Iconic R-32 train cars take final ride, this time on a New York City street
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In December 2021, New York City began a final goodbye to a legendary fleet of subway cars: the R-32s, also known as the Brightliners.
At that time, some of the remaining R-32s in the fleet, which were slowly phased out over the past decade, took a series of farewell rides that ended in early January.
"They’re almost 60 years old… they’re still in good shape," Devin Harris, a 12-year-old Hells Kitchen resident, told Gothamist during one of those final rides. "They're icons of the city."
These cars had been running through our transit system since the 1960s: When first introduced, they were state-of-the-art—much lighter than older train cars of the time, and with a unique exterior that resembled the ridged side of a soup can. A 1964 press release noted the trains were “dubbed Brightliners because of their sleek, shining appearance.”
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