Holiday R1-R9 Subway Cars Enter 5 Avenue-53 Street Station

Filmed on December 13, 2009 at the IND 5 Avenue 53 Street station. On Sundays in December, the NYC Subway ran vintage subway cars as a "Holiday Shopper's Special" on the V-line between Queens Plaza in Long Island City and 2 Avenue & Houston Street on the Lower East Side. Here the Holiday consist enters the station heading downtown (you can clearly hear the 1930's motors roaring in the 53 Street tunnel.) Here is the consist as follows: R6 #1000 (1935), R1 #381 (1931), R4 #401 (1932-33), R6 #1300 (1936), R9 #1802 (1940), R1 #100 (1931), R4 #484 (1932-33) & R7A #1575 (1938).

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Autos & Vehicles

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• train
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