6/29/17 R46
High 70s and sunny, might hit the mid 80s later.
The R46 subway car is still often seen on what in olden times was known as the BMT and the IND lines as well as the SIR (formerly known as the SIRT). They were manufactured in the 1970s and look like it. The seats are orange and yellow and are arranged in a groups of three that fact perpendicular to the movement of the car separated by groups of two at a 90 degree angle to the groups of three with back to back seats facing toward and away from the direction that the train is moving.
The outside of the car is silver and there's a number on each. There are three sets of double doors on each side of the car though sometimes only one of the two doors opens and in rare cases neither door opens. The roof of the car is curved and rain sluices off both sides.
I have spent a lot of time in R46's in my life. I even detailed the adventures of a plastic bottle on (in?) an R46 just over nine years ago. They say that the R46's are obsolete and need to be taken out of service and I hear they are. I wonder how long it will be before they're gone like the redbirds or the green SIRT cars with the wicker seats and standee straps. .
The R46 subway car is still often seen on what in olden times was known as the BMT and the IND lines as well as the SIR (formerly known as the SIRT). They were manufactured in the 1970s and look like it. The seats are orange and yellow and are arranged in a groups of three that fact perpendicular to the movement of the car separated by groups of two at a 90 degree angle to the groups of three with back to back seats facing toward and away from the direction that the train is moving.
The outside of the car is silver and there's a number on each. There are three sets of double doors on each side of the car though sometimes only one of the two doors opens and in rare cases neither door opens. The roof of the car is curved and rain sluices off both sides.
I have spent a lot of time in R46's in my life. I even detailed the adventures of a plastic bottle on (in?) an R46 just over nine years ago. They say that the R46's are obsolete and need to be taken out of service and I hear they are. I wonder how long it will be before they're gone like the redbirds or the green SIRT cars with the wicker seats and standee straps. .
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