4.2 Subway trains

4.2.2 New York

R-46

Screen dump of the driver's view Picture of a R-46 subway train
Description:
NYCTA R-46 electric subway train. The train comes in two versions: One consists of 8 motorized cars, the other of 4 motorized cars. Data below is for the 8 cars consist. One R-46 unit consists of 4 permanently coupled cars. The 8 car train consists of 2 such units coupled. Photorealistic driver's stand with digital speedometer manometer (pressure gauge) and various control lamps. The master controller is moving and follows the simulation in OpenBVE.
 
# of veh.:
8
 
Total length:
Ca. 187 m 
 
Total weight:
 
 
Traction pwr:
 
 
Max load:
Power source:
3rd rail 625 V DC
 
Max velocity:
 
 
Safety systems in BVE:
 
Vintage:
1974--1975, modified 1990
Creator:
error46146
Rikabs
Mr Railfan
jayjay85
CT1660
Lines:
NYCTA line A 
NYCTA line F 
 
 
NYCTA line S - Grand Street Shuttle 
NYCTA line G 
NYCTA line V 
NYCTA line R shuttle 
NYCTA line R 
 Works with OpenBVE:
Yes
Known problems:
This new version of the R-46 subway train uses other directory names than an old version of R-46 that is wanted by some of the elderly routes. The old directory name was r46_2.

The new version uses the directory name R46 2014 (4 Car) and R46 2014 (8 Car)

Vehicle description:
Short info about and >250 pictures of the R-46 class
Picture inside the R-46 class
Picture inside the R-46 class
Misc.:
Download from:
BVEstation
To download from this website:
N/A
Last update of this directory entry:
2018-Jun-02

 
This is search 298959 in the vehicle directory

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