4.2 Subway trains

4.2.2 New York

R-62

Screen dump of the driver's view Picture of a R-62 subway train
Description:
NYCTA R-62 electric subway train. This train for the 42nd Street Shuttle consists of 4 permanently coupled motorized cars. In other cases, an R-62 unit consists of 5 permanently coupled motorized cars. Driver's stand with digital speedometer (see text at Misc. below), manometer (pressure gauge) and pilot lamp. The power handle and the break handle are both moving and follow the simulation in OpenBVE.
 
# of veh.:
4
 
Total length:
Ca. 65 m 
 
Total weight:
134 t 
 
Traction pwr:
1372 kW 
 
Max load:
176 seats
Power source:
3rd rail 625 V DC
 
Max velocity:
 
 
Safety systems in BVE:
ATS-S
 
Vintage:
1983--1985
Creator:
Tony C. ETERNITYTNT1@aol.com
Lines:
NYCTA line S - 42nd Street Shuttle 
NYCTA line 7 
 Works with OpenBVE:
Yes
Known problems:
Vehicle description:
History, short info and >600 pictures of the R-62 class
Pictures inside the R-62 class, a few video clips and a number of pictures of the R-62 class
Misc.:
The digital speedometer indicates the speed in km/h, but the permissible speed indicators in the New York subway indicates permissible speed in mph.
Download from:
BVEstation
To download from this website:
N/A
Last update of this directory entry:
2018-Jun-02

 
This is search 296064 in the vehicle directory

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