History of the 5 Train

The East 180th Street-Dyre Avenue Shuttle was established on May 15, 1941 as a full-time shuttle. The history of the 5 train is as follows:

1. In 1934, trains normally ran from 241st Street or East 180th Street, Bronx to Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. During rush hours, limited service was extended to Crown Heights-Utica Avenue, Brooklyn.
2. From the years of 1938 to 1950, weekend service was operating to Crown Heights-Utica Avenue. Every once in a while, service was extended to New Lots Avenue.
3. On May 3rd, 1957, limited rush hour service operated to Flatbush Avenue-Brooklyn College and was discontinued on April 8th, 1960.
4. On May 24th, 1976 to 1980 and on January 18th, 1988, all midday trains terminated at Bowling Green, Manhattan.
5. Beginning on July 10th, 1983, all rush hour service ran to/from Crown Heights-Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue with limited service.
6. In 1995, rush hour service to 241st Street was cut back to Neried Avenue.
7. In 2000, there was a plan to switch the rush hour peak-direction express service from East 180th Street to 149th Street-Grand Concourse by having 2 trains running express and 5 trains running local. This plan was cancelled due to complaints of possible delays on both services.
8. On May 27th, 2005, the 5 diamond to indicate peak direction rush hour to Neried Avenue was discontinued.
9. On June 29th,2009, midday service was extended to Flatbush Avenue-Brooklyn College.
10. On March 29th, 2010 to September 7th, 2010, rush hour express service was suspended on the first phase due to rehabilitation of the East 180th Street station and signal replacement of the IRT White Plains Road Line. PM rush hour express service was suspended again on March 28th, 2011 to August 8th, 2011, due to continuation of rehabilitating the East 180th Street station and signal replacement on the second phase.

Manhattan-bound R142 7010 on the 5 line at
Van Siclen Avenue of the IRT Brooklyn Line.

5 express service peak direction to/from Neried Avenue.

Work Cars/Equipment

Work equipment is used on a daily premises to keep tracks and signals in good condition at all times. The work equipment is stored at every yard including the Coney Island Yard and the 207th Street Yard. The work equipment consists of the following cars:

Work Cars and Locomotives

0F-116 Observation Car	Ballast & Rail Grinding Equipment	Crane Cars	Flat Cars	Hopper Cars
Locomotives 1900-1965	Locomotives 1965-Present	Miscellaneous Work Equipment	Other Passenger Cars Converted to Work Service	R-123 Continuous Welded Rail Cars
R-127/R-134 Refuse Motors	R-137 Vacuum Train	R-161 Rider Cars	R-65 Pump Cars	R-71 Reach Cars
R-71 Rider Cars	R-74 Signal Supply Cars	R-8A IND Revenue Collector Cars	R-95 Revenue Collector Cars	Rail Adhesion Train
Snow Removal	Tank Cars	Track Geometry and Inspection Cars	Weld Cars

R32 Subway Cars

The R32s are the oldest subway cars in New York City along with the R42s. They were built in the years of 1964-1965 by Budd in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These cars run on the IND/BMT division. The C train (IND 8th Avenue/Fulton Street Line) uses these cars. There are 600 cars in the contract from 3350-3949, but there are 362 cars that have been scrapped and 10 cars are used for work service. 3659 was involved in an accident, but it was renumbered to 3348 and it was reefed in 2009. Every year during the summer, the R32s go on the (A) line from 207th Street to Lefferts Boulevard, Far Rockaway, and Rockaway Park to get  more HVAC on the trains because the (A) runs outside after Grant Avenue to Queens. During the year of 2012 in September, the R32s were sent to Coney Island Yard for their refurbishment. By 2015, all R32s are going to be displaced with R179s. On November 18th 2012, the R32s were trucked over to Far Rockaway  to provide service from Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue to Beach 90th Street as the (H) shuttle train due to damage of Hurricane Sandy on the Rockaway Line.

Train Of Many Colors

The Train of Many Colors also known as the (TOMC) is one of the New York Transit Museum's Nostalgia train. The name comes from the fact that the cars are painted in many varying schemes from different eras.  The cars come from two different companies: American Car and Foundry and St. Louis Car Company. The cars are at 207th Street, 239th Street, and Coney Island Yards. This train is used for occasions such as the opening of CitiField, the Subway Centennial in 2004, and fan trips with the New York Transit Museum.

List of cars and colors

Model	Builder	Car numbers	Livery	Era used
R12	American Car & Foundry	5760	Two tone gray with orange stripes.	Original, when new
R15	American Car & Foundry	6239	Maroon with tan stripe	Original, when new
R17	St. Louis Car Company	6609	Maroon	Original, when new
R33ML	St. Louis Car Company	9010 and 9011, 9206 and 9207	Two-tone, silver with blue stripe	1971-early 1980s
R33ML	St. Louis Car Company	9016 and 9017	Tartar red with yellow handlebars	Original, when new
R33ML	St. Louis Car Company	9068	Kale green	1985-1988
R33ML	St. Louis Car Company	9069	Tuscan red with silver roof (Redbird)	1986 to retirement
R33WF	St. Louis Car Company	9306	1964 World's Fair aqua blue and white	Original, when new
ML = Main Line, WF = World's Fair; identified by the large picture windows in the World's Fair cars and smaller windows in the Main Line cars.

R12 5760
R15 6239
R17 6609
R33ML 9010 & 9011
R33ML 9206 & 9207
R33ML 9016 & 9017
R33ML 9068 & 9069
R33WF 9306

New York Yankees Nostalgia Low-V Train

The Low-V train is a classic train that was built in the early 1900s for the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT). The year the Low-Vs arrived was in 1917. The Low-V was retired during the 1960s and 1970s when the R33s/R36s arrived. The Low-V ran under 600 volts with a battery of 32 volts. Places where you can see the Low-V is the New York Transit Museum with car 4902. The companies who build the Low-Vs are Pressed Steel Car Company, American Car and Foundry, and Pullman Company. Low-Vs are technically used for fan trips with the Transit Museum and to take New York Yankees fans to Yankee Stadium from Grand Central via the 4 line running express from Grand Central to 161st Street-Yankee Stadium. Low-Vs run on occasions such as the New York Yankees Home Opener, New York Yankees Playoffs in the ALDS and ALCS, and the World Series. The cars that are used on the Low-V are 5292,5290,5483, and 5443.