Talk:R42 (New York City Subway car)

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See discussion at: Category talk:New York City Subway passenger equipment

Reference for former use on the M

"the M train uses R-42's, built in 1969 and 1970", Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, Crash on the Subway: The System, [[June 6][], 1995, page B5 --NE2 10:50, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Supposed "retirement"...

If the R42s are still in service, how does it make sense to say the R179s replaced them fully to the max then? Just because NYCT took down the builder plates from the cars, does not mean they are truly "retired" for good. That is not a very good source. An actual source by the agency and whatever or whoever else is associated with them can confirm their actual retirement. The R179s right now are undergoing testing all over again and it'll take a while before they are all back in service. It is likely that the R42s (and the R32s) will remain in service even after the R179s are back in service till the R211s. Last thing the MTA needs is a car shortage. The MTA is back at square one all over again like they were following the mainline R44s' retirement. Unless we get further information sooner or later this year, we should not say that the R179s have replaced the R42s and may retire some R32s in any of the articles.

So...any thoughts to this matter? Jemorie (talk) 01:21, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Jemorie, According to the Twitter of Dan Rivoli (a transit reporter), the MTA was planning to retire the R42s until the R179 fiasco happened. Rivoli cites an unnamed source for his claim. However, I don't really trust this statement as much, since (1) this is hearsay and (2) this is not the verified Twitter account for that reporter. epicgenius (talk) 01:37, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

R42 amount in-service

So on the Forums, some people have stated that some R42s were transferred out of ENY. I believe 18 cars are left at ENY or something like that. Can we change the number down to 18, or will we need a source for that as well? TheThingISee28 (talk) 21:59, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

TheThingISee28, I don't think we need to mention that yet, as it is trivia. The average riders does not care where the cars were transferred to or stored. It would only be important to mention if the fleet has already been officially retired from service. And yes, we would need an accurate source to confirm that, but it should be something other than the usual Twitter, because even they don't know the full story behind the scenes with the MTA unless it goes out to the public. Jemorie (talk) 04:33, 6 February 2020 (UTC)