Railfanning The MTA Parade of Trains 2022 + Tons of Horn & Whistle Action at Brighton & Sheepshead

After 3 years the MTA NYCT Museum Parade of Trains returned on September 17 & 18 2022. So I headed out on September 17 to document this. Do note there will be a serpertae video that documents riding these trains. For those who don't know the Parade of Trains is an event usually held every year on one weekend in Mid September. During this event the Transit Museum will usually bring out 4-5 Trains from the collection and bring them out to Brighton Beach for people to ride and view. These Trains let people on at Brighton Beach and go up to Kings Highway and come back to Brighton Beach on an approximately 20 minute round trip. The only place to get on and off the Trains is at Brighton. The trips are made utilizing the Brighton Express Tracks. This year there was a decent selection with 5 types of cars to ride. These were the cars out this year:

BRT Brooklyn Union (BU) Gate Cars/Elevated Cars (#1407, #1273, #1404) : This car type was built in the early 1900s by various builders and operated from 1908-1969. #1407 and #1404 were built in 1907 and #1273 was built in 1903. These 3 cars are the oldest operating cars in the Transit Museum Fleet and were rebuilt in the 1970s.

BRT/BMT (A/B) Standards (#2392, #2391, #2390): The A/B standards were built between 1914-1924 by American Car and Foundry Company & Pressed Steal Car Company. This car type operated between 1914-1969. Cars #2392-#2390 were preserved by Railway Preservation Corp. They were restored in 2015 to operating condition and now run on various Transit museum excursions and during special
events.

R1-9 City Cars (#381, #401, #1000, #1300, #103, #1802)(In service from 1928-1977):
The R1-9 Cars were the first cars designed for Independent Subway. These marked rhe start or an era of the "modern" subway car. The R1 cars (#103 & #381) were manufactured between 1930 and 1931 by the American Car and Foundry Company. Both were Preserved and Restored by Railway Preservation Corp. Car #100 which was not out was preserved and Restored by the NYC Transit Museum. The R4 cars (#401) were built between 1932-1933 by the American Car and Foundry Comapny. R4 Car #401 was preserved & Restored by Railway Preservation Corp. Two of the doors on #401 come from R1 #175 and lack the notches below the door window. R1 Car #484 which was not at the Parade was preserved and Restored by the NYC Transit Museum. R4 car #800 (preserved) can be found at the Seashore Trolley Museum and #825 (under went full cosmetic restoration) can be found at the Trolley Museum of New York.The R6 cars (#1000 & #1300) were built between 1935-1936 by American Car and Foundry Company, Pressed Steal Car Company, & Pullman Standard. Car #1000 is considered a R6-3 and was Preserved & Restored by Railway Preservation Corp. Car #1300 is considered a R6-1 and was also Preserved & Restored by Railway Preservation Corp. Note that a few other R6 exist in various places. And finally there is the R9 cars. The R9 cars (#1802) were built in 1940 by American Car and Foundry Company & Pressed Steal Car Company. Car #1802 which was the R9 car at the Parade of trains was the last R9 car made as the R9 cars were numbered (#1650-#1802). This car was Preserved & Restored by Railway Preservation Corp. Car #1689 can be found at the Shoreline Trolley Museum Restored and modified with Trolley poles so it can be used for rides around the museum. Car #1801 is preserved at the New York State Museum.

Train of Many Metals (R-16 #6387, R-10 #3184, & #3189):
Both the R-16 and R-10 have the SMEE braking system. It was an innovation at the time that lead to less wear and tear on the brake shoes which in turn resulted in Cost effective Matietience. The R-10 were made between 1948-1949 by American Car and Foundry Company. Two different Versions were manufactured (GE and WH Power). The R-10 introduced many innovations like dynamic braking & LAHT. The R-10 were the first post war NYC subway cars & the first to have horns instead of whistles. Car #3184 was preserved by Railway Preservation Corp, and was on display at the NYCT Museum and has been on Museum excursions since 2017. Car #3189 was preserved by thr NYCT Museum This year it was Restored to operating status and repainted. The Parade of Trains 2022 was its first NYCT Museum Excursion appearance!
The R-16 were built from 1954-1955 by American Car and Foundry Company. Car #6387 was Restored by the NYCT Museum and was restored to operating status in 2014. Car #6305 & #6339 are stored in CIY.

R32 (#3888,#3889,#3829,#3828):
The R32 were built from 1964-1965 by Budd Company. They were the first mass produced stainless steel cars for the NYC Subway. I think the cars at the event were previously used for Non revenue service after retirement and then as a surprise were out during the rockaway excursion in August 2022 signed up as (H) train). A few R32 have been preserved while some are still stored and will most likely be scraped.

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[vongtaynhanaikptt]

MashALLAH beautiful sharing 👍👍new frnd Keep it up

[World.of.Railways]

Very nice train video, brilliant captures! Kind Regards Railherbie

[odgeetv]

Great video capture my friend 👍
Nice 🚆 trains 🚂 🚆 👌

[trentonlinerailfan]

Great video Zach! I really appreciate the time & care that went into the description. It’s a real help to people like me who are interested in the history of NYC transit but live out of the area. Hope to visit the Transit Museum one of these days and see these cars in person.

[sepa]

Nice catch of those vintage subway cars! I have a minor correction for you however; The horns on most of those cars are actually Westinghouse D-5 horns rather than the Nathan AirChime KJ-24 horns found on all newer equipment. I have a D-5 from one of those retired cars, and and those horns tend to be more soft and mellow when the set screw is properly set compared to the harsher KJ-24s used nowadays. The R32s also have D-5s, but the set screw on a lot of the R32 D-5 horns are tightened too much to the point it just squeals. Also, the whistles found on some those vintage cars are Kinsley 4-Chimes.

[Senor.semaj]

Why did the old mat trains have whistles instead of high pitched horns