The R8A was a class of

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revenue cars built in 1939 by the St. Louis Car Company, and used to gather and transport tokens from stations along the

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division. 66 and 67 were the only two cars built; in their final years, they were renumbered twice, first as 20176 and 20177, and again as 30176 and 30177. Being blind motors, the cars were usually towed around by a set of out of service R1-9 cars. 66 was last operated in 1970, after which it was removed from service, and sent to

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Training Services, to be used as a shed. It was removed some time before 1990 and scrapped. Car 67 was used as a school car, until it was scrapped in April 1986.

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nycsubway.org - NYC Subway Cars: R8A
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