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Subway Information

Other NYC Transit Items

Car fleets, car numbers, rollsigns, hardware and more.

Personal thoughts about the Flushing Line Extension to the Javits Center. As of 12/21/2007, the expansion of the Javits Center has been cancelled, so why is money being spent on the #7 Line?

Some notes and observations and questions about the third transit strike since 1966.
As of 12/16/2006, it's over. The arbitrator ruled, the TWU President won re-elelction, and the members lost pay.

Logos through the years plus links to other things related to the centenial celebration

Some interesting project plans from the 3-1/2 year report published in 1949.

Among famous plans: Second Ave Subway, Rockaway to Roosevelt Ave. IRT Nostrand Ave to Sheepshead Bay,
And stuff that was done: Dekalb-Chrystie St, 57/6th Ave, Rockaway to Euclid,
Plus more with maps.

Scan of the 1954 Sercive levels diagram from the TA annual report. This is courtesy of Mr. Ian Brady of Waverton, Austrailia via Stephen Bauman of nyc.transit.

In 1968 the MTA published a very aggresive plan to improve and expand the subway and rail connections in New York. Here are three maps and a drawing from the 1968 MTA publication (3/16/97). WARNING these are large .GIF files 1.5MB total. This will take time to load.

The story of an IND train that allegedly couldn't be found.

Fact based fiction (PG13) from Lloyd Burkett, another friend of the JoeKorNer.

Routes sorted by closing date. Documenting the end of a great system.

Artist's rendering of the new Stillwell Ave Terminal. Construction to begin in 2001. This is from the TA employee magazine, At Your Service

An Interesting thing was found behind the wall of the IRT Columbus Circle station.

Looking Out the Front

NYC Subway Stations & Lines

Paul Shaw's Helvetica and the New York City Subway. There is a commonly held belief that Helvetica is the signage typeface of the New York City subway system, a belief reinforced by Helvetica, Gary Hustwit’s popular 2007 documentary about the typeface. But it is not true—or rather, it is only somewhat true. Helvetica is the official typeface of the MTA today, but it was not the typeface specified by Unimark International when it created a new signage system at the end of the 1960s.

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NYC Subway Maps of Interest

- Link to the NYSR historic map page.

As one of my first jobs with the TA in the late 1970's I worked on the map committee for the first version of what is now the current map. For my efforts, I received a letter from Chairman Ravitch

page links to a number of pages about the non-history of the unbuilt parts of the IND Phase II system.

- A question asked by Ed(NY) in 2001 now has the full answer.

- Between 1930 and 1960 Brooklyn sported a fleet of Trackless Trolleys that operated on the 23, 45, 47, 48, 62, and 65 routes.

Chrystie St Connection information 1967

Chrystie Street Public Information Package

November since the BMT and IND were integrated.

This page contains the information packet that the TA issued describing the changes, a track diagram of the connection and a service diagram from 1961, that is different from what was implemented.

Also included is the ERA Headlights page showing the changes to DeKalb Ave that were needed to improve the train movements to facilitate the Chrystie St. connection.

Myrtle Ave El - Poster closing the Myrtle Ave el in October 1969.
Park Ave El - Brooklyn's forgotten el 1885-1891.
Downtown Brooklyn Els - Two maps from The Tracks of NY showing the Els in Downtown Brooklyn.
Tribute to the Third Avenue El by Rapid T. Rabbit On You Tube

Other Railroad & Metro NYC Area Systems

Turbotrain experiments and the 100 anniversary story.

Photos, giveaways on opening day, map and more

A tasty piece of history.

Keeps the seat clean

Booklet showing 1846-1946 history of the 'Standard Railroad of the World'

The Pullman Company, from 1860, was the builder and operator of most of the first class passenger accommodation in the US and Canada. Here are scans of the 1934 and the mid-1950's brochures showing the accommodations on their cars.

Historical booklets about Washington and Cincinnati Union Stations

Other Photo Pages

Trolley photos from Brooklyn in the 40's and 50's

Postcards and photos in memory of a good friend

The Late Francis J. Goldsmith was kind enough to allow me to make prints of his 1940's era photos of various NY City transit items.

City and Red Arrow trolley and some P&W Bullets in a variety of paint jobs.

Bill Armstrong photos

From ABL A R C H I T E C T U R E
I have no information about these photos.

Joe's NYCT Movies - 1970's various fan trips and locations