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The AB Standard was a subway car of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and its successors. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) was a transportation holding company formed in 1896 to acquire and consolidate transit facilities in Kings County, now Brooklyn, New York. ...
These cars were commonly referred to as BRT Standards or BMT Standards (for their operator BMT after 1923). The car and shops departments referred to them as AB-types or 67-foot cars. Operating crews called them Steels to distinguish them from the BU cars wooden elevated cars. A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended...
1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
This article describes the wood that comprises trees and boards. ...
Letter designations
With 950 cars, the Standards were the largest unified fleet of equipment on the BMT.
Over their service life, the BMT Standards carried a number of letter designations depending on the configuration of the cars. Originally, all the cars could operate singly, and were dubbed A-types. Variations of door operation hardware and configuration with non-motorized cars saw some of these cars refrred to as AA or AX cars for a limited period of time.
When a large portion of the fleet was made up into semi-permanently coupled three-car operating units, they were designated as B-types if all cars carried motors, or BX-types if the middle of the three cars was a trailer. In their final years of operation, most of the BX units were converted to B-types by substitution of a former A car for the trailer, and a number simply had the trailer removed to form a two-car unit, called a BT (for "Twin").
Fleet One hundred motorized cars were ordered every year from 1914 to 1922 and an additional 50 trailer cars in 1924. Cars 2000-2599 were built by the American Car and Foundry Company and the remainder, motor cars 2600-2899 and trailer cars 4000-4049 by the Pressed Steel Car Company. 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
First Use The first use of the equipment was not until early 1915 when several units, equipped with trolley poles, operated on the Sea Beach Line prior to its formal opening as a subway line on June 22, 1915. From that date, they operated regular subway service. 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Trolley poles are usually tapered cylindrical poles of wood or metal, used to transfer electricity from a live overhead wire to the control and propulsion equipment of a trolley car, tram or trolley bus. ...
June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ...
1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:NYCS_rolling_stock&action=edit) New York City Subway rolling stock | | Current fleet | IND/BMT/SIR: R32 - R32A - R38 - R40 - R40A - R42 - R44 - R46 - R68 - R68A - R143 - R160A - R160B
IRT: R62 - R62A - R142 - R142A - R142S South Ferry station 125th Street station The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ...
The Centennial Holiday Shoppers Special, a train of R1 and R9 cars that ran during the Subway Centennial in late 2004. ...
The Independent Subway System (IND, formerly ISS), and even earlier the Independent City-Owned Subway System (ICOS) or Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad was one of the three systems that is now part of the New York City Subway. ...
A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended...
Staten Island Railway (SIR) or Staten Island Rapid Transit (SIRT) is a rapid transit line operating in the Borough of Staten Island, New York City, USA. Officially the Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority (SIRTOA), the SIR is a direct subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) (MTA). ...
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original New York Subway line that opened in 1904 and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York. ...
| Retired fleet
(R-type) | IND/BMT: R1 - R4 - R6 - R7 - R7A - R9 - R10 - R11 - R16 - R27 - R30 - R30A - R34 - R110B
IRT: R12 - R14 - R15 - R17 - R21 - R22 - R110A
Redbirds (IRT): R26 - R28 - R29 - R33 - R33 WF - R36 - R36 WF The Independent Subway System (IND, formerly ISS), and even earlier the Independent City-Owned Subway System (ICOS) or Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad was one of the three systems that is now part of the New York City Subway. ...
A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended...
Budd Rail Car Company built the ten R11 cars were a new technology test train ordered as a prototype for a new fleet for the Second Avenue Subway in 1949, which of course never materialized. ...
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original New York Subway line that opened in 1904 and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York. ...
There is a town of Redbird, Oklahoma. ...
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original New York Subway line that opened in 1904 and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York. ...
| Retired fleet
(private operators) | IRT: Composite - Deck Roof - Gibbs - Hi-V - Lo-V - Steinway - World's Fair
BMT: AB Standard - Bluebird Compartment Car - BU cars - C-type - D-type Triplex - MS Multi-section car - Q-type Queens car The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original New York Subway line that opened in 1904 and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York. ...
A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended...
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