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Re: R-160 Option III Order |
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Posted by R42 4787 on Tue Oct 6 21:58:26 2009, in response to Re: R-160 Option III Order, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Tue Oct 6 18:41:26 2009. The R33/R36s that remain in service in various yards throughout the system were delivered between 1962-65, making them around 45+ years old. Assuming they remain in service until the R62As (IRT-sized motors) are retired by 2024-28 or later, they would have made 65+ plus years of service.For some reason, the 1950s generation of cars seem to have the shortest lives, including the R21/22s, which lasted only to 1987 (barely 30 years). While many R12/21/22s were used in work service, much of them were scrapped or replaced by R33s in recent years. Even the H&M K-cars, which were roughly the same age as R21/22 lasted only to 1989 and most of them were gone from work service by the late 1990s. |
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