"Deadbirds" meeting their fate

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Tim Huemmer	General	I heard that they sunk several of these cars to make an artificial reef somewhere	12/4/2006 10:14:10 AM

Kevin Wong	General	IRT R26/28/29/33/36 Redbird cars were built between the mid 1950s and 1964 by ACF and St. Louis Car and ran on the IRT 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 routes. 1208 cars were buried at sea off Delaware (558 cars), South Carolina (200 cars), Georgia (150 cars), Virginia (50 cars) and New Jersey (250 cars) for artifical diving/fishing and barrier reefs. Some of the R36 cars were originally painted turquoise and ran on the 7 for the 1964 World's Fair.	1/24/2007 12:50:29 AM

"Deadbirds" meeting their fate
Unknown where the barge was taking these Ex NYCMTA Redbirds. Date approximate.
Date: 1/1/2002	Location: New York, NY Map	Views: 282	Collection Of: Brian H
			Author: Brian Havlicek

Picture Categories:		This picture is part of album: Misc. Passenger Roads

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