The R17 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1954 for the IRT A Division. A total of 400 cars were built, arranged as single units. Two versions were manufactured: Westinghouse (WH)-powered cars and General Electric (GE)-powered cars. The first R17s entered service on October 10, 1955.

R17: 6500–6899 St. Louis Car: 1954–1956 Retired, 6609/6688 preserved, 6835/6899 in work service R18: Pump/hose car: Never purchased: R19: Diesel locomotive (for R18) R20 ... Under the Sidewalks of New York: The Story of the Greatest Subway System in the World, 2nd Revised Edition. Fordham University Press, New York, 1995.

2025年2月5日 · The Proto-Soundr 2.0 R-17 sets feature M.T.H.'s newest advances in transit stop technology. Designed specifically for our municipal transit cars, the system allows you to program the train to stop automatically at pre-set stops you designate, even in Conventional Mode.

R-17 4-car subway set with Proto-Sound 3.0, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (maroon). Car numbers: 6655, 6634, 6679, 6529. The New York City R-17 subway cars debuted on the IRT (In

The R17 also features large, rounded rectangle windows on its side doors, similar to those found on nearly every car in today's subway system. While similar to the R16 in outward appearance, as an A Division car, it is smaller and contains only three doors on each side of …

Returning for the first time in a decade, the popular "Red Bird" scheme and the classic MTA silver and blue markings come equipped with Proto-Sound 3.0 and feature M. Designed specifically for our municipal transit cars, the system allows you to program the train to stop automatically at pre-set stops you designate, even in Conventional Mode.

* Limited Edition One Time Run of These Roadnumbers! * 1 Powered, 3 Unpowered Cars * 5-Pole Skew-Wound Motor * Dual Flywheels * Factory-Applied Pantograph Gates * Directional Lighting * Interior Lighting * Proto MAX(TM) Metal Knuckle Couplers As part of fleet upgrades in the 1950s, New York's Interboro Rapid Transit (IRT) purchased R17 cars in ...

2025年3月14日 · This MTH R17 4 Car Subway Set #80-2370-1 is a brand new item that is ready to go right out of the box. The set is made of high-quality plastic with a 1:87 scale, making it a great addition to any model railroad or train collection. The control system is digital, and it also comes with DCC sound for added realism.

2024年10月10日 · The R17 was a New York City Subway car class built in 1954 by the St. Louis Car Company. The R17s were numbered 65006899. The R17s were one of three car classes purchased in the mid1950s by the New York City Transit Authority to replace much of the preWorld War II IRT High Voltage (HiV) rolling

The R17 class of cars was one of three fleets purchased in the mid-1950's to replace many of the pre-WWII Interboro Rapid Transit cars. There were 4000 cars in this class, all built by St. Louis Car Company.