R17 Subway Car 4-Pack (1 Powered, 3 Unpowered) - Standard DC - PROTO 1000(TM -- MTA/New York City Transit (green)

* Limited Edition One Time Run of These Roadnumbers! * 1 Powered, 3 Unpowered Cars * 5-Pole Skew-Wound Motor * Dual Flywheels * Factory-Applied Pantograph Gates * Directional Lighting * Interior Lighting * Proto MAX(TM) Metal Knuckle Couplers As part of fleet upgrades in the 1950s, New York's Interboro Rapid Transit (IRT) purchased R17 cars in the 1950s to replace its aging pre-WWII equipment. Some 4000 cars in this class were built by the St. Louis Car Co. The last R17 was removed from service in 1988.