The original order of 300 Metro cars was manufactured by Rohr Industries, with delivery in 1976. These cars are numbered 1000-1299, and were rehabilitated in the mid-1990s by Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie and WMATA at their Brentwood Shop in Washington, D.C. These cars originally used cam-controlled DC propulsion and contained rollsigns which have since been changed to flip-dot technology.
The first rehabilitation added exterior speakers in place of one rollsign on each side and also marked the first set of cars to have AC propulsion. The bulkhead on the ends of the cars are also distinguished by windows with aluminum frames that extend the full height of the train compared to other car classes.
The original interiors have a white grained appearance with orange and brown seats. The cars contain 81 seats. Future orders would have seating reduced down to 64 or 68 since seats next to the doors would be removed for additional standing areas.
Of these original 300 cars, 1028, separated from its mate after it was destroyed during the Federal Triangle derailment in 1982, has become the feeler car that checks system clearances. Four cars, now numbered 8000-8003, serve as the money train to collect the revenue from station farecard machines. 1076 is also permanently out of service after its mate was destroyed in the 2004 accident at Woodley Park–Zoo/Adams Morgan station.
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Vehicle: Rohr Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2001-07-07 Comments: Emergency door release cover. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Emergency door release cover. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: System map with seats directly beneath. Rohr cars are the only cars to have seating directly below the system map. All other car classes use this area for additional standing room. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1241 Service: WMATA Blue Line Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: View towards blind end. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1241 Service: WMATA Blue Line Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Broken down cab end. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2002-04-13 Comments: View towards cab end. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2002-04-13 Comments: Seats beneath a system map. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1162 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: Rohr car interior. Rohrs are easily distinguishable by having the original 70s style color scheme, shiny metal handrails on the seats, and extra windscreens and seats next to the end doors. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2003-04-12 Comments: Seats on board a Rohr car. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1111 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2003-10-26 Comments: Unusually close spacing of numbers on cab door of Rohr 1111. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1037 Service: WMATA Orange Line Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2004-03-10 Comments: View out the railfan window on the K Route between Vienna and Dunn Loring on a morning where the area was receiving snow flurries and some rain. Note the lower position of the door controls as compared to the Breda, CAF, and Alstom rail cars. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2004-06-05 Comments: "PLEASE DO NOT LEAN ON DOORS" sign on the Rohr cars. Note that while Rohr cars have the flashing light above the doors (a visual warning that the doors will be closing), it is rare to see the lights actually working. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1174 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2004-07-21 Comments: On this car, the Metro logo has been removed, leaving only the outlines in place. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: WMATA Red Line Location: Union Station Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2004-08-04 Comments: Rohr train side destination sign showing "BROOKLAND-CUA" at Union Station. Due to a communications problem resulting from a flood at Silver Spring, trains that would normally have terminated at Silver Spring were terminating at Brookland-CUA, and using the B&E connection as a pocket track. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2004-08-18 Comments: "PLEASE DO NOT LEAN ON DOORS" sign and door light. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2004-08-18 Comments: Floor lighting and door announcement speaker. The speaker along the floor is unique to the Rohr cars. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: WMATA Red Line Location: Metro Center (Upper Level) Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2004-08-28 Comments: "SPECIAL" signage on Red Line train to Judiciary Square. This train was signed as "SPECIAL" because no destination code exists for Judiciary Square. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2004-11-24 Comments: "Emergency Evacuation Instructions" poster for Rohr cars. Due to the different location and shape of the door release handle, the Rohr cars have different emergency posters than the other car classes. Note, however, that the Rohr posters do show the different release cover in the illustrations. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 8002 Service: Money Train Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2005-01-04 Comments: Roll sign on the revenue collection train, aka the "Money Train". All Rohr cars originally had roll signs like this before being retrofitted with flip-dot signs in the 1980s. The only trains not retrofitted were the Money Train and the feeler car, Rohr 1028. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 8003 (left), 8002 (right) Service: Money Train Location: Franconia-Springfield Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2005-01-04 Comments: The Money Train departs Franconia-Springfield station on the inbound track. The money train has few seats, and while stopped, is guarded by heavily-armed Transit Police officers. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 8002 Service: Money Train Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2005-01-04 Comments: Money Train number plate. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1001 Location: King St-Old Town Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2005-04-27 Comments: Rohr 1001, the first car to arrive on the property back in the 1970s, seen here at King Street. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1224 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2005-07-20 Comments: Typical Rohr car cab door numbering with "AC" beneath. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2025 (far left), Rohr 8000 (center) Service: Money Train Location: Huntington Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2005-08-31 Comments: Train is on outbound track. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 8000 Service: Money Train Location: Huntington Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2005-08-31 Comments: "NO PASSENGERS" sign on the Money Train. Note that this sign is in all-caps, vs. the other sign, which is in mixed case. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1245 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2006-01-04 Comments: Intercom at blind end of car. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1112 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2006-02-28 Comments: Rohr 1112 after being recarpeted with the newer style of carpeting first seen on the 5000-Series (CAF) cars. When the carpet on the Rohr cars was replaced in 2005-2006, some cars received orange carpeting, while others received the newer carpeting style. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1256 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2006-04-08 Comments: Rohr 1256 not only received CAF-style carpeting, but the seat cushions were also replaced with CAF-style seat cushions. The arrangement of the colors is distinct from that on the CAF cars, rehabilitated Breda cars, and Alstom cars. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1256 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2006-04-08 Comments: Close-up of seats with new colors, showing the new seat cushions and carpet with the original 1970s-style partitions and orange armrests. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2006-07-18 Comments: Rohr destination signage showing Red Line to Fort Totten. It is unknown why this train was showing that destination, considering this car was at Vienna, and that it is physically impossible for a train departing Vienna to reach the upper level of Fort Totten without having to "change ends" (i.e. reverse direction) twice. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1174 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2006-08-30 Comments: Rohr cab door signage. Note lack of "AC" notation, added during the 1000-Series' mid-1990s rehabilitation. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1146 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2006-09-20 Comments: Rohr door release cover off of its mount, allowing a glimpse of the T-shaped door release handle behind it. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: Money Train Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2006-10-23 Comments: Money Train at L'Enfant Plaza on inbound track. Metro usually runs the Money Train as a four-car set, with two Money Train cars and two revenue cars with the lights dimmed. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1040 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2006-11-07 Comments: Non-standard numbering on cab door, with "AC" notation removed, leaving residue behind. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: WMATA Red Line Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2006-11-07 Comments: Rohr destination sign showing Red Line service to Shady Grove. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: WMATA Yellow Line Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2007-07-04 Comments: Rohr destination sign showing Green Line to Franconia-Springfield. Due to the special July 4 service pattern, this train was supposed to have been signed Yellow Line to Franconia-Springfield. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1168 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2009-02-14 Comments: Numbering on blind-end door. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1168 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2009-02-14 Comments: Single seat on blind-end door. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1185 Service: WMATA Blue Line Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2009-02-21 Comments: Facing blind end of car. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1126 Service: WMATA Red Line Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2009-06-20 Comments: Black nylon straps hanging from the center bar. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1126 Service: WMATA Red Line Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2009-06-20 Comments: View towards the cab end of the car. Note black nylon straps hanging from the center bar. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1126 Service: WMATA Red Line Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2009-06-20 Comments: “PLEASE DO NOT LEAN ON DOORS” sign. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1126 Service: WMATA Red Line Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2009-06-20 Comments: Emergency intercom at blind end. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1126 Service: WMATA Red Line Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2009-06-20 Comments: Dark sign with white writing at the blind end of Rohr 1126. This is a departure from the tan sign with dark writing typical to 1000-Series cars. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1015 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: New numbering on Rohr 1015. The original 1000-Series number plaque is retained, but now blank, as the number and the “AC” notation have both been removed. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1015 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: Blank number plate following removal of number and “AC” notation. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1014 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: Blind end of Rohr 1014. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1014 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: Emergency intercom at blind end. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1014 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: View facing cab end of car. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1014 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: Evacuation map and door release handle. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1014 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: Door release handle. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1014 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: View facing cab end of car. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1014 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: End door at cab end of car. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1014 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: Priority seating marked with arrows pointing at individual seats. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1014 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: “PLEASE DO NOT LEAN ON DOORS” sign. |
