Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The R29 was a New York City Subway car built in 1962 by the St. Louis Car Company for the IRT division (also known as the A Division). They have very similar appearances to the R26 and R28 cars with the exceptions that they were built by a different company and permanently paired with link bars, instead of couplers. These were also the first subway cars to feature a bright red paint scheme. Four cars (8686, 8687, 8804 and 8805) were tested with G70 trucks. Use of these trucks was discontinued in 1970.The first set of R29s debuted on the 7 service on April 28, 1962. After initial testing, the first set of R29s (#8570-8579) operated on 7 service as a special 10-car train on April 29, 1962. On May 1 of that year, it was transferred to the 1 service.After being rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen in Hornell, New York as Redbirds between 1985 and 1987, they were split into two groups with different propulsion equipment. The Westinghouse cars #'s 8570-8687 ran on the 6 service alongside the R36 Main Line and some Westinghouse R36 World's Fair cars while the General Electric cars #'s 8688-8805 ran on the 2 and 5 services with the R26 and R28 cars.By 1982, all cars in the R29 series received air conditioning as part of the R99 retrofitting program.. }
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- R29_(New_York_City_Subway_car) abstract "The R29 was a New York City Subway car built in 1962 by the St. Louis Car Company for the IRT division (also known as the A Division). They have very similar appearances to the R26 and R28 cars with the exceptions that they were built by a different company and permanently paired with link bars, instead of couplers. These were also the first subway cars to feature a bright red paint scheme. Four cars (8686, 8687, 8804 and 8805) were tested with G70 trucks. Use of these trucks was discontinued in 1970.The first set of R29s debuted on the 7 service on April 28, 1962. After initial testing, the first set of R29s (#8570-8579) operated on 7 service as a special 10-car train on April 29, 1962. On May 1 of that year, it was transferred to the 1 service.After being rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen in Hornell, New York as Redbirds between 1985 and 1987, they were split into two groups with different propulsion equipment. The Westinghouse cars #'s 8570-8687 ran on the 6 service alongside the R36 Main Line and some Westinghouse R36 World's Fair cars while the General Electric cars #'s 8688-8805 ran on the 2 and 5 services with the R26 and R28 cars.By 1982, all cars in the R29 series received air conditioning as part of the R99 retrofitting program.".