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The first R15s entered service on February 4, 1950; the fleet initially ran on the [[IRT Flushing Line]] until the [[R33 World's Fair (New York City Subway car)|R33S]] and [[R36 World's Fair (New York City Subway car)|R36 World's Fair]] fleets were delivered in the 1960s. The R15s were replaced by the [[R62 (New York City Subway car)|R62s]] in the 1980s, and the final train of R15s ran on December 10, 1984. One R15 car was saved for the [[New York Transit Museum]], and the rest were scrapped.
==Description==
The R15s were numbered 5953–5999 & 6200–6252. The cars were the first to feature round "turtle-back" roofs<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6WFHNSXBpocC&q=R15+subway+car&pg=PA10|title=New York Subways: An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars|last=Sansone|first=Gene|date=October 25, 2004|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=9780801879227|language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|10}} and have the conductors' door controls located inside the motorman's cabs, as opposed to on the outsides as they were on the [[R12 (New York City Subway car)|R12s]] and [[R14 (New York City Subway car)|R14s]].<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|199}} Additionally, the R15s featured porthole door windows, similar to those found on the [[R11/R34 (New York City Subway car)|R11]]s.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|198}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_IRT_SMEE_Cars,_1948-1964|title=A History of the IRT SMEE Cars, 1948-1964|last=Chiasson Jr.|first=George|date=1988|work=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
While the R15s ran in solid consists on the Flushing line, the cars never did so on the mainlines; they were always intermixed in trains of newer cars.
Two versions of the R15 were used: [[Westinghouse Electric]]-powered cars (5953–5976 and 6200–6225) and [[General Electric]]-powered cars (5977–5999 and 6226–6252).
==History==
Delivery of the cars began in January 1950, shortly after the last R14s were delivered.<ref>{{cite web |title=IRT SMEE delivery dates |url=http://www.coronayard.com/r36preservation/irtsmeedelivery.html |website=R36 Preservation, Inc. |publisher=Kevin Wong |access-date=12 September 2020}}</ref> The first R15s entered service on the '''{{NYCS|7}}''' ([[IRT Flushing Line]]) on February 4, 1950.<ref name="issuu.com">[http://issuu.com/erausa/docs/2009-09-bulletin? ERA New York Division Bulletin, September 2009, Page 4]</ref> All cars were in service as of April 23, 1950.<ref name="issuu.com"/>
The R15s ran on the Flushing Line until the arrival of the [[R33 World's Fair (New York City Subway car)|R33S]]s and [[R36 (New York City Subway car)|R36 World's Fair]]s in late 1963–early 1964. The R15s were then transferred to operate on other A-division routes before being retired and replaced by the [[R62 (New York City Subway car)|R62s]] in the mid-1980s. The last R15 ran on December 10, 1984. Except for one car, all cars have since been taken off property to be scrapped; several cars lasted as training vehicles or work cars for many years. For example, cars 5965, 5984–5985, 5989, and 6214 were converted into R71 rider cars after retirement, but were replaced with [[R33 (New York City Subway car)|R161s]] (R33s converted into rider cars) and subsequently reefed in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nycsubway.org/wiki/R-71_Rider_Cars|title=R-71 Rider Cars Roster|work=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
Car 6239 has been preserved by the [[New York Transit Museum]] since 1976. This car was retrofitted with the first prototype air conditioners and went into service on September 8, 1955, but the prototype failed and was removed.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|199}}<ref>{{cite web | title=Vintage Fleet | website=New York Transit Museum | date=10 May 2016 | url=https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/exhibits-collections/vintagefleet/ | access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref> It was restored to operational status and has operated on many fantrips since 2004, specifically on the ''[[Train of Many Colors]].''
==References==
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[[Category:Train-related introductions in 1950]]
[[Category:New York City Subway rolling stock|R015]]
[[Category:American Car and Foundry Company]]
[[Category:1950 in rail transport]]
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