The R68A is a B Division New York City Subway car order consisting of 200 cars built between 1988 and 1989 by Kawasaki Railcar Company in Kobe, Japan, with final assembly done at the Kawasaki plant in Yonkers, New York. [5]

Jul 21, 2009 · Also the R68As sides taper off when it meets the bottom half of the ends while the R68 makes full contact with the bottom half of the nose without tapering off. Look at these photos carefully to see the differences:

Two R-68 trains holding down D and Q service at Cortelyou Road on the BMT Brighton Line. Photo by David Pirmann, April 1997. Coupling Arrangement: Most are coupled in four car sets. Single cars in coupled sets are used on the Franklin Shuttle. Numbering: "A" or leading cars are even-numbered, and "B" cars are odd-numbered.

The R68 is a B Division New York City Subway car order consisting of 425 cars built by the Westinghouse-Amrail Company (aka Francorail), a joint venture of Westinghouse, ANF Industrie, Jeumont Schneider, and Alsthom. The cars were built in France from 1986 to 1988 and shipped through New York Harbor.

The side ribbing runs all the way to the car ends and side doors on an R68, but taper off on approach on an R68A. Only the R68s have a metal bar separating the side sign from window, while the R68A has one solid pane of glass.

Dec 30, 2008 · The side ribbing runs all the way to the car ends and side doors on an R68, but taper off on approach on an R68A. Only the R68s have a metal bar separating the side sign from window, while the R68A has one solid pane of glass.

Jun 2, 2021 · Among the R68/R68a cars, inside cab doors are different (swing vs. pocket door). The raised bars/stripes on the outside are different: R68 cars have raised bars created as part of the car side and the stripe are well fit between doors or car ends.

Apr 19, 2023 · The R68 has the Logo Sticker and Flags positioned like the R62 while the R68A’s positioned like a R46. The R68A’s window frames are noticeably whiter and the rollsign windows has no frame in the middle. The R68 was built by Francorail and Alstom while the R68A was built by …

Floor is flat on left side and curved up on right where it meets the cab. This is due to a spec. change during manufacturing as 68s were originally to have corner cabs. 68a

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