The R12 was a New York City Subway car built by the American Car and Foundry Company in 1948. A total of 100 cars were built, arranged as single units. Two versions were manufactured: Westinghouse (WH)-powered cars and General Electric (GE)-powered cars.
R12 car 5760 on display at the New York Transit Museum
Interior view of R12 car 5760
Car 5782 (renumbered to 35782) at the 207th Street Yard, awaiting cosmetic restoration
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The New York Transit Museum is a museum that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, and commuter rail systems in the greater New York City metropolitan region. The main museum is located in the decommissioned Court Street subway station in Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. There is a smaller satellite Museum Annex in Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. The museum is a self-supporting division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Side view of the street entrance on the corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street
Station platform with museum exhibits
Looking down the platform
Bumper block at end of Track A2