Breda cars, manufactured by the Italian company Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie S.p.A., came in at three different times. The 2000-series cars, numbered 2000-2075, arrived in 1982. The 3000-series cars, numbered 3000-3289, arrived in 1986. The 4000-series cars, numbered 4000-4099, arrived in 1991. Bredas have a similar color scheme inside as the Rohrs do, but instead of the grained pattern, it's a plain cream color. Bredas also have brown rubber handrails on the seats, rather than metal ones like the Rohrs. On the exterior, the cab windows do not go all the way up, and the border around the windows are black rubber. The windows are squared off on the 2000 and 3000 series cars, and rounded on the 4000 series cars. Bredas had flip-dot signs from the start. As originally manufactured, the Breda 3000-Series and 4000-Series cars are auditorily distinguishable by the buzzing sound their motors made. The Breda 2000 and 3000 series cars were rehabilitated by Alstom in Hornell, New York. The rehabilitated cars are listed in a separate section.
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Vehicle: Breda Category: Breda Cars Date: 2001-07-07 Comments: Basic rules for riding on Metro, displayed at both ends of all cars. |
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Vehicle: Breda Category: Breda Cars Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: "PLEASE DO NOT LEAN ON DOORS" sign above the door. Note the door speaker above the door and below the sign, which first appeared on Breda cars. Rohr cars' door speakers are near the floor. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Service: WMATA Orange Line Category: Breda Cars Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Breda car interior on the Vienna branch of the Orange Line. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Category: Breda Cars Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Emergency door release. Prior to rehab, the label on the door release for 2000 and 3000-Series cars was red. Compare to 4000-Series cars, where the label is tan. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Category: Breda Cars Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Breda car interior, looking towards cab end. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Service: WMATA Blue Line Location: Franconia-Springfield Category: Breda Cars Date: 2002-03-02 Comments: Breda train on inbound track at Franconia-Springfield, waiting to begin its journey to Addison Road. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4000-Series Category: Breda Cars Date: 2002-04-13 Comments: Breda car interior. |
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Vehicle: Breda Category: Breda Cars Date: 2002-04-13 Comments: "PLEASE DO NOT LEAN ON DOORS" sign. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2050 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna Category: Breda Cars Date: 2003-08-09 Comments: Cab of Breda 2050, seen from inside Breda 2008. Note line color cards stored behind operator's seat. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2051 (left), Breda 2050 (right) Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna Category: Breda Cars Date: 2003-08-09 Comments: "Blind" end of two Breda 2000-Series cars. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4063 Service: WMATA Orange Line Category: Breda Cars Date: 2003-10-23 Comments: Car number on blind-end bulkhead door. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4063 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2003-10-23 Comments: Builder's plate. The 4000-Series builder's plate differed from the other Breda cars' builder's plates in that it was nearly flush with the panel, and the horse was red in color. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4063 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna Category: Breda Cars Date: 2003-10-23 Comments: Interior of Breda 4063, facing cab. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Service: WMATA Red Line Location: Shady Grove Category: Breda Cars Date: 2003-10-26 Comments: Destination sign, showing Red Line service to Glenmont. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3181 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2003-10-23 Comments: Exterior number, blind end of car. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3113 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-01-03 Comments: Exterior number, blind end of car. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3113 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-01-03 Comments: Interior of Breda 3113, facing cab. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3113 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-01-03 Comments: "PLEASE DO NOT LEAN ON DOORS" sign and door chime speaker. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3113 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-01-03 |
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Vehicle: Breda 3113 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-01-03 Comments: Car interior, facing blind end. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3291 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-06-23 Comments: Head end of Breda 3291. This car was originally numbered 3253, and received its current number following the January 1996 collision at Shady Grove, when the mates of the two accident cars were renumbered 3290-3291. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3291 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-06-23 Comments: Exterior number, cab end. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3291 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-06-23 Comments: Cab door number plate. Note the different number font and size compared to other 3000-Series cars, due to renumbering. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3000-Series Location: Rosslyn Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-07-07 Comments: Malfunctioning sign on a Blue Line train to Addison Road. Note that the sign is not only showing Blue, but also Green and Red. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3000-Series Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-07-07 Comments: Side destination indicating that the train is out of service. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3276 Service: WMATA Red Line Location: Forest Glen Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-08-28 Comments: Emergency intercom at the cab end of Breda 3276. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3000-Series Service: WMATA Blue Line Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-10-02 Comments: Breda destination sign displaying "ADDISON ROAD". |
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Vehicle: Breda 4000-Series Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-11-24 Comments: These "Priority Seating" signs were added to the Breda 4000-series cars, as well as Rohr and CAF cars, in November 2004. These signs were added to Breda 2000 and 3000 series cars following their rehabilitation. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4000-Series Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-11-24 Comments: Emergency exit poster on a 4000-series train with picture illustrations, introduced when the maps were replaced in November 2004 for the opening of New York Avenue station. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4014 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-12-08 Comments: Emergency intercom at cab end of Breda 4014. The 4000-series cars' intercoms were not updated when the Rohr and Breda Series 2000 and 3000 intercoms were updated. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3000-Series Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Emergency exit poster on a 3000-series train. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3000-Series Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Breda door release cover. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3063 Service: WMATA Blue Line Location: Morgan Boulevard Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Interior of Breda 4063, facing cab end. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4061 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2005-05-11 Comments: 4000-Series cab interior. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4061 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2005-05-11 Comments: Floor view of Breda 4061 with original orange carpet. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3184 Service: WMATA Red Line Category: Breda Cars Date: 2005-06-08 Comments: Breda 3184 with interior lights turned off. This train's lights were turned off upon emerging from the tunnel portal south of Grosvenor, where this train was terminating service. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3184 Service: WMATA Red Line Location: Grosvenor-Strathmore Category: Breda Cars Date: 2005-06-08 Comments: Breda 3184 with interior lights turned off as it arrives at Grosvenor station. This train's lights were turned off upon emerging from the tunnel portal south of Grosvenor, where this train was terminating service. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3266 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2005-08-03 Comments: "Safety Vision" cameras installed on the ceiling of Breda 3266, similar to the cameras used on buses. This was the first visible sign of an experiment that Metro was conducting on several 3000-series cars to test new seating arrangements. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3254 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2006-02-28 Comments: Detail of the rubber-coated handrails on Breda 3254. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4018 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2006-03-15 Comments: Cab end of Breda 4018 following its return to revenue service after the November 3, 2004 accident at Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan station. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4018 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2006-03-15 Comments: Intercom at the cab end of Breda 4018. Note the patch beneath the intercom at roughly the location of the second intercom button on Rohr and Breda cars. This indicates that this panel may have been replaced during the post-accident repairs with one from a 2000 or 3000-Series car left over from after it had been rehabilitated. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4018 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2006-03-15 Comments: System map at the cab end of Breda 4018. Due to this car's being in heavy repair at Greenbelt at the time the then-current 2004 map was introduced, the maps on 4018 were never replaced with the 2004 version. However, Breda 4019, this car's mate, did receive the 2004 map. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4018 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2006-03-15 Comments: Old-style evacuation map next to newer "Please don't…" sign on Breda 4018. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4018 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2006-03-15 Comments: 4000-Series car interior, facing blind end. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4018 (left), Rohr 1093 (right) Category: Breda Cars Date: 2006-03-15 Comments: Cab end of Breda 4018. A new front was fitted on this car to repair damage from the November 3, 2004 accident. As a result, this car no longer contains the exterior Breda horses common to the other 4000-series cars. Compare with other photos from before the accident, where the horse is present. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4066 Service: WMATA Orange Line Category: Breda Cars Date: 2006-05-20 Comments: The destination sign display on Breda 4066 was flashing "EPROM READ ERROR" due to an error, instead of the expected message of "VIENNA". |
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Vehicle: Breda 3000-Series Service: WMATA Blue Line Location: Rosslyn Category: Breda Cars Date: 2006-08-01 Comments: Destination sign, Blue Line to Franconia-Springfield. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4023 Service: WMATA Blue Line Location: King St-Old Town Category: Breda Cars Date: 2006-08-30 Comments: Breda 4000-Series car with the newer carpet style first used on the 5000-Series (CAF) cars. Metro would eventually replace the orange carpet with this style on all of the 4000-Series cars, including on cars that had recently received new orange carpeting. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4062 Service: WMATA Red Line Category: Breda Cars Date: 2007-09-29 Comments: Breda 4062 with the newer-style carpet and seating. Like the 1000-Series cars where the seat covers have been replaced, there are more yellow seats than blue seats. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4062 Service: WMATA Red Line Category: Breda Cars Date: 2007-09-29 Comments: Breda 4062, with newer-style carpeting and seating. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3283 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2008-01-28 Comments: Three-handled pole on Breda 3283, being used to test rail car interior concepts. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3283 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2008-01-28 Comments: Longitudinal seating on Breda 3283, being used to test rail car interior concepts. Note, however, that these seats are bus seats, rather than the more plush rail seats that riders are accustomed to. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3283 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2008-01-28 Comments: Handles mounted along center grab bar as part of rail car experiment. This concept would ultimately be implemented on the 6000-Series. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3283 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2008-01-28 Comments: Experimental padded leaning rests at the blind end of Breda 3283. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3283 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2008-01-28 Comments: Breda 3283 interior. Due to the experimental nature of this car, the carpet was replaced with the newer style of carpet, and all the seat pads were maroon. By this point in time, Breda 3000-Series cars that had not yet been rehabilitated received very little interior maintenance due to their pending rehabilitation. Thus the fact that both the carpets and the seat pads were replaced was highly unusual. The mate to this car, Breda 3282, had new carpet and all-blue seating. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3283 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2008-01-28 Comments: Close-up of padded lean rests. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3283 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2008-01-28 Comments: Lean rests in use. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4007 Service: WMATA Red Line Category: Breda Cars Date: 2008-05-17 Comments: Interior of Breda 4007 with the newer style of carpeting. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4007 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2008-05-17 Comments: 4000-Series rules sign. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4000 (right), Breda 4001 (left) Service: WMATA Red Line Location: Glenmont Category: Breda Cars Date: 2008-09-13 Comments: Blind end of Breda 4000. The first car of each series was, for a time, used to test the new, larger car numbers near the roof of the cars, before later being adopted fleetwide. Also note the clouding on the windows of both 4000 and 4001, which was common on 4000-Series cars in 2008 and 2009, prior to the replacement of the original lexan window glazing with another material. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4000 Service: WMATA Red Line Location: Glenmont Category: Breda Cars Date: 2008-09-13 Comments: Head end of Breda 4000 with test numbers on it. Train is on inbound track. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4089 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2008-10-04 Comments: Deterioration of the rubber handrails on the 4000-Series cars. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4044 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2008-12-12 Comments: Window clouding on Breda 4044. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4007 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Ballston-MU Category: Breda Cars Date: 2008-12-13 Comments: Breda 4000-Series destination sign, set for Orange Line to West Falls Church. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4034 Service: WMATA Blue Line Category: Breda Cars Date: 2009-02-21 Comments: 4000-Series door release handle. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4034 Service: WMATA Blue Line Category: Breda Cars Date: 2009-02-21 Comments: 4000-Series emergency intercom. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4034 Service: WMATA Blue Line Category: Breda Cars Date: 2009-02-21 Comments: View facing cab end of car. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4012 Service: WMATA Red Line Category: Breda Cars Date: 2009-05-09 Comments: “Please don't...” sign over the evacuation map. |
