi Why?

[@stevengarcia8259]

@@TheRailLeaguer I never seen them so yeah I trust him

[@TheRailLeaguer]

@@stevengarcia8259 Well they do have the R211s as an updated R44s. Those will be coming online soon,

[@dimabaladi]

I don't like new trains

[@macarioramirez4162]

There r44s on SIR

[@abrahammartinez2989]

if they retired the r44 why didn't they retire the r46

[@abudiyan]

Maybe they hate grey stripes

[@TheRailLeaguer]

abraham martinez Because they didn’t need to retire the R46 cars yet

[@AmirFromNYC]

They didn't scrap the R46 and scraped the R44 why didn't they scrap the R46?

[@AmirFromNYC]

The is fitting good

[@AmirFromNYC]

Also it was time to scrap them

[@rodolfomatias18]

R-E-S-T-I-N-P-E-A-C-E FIND A WORD???

[@ntrainmta9626]

Rest In Peace

[@rodolfomatias18]

No another word inside

[@ntrainmta9626]

Minecraft& Even More! Ok

[@AmirFromNYC]

Linkin Park

[@abudiyan]

WAIT THEY WERE SCRAPPED IN NEWARK!?

[@mtattrain]

Yes like 4 and a half years ago.

[@abudiyan]

Ok

[@dimabaladi]

R160s R179s and R211s are trash

[@TheRailLeaguer]

Abderrahim Rmidi No they are not. The R160s are very reliable.

[@jonrailz5044]

@@TheRailLeaguer some break down and R179's have structural problems

[@TheRailLeaguer]

JMFortnite The R160 and R188s are two of the most reliable cars in the system and have withstood the test of time for the last few years. The R179s are going through some early troubleshooting, like all new equipment. The R211s will be one of the most reliable cars in the system once they come and are fully delivered.

[@TheRailLeaguer]

RC14Hz How is it trash? The R160 and R188s have very high mean fail rates (the new R188s have a mean fail rates of ~490,00 miles).

[@TheRailLeaguer]

RC14Hz How is the superb mean fail rate of these cars irrelevant? Also, you are a sheep, not me. What are you talking about?