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R-46

Description:

NYCTA R-46 electric subway train. The train consists of 8 motorized cars. One R-46 unit consists of 4 permanently coupled cars. This train consists of 2 such units coupled. Driver's stand with digital speedometer (see text at Misc. below), manometer (pressure gauge) and pilot lamp. The power handle is moving and follows the simulation in BVE.

# of veh.:

Total length:

Ca. 187 m

Total weight:

Traction pwr:

Max load:

Power source:

3rd rail 625 V DC

Max velocity:

Safety systems in BVE:

ATS-S ATS-P

Vintage:

1974--1975, modifierade 1990

Creator:

Tony C. ETERNITYTNT1@aol.com

Lines:

NYCTA line F
NYCTA line G
NYCTA line Q
NYCTA linje S - Grand Street Shuttle

Works with BVE 2:

Yes

Works with BVE 4:

Unknown

Known problems:

Vehicle description:

Short info about and >250 picture of R-46 class
Picture inside R-46 class
Picture inside R-46 class

Misc.:

The digital speedometer indicates speed in km/h, but the permissible speed indicators in New York's subway indicates permissible speed in mph.

Download from:

The creators' web site www.nyctba.com has been down for a long time. Until it may reappear, the train can be downloaded from this web site.

To download from this website:

Train, Install instruction (in Swedish only)

Last update of this directory entry:

2009-Nov-2-

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