Life-Like R17 4 car Subway Set (Red Birds) (HO Scale)

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Life-Like HO Scale PK1 Red Birds R-17

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Life-Like R17 4 car Subway Set (Red Birds) (HO Scale)	LIF30166
This is a finely detailed HO 4 unit set of the NYC Subway Red Birds (PK-1's)

In Stock	List Price	TopHobby's Price	Qty
N	$186.00	$139.99

Detailed Description

* 5-Pole Skew-Wound Motor with Dual Flywheels
* Close Coupled
* Directional Lighting
* Interior Lighting
* MTA Officially Licensed!
The R17class of cars was one of three fleets purchased in the mid-1950's to replace many of the pre-WWII Interboro Rapid Transit cars. There were 4000 cars in this class, all built by St. Louis Car Company. Among them were cars 6800-6809 which had air conditioning when delivered. The Air Conditioning experiment was considered a failure and the cars were refitted with the standard axiflow fans. As was the practice, the electrical components were split between General Electric (6500-6699) and Westinghouse Electric (6700-6899). The cars came equipped with low running lights at the ends. In 1957 headlights were added to the cars.

During the course of their careers, two cars (6673 & 6786) were wrecked in 1957 and three cars were destroyed by fire (6595, 6597, & 6601) in 1964. The last car was removed from service February 29, 1988.

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