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The '''R40A''' was a [[New York City Subway]] car model built from 1968 to 1969 by the [[St. Louis Car Company]] in [[Missouri]] for the [[Independent Subway System|IND]]/[[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation|BMT]] [[B Division (New York City Subway)|B Division]]. The order was a continuation of the [[R40 (New York City Subway car)|R40]] cars, and contained two forms or body types: a slant-ended version identical to the original [[R40 (New York City Subway car)|R40]] fleet designed by Raymond Loewy and Associates (nicknamed the '''R40 Slant''' or '''R40S'''), and a straight-ended (or "modified") version designed by [[Sundberg-Ferar]] (nicknamed the '''R40M''').


[[Category:Train-related introductions in 1968]]
==Description==
[[File:Empty train car NYC.jpg|thumb|left|Interior of a slanted R40A car.]]

The slant-ended R40As were originally numbered 4450-4549, and the straight-ended R40As were originally numbered 4250-4349; these cars were later renumbered to 4350-4449 and 4450-4549 respectively.

The R40As were delivered new with the same successful [[air conditioning|Stone Safety 10 ton air conditioning systems/units]] found on the last ten [[R38 (New York City Subway car)|R38]] cars, and became standard equipment on all future new cars purchased from this point onward. As a result of the air conditioning, the standee poles were arranged in an alternating pattern rather than the straight-line pattern seen in the older R40s.

==History==
Due to the cosmetic and mechanical similarities the straight-ended R40As and the R42s shared, the two fleets often ran together. In fact, one pair of cars consisted of a R40A car mated to a [[R42 (New York City Subway car)|R42]] car. This was the result of an accident on the [[Williamsburg Bridge]] in 1995, which involved R40As 4460-4461 and R42s 4664-4665. R42 4664 was written off while R40A 4461 was repaired and rebuilt into a slant-ended car (and temporarily numbered 4260),<ref>http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?5330</ref><ref>http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?31752</ref> leaving R40A 4460 and R42 4665 to become paired to each other.
In 1988–1989, the R40As were rebuilt by [[Sumitomo]] in [[Elmira Heights, New York]]. The interior was changed drastically and the MTA paint band was removed in all rebuilt cars.

==Retirement and preservation==
The [[R160 (New York City Subway car)|R160]] subway car order replaced all of the R40A fleet from 2007 to 2009. The slant-ended R40As were retired and reefed first, from late 2007 to June 12, 2009, when the last slant-ended train, consisting of R40A pairs 4414–4415, 4424–4425, 4432–4433, 4398–4399, and R40 4256–4257, made its final trip on the {{NYCS|A}}. The straight-ended R40As were retired starting in January 2009 until August 28, 2009, when the last straight-ended pair, 4484–4485, ran on the {{NYCS|V}} along with four R42 pairs.

After retirement, most cars were stripped and sunk as [[artificial reef]]s along the Atlantic coast. The last R40A cars to be removed from property by barge were straight-ended cars 4474-4475, which were reefed in April 2010. However, slant-ended pairs 4392-4393 and 4442-4443 were retained as school cars until April 2013 and October 2013, respectively. The cars were taken to [[Sims Metal Management]] to be scrapped, as the reefing program had ended in April 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/26/world/subway-cars-coral-reef/ |title=Dumping subway trains into the ocean ... in a good way |last=Parke |first=Phoebe |date=February 26, 2015 |work=CNN|access-date = February 6, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/05/15/nyregion/20110515VISUAL.html?_r=0#1 |title=For Subway Cars, the Final Trip |date=May 15, 2011 |work=New York Times|access-date = February 6, 2016}}</ref>

While all slant-ended R40As were removed from property, some straight-ended R40As have been preserved, including:
* '''4460''' (and its R42 mate 4665), preserved by the Railway Preservation Corporation and stored at [[Coney Island Yard]].
* '''4461''' (renumbered to '''4260''' and now a slant car), currently at the Randall's Island FDNY Facility, used with [[R62 (New York City Subway car)|R62s]] 1366 and 1370 as training cars.<ref>http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=674173</ref><ref>http://subhysteria.wordpress.com/tag/scout/</ref>
* '''4480–4481''', preserved by the [[New York Transit Museum]] and currently stored at the [[Concourse Yard]]. The cars are in need of restoration.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj-Jzxddn3v0dC1vaTZ4aEY0U0l2UjZGLUl5RWpUSGc&usp=sharing#gid=0]</ref>

==See also==
* [[R40 (New York City Subway car)]] - The slanted cars were similar to this model built by St. Louis Car company.
* [[R42 (New York City Subway car)]] - A model similar to the straight-ended R40As, built by St. Louis Car Company.

==Further reading==
* Sansone, Gene. ''Evolution of New York City subways: An illustrated history of New York City's transit cars, 1867-1997''. New York Transit Museum Press, New York, 1997 ISBN 978-0-9637492-8-4

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|R40 (New York City Subway car)}}
*[http://www.nycsubway.org/cars/r40.html nycsubway.org: NYC Subway Cars: R40]
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