Breda 4000-Series train leaving Fort Totten upper level

[WillowCric]

OG Breda

[Joey83812The]

@schuminweb I like Rohrs 2nd best.

[Joey83812The]

@schuminweb I acually like Original Bredas the best.

[Joey83812]

Bredas are my favorite, what's yours?

[schuminweb]

@Joey83812 I like them all for different reasons. I don't have any one favorite.

[Alfonzia18]

why the 3000's sound stronger

[schuminweb]

I believe it was likely slightly different systems that caused the louder buzzing sound on the 3000-Series cars.

[saveus444]

@schuminweb You know the 3000 series also emit an even louer "Wail" when they take off or arrive.

[schuminweb]

Actually, that would be "did". The 3000's did emit a louder buzz, but the last 3000's had gone to rehab some months before at the time this video was taken.

[iridescentshadow]

I'm going to miss that signature Westinghouse sound when the 4000's get rehabbed in a few years... Can't say I'll miss the 70's interiors though

[schuminweb]

I don't know... I think something will be lost when the last of the old interiors is gone. No more orange on the Metro would be a weird situation to have. Though I admit I won't miss the rubber handrails. I used to like those over the metal ones, but lately, I think those are kind of gross to touch, and that the metal ones are much less "eww".

[iridescentshadow]

I'm sure they will keep a few non-rehabbed cars for special purposes, but I'd imagine that most of the revenue ones will get the new guts. I agree the rubber handrails are pretty haggard.

I'm sure the new motors are better too, but that sound just makes me think of DC. The newer cars are too quiet.

[schuminweb]

I find it highly doubtful that Metro will not rehab any of the 4000-Series cars. In the past, even non-revenue cars have been rehabbed, in the case of the revenue collection cars, which were rehabbed with AC motors along with the rest of the Rohrs. The only cars that have not been rehabbed in the past are cars that have been involved in accidents, such as 3191 and 3252, which are now in use as training cars for emergency responders.

[j4lambert]

However, current plans for the 4000 rehabs are to make them compatible with the 7000 and 8000 car series.

[schuminweb]

Correct. The 4000 rehab is slated to be done as part of the 7000-Series order, and so these cars will be compatible with the next-generation cars.

[PixfromDisney]

it seems like you only find non-rehabbed Bredas on the red line anymore.

[schuminweb]

Actually, as a regular Red Line rider, I can tell you that there are a lot of Breda rehabs on the Red Line. However, there are also a lot of 4000's and Rohrs on the Red Line as well. Alstoms and CAFs seem to be the most uncommon on the Red Line.

[dea41396returns]

I am also a regular red line rider, and I must say that it would seem like you always get a POS series 1000 car that has no A/C or Heat, and/or a Series 3000 or 4000 where the driver doesn't know how to drive the train, and floors it, than slows down, and floors it, then slows down, or you get a 3000 or 4000 that makes that extra loud noise that it usually makes during start-up or deacceleration, but it makes that noise extra loud the whole way... It is VERY RARE to find a 5000 or 6000 on red...