Bay Area Rapid Transit District Morrison-Knudsen cars

Bay Area Rapid Transit District 2501-2580 are 1995-1996 Morrison-Knudsen C2 cars.

History

BART ordered 80 new cars in 1993. to support service expansion to Dublin, Pleasanton, and the Peninsula The C2 cars were ordered at a cost of roughly $1.7 million per car (financed locally), and entered revenue service in 1995 and 1996. They were built by Morrison-Knudsen. Car shells were sourced from Germany (apparently), and final building was at Hornell (first cars) and Pittsburg, CA. This facility is now used to build the new BART Fleet of the Future cars.

They were extremely similar to the Alstom built C1 cars (Fleet no 301-450) that preceded them. There were many minor differences from the C1s, and at the end, the most visible contrast was the interior (seats/armrest were different in color, alongside the red ADA lights on the windscreen railing). They were heavily used along the Green Line, alongside a large presence on the Blue line and usually midtrain on the Yellow Line (Hayward and Concord yards).

They used the Westinghouse 1463 motor with chopper control, the same type used on BART since the early days. Thus, they had the characteristic buzzing during acceleration and braking.

These cars, as a subfleet, were rather unreliable, sometimes referred to as “bad actors,” and reached their end during the COVID-19 pandemic (with more new cars coming online and the reduced service). They are currently stored across the system, and were taken out of service in April 2020. A train of roughly 8-9 of them was seen testing shortly before the opening of Berryessa and Milpitas.

As of March 2021, 45 of the 80 cars have been decommissioned or scrapped.

Details

Fleet Number	Thumbnail	Build Date	Yard	Status/Disposal	Notes
2501		1994	Concord	Inactive
2502		1995	Concord	Inactive
2503		1995	Concord	Inactive
2504		1995	Concord	Inactive
2505		1995	Concord	Inactive	Converted to CB2 Car
2506		1995	Hayward	Inactive
2507		1995	Hayward	Inactive	Converted to CB2 Car
2508		1995	Concord	Inactive
2509		1995	Hayward	Inactive	Converted to CB2 Car
2510		1995	Concord	Inactive	To be retired in 2020 Stored Hayward yard, June 2021
2511		1995	Concord	Inactive	To be retired in 2020
2512		1995	Hayward	Inactive
2513		1995	Hayward	Inactive
2514		1995	Concord	Inactive
2515		1995	Hayward	Inactive
2516		1995	Hayward	Inactive
2517		1995	Concord	Inactive
2518		1995	Concord	Inactive
2519		1995	Concord	Inactive
2520			Hayward	Inactive
2521			Hayward	Inactive
2522		1995	Concord	Inactive
2523			Concord	Inactive
2524			Hayward	Inactive
2525			Concord	Inactive
2526			Hayward	Inactive
2527			Concord	Inactive
2528		1995	Daly City	Retired in 2019. Sold to Schnitzer Steel for scrap on 11/8/2019.	Involved in an accident that killed 2 BART employees in October 2013 while the train was being piloted by a manager with no direct supervision during a worker strike. It was the 1st of 10 cars to be replaced by the Fleet of the Future D Cars.
2529		1995	Hayward	Inactive
2530		1995	Concord	Inactive
2531			Hayward	Inactive
2532		1995	Hayward	Inactive
2533			Concord	Inactive
2534			Hayward	Inactive
2535				Retired in 2019. Sold to Schnitzer Steel for scrap on 12/13/2019.	It was the 2nd of 10 legacy car decommissioned.
2536			Hayward	Inactive
2537			Concord	Inactive
2538			Hayward	Inactive
2539			Concord	Inactive	To be retired in 2020
2540			Hayward	Inactive
2541			Hayward	Inactive
2542			Hayward	Inactive
2543			Hayward	Inactive	Converted to CB2 Car
2544			Hayward	Inactive
2545			Hayward	Inactive
2546			Hayward	Inactive
2547			Hayward	Inactive
2548			Hayward	Inactive
2549			Hayward	Inactive
2550			Hayward	Inactive
2551			Hayward	Inactive
2552				Inactive
2553			Hayward	Inactive
2554			Concord	Inactive
2555			Hayward	Inactive
2556			Hayward	Inactive
2557			Concord	Inactive
2558			Hayward	Inactive
2559			Concord	Inactive
2560			Concord	Inactive
2561			Hayward	Inactive
2562			Hayward	Inactive
2563			Concord	Retired
2564			Concord	Inactive
2565			Hayward	Inactive
2566			Hayward	Inactive
2567			Hayward	Inactive
2568			Hayward	Inactive
2569			Hayward	Inactive
2570			Concord	Inactive
2571			Hayward	Inactive
2572			Hayward	Inactive
2573			Hayward	Inactive
2574			Hayward	Inactive
2575			Concord	Inactive
2576			Hayward	Inactive
2577			Hayward	Inactive
2578			Hayward	Inactive
2579			Hayward	Inactive
2580			Hayward	Inactive