R36 (New York City Subway car)
| R36 | |
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An R36 ML train covered in graffiti on the
 service at 125th Street in September 1973 |
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Cars 9333 (R33 World's Fair) and 9533 (R36) are visible on the
 platform at Hunts Point Avenue in 2002, shortly before their retirement |
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| Manufacturer | St. Louis Car Company |
| Built at | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Constructed | 1964 |
| Entered service | 1964 |
| Refurbishment | 1985 |
| Scrapped | 2001-2003 |
| Number built | 34 |
| Number preserved | 2 |
| Number scrapped | 32 |
| Formation | Married Pairs |
| Fleet numbers | 9524-9557 |
| Capacity | 44 (seated) |
| Operator(s) | New York City Subway |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | LAHT (Low Alloy High Tensile) steel |
| Car length | 51.04 feet (15.56 m) |
| Width | 8.75 feet (2,667 mm) |
| Height | 11.86 feet (3,615 mm) |
| Doors | 6 |
| Weight | 69,400 lb (31,500 kg) (pre-rebuild) |
| Traction system | Westinghouse XCA248 with Westinghouse 1447C motors (4/car, 100 hp or 75 kW) |
| Acceleration | 2.5 mph/s |
| Deceleration | 3.0 mph/s |
| Auxiliaries | Converter |
| Electric system(s) | 600 V DC Third rail |
| Current collection method | Contact shoe |
| Braking system(s) | WABCO, "SMEE" (electrodynamic) |
| Safety system(s) | emergency brakes |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The R36 was a New York City Subway car built in 1964 by the St. Louis Car Company for the A Division. They are a "follow-up" or supplemental stock to the R33s and closely resemble them. The cars were also referred to as R36MLs (R33 Main Line) to distinguish them from the R36WFs.
The R36s were numbered 9524-9557. The R36s, very much like the R33s, were similar in that they sported drop-sash side windows, differentiating them from the large picture windows of the World's Fair cars. Though the cars were originally delivered without air conditioning, all cars in this series received air conditioning as part of a retrofitting program in 1982.
The R36s entered service on the 4 on July 24, 1964.
The R36s ran on the IRT main lines (Broadway – Seventh Avenue and Lexington Avenue) - mainly on the 1 and 3 - until their overhauls. After overhauls, they were transferred to the 7 from 1984 to 1988, and were transferred to the 6 from 1988 to 2001. During this time, some cars also provided occasional service on the 4 route, which occasionally uses equipment borrowed from the 6.
In 1998, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) announced that it would begin phasing out the last Redbird cars (R26, R28, R29, R33, R36) with the R142 and R142A cars. The R36s were then returned back to the 7 before being retired and replaced by the R142As by 2003. The last R36 pair, 9542-9543, ran on the 7 until August 2003.
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