New York City Transit Authority 44




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Current Number44
Railway RepresentedNew York City Transit Authority
BuilderDifferential Car Company
Built In1927
Builder's order id
Currently in (State)New York
--(Locality)New York
Totally out of svc date1988
(Initial retirement date)
Car Typework motor
-subtypesubway signal supply car
-designation
Statusstored inoperable
More info
Gauge4'8.5"
Constructionsteel
Roof typeDR
EndedDE
Length48'0"
Width8'9"
Height11'5"
Weight86680
#Seatsn/a
#Wheels/Conf.8
Total HP320
TrucksGSC 210
BrakesAMUE (ME23)
CompressorD3-F, 2CY
ControlGE M (C101A)
MotorsGE 248A (2)
Voltage (if not 600DC)

Car 44 in storage at Coney Island Yard in New York in 2003
NYCSubway.org
photo: https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?24472

Car 44 in storage at Coney Island Yard in New York in 2012
NYCSubway.org
photo: https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?137873



Ownership History


OwnerCar NumFromToPreservation?Loan?
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit (New York, Brooklyn)50031927 1940 NO NO
New York City Board of Transportation (New York, New York)50031940 1953 NO NO
New York City Transit Authority (New York, New York)50031953 1962 NO NO
New York City Transit Authority (New York, New York)201701962 1966 NO NO
New York City Transit Authority (New York, New York)441966 present YES NO


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