An R32 car being built. The cars predated the advent of subway air conditioning, with which they were retrofitted in the 1980s. They’ve ran on lettered lines across the city, and in recent years ...

The R32 is, not surprisingly, a favorite of train nerds, as well as of subway professionals. All of the subsequent New York City subway cars—including the glitzy R179s slated to replace the R32s ...

MTA retires old subway cars 00:42. NEW YORK-- It's the end of the line for many of the old "Brightliner" subway cars that remain in New York City railyards.. They're being floated on barges to ...

Even if you’ve never visited New York City, much less navigated its tunneled underbelly, there’s a good chance you recognize its subway cars.Rolling around since 1964, the R32 (no, not the ...

A train buff and former MTA cleaner with a history of trespassing arrests on NYC Transit property lost his bid to become a subway train operator when he was tossed out of training class this week.

WNYC reporter Jen Carlson did not report on the vandalism in her Dec. 21 story in the station’s companion publication Gothamist, but she did report the enthusiasm of the riders: “With a stainless ...

Case in point: The MTA just announced that after 58 years in service, the R32 subway cars—also known as the Brightliners given the horizontal shiny and unpainted stainless exteriors they were ...

The oldest cars on the New York City subway—the R32, known as Brightliners—were introduced in 1964, the year the Beatles embarked on their legendary U.S. tour ...