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This R21/R22 car was rebuilt for the movie Money Train, then donated to the New York Transit Museum collection. Most of the subway cars in the Transit Museum's fleet are operable, and they are frequently used for subway excursions run by the museum and New York City Transit on various parts of the system.
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Cars 4092, 5290, 5292, 5442 and 5483 are preserved by the New York Transit Museum and Railway Preservation Corp. Car 5466 is preserved at the Shore Line Trolley Museum. Car 5600 is preserved at the Trolley Museum of New York. World's Fair Lo-V car 5655 is preserved by the New York Transit Museum. [12]
In 1976, the New York City Transit Authority reopened the abandoned Court Street station in Brooklyn as the New York Transit Exhibit, which eventually became the New York Transit Museum (NYTM). [61] The station occasionally was used for tours after its closure, including in 1979 for an event celebrating the subway's 75th anniversary. [ 63 ]
[note 10] A typical New York City Subway train consists of 8 to 11 cars, although shuttles can have as few as two, and the train can range from 150 to 600 feet (46 to 183 m) in length. [173] The system maintains two separate fleets of cars, one for the A Division routes and another for the B Division routes. [174]
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