"The Taking of Pelham 123" Subway Cars 15 years after stardom

On June 12, 2009, the remake of “The Taking of Pelham 123” premiered in theaters. The film, directed by Tony Scott and starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta, was the most intensive film shoot New York City Transit had ever done. 6 weeks of filming took place on New York City Transit property, with over 25 cars being used for the film over that course of time. One car, R62A 2079, was dressed up as an R142A inside and out, as it is not possible to operate a single R142A car by itself. I checked in on R62A 2079 yesterday, as well as some of the other R142As (many of which have since been converted to R188s) to see how they are 15 years after their claim to fame.
Chapters:
Intro 0:00-1:49
R62A 2079 1:49-4:20
R188s 7521-7525 and 7336-7340 4:20-5:03
R188s 7301-7305 and 7396-7400 5:03-6:09
R188s 7276-7280 and R142As 7606-7610 6:09-8:26
R188s 7441-7445 8:26-10:04

[@AceTNYC_722]

R62A Car (2079) will always be remembered as the single R62A Car that used in the movie “The Taking of Pelham 123” and the only “R142B” to ever non-chronically exist.

[@leecornwell5632]

The definitely could remodified the R62AS and turn it to the R142Bs on the Pelham 6 line for CBTCS.

[@rpm_asphalt9railfanner762]

My favorite movie of 2009

[@Wbishop1995]

Me too

[@kevinb8881]

There was another movie version of Pelham 123 using TTC railcars from Toronto in Canada!!

[@rpm_asphalt9railfanner762]

Wait what?🤯

[@MaryHernandez-5909]

1974😏​@@rpm_asphalt9railfanner762

[@N0bodi221]

Nice case looks fire 2:01

[@Parzival899]

6/12/09 was when i was born 😄

[@legomta-munipalssubways2762]

Yes

[@SomeRamdomAhole]

No

[@Astrochorius]

@@SomeRamdomAholeYes

[@trainman2000.]

If that is the case where is the converted train now?

[@Fabian-r142a-4-express]

Do yall remember the 7211 Of the R188 but was use on the R142A 6 train before

[@pedrobravo1589]

BRUH

[@Fabian-r142a-4-express]

@@pedrobravo1589 be quiet

[@pedrobravo1589]

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[@pedrobravo1589]

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[@Fabian-r142a-4-express]

@@pedrobravo1589 stop spamming

[@TSSmina]

2:25 That PA Convo between the crew. 😭

[@georgealbertmartinez8861]

i am sorry but the train mention here is incorrect used in the movie.The correct train used in the movie was the R188 , the one with the first train car painted black and red in the front of car. As you can see currently in the nyc subway system , the R188 is run on these subway lines [ I R T ] ( 2 ,4,5 and 7 }

[@exzoduss3089]

The R188 is only on the 7 what are you talking abt?

[@mtatrainsfan]

R188 only on the 7 the r142a on the 4 the r142 on the 2 4 and 5

[@toters2724]

Only the 7 uses R188s. The 2 and 5 use solely R142s and the 4 uses a mix of R142s and R142As.

[@leecornwell5632]

We definitely know they have all the R62AS on the Pelham 6 line now every sense 2013 2018 .

[@leecornwell5632]

It's definitely not over yet on the Pelham 6 line.

[@BenTheMiner]

Does 2079 still have fake blood in one of the cabs?

[@toters2724]

Most likely cleaned as 2009 was 15 years ago.

[@BenTheMiner]

@@toters2724 It apparently retained it afterwards which is why I was asking for its current status

[@leecornwell5632]

This is no fake blood. This is definitely real.

[@leecornwell5632]

This is the real R142B R62AS remodified to a R142B.

[@toters2724]

Ignoring what was said below your reply, that's possible. But, it has probably since been washed several times, and considering that it is now on the 6, then it was probably long gone by the time #2079 was transferred from the 7 to the 6.