On Saturday, June 7, 2025, MTA NYCT Subway and the New York Transit Museum operated Day One of the "Parade Of Trains". For no more than the regular fare, this event allows the public to ride historic New York City Subway rolling stock between the Brighton Beach and Kings Highway stations on the Q Line in Brooklyn, New York. The Standards, BU Elevated Cars, as well as the R-11, R-16, and some of the R-32s operated for 5 hours as part of the Parade event. The R1-9 set was on hand in case of a problem with any of the other consists and did not run.

Consist (varies)

Standards: 2390-2391-2392
R1-9: 381-1300-103-1802
R-32: 3360-3361 (Blue Door) (Budd, 1964)
R-11 8013 (Budd, 1949)
R-16 6387 (ACF, 1955)
BU/Brooklyn Union Elevated 1273, 1404, 1407 (Jewett/Pressed Steel, 1903-1907)
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