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Built by Saint Louis Car Company in 1969. R40A car order has two different versions of car apperance. One is the slant version, similar to R40 and the other is what is calls "Modified" which disingush "Non-slanted vesion", similar to R42. R40A is similar to R40 but because R40A was built in Air Condition units, because of the poles arranged in diagonal pattern not the straight down version of R40. R40A slant version was the last 100 cars to built slant. R40A Slant unit numbers: 4350-4459. R40M was distingush as modified straight and is on R40A car order. It comes part of 100 out of 200 R40A car order. R40M are almost similar to R42 except the apperance. Unit Numbers: 4450-4549.

R40A specs

Length 60 ft
Width 10 ft
Height 12 ft 1 5/8 in
Seating 44
Propulsion, General Electric, SCM 17KG192AE2
Braking WABCO SMEE

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-[[Image:Ideogram_ji.jpg|frame|right|A Chinese logogram, which is also an [[ideogram]].]]
-A '''logogram''', or '''logograph''', is a single written character which represents a [[word (linguistics)|word]] or a [[morpheme]] (a meaningful unit of language). This stands in contrast to other [[orthography]], such as [[syllabary|syllabaries]], [[abjad]]s, and [[alphabet]]s, where each symbol primarily represents a sound or a combination of sounds.
+Built by [[Saint Louis Car Company]] in 1969. R40A car order has two different versions of car apperance. One is the slant version, similar to [[R40]] and the other is what is calls "Modified" which disingush "Non-slanted vesion", similar to [[R42]].
-[[Chinese characters]], used in [[Chinese language|Chinese]] and [[Japanese language|Japanese]], make up a logographic system. [[Korean language|Korean]]s used [[Chinese characters]] as well until widespread use of [[Hangul]] after [[World War II]], as did [[Vietnamese Language|Vietnamese]] before French missionaries arrived in [[Indochina]].
+R40A is similar to [[R40]] but because R40A was built in [[Air Condition]] units, because of the poles arranged in diagonal pattern not the straight down version of R40. R40A slant version was the last 100 cars to built slant. R40A Slant unit numbers: 4350-4459.
+R40M was distingush as modified straight and is on R40A car order. It comes part of 100 out of 200 R40A car order. R40M are almost similar to [[R42]] except the apperance. Unit Numbers: 4450-4549.
+==R40A specs==
-A good example of modern Western logograms is the numbers - '''1''' stands for ''one'', '''2''' for ''two'' and so on; the [[ampersand]] '''&''' is used for ''and'', while '''[[Commercial at|@]]''' sometimes stands for ''at''.
+*Length 60 ft
-Compared to [[alphabet]]ical systems, logograms have a disadvantage in that one needs many of them to be able to write down a large number of words. An advantage is that one does not necessarily need to know the language of the writer to understand them - everyone understands what '''1''' means, whether they call it ''one'', ''eins'', ''uno'' or ''ichi''.  Likewise, people speaking different Chinese dialects may not understand each other in speaking, but often can in writing, especially if they write in [[standard written Chinese]]. In addition, a logogram-based system uses fewer characters to express something than an alphabetic system, a benefit enjoyed by Chinese and to some extent Japanese users of [[cell phone]] web browsers and other devices which display information on a small screen.
+*Width 10 ft
+*Height 12 ft 1 5/8 in
+*Seating 44
+*Propulsion, [[General Electric]], SCM 17KG192AE2
+*Braking WABCO SMEE
+{{NYCS rolling stock}}
-== See also ==
+{{NYCS-stub}}
-* [[Ideogram]]
+[[category:New York City Subway passenger equipment]]
-== External link ==
-* [http://www.landlubber.com/dec01/outcry.html A Typographic Outcry]: a curious perspective
-== References ==
-* {{Book reference | Author=[[John DeFrancis|DeFrancis, John]] | Title=The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy | Publisher=University of Hawaii Press | Year=1984 | ID=ISBN 0-8248-1068-6}}
-* {{Book reference | Author=Hannas, William C. | Title=Asia's Orthographic Dilemma | Publisher=University of Hawaii Press | Year=1997 | ID=ISBN 0-8248-1892-X }}
-[[Category:Writing]]
-[[de:Logogramm]]
-[[fr:Logogramme]]