The R127 and R134 are
New York City Subway cars purpose-built by
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
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in
Kobe, Japan
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for
work train
A work train or departmental train (engineering train in the UK) is one or more rail cars intended for internal non-revenue use by the railroad's operator. Work trains serve functions such as track maintenance, maintenance of way, revenue coll ...
service. The ten R127s, numbered EP001 to EP010, were built in 1990–1991 while the eight R134s, numbered EP011 to EP018, were built in 1994–1996.
The cars were built to the specifications of the subway's
A Division (numbered routes), which are slightly narrower than those of the
B Division B Division, Division B, or variant may refer to:
* ''B Division'' (New York City Subway)
* ''B Division'' (Irish League), association football
* ''Division B'' (Scottish Football League)
* ''Divizia B'' (Romanian Football League)
* Moldovan "B ...
(lettered routes), and are similar to the
R62 and
R62A passenger cars used on the A Division. However, they can be found on either division and are used as garbage train motors. They are not air-conditioned and instead have axiflow fans, resulting in these cars frequently replaced by air-conditioned passenger cars used on garbage trains in summer.
References
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External links
TheJoeKorner rosterNYCSubway.org
Train-related introductions in 1990
Train-related introductions in 1994
New York City Subway rolling stock
Kawasaki multiple units
1990 in rail transport
1994 in rail transport
Non-passenger multiple units
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