C-type (New York City Subway car)
Retired class of Brooklyn Rapid Transit cars / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The C-type was a series of elevated New York City Subway cars originally built by the Osgood-Bradley, Laconia, and Jewett car companies, and rebuilt by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company between 1923 and 1925 from former BU cars.[1]
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C-type | |
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In service | 1923–1956 |
Manufacturer | Osgood Bradley Car Company Laconia Car Company Jewett Car Company Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company |
Constructed | 1923–1925 |
Number built | 90 cars assembled into 30 units |
Number preserved | 0 |
Number scrapped | 90 |
Formation | Three-car sets |
Fleet numbers | 1500–1526 A-B-C |
Capacity | 46 (A and C cars), 44 (B car) |
Operators | Brooklyn Rapid Transit Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation NYC Board of Transportation New York City Transit Authority |
Specifications | |
Car body construction | (Motorized end cars) steel underframe, upright body members, and motorman's cab, remainder wood and canvas. (Trailer center cars) substantially wood construction with steel hardware and turnbuckles. |
Train length | 137 feet (41.8 m) over the extreme ends of each unit |
Car length | 49 feet 3 inches (15.01 m) |
Width | 8 feet 9 inches (2.67 m), but ~10 feet (3.05 m) with roof and floor extension to reach platforms without creating a gap. |
Height | varied, approximately 10 feet 5 inches (3.18 m) |
Weight | 76,970 lb (34,913 kg) (A and C cars), 43,170 lb (19,582 kg) (B car) |
Traction system | WH USG251-1-3 WH 300 WH 50L |
Power output | 200 hp (150 kW), 150 hp (110 kW) |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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