"R42 Transfer at 36th"
A confused New Yorker looks on as a New York City Transit transfer move, led by St. Louis Car Company R42 #4834, passes by 36th Street station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn, NY. This January 29th, 2021 move consisted of eight R42s and was enroute to Coney Island Yard to drop of a portion of it's train before heading back to storage at Fresh Pond Yard on the Myrtle Avenue Line in Queens. The R42s entered service in 1969 and ran in passenger service up until February of 2020. Most were scrapped between 2007 and 2009 with the arrival of the R160 cars leaving 50 cars running mainly on the BMT Jamaica Line until the R179s were secured in service. Since then, a handful were put into work service with a few others stored until further notice.
