Fleet Problems
Issues with the R46 fleet dated back to delivery, as part of the 754-car order was significantly behind schedule due to a strike at the builder, Pullman Standard. As a result of the strike and other problems, the last of the R46s were deployed in December 1978, three years behind schedule.
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