R110A IN SERVICE: E180 TO 149th St. (8-19-93).avi
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- AT LAST, THE LONG AWAITED R110A VIDEO HAS FINALLY ARRIVED! On a summer afternoon in 1993 the R110A was picked up as it came into East 180th St. and was taped to 149th St-Grand Concourse (Mott Ave). THE TRAIN-The R110A and it's IND sister the R110B were prototype trains built in the early '90's by Kawasaki (R110A) and Bombardier (R110B) for the MTA to test for the next generation of subway cars to replace its aging fleet. The cars were delivered in 1992 to much fanfare and were tested on the number 2 line for the IRT and the A line for the IND or B division. The R110A was the prototype for the R142/142A subway cars currently in use. The R110B train was the prototype for the R143/160 equipment now currently in use on the IND//BMT system. Some of the major differences in the R110A to the R142's can be seen and heard in this video. The announcements were made by a female voice that also included the "stand clear of the closing doors" announcements. The doors make a rather annoyingly "eek,eek,eek", warning sound when the doors are closing as opposed to the more pleasant "ding,dong" chime that the R142's have. Also, the R110A cars were the only IRT cars to have transverse style seating similar to the early IND/BMT cars as the R1/9, R-10 and the R44/46 series. Each car's seats were different colors. Car 8001 in the video had red seats while 8002 had yellow seats. The R110A's service life was relatively short, being retired in 2000 after only 8 years of service, as was the R110B . The R110A cars are currently in storage.
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The amazing thing is, these things can inform the designs of future railcars.
It's 2023 now and the R211s went forward with wider doors than usual, at 58 inches instead of 50 (the doors on this R110A are 63 inches wide), and this is where they'll explore open gangways for the first time.
The R110A ticks both those boxes, with super wide doors as well as wide storm doors that could be the basis for open gangways.
Oh my goodness, the memories of riding this train everyday to school...I rode from 3rd Avenue-149th Street to 72nd Street every morning back in 1997...
So they ran it at the same time every day, allowing you to catch it repeatedly on a regular schedule?
@@bxdannyyeah cause for like a month I rode this one R142a 6 express train to school same time everyday at Pelham bay park and this is when there was like barely any R142as left on the 6 train
@@kaifromnyc9294 same happened to me whenever i rode the r211
God I feel old! I remember actually calling the MTA to try and get departure times so I could ride this. You could do that back then without the FBI showing up to your door. I rode it a few times. The announcements were actually better than the 142s, but those door chimes! Not many available seats, but the multicolor and front facing seats were a nice touch. Kinda feel bad this poor train didn't see much passenger service!
Joker In The Bronx fbi?
SusKing pretty sure he’s trying to say that you used to be able to call the MTA without getting into any trouble with authorities.
Bionauxius why
Why the fuck would calling the MTA get you in trouble with the FBI?
@@Maserati7200 9/11
The R110A cars were the only IRT cars ever to have transverse seats. There was one set on each side of the car, for a total of 8 people per car able to face forward or backward, rather than face the opposite side/edge of the car.
Quick question, what do you think about the R110A HVAC/air conditioner?
This is why I loved these cars
I remember when I first saw this train on the (2), i rode it from Allerton to Nevins. I could’ve rode it back home but my mom wanted to take the (6). Sometimes they had this train on the (5) to Nereid. Since back in the day all the trains on the (2) and (5) were Redbirds, I used to call this train the “Silver (2)”. I always loved the 110a’s. Away from the 142a’s, this was my favorite train. Even wish I had the prototype that was in the transit museum for some time.
I remembered riding that back in 1997-1999 I was like whoaa what a high tech train
Ah yes, then they all went boom
@Team Epiphany Tyler r142/A are much better
What happened to them?
@@sirizalot They were prototypes. They were meant to test the technology that would soon be used in the R142's and R142A's... also a few of them caught on fire.
@@SleepyRaccoon if they were prototypes, why were they put into commercial service?
the announcements sounds exactly like an AI in a 90s movie would sound like, futuristic but not at the same time haha very nice vid tho i love the history of the NYC subway even tho im not from there... very interesting
Atleast the R110A didn't have the same blurry RFW the R142s have today
It's beaucse they don't clean it well.
Ikr
LeafyisGone OOF
Transit Fanner Angel completely false
@@Angel1224Transit Well some are clean but they have a some sort of window that like reflects the cab view, probably ment for privacy
Once again thanks for sharing these videos with us. It brings me back many memories of being 14 and waiting in that platform for that 110 to come.
This video is going to blow up! it's already on the forums. Thanks for this rare video & for showing us how the Bronx looked like in the early 90's!
this footage is officially 30 years old today, wild
R142: Look! It’s my father!
Cool seeing the classic Redbird trains passing by. Since this train is in storage and hasn't been scrapped, I wonder if with time, it will become one of the MTA's museum trains just like the Train of Many Colors, Train of Many Metals, and the Low-V train.
I hope so, I rode the Train of Many Metals, awesome train and the Low V's
the train with many technological advancements :)
It probably won't, since it was simply a prototype model merely in testing with too many bugs that is too much work to fix up. The R110A would most likely remain as a work train.
@@geoffreymejia9492 lol good one
They modified them to be tunnel drainers.
They sounds like Toronto cars but quieter and the same door chimes are used on the SEPTA Silverliner V and MARTA cars in Atlanta while New York stuck to their infamous "bling-blong" door chime after the train. Great video! Miss my redbirds.
you mean t1 from toronto
It's a shame for the MTA to convert the R110As into pump cars ;_;
Agreed.
Not Even American But I Agree too
ADAM MARS
waht do ya want?
ADAM MARS wow you here lol
First thank you for posting this, I was real curious on how this train model looks in service. I was only a few months old when this was recorded and clearly couldn't ride the train yet. Im actually baffled to see a LED sign in the car (I thought it was new for the R142 which came out about 7 years later) but clearly I underestimated how much technology existed in the early 90s, also the beep for the doors closing reminds me of the metro north or just any other transit system.
They repeated the next stop announcements just in case people couldn’t hear them right. This is very useful and I wish this was reimplemented.
the R110A and R110B closing door chimes are so cool compared to any other MTA train
EXCELLENT VIDEO!! Thank you so much for these unique views.
Thanks for your comments, subwayfantx 1608. The reason why the R110A & R110B trains had a short service life was because the trains were purchased in 1992 to test new features that would later be used in the next generation subway cars that they would be replacing,including the Redbird equipment on the IRT and the R32, 38, 40, 42 equipment on the IND/BMT. Unfortunately the R110A was plagued with brake problems and the R110B had electrical problems which forced their retirement.
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Who's the voice for the R110A and R110B? The voice on both trains sound like the same person
Yes, that is true! I was thinking that it could be the person that did the announcements for the 4 and 5 trains, but I was thinking it could be a different person, due to the voice
There are the same person
Why wouldn't they be the same person?
a computer voice
To me the r110a sounds like a text to speech but the r110b sounds like a real person because "the next stop is" and the stop were separate recordings
That is cool!! The precursors to the R142/R142A with Traction motors similar to the TTC's T1 cars. I remember when I was younger I waiting at 3rd Avenue 149 street for those trains to come back and I waited for like over an hour or so after seeing it come uptown I wanted to ride it downtown
This video is 23 years old Today!
SaltySweatyHands 25*
Coltrane he was here beformyou
I’m a bot Dude 26 idiots
the replies are nothing but retards
Coltrane 26!
I wish I could've rode on a R110A. The annoucements kind of sound like the MTH R142A. The seats also look way more comfortable.
very few seats though
The multi-color traverse seating is way better than what we have now on the r142s
I LOVE THAT MOTOR
who doesnt
Same, i love that propulsion.
I remember I rode this all the way to 241 Street from Flatbush Ave when it first came out.
Once again another fantastic video. Thanks Transitviews!
Great video
Mr Railfan you came see the r110a on service
Mr Railfan you came see For R142 in service The R110A and R110B retired in 1992
I remember when they would always run these test trains at 96th Street Station during the early afternoon on weekdays where the local 1 train and the 2 and 3 Express stop at. They would always open the train doors on the wrong side. And I would always wish that I could ride one of these trains at that time. This was back in either 1992 or 1993.
Look at the seating arrangement 2:48 The IRT has never had this arrangement since riding 70s to present.
I really like that arrangement because it counts for your shoulders. When the seat is all completely flat, your shoulders getting in the way of each other
I remember taking this to school with my sister from 110 Street Manhattan to Pelham Parkway then the 12 bus to Christopher Columbus High School wow those were the days good memories
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clown2face2 cool
my friend goes to columbus and i always ride my bike near the school.
Well... the R110 (A/B)'s purpose was not to be in full time passenger service, but as a bridge between the Redbird and the R142/142A.
They're still alive.
Funny thing is the LA Metro Siemens P2000 propulsion sounded exactly like a R110A, now with the Alstom rehab, it got the Optonix propulsion making them sound like a R211
I'd love to see the 110s given to the museum's collection.,
They were in the NYTM for a couple of months back in 06 but never put with the consist
Enrique Cruz what do you mean by never put with consist?
Enrique Cruz Do you mean like they were never used as fan trips?
@@redbird1train855 They were never Coupled up to the Other Museum Trains at the NYCTM
They were by their selves and not Added to the Cknsist
Imagine seeing footage of this retro machine flying down the tracks of 7th avenue...
RIP R110A/B you will be missed
@@Angel1224Transit stop asking where people live
That was the most childish conversation i've read in a while XDD
You are killing it man, Love it!
This train must have been quite new.
This video was recorded a couple of months after the train was delivered so yeah, it was
Wow. So much changed. Some of the buildings I see all the time are nonexistent in this video. I know because I go from Morris Park to 125th Street every weekday. It's pretty cool to get a blast from the past even though I wasn't born as of 1993.
I Wasnt Born When The R110A's Were Here.
But The Door's Closing? Their Door Chime.
It Sounds So Good To Listen To
Me to
Damn so that’s how they sounded. Listen to that beautiful propulsion and motors whirring wow.
But i didnt like the door chime and how rough they closed.
Beautiful train tho.
Wish i rode both the A/B variants back then
It’s so amazing how technology has advanced on subway cars.
The R110A and R110B were the prototypes for the next generation of new train however, the actual construction and production of these cars should have been R130 and R131, which would have the same design as the prototypes but much more improvements
What the heck is a R130 & R131???
I wish the R110As and R110B were still here with us...
Beautiful..wish I got to ride these :/
Same. When I was growing up, I saw them from time to time on the 2 line (which was the line closest to where I lived at the time). My sister and mother got to ride on one and were impressed by it. This would've been around 1996.
error46146, they might come back. The just got to fix a few things.
Rails Unlimited Railfanning No need, since the R142/As outclass it in technology.
At 6:48 we still don’t crash in to that building when it turns! 😒
Before I played an MTA Testing game on Roblox I had no idea trains like these existed
I was 2 days old when this was shot.
Was that R33 Redbird a 5 train?
Man, I wish the (5) train ran only R62/As.
William Ariel Law it did once but they had to transfer those cars to the 6 and S trains
Yes 5 is he only exp
W.L. Customs yes it was a red bird because I saw a video of the tribute
Eagle - Agario also the 4 is always express
At least one needs to be preserved @mta
Ey yo, bring back the R110a son.
Same AdTranz propulsion on the Bombardier T1 as well.
yup
The R110A Freeman Street announcement doesn't have the platform gap reminder which is weird.
The Closing Doors Sound Like What They Use In The LIRR
5:28 I Didn't know that freeman st had track switches?
The R110A is sitting rotting away in 239 yard parts stripped off relic from the past
This was an awesome video. I have never seen, heard of or ridden the R110A. I left New York in '87, visited in '90 then again in '96 and each time I rode the 2 train to Flatbush Avenue, my old neighborhood, that route always featured the Redbird models even though the R62's were on the 1 & 3 routes. I last rode the 2 train in 2002 which was the last time I was in N.Y. The only question is why was the R110A & B shortlived? If it wasn't for youtube, I would have never known they existed.
First the R110A Had Brake Problems (that’s why it had so many accidents) and The R110B had light problems witch led to train brakedowns.
I'm glad they changed the announcements upon the R142's completion
It went away due to brake problems
RandBull83 Just because one train caught fire doesn't mean to remove all of them
RanTheWolfGamer R110B had the Fire Not R110A and they both had brake problems
IsaacXpress they weren’t meant to stay they were just prototypes
AndyCoolGames Very wrong there was no explosion, The Hybrid battery on the R110B got caught on fore
AndyCoolGames fire*
this subway sounds like the ttc subway i use in toronto canada
Word and things were really different back then, the way I see those stations in the present are different in the video
@NYRavage Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!!
oh my god
i've never even seen an R110A in service and i feel old
This video was made on the day i was born. I wish i could have rode this train.
The MTA should've built more of these r100A 2-Trains back in the day.
The R142s ARE the additional R110s.
8:43 originated the Roblox type door chime.
At least in subway testing
I like the R110A it’s a classic.
Me to
HEY! The origin of the roblox R110A sound! Niiiice!
R110A was a prototype of the R142 and R142A.
Nice video. Great quality. I've subscribed to your channel! :)
Now it’s like R142 R142A R188
2:57 very loud bip !
Other transit agencies' trains/trolleys share the same propulsion sound this one has.
Why don't the current New Tech trains have unpolarized windows like this? Did they find it dangerous? Maybe on the R179s and 211s they'll figure out a way to improve the visibility. It's a shame the R110s had such a short life, I guess they were in an awful condition.
kinkisharyocoasters it was a break problem
How are there r33s in 2011? I thought the r33s were retired in 2003 for being replaced by the r142s and the r142as
Wish this seating arrangement was on all later cars
James Newson Then day goodbye to more capacity.
This must be the PM rush hour as the 5 trains are running in the opposite direction up the middle express track.
I like the redbirds !
What do you mean? The MTA allows videography, I've never had any trouble. The PATH is another story.
8:43 ahh the old Roblox r110a door chime
The announcements are smoother.
I love the sound of it
R110A are my favorite train cars
These stations all look different now.
Its Where I Was Born nd Raised....Only Seen The R-110 In Servise 1 Time Back In 95....I Was Like Ooh Mom, Look At The White Version Of The Red Train...LoL I Was 5 or 6
the red train call the redbirds
IF YOU MISS THE PROPULSION NOISE COME TO TORONTO CANADA THEY HAVE THE SAME PROPULSION NOISE AS THESE TRAINS JUST LOOK FOR AN OLD TRAIN AND THERE YOU GO.
Toronto Transit Fan the t1
Or ride C301 in taiwan
Its so sad that mta cant convert the r110As into test trains like the r110B for rookies
Its so sad that mta cant convert the r110As into training trains like the r110B
Its so sad that mta cant convert the r110As into training trains like the r110B
Its so sad that mta cant convert the r110As into training trains like the r110B
Around 5:55 It kind of sounds like The Kinki-Sharyo Light Rail cars on Newark Light Rail and Hudson Bergen Light rail. Those must be similar propulsions, Also those Light Rail Cars were built around 1999-2000.
These R110As look like they ran pretty great in their days, too bad it was only a test train and the actual NTT would be the annoying Alstom sound R142s (the R142As are pretty good, also Mitrac propulsion).
I'm here thinking the driver is running red lights at the Simpson curve, then I remembered that the old signals were green red yellow, not green yellow red
Ah the R110A one of the first NTTs in the system of the NYC subway.
They betta!
You know, the R110A chime sound does sound annoying, but to me, the R142 Cars chime is so much more annoying. DING DONG is crappy annoying. So, they should have a crank like the ones you'd see on a jack in the box, crank those forward and they open. Crank those backwards and they close. They don't need electricity for the doors, it's just more simple without it.
nope they both chimes are good r110a hater or should i call you ugly roblox noob
good thinking for me saying ugly roblox noob for r110a hater im pro at roblox
LinesEM do you r142a or r188 r143 r160 and r142 chime there good chime
also r110a there good chimes
Antonia Hernandez yeah there very good chimes but what about R110B? what do you think of R110B chimes
It sounds like a bombardier T1
@The Foxy and Mangle and SDJ Official Account come down
@The Foxy and Mangle and SDJ Official Account stop calling them lemon
Theses would be awesome today damn
This was the time when the 5 trains were Redbirds
2:42 is that a Redbird 5 train?
Yes
YEP! There seat arraignment was different for this IRT car. Never ever seen before.