Under NYC Ownership
Five Bluebirds were in the process of construction at the time of cancellation, and the City decided to accept these, numbering them 8001-8005. They couldn't interoperate with #8000, which had no couplers or multiple unit trainline connections. The single-unit 8000 spent much of its service life on the Franklin Avenue Shuttle, home of many pieces of orphaned equipment, while the train of Bluebirds operated regularly on the BMT Canarsie Line. On occasion the train also operated in Brighton-Franklin Ave. Local service and on the Fourth Ave. Local. It probably in those instances operated as an extra behind a regular interval.
After delivery of the Bluebirds, New York City never again purchased any lightweight, articulated or PCC technology rail equipment, nor did it purchase equipment to sustain the lines and portions of the elevated system incapable of operating subway cars. Most of the elevated lines were dismantled between 1940 and 1975.
The remaining Bluebirds were scrapped in 1957.
Read more about this topic: Bluebird Compartment Car (New York City Subway Car)
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