R110A (New York City Subway car)
The R110A was a New York City Subway car model built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in 1992 as a prototype New Technology Train to test various technologies. There were ten cars arranged as five-car sets. They were designed to test features that would be implemented on future mass-production New Tech Train orders.
R110A at the 239th Street Yard in the Bronx
Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
The Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing Company is the Japanese rolling stock manufacturing subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Since beginning operations in 1906, the company has produced more than 90,000 railroad cars.
The Kawasaki Heavy Industries factory in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan (April 2007)
Aerial view of the Kawasaki Rail Plant in Yonkers, New York, USA (May 2011)
The Yonkers, USA factory in September 2014
Completed M9 bodyshells at the Yonkers factory in May 2021