Redbirds Transit Museum Pics
The Transit Authority spent over 14 months working with regulatory agencies to develop a process by which the cars were cleaned and prepared for submersion. Because of the sheer number of cars that were decommissioned, it is estimated that the Authority saved over $30 million by reefing the fleet.
Reefing the Redbirds
The Transit Authority spent over 14 months working with regulatory agencies to develop a process by which the cars were cleaned and prepared for submersion. Because of the sheer number of cars that were decommissioned, it is estimated that the Authority saved over $30 million by reefing the fleet.
New York Transit Museum NYCTA Photographic Unit Collection
The Transit Authority spent over 14 months working with regulatory agencies to develop a process by which the cars were cleaned and prepared for submersion. Because of the sheer number of cars that were decommissioned, it is estimated that the Authority saved over $30 million by reefing the fleet.
R-30 interior
The Transit Authority spent over 14 months working with regulatory agencies to develop a process by which the cars were cleaned and prepared for submersion. Because of the sheer number of cars that were decommissioned, it is estimated that the Authority saved over $30 million by reefing the fleet.
New York Transit Museum NYCTA Photographic Unit Collection
Redbird On View at the New York Transit Museum
Redbird
Redbird On View at the New York Transit Museum
Marc Glucksman
The arrival of the R-29s was cause for celebration: they were intended to phase out 50-year old cars on IRT lines. They were greeted with an aquatic parade of fireboats and police escorts.
R-29 cars on the East River, 1962.jpg
R-29 cars on the East River
New York Transit Museum Collection
The Transit Authority spent over 14 months working with regulatory agencies to develop a process by which the cars were cleaned and prepared for submersion. Because of the sheer number of cars that were decommissioned, it is estimated that the Authority saved over $30 million by reefing the fleet.
Reefing the Redbirds, 2001 (2).jpg
The Transit Authority spent over 14 months working with regulatory agencies to develop a process by which the cars were cleaned and prepared for submersion. Because of the sheer number of cars that were decommissioned, it is estimated that the Authority saved over $30 million by reefing the fleet.
New York Transit Museum / NYCTA Photographic Unit Collection