R46

The R46 is a subway car used in Transit City 3.

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The R46 is a New York City Subway car model that was built by the Pullman Standard Company from 1975 to 1978 for the IND/BMTB Division. They replaced all remaining Arninecars and General Electric powered R16s, and some R10s. The R46 order initially consisted of 754 single cars, each 75 feet (23 m) long, and was the largest single order of passenger cars in United States railroad history at the point of the fleet's completion. The R46 was the second order of 75-foot cars to be ordered for the New York City Subway, after the R44s.

The first R46s ran in passenger service on July 14, 1975. The fleet was initially slated to be delivered between 1973 and 1975, but a strike at Pullman's factory caused the deliveries' completion to be delayed until 1978. In the first few years after its completion, several hundred cracks were found in the fleet's trucks, leading the new R46s to be referred to as "the most troubled cars ever purchased". From 1990 to 1992, Morrison–Knudsen rebuilt 752 of the R46s, the other two having been destroyed in a crash in 1986. After their overhaul, the R46s were renumbered and linked in sets of four, except for 28 cars, which were arranged in sets of two. The R46s are expected to remain in service until the mid-2020s, when they will be replaced by the R211s.

Transit City 2
The R46 was about to be used on the Flushing Line of Transit City 2, but it was cancelled for unknown reasons.

Transit City 3
The R46 in Transit City 3 is used on the Rocky Beach Line.