The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced on Dec. 18 that, after 58 years of service, a fleet of subway cars known as the R-32s, nicknamed the Brightliners, and which are among the oldest subway cars to operate in the world, will officially retire from service. To commemorate the historic occasion and the subway cars’ unique design, New York City Transit (NYCT) is placing one R-32 train in service on four consecutive Sundays from mid-December through early January. The first run took place on Sunday, Dec. 19.   According to the MTA, the R-32s were the first large fleet of mass-produced

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