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In Staten Island, The End Of An Era

Posted by W.B. on Mon Sep 15 12:45:56 2025

This last Friday, the last remaining R-44's were retired from the Staten Island Railway (SIR) roster after 52 years of service (longer than the ME-1 fleet that began SIRT's electrification in 1925), thus the entire fleet are now the all-new R-211S's:

Brand-New Subway Cars Now Make Up Staten Island's Only Train Line (AM New York)

With this, the last vestiges of St. Louis Car workmanship have disappeared from the New York scene forever.

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