IRT Redbirds operating on the 5 on the IRT White Plains Road Line in 2002.
Redbird trains were eight New York City Subway train models so-nicknamed because of their red paint.[1] The Redbirds totaled 1,410 cars of the following types on the A Division lines: R26, R28, R29, R33, R33S, and R36. There were also 550 cars on the B Division lines: R27 and R30/A. All were built by the American Car and Foundry Company and the St. Louis Car Company.
These cars were painted a deep red to combat graffiti,[2] which had become a major problem in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The color was referred to as "Gunn Red" or "Broad Street Red" in honor of its originator David L. Gunn, the former SEPTA General Manager who became President of the New York City Transit Authority during this period.[3] Initially entering service in various colors, these cars received the new paint scheme between 1984 and 1989. Sixteen R17s were also given this paint scheme in 1985 and 1986, but were retired by 1988, well before the name "Redbird" caught on. Today, repurposed Redbird cars serve as garbage trains, rail adhesion cars, or rider cars on locomotive-hauled work trains, while others have been preserved by various museums.
^Jessica Parks. "Flight of the Redbirds: Transit Museum celebrates the iconic subway car". AM New York Metro (amNY).
^Cite error: The named reference ByeRedbird.NYT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Jim Dwyer (1991). Subway Lives: 24 Hours in the Life of the New York City Subway. Crown. ISBN 9780517584453.
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