Update as of 9/3/2022: R10 car 3189 has been FULLY restored into the 1965-1966 Bluebird paint scheme for the September 17th-18th Parade of Trains Event

I rode on them many, many times on the A. They were tailor-made for the CPW express dash, thundering and blazing past those seven local stops. If you stood on the n/b platform at 81st St., you got an earful as they ripped past. By that point they were at full gallop.

1575 is still around and intact to this day as well. It has long been in the New York Transit Museum's collection, and occasionally goes out in service on fan trips.

1983. I'm a new C/R, drumming up an R-10 for C service in Pitkin Yard. The fans(two on the pole), the burning grids, the screeching iron brakes(I got to operate light 10s, they can almost stop on a dime!). The pneumatic doors were fun, the riding between cars was not. A local trip from Rockaway Park to Bedford Park was close to two hours, in the snow and cold, but a summer run was good.

In 1978-79 I was riding the GG regularly with R-10 equipment. The car shortage was so severe (due to R-44 and 46 problems) that a train which could only run in 'series' (meaning speed limited to about 15 MPH) was allowed to remain in service on an occasion I observed. The Thunderbirds nickname was not known among younger railfans. The R-38s were the fast cars back then. Also PA systems were retrofitted on cars older than R-26 (delivered without PAs) in the early 80s as a result of the Clark tube smokey incident in which the crew was unable to communicate with riders experiencing confusion and discomfort.

When I started, they gave us the "R-10 and Up Manual". Most educational thing was the chapter "Tracing of the Air", where we followed the process in which the dual-pipe brake system filled (and backfilled) itself. The book itself was a final reprint from 1953. If there's a video on the R-16(of which my friend has Car#6398 on display in the Kingston Trolley Museum), that's a weird car, with levers and all.

It would have been nice if the MTA preserved a good hand full of R10s to be use for special occasions like the Holiday Train.

funny how some older cars can live longer than some of the newer ones

Another great video. The IRT R12 and R14 fleets were scaled down versions of the R10. However, the IRT cars had electrically operated doors. They were also delivered in 1948 for the IRT Queens lines, and were the last IRT cars to serve the Astoria line.

I recall reading that since car 1575 retained the workings of an R7 beneath the prototype R10 carbody it could and did run in mixed consists with older equipment. I also recall R10s in their last years of service on the C Line painted dark green (greenbirds?) at the end of the 1980s.

I used to ride the R10s on the C and G lines on my way to school way back in the late 1970s.

Very well produced video. I was always interested in the R-10s. Still my favorite is the R 1-9s. Each car has itit"s own personality. Keep up the great work !!!!!

4:55; the "AA" train is the representation of the "K' train before in the 1980s.

Awesome video bro

8:09; The Concourse Yard is a site in the Bronx before Norwood which is the last stop on the "D" train, and the Jerome Avenue Yard is a site that is used for Woodlawn on the "4" line.

Nice editing and good video

The c line was the last to run those models up to 1988 I believe or 1987!

You presented a great and excellent report that I never knew about the R10 railcars. They were good cars, except for the door controls (triggers), at the end of each car. I intend to review this show again.

Most importantly, you didn’t mention the new interior fluorescent lighting. The first class to incorporate these lights.

Bro what if the R10 Overhaul went on and a separate universe where the R10s could still be operating today with pre-GOH R42 bonnets….

That pitkin r10 was somehow kept better then their r46s form the photos

An excellent video of the R10s.

cool video on the r10 and cool subway cars

I enjoyed the R10 cars at least as much as the R1~9 cars.

The r68s and r68as are my favorite train

Trying to hear/see the R-10’s doors closing again. They shut so fiercely back then. Jolting if it struck you. No one wanted to hold those doors open…lol

Good video

One thing I remembered about the R10s was it's noise level. Especially during the express between 59 st and 125 at on the A line.

0:47; IND is the three letters that indicate the "independent" subway system.

5:19; in 1956, the Rockaway Line was used as the inauguration for the "A" train to go to Far Rockaway or to Rockaway Park-Beach 116th. Street.

New video lets goo

Nice

8:25 Car 3947 look better with the R16 end door.

11:47; The last two R10 cars show that one is a training car, but the other is preserved as an exhibit at the New York Transit Museum to be known as the "Train of Many Metals" or "Train of Many Colors."

2:27 to 3:10; The pictures and details of the R10 show the differences in the design and look of each car.

epic

6:29; The initials "TA" stand for "Transit Authority." This part happened from 1966 to 1967, before it was changed to "MTA" which means "Metropolitan Transit Authority."

Went to the New York Transit Museum in late December of last year and saw R10 car #3189 in its 1965-1966 Bluebird paint scheme on display there. According to my specifications, that is the only R-10 car preserved, is that correct? All others were scrapped.

It was Board Of Transportation not Dept.of Transportation,R 1-9s were fleet

6:22; in 1965 and 1966, the R10 cars are painted blue and white similar to the R28s, R29s, and R33s World Fair cars and the Redbirds.

What about the rumored 76th Street Station on the IND Pitkin Avenue Tunnel? There is a photo of an R-10 arriving at the station.

Do the r16

Good they er not all scraped

Shame the r10 didn’t get that r42 front end

The r10 needs blue seats like the ntts

is it me or did u change the thumbnail?

No R11s we're the last to have Rattan Seats

Who wants the r10 back?

Did the R10s have the homie corner?

I don’t know why you keep calling them black fiberglass seats when they were obviously gray. I know because I rode them many many times in the 80s.

Btw, just whatin the hell does "SMEE" mean?!

1970's

Expired intro

The R10s Sucks!