FR-06-45

### Operator(s)

Trans-Cousinland Railway (1906-1943)Frog City Transit Operating Authority (1943-1962) Frog Land Transit (1963-DATE)

### Service(s) assigned

(1): 1 car, paired with 5 FR-17-45s (1 train) (3) 12 cars, paired with 60 FR-17-45s (12 trains) (2) 3 cars, paired with 12 FR-19-45s (3 trains)

## Specifications

### Car body construction

Wood with pest-resistant varnish (1906-1945)Riveted steel (1944-DATE)

### Doors

2 48-inch (121.92 cm) gates2 72-inch (182.88 cm) side doors

### Traction system

Farminghouse ABF 106 with Fleco 12A master controller

### Braking system(s)

Fleco AMUE with UG-02 universal valve, and FE-16 brake stand. Air provided by Fleco A-2-B compressor.

### Headlight type

Top light (glass casing with coal flame)Taillights (Red-tinted glass with propane flame)

### Track gauge

4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)

The FR-06-45 is a Frog City Subway car model that was built by the Frog Land Electric Company in 1905 for the TCR (Trans-Cousinland Railway). They were the first of the TCR's fleet, originally assigned the name FR-06-01. The FR-06 order originally consisted of 300 single cars, each 67 feet (20 m) long, and was the largest order of train cars in Frog Land, to be broken in 11 years by the FR-17-01. The Frog City Subway 102nd Street Shops rebuilt the cars in 1945, placing riveted steel panels on top of the original wood sides. They are expected to remain in service until the late-2020s, when they are expected to be replaced by the FST-5s.

The FR-06-45s are numbered 100-399. They were the first "FR" type contract order (referring to the practice of naming a subway car with the letters "FR" - which stands for Frograil followed by a number by the year the car was built, and the second number being the rebuild date; with non-rebuilt cars having the second number as "01", eg. FR-12-01. In 1906, each car would cost ƒ$6.016.65, which would be the equivalent of about ƒ$2,000,000 today.

The FR-06-45s saw a 4-month, 26 day testing period, from July 12th, 1905 until February 16th, 1906, the subway's opening. The cars were tested on the work-in-progress mainline between 9th Street-Euston Square and 57th Street-Cousinland Central. 5 sets of FR-06-01s entered service on the first day, the rest delivered and tested between March and August 1907.

The cars were ordered so that the new TCR Fifth Avenue line could be operated

In 1969, when all of the FLT-1 cars were delivered, 20 train cars were transferred to the Blockaway Yard to relieve a yard shortage on the (2) line, operating between Boardwalk Edge-Bay 118th Street and 102nd Street-Seven Sisters. In 2013, 8 cars were scrapped and replaced by 30 FST-2A cars.

Most FR-06-45s were retired from 1996-1998 as the 90-year old car's internal components were frequently breaking down or exploding. 277 out of the 300 cars were retired by the FR-97-X train cars. 5 cars were retrofitted with fLta SmartDrive™ and converted to work cars. 294 and 295 were listed as vacuum cars as of 2021, replaced by FST-4s 92400 and 92401. 296, 297, and 298 had their exterior platforms and components removed, and are currently sporting FR-17-45 components. These cars are Revenue collection cars, and were put into storage in late 2022.

2 cars were preserved including:

105 - preserved by the Frog City Transit museum and restored. It was the leading car of the Inaugural trip for the fleet and system on February 16th, 1906.

267 - preserved by the Frog Land Railway Preservation Society in 1942, and is the only non-rebuilt car to still exist. This car was the prototype for ice air-conditioning in 1939, by the Cousinland Railway Modernization Act.