Editing Train of Many Colors

{{Short description|New York City Subway excursion train}}
{{more footnotes|date=February 2014}}
[[File:Train of Many Colors 4 8 08 at 40 Lowery.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Train of Many Colors running in service on the '''{{NYCS|7}}''' train bypassing [[40th Street–Lowery Street station|40th Street–Lowery Street]] station, with R33S 9306 leading, taken in April 2008.]]

The '''Train of Many Colors''' (sometimes abbreviated as '''TOMC''') is one of the [[New York Transit Museum]]'s [[Restored train|nostalgia trains]] used for [[A Division (New York City Subway)|A Division]] [[excursion train|excursions]], which is made up of cars that were formerly used on [[Interborough Rapid Transit Company]] (IRT) lines. The name comes from the fact that the cars are painted in many varying schemes from different eras.<ref>{{cite web | title=news - LIRR Provides Extra Service to All-Star Game & Events | website=MTA | date=2013-07-10 | url=http://www.mta.info/news/2013/07/10/lirr-provides-extra-service-all-star-game-events | access-date=2023-02-28 | archive-date=2022-03-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305143934/https://www.mta.info/news/2013/07/10/lirr-provides-extra-service-all-star-game-events | url-status=live }}</ref>

During the 2004 Subway Centennial, some of the cars were used for regular service on the [[42nd Street Shuttle|42nd Street Shuttle route]]. In addition, the cars may be used to commemorate a special occasion (e.g. the opening of [[Citi Field]] in [[Queens]]).

Some of the cars are housed in the New York Transit Museum when not used for excursions (R12, R15, R17, and R33S).<ref name="TM">{{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 | archive-date=8 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808231305/https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/exhibits-collections/vintagefleet/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Others are stored at the [[207th Street Yard]].

== List of cars and colors ==
There are 19 cars painted in various schemes, as listed below.

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |
|-
!Model
!Builder
!Car numbers
!Livery
!Era used
|-
|'''[[R12 (New York City Subway car)|R12]]'''
|rowspan=2|'''[[American Car and Foundry Company|American Car & Foundry]]'''
|5760
|Two tone gray with orange stripes<ref name="TM"/>
|Original, when new
|-
|'''[[R15 (New York City Subway car)|R15]]'''
|6239
|Maroon with tan stripe<ref name="TM" />
|Original, when new
|-
|'''[[R17 (New York City Subway car)|R17]]'''
|rowspan=8|'''[[St. Louis Car Company]]'''
|6609
|Maroon<ref name="TM" />
|Original, when new
|-
|rowspan=3|'''[[R33 (New York City Subway car)|R33]]'''
|9010–9011
|Silver with blue stripe ("Platinum Mist")
|1971–early 1980s
|-
|9016–9017
|Watermelon/"Tartar" red with yellow handlebars
|Original, when new
|-
|9068–9069<br>9206–9207
|Tuscan/"Gunn" red with silver roof ("[[Redbird trains|Redbird]]")<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-23 |title=Meet the Bluebirds and Redbirds, the most iconic cars in the Museum's IRT fleet! |url=https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/exhibits-collections/collections/thebirds/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=New York Transit Museum |language=en-US}}</ref>
|1986 to retirement
|-
|rowspan=2|'''[[R33S (New York City Subway car)|R33S]]'''
|9306–9308<ref name="ninethreeten">{{Cite web|title=New York Transit Museum on Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/nytransitmuseum/posts/10155088779783843 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/89895068842/10155088779783843 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|website=www.facebook.com|accessdate=September 9, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|[[1964 World's Fair]] aqua blue and white ("Bluebird")
|Original, when new
|-
|9310<ref name="ninethreeten" />
|rowspan=2|Tuscan/"Gunn" red with silver roof ("[[Redbird trains|Redbird]]")
|1984 to retirement
|-
|'''[[R36 (New York City Subway car)|R36]]'''
|9542–9543<br>9586–9587
|1984 to retirement
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://web.mta.info/mta/news/newsroom/cent_nost.htm New York City Transit Subway Centennial press release]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}, describing two museum trains that ran in 2004 in route service.{{dead link|date=April 2014}}
*[http://www.mta.info/news/2013/07/10/lirr-provides-extra-service-all-star-game-events New York City Transit's 'Train of Many Colors']
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==External links==
* {{Commonscat-inline|Train of Many Colors}}

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