R42

The R42 is a type of subway car used in Transit City 3. In real life these trains had been retired and were replaced by the R160s and R179s.

Information
The R42 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Companybetween 1969 and 1970 for the IND/BMT B Division. There were 400 cars in the R42 fleet, numbered 4550 - 4949. It was the last 60-foot (18.29 m) B Division car built for the New York City Subway until the R143 in 2001, and the last car model class to be built in married pairs.

The first R42 cars entered service on May 9, 1969. Various modifications were made over the years to the R42 fleet. In the late 1980s, the R42 cars were rebuilt by Morrison–Knudsen and the Coney Island Rapid Transit Car Overhaul Shop. The R160 order replaced the vast majority of the R42s in the late 2000s, though 50 cars of the original fleet remained. The R179 order replaced the remainder of the R42s in the late 2010s, and the final train of R42s ran in passenger service on February 12, 2020. After retirement, most of the cars were scrapped, sunk as artificial reefs, or placed into storage, but some have been preserved, and others retained for various purposes.

In-game
The R42s are used on the Rocky Beach Line of Transit City 3, and are based at Transit City Airport Yard. During the Winter Update, they were temporarily taken out of service, along with the R40 "Slant", but were put back to service as part of the Spring Update.