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On the eve of a likely Corona Virus lock down, curtailing of service and unceremonious retirement of the R-32 (last equipment with rail fan window), I chose to take a last ride from 42nd Street to Euclid in the PM rush of Tuesday, March 17. San Francisco was the first city to order a near total lockdown effective 12:01 AM today.

My R-32 H Train tribute    • H Train - Rockaway Shuttle 4-car R-32  

The final run of the R-32 was on the C train in the AM of March 26th. Around July 1 the R-32 was brought back (resurrected) to the J line to maintain full J/Z service after all R-179 trains were removed from service to deal with on-going safety critical mechanical defects. BUT - with the front area chained off from the public to protect the train operator from possible virus exposure from the public, we can not enjoy standing at the front window. So this video was in fact my last RFW ride on NYC Transit. In North America, I believe the only rapid transit RFW is the Vancouver SkyTrain, Scarborough LRT and JFK Airtrain (and other driverless AGTs / APMs). The next best thing for rail fan windows are the M-3 class cars on LIRR and MNRR, when not chained off, and METRA Bi-Levels. A long road of 65 years from open front storm doors on the Third Avenue El (last image of my NY 1950 - 65 slides remix video) to March 26, 2020.