Subway cars for reef deployment

Subway cars from NYC MTA stripped and cleaned for deployment on artificial reef sites. Super habitat for increasing the biomass.

[@Kwad.Kev2]

This hurts my heart to watch this

[@Cobras7111]

That was an R40! 😰

[@_tsiatsiaros.k]

I think it was an R38 or R32

[@channelmoved4743]

@@_tsiatsiaros.k its an R40 slant not an R32 or R38

[@Chris-zs5qb]

@@_tsiatsiaros.k No, that was definitely an R40. You can tell because of the chassis on the front.

[@ejdsndnj]

That was an r40m

[@juandilone3905]

@@ejdsndnj its a R40 slant

[@hunsletmidland]

MTA : Underwater Subway

[@CMSINFAMOUS]

r68s don't run on the 4, and R160s don't run on the 2 lol

[@cocokeyruleshostingerdrool5864]

2 days ago, the R179s entered service

[@BroadwayNexp]

THAT IS ONE DAMN STRONG CRANE

[@zachmorris3017]

After all I did for this city........ And this is how your going to do me LoL

[@crazyexpresso]

@Joshua W56 they deformed fast so it was a new sad life

[@five0fan]

These were perfect trains!!

[@TransitNerd]

*were

[@collinparsons3363]

The car that is dumped in this video is 4151, a slant end R40. It was withdrawn from use in April 2008 and reefed in New Jersey on 09/08/2008. New Jersey opted to stop using subway cars for reefs after only 2 batches of 50, because the cars deteriorated underwater much faster than anticipated. Originally they planned to take up to 600 of the R32 through R42 types.

[@hooli4110]

Thats useful, They cleaned the cars and removed any harmful stuff and is a eco system now making it very good for the enviroment

[@ThisIsNotSweetie]

i dont understand how they take away the good and smooth trains away and make the dumm trains

[@r32brightliners42]

R40: PLEASE DON'T PUT ME IN THE OCEAN. RAILFANS WANT ME SO BAD. CRANE:SHUT UP ERIC:STOP CRANE CRANE: GOODBYE R40'S R40'S:NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!. ERIC:😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭. ERIC:R40'S YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTED. & WILL BE MISS. ERIC:WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

[@channelmoved4743]

The R40 is scrapped by R160

[@hooli4110]

That one R40: yay I'm still alive in court street!

[@jenniferaguilar5502]

RIP R40 GOT REPLACE BY R211A AND R211T AND R211S

[@qcbeast478]

Hey sponge bob going to have a new park

[@uberstupidmove]

@music1chanel Natural reefs will grow on any hard substance, so the government and a group of scientists started to put unused Ships, trains, tanks, whatever else would be fitting for the job in order to increase the biomass in the ocean. It is actually pretty genius.

[@kaisworld31]

it's kinda sad =(

[@ggggta]

and they say trowing trash in the water is bad

[@lopwr1212]

They cleaned it

[@tryithere]

@timo518 They were perfectly good running trains because they cost a fortune in maintenance with their age.

[@Kyheem25]

Did you know, the MTA seals it for $5 bucks and the trucks without the motor are sold for $250 a pice

[@amtrak1214]

I think this is a great idea! Using the retired cars for the environment!

[@kidfrombrooklyn66]

@timo518 Train cars has a life span of about 30 years. They will eventually have be replaced with newer up-to-date models as technilogy gets better. More expensive to overhaul/maintenance of older cars.

[@4P3607]

and there goes a perfectly good R40 into the water **PLOP**

[@Noveltooner]

The R40s and R42s (a few of the latter still running on the J line) were becoming structurally unsound, thanks to St. Louis Car's shotwelding of stainless steel parts to carbon steel and the extreme corrosion at the points where they were joined; that's what killed the R44 cars. Kawasaki had proposed useing the all-stainless steel and aluminum R32 shells to remanufacture them as new cars with the R160 features in A-B-B-B-A unit configuration like the R160s.

[@TransportFan-ek2rp]

In my perspective, I want the new cars to co_exist with ALL old cars. I DONT CARE even if the system is overloaded

[@Noveltooner]

80 of the R46s (more, it the North Shore line ir reactivated) are slated to replace the R44s on the Staten Island Railway. The R44s have a modified structure and stainless steel beltlines (unlike the subway versions, which were carbon steel). They were modified for the SIR when they originally arrived to FRA standards and run under a special waiver, as the SIR is a class-B commuter railroad. The R46 structure was already designed for the LIRR and the aborted Queens Super Express Bypass.

[@Noveltooner]

The cost of realigning the sides of the A units to line the doors up with each other (necessary to accomodate the necessary full-length cabs) was cost prohibitive. However, the 75-foot all-stainless steel R46s are being considered for such a re-fit, with the same ceiling, lighting, speakers and HVAC units as the R160, fluting added to the exterior roof structure, similar Kawasaki trucks (modified to handle the weight of the heavier cars), and Bombardier propulsion in current A-B-B-A form.

[@junglejuice23]

The fish that were hanging out near the ship 👁👄👁

[@solarisgalrocks]

wow, imagine being inside that subway - better hold on to the pole.....!! lol

[@kill7ree]

@R68love11 I know right.. and they always have budget problems but they keep buying more models of trains and making non needed changes

[@thenickcomtatrains7179]

Why are they throwing the R40S out even though there are still on service?

[@cocokeyruleshostingerdrool5864]

I'm surprised some R32s are still in service after the R38s, R40s, and R44s retired. The R32s were built before the R38s, R40s, and R44s.

[@jenniferaguilar5502]

Bc it got replace by R211

[@timo518]

This makes no fucking sense. Why don't they make one model of a train and stick with it. These R40's were perfectly good running trains, but NOO, they needa throw it in the damn ocean.

[@nyanocloud]

@timo518 I totally agree!

[@TheRailShooter]

so MTA wastes over 1000 grand for trains and throw these trains in the ocean? MTA needs a better solution than just dumping them in the ocean. shit.

[@VinceHere98]

They should turn them into fancy cars. That would be more useful rather than polluting spongebob's homeland.

[@captaincoconut3031]

you know the cars turn into a good home for the animals who live underwater? coral and other life populate the old subway cars, and its even been proven beneficial. This is not some attempt to pollute the ocean. Turning them into 'fancy cars' will just waste revenue.

[@mencyguzman7042]

R.I.P😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🚉1

[@haroldalexis4200]

If you want to have nightmares this is it! This breaks my heart as a railroader first the Red Birds now the Steels? Very sad shame on you MTA!

[@TheAussieBusman]

@tryithere The V sets on the Cityrail Network in Sydney Australia were released in 1968 and there still on the rails (last one put on to tracks in 1989) so some of which are 44 odd years old and there a good reliable train there soon to be retired from 2020, there an awesome train and despite there age they are quieter and more comfertable then the Newer trains on the cityrail fleet but I prefer the Tangara's (Tangara is an aboriginal word meaing "TO GO" known as the T and G sets)

[@jonathan4ize]

yah the should save them in case a train crashed or something else happen to it

[@uberstupidmove]

@timo518 Technology changes, upgrades are needed, companies stop making replacement parts. Example. Long Island Railroad designs their own engines, DE/DM-30, the company that made them went out of business, when they need parts, well that's too bad time for a new fleet.

[@TransportFan-ek2rp]

I meant old cars together with new ones

[@hooli4110]

To everybody blaming the MTA: Now stop please, We have literal preserved cars that you can view, We buy new cars so we will have a safer system as a route will weaken the metal a bit so BE THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE ALIVE IN THE NEW TRAINS WHICH ARE SAFER

[@Georgejoyrider]

They Reefing R40 and the rest of them into the Sea since they were Retired

[@mas_n_cant_animate]

Everybody: "No, It cant be. I cannot watch anymore." - Obi wan Kenobi

[@JerichoUniverse]

well at least that was the last time they will "reef" a train as the MTA contract with the reefing company ended. now they just dismantle the trains.

[@mrlal1234]

@timo518 Along with the 68'sand the 44's they were one of the fastest

[@Rockgirl2go]

they are polluting!

[@Robot-fi6gs]

0:23 SUBWAY TITANIC

[@annanowak3016]

0:18 so long

[@junjun798]

@kidfrombrooklyn66 its 40 yrs not 30

[@Arctic911]

Why couldn’t they just take off the scrap and re-use it???

[@bits2956]

R42 gets dumped into hell

[@orangefan200]

Fun fact that his icon

[@CMSINFAMOUS]

Lol I guess most people complained about the screeching brakes

[@joet5986]

No it's because they were getting old and needed to be retired

[@redbird1train855]

L.O.L. I love the screeching brakes

[@Ham549]

Lets toss cars worth tons of money in scrap in the ocean and complain about lack of funding and raise fairs.

[@LimboGene]

Yeh, I see your point, but this is healthy for the environment for recycling which helps us to live in the long run.

[@skrakaayyyyy_itzyostep]

What? And technally the MTA waisted their time. They can't even burn them or sell then, but no dududududu... let's make the fish have homes that I don't give three fucks if they get eaten by fucking sharks , instead of helping people at least shelter in there, and give it some love.

[@dimabaladi]

which old subway train models got dumped into the ocean

[@dodge1515]

The following classes: -R26s -R28s -R29s -R33/33 WFs -R36/WFs ^ Those were all Redbirds -R32s -R38s -R40 Slants -R40Ms -R42s and a few R62/62As. I believe that's it.

[@Progamer8012]

well as you no dude tech get better in time like trains and as ppl know that old tech things not just trains can sometime stop functioning or any failure. :D

[@BillyFromNYC]

CAN I HAVE IT IN MY ROOM

[@rafaelasuncionXD2000216]

Just WHY?!

[@captaincoconut3031]

it creates reefs for fish, duh

[@hooli4110]

Plus, is good for the enviroment, They cleaned all the subway cars and they did alot of hard work to remove every single piece of harmful materials, is a eco system now making it good for the enviroment. Some engineers even sank a cleaned up and renovated aircraft carrier to make a eco system. They did the same to it as the metro cars. Dont take stuff for granted.

[@Dortizr160]

hey mta heres an idea insted of throwing trains in the ocean. melt them down and make new trains out of the old trains RECYCLING

[@jj34351]

0:18

[@jahmerikan6]

Kind of a waste if ya ask me. There are other places that could use em. The same will happen with R46/R68s in the near future when all lines are replaced by R160's and the like.bI never liked the new ones but appreciate its features but its so cold and robotic like a hospital operating room. I'm sure I'm not the only one but I've let an R160 2 train pass me just to get a R68 3 lol. I miss the R68 4 train more than any other:( just memories riding it...but nothin like the R46 A to cheer ya up lol

[@_tsiatsiaros.k]

You are wrong There are no R160 3 trains or R68 A trains

[@joet5986]

@@_tsiatsiaros.k there are R68A trains

[@joet5986]

I think you mean an R142 2 train, an R62 3 train, and an R62A 4 train. R160, R46 and R68 are B Division trains not A Division trains. Also R46A does not exist

[@_tsiatsiaros.k]

@@joet5986 sorry I mean R68 A trains :)

[@yassinermidi4893]

NO THEY’RE NOT

[@closedpermanently9723]

Why did they do this to the R40's? ;-;

[@TheRailLeaguer]

Closed Permanently Too old, and old cars at the time were ripe for creating artificial reefs.

[@crashinator1001]

shame really they should just sell them

[@MS2MAN]

Is This Even Legal ?? WTH Ii Find This Pointless ! Wouldn't This Be Called Dumping !??!??!

[@yzaabellanosa1405]

R38

[@skrakaayyyyy_itzyostep]

Both of you are wrong... It's the R40 slant

[@aaronthelightbearer]

So that's what they do to old subway cars. Umm hmm.

[@lopwr1212]

:(

[@nickeox]

Sad that this was when recycling was for suckers... they did it wrong anyways... and those cars could of made a whole new subway car...

[@nyanocloud]

WTF is wrong with the mta anyway!

[@captaincoconut3031]

OMG IT CREATES REEFS FOR THE FISH ITS NOT THAT HARD TO UNDERSTAND IF IT WERE TRASH THEY WOULD MELT THE METAL AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE

[@mariafatimaabellanosa8709]

no r32s

[@enyodilone3407]

@@juandilone3905 R40 slant are in this video

[@toiletpeparman2725]

Rip r40 M 42

[@yassinermidi4893]

I don’t like the R38s R40s R42s and R44s.

[@juandilone3905]

Thats a R40s

[@jenniferaguilar5502]

Bc it got replace by R211A and R211T and R211S

[@villager0118]

I think that they should,n have dumped the Redbirds

[@wesleytan6842]

They should. The cars that are reefed can be given to a new world

[@A278PlusPi-Legacy]

The Redbirds have already been reefed...

[@kamilkuzmicki5214]

this epic fail insted of the car the escavater go into the waterthat will much funny hahah iwill oved if that happend

[@TRRailfan]

Why bother buying entire new subway cars, just replace the engines or electrical stuff in the old cars and keep using the parts that you can. Such a waste to just throw them away.

[@likitty20]

@timo518 that's for fish and they are recycling anyway and stop talking about damn train numbers im a railfan and yet i don't care about the train number.

[@ShadowXFX1]

dam I bet my Old boy Bombed that one during his bombing years...

[@jianwenli8058]

The guy cant do that and the people will be mad and there will be a flood

[@joet5986]

How will there be a flood

[@Null42x86]

This is the saddest shit i ever seen

[@skrakaayyyyy_itzyostep]

Thanks for caring about fish instead of giving six fucks for the homeless...

[@yoselinduarte9122]

¡¿WTFF?!

[@macarioramirez4162]

So sad

[@koolmazin]

i dontt like R40 just get on with throwing it away!

[@LeoMoreira86]

THIS IS SHIT! They could do the same as here in Sao Paulo, Modernize the old trains!

[@_tsiatsiaros.k]

No plz no