Preservation
As of 2011, many R17s survive as work cars. Other surviving cars are listed as follows:
- Car 6609 was restored in 1976 and is part of the display collection at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn. It is fully operational, and runs periodically on museum sponsored "Nostalgia Trains."
- Car 6688 is preserved at the Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven, Connecticut. It is operational and runs frequently during the summer months for rapid transit themed programming.
- Car 6895 is currently at the Concourse Yard and hasn't been used for nearly a decade. This car is still classified as a work car and was used on a special trip sometime during the 1990s. It is reported that it may be operational. Its fate is unknown at this time, but if it is to be preserved, it will need to be restored.
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