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The steam is produced at four plants in Manhattan and one each in Brooklyn and Queens; the primary plant is between 14th and 15th streets on Manhattan's east side. These plants boil water from the New York City water supply system, making Con Edison one of the largest users of the municipal water supply system. [1] Steam vapor can be caused by ...
A New York Transit Museum set of R1–9s on an excursion trip. The R1–9s (colloquially known as Arnines by railfans) were the 1,703 similar New York City Subway cars built between 1930 and 1940 for the Independent Subway System. All were built by the American Car and Foundry Company, the Pressed Steel Car Company, and Pullman Standard. The ...
In 1942, the final link of the East River Drive from East 34th to 49th streets was completed adjacent to the Kips Bay Generating Station. Although the segment of highway next to the steam plant was constructed using land reclamation from the East River, it necessitated $700,000 of modifications to the systems that transported coal and ash between the plant and barges docked in river.
Self-Propelled Cars Budd RDC: 1950–1956 1991 New York Central; New York New Haven and Hartford P32AC-DM; Shoreliner coaches 550 hp Used on Port Jervis Line and Waterbury Branch. New Haven 32 and 47 are at Danbury Railway Museum; 47 was stripped for parts for 32. 32 is operational. Metro-North demotored certain units for push pull coaches
The R188 is a class of new technology (NTT) New York City Subway cars built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries for the A Division.The fleet entered service in 2013, displacing the mid-1980s–era R62A cars that operated on the 7 and <7> services, in conjunction with the automation of the IRT Flushing Line's signal system with communications-based train control (CBTC).
The R17 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1954 for the IRT A Division.A total of 400 cars were built, arranged as single units. Two versions were manufactured: Westinghouse (WH)-powered cars and General Electric (GE)-powered cars.
The R1 was the first New York City Subway car type built for the Independent Subway System (IND). 300 cars were manufactured between 1930 and 1931 by the American Car and Foundry Company, numbered 100 through 399, all arranged as single units.
Independent Subway System NYC Board of Transportation New York City Subway: Specifications; Car body construction: Riveted steel: Car length: 60 feet 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (18.35 m) Width: 10 feet (3.05 m) Height: 12 feet 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 inches (3.70 m) Platform height: 3.76 ft (1.15 m) Doors: 8 sets of 45 inch wide side doors per car: Maximum speed ...