The Train of Many Colors (Also referred to as TOMC) is one of the New York Transit Museum

New York Transit Museum

The New York Transit Museum is a museum which displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, commuter rail, and bridge and tunnel systems; it is located in a decommissioned Court Street subway station in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of New York City...

's IRT

Interborough Rapid Transit Company

The Interborough Rapid Transit Company was the private operator of the original underground New York City Subway line that opened in 1904, as well as earlier elevated railways and additional rapid transit lines in New York City. The IRT was purchased by the City in June 1940...

 nostalgia trains used for excursions (the other being made up of Lo-V cars). The name comes from the fact that the cars are painted in many varying schemes from different eras.

During the 2004 Subway Centennial some of the cars were used for regular service on the 42nd Street Shuttle route. In addition the cars may be used to commemorate a special occasion (i.e. the opening of CitiField in Queens).

Some of the cars are housed in the NY Transit Museum when not used for excusrsions (R12, R15, R17 and R33WF). Others are stored at the 207th Street Yard, 239th Street Yard and Coney Island Yards.

There are 12 cars painted in various schemes as listed below.

List of cars and colors

Model	Builder	Car numbers	Livery	Era used
R12 R12 (New York City Subway car) The R12 was a New York City Subway car, the first city-owned rolling stock for the IRT division. Built by American Car and Foundry Company in 1948, these cars were very similar to the R10s, except the R12 was smaller...	American Car & Foundry American Car and Foundry Company American Car and Foundry is a manufacturer of railroad rolling stock. One of its subsidiaries was once a manufacturer of motor coaches and trolley coaches under the brand names of ACF and ACF-Brill. Today ACF is known as ACF Industries LLC and is based in St. Charles, Missouri...	5760	Two tone gray with orange stripes.	Original, when new
R15 R15 (New York City Subway car) The R15 was a New York City Subway car built in 1950. Built by American Car and Foundry Company, these cars were somewhat similar to the R12/14 cars. These cars were the first to feature round roofs, porthole door windows, and conductors door operating apparatus controls located inside the...	American Car & Foundry	6239	Maroon with tan stripe	Original, when new
R17 R17 (New York City Subway car) The R17 is a New York City Subway car class built in 1955. It was one of three car classes purchased in the mid-1950s by the New York City Transit Authority to replace much of the pre-World War II IRT High Voltage rolling stock, which included the Gibbs cars, the Deck Roofs, and the Hedley Hi-V...	St. Louis Car Company St. Louis Car Company The St. Louis Car Company was a major United States manufacturer of railroad passenger cars, streetcars, trolleybuses and locomotives that existed from 1887–1973, based in St. Louis, Missouri.-History:...	6609	Maroon	Original, when new
R33ML R33 (New York City Subway car) The R33 ML was a New York City Subway car built by St. Louis Car Company in 1962–63. They were a "follow-up" or supplemental stock for the "A" Division's R29s and closely resemble them. Five hundred cars were built, serving on all IRT subway lines. They were rebuilt between 1986–1991...	St. Louis Car Company	9010-9011, 9206-9207	Two-tone, silver with blue stripe	1970s
R33ML	St. Louis Car Company	9016-9017	Tartar red with yellow handlebars	Original, when new
R33ML	St. Louis Car Company	9068	Kale green	mid-late 1980s
R33ML	St. Louis Car Company	9069	Tuscan red with silver roof	1986 to retirement
R33WF R33 World's Fair (New York City Subway car) The R33 World's Fair is a class of 40 single cars for the New York City Subway car built in late 1963. They were made for the "A" Division, but only assigned to the service and were based out of Corona Yard. They were used to make 11-car trains with the R36 WF cars, which were built as two-car...	St. Louis Car Company	9306	World's Fair World's Fair World's fair, World fair, Universal Exposition, and World Expo are various large public exhibitions held in different parts of the world. The first Expo was held in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom, in 1851, under the title "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All... aqua blue and white	Original, when new
ML = Main Line, WF = World's Fair; identified by the large picture windows in the World's Fair cars and smaller windows in the Main Line cars.