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Rohr
Description:
Rohr rapid transit cars used by BART in the Bay Area
Vehicle Type:
Heavy Rail Vehicle
Full Name:
Rohr Industries
Length:
72 ft.
Years:
1968 - 1971?
Distinctive Features:
A Cars have a wedge shaped ends, B Cars have no cabs. Very unusual as most rapid transit uses married pairs
Notes:
Rohr briefly owned Flxible but in 1978 sold Flxible to Grumman and left the transit business. Rohr also made rapid transit cars for Washington, DC
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A Car

The A Cars are part of BART's original fleet. They have a wedge shaped cab on one end and can only be used as end units They can be attached to other cars on one end.

B Car

BART

0739-03
BART has some very wide comfortable chairs. The older cars are brown, the newer are blue
Mar 8, 2000
0944-18
B cars have no cab what so ever and must be placed in the middle of a train. At Concord BART
Mar 8, 2000

B Cars are part of BART's original fleet. They have no cabs but can be attached to other cars on either end. This makes it difficult to shorten and lengthen trains depending on time of day or day of week

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