Summer Sunsets. The sun sets over Williamsburg as the last outbound (J) express train approaches Hewes St. Though it's not quite summer yet, the late-setting sun is nearly in line with t... (more)

Non Revenue. NYC Transit Authority TGC4 has just emerged from the tunnel under East New York, passing the former East New York station, which closed in 1924. The TGC is working its way b... (more)

Forest Hills Visitor. Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA New York City Transit Subway TGC 4 is a track geometry car built by Plaser to the clearance NYCT Subway to check for defect... (more)

A large part of New York MTA’s BMT Brighton Line through Brooklyn is in the open, although still below grade and, therefore, still technically a subway. A B Sixth Avenue Express enters a brief se... (more)

A Q Train, with the usual assortment of Kawasaki R68A cars (with 5058 leading) rounds the curve as it approaches the Parkside Station on the former IND Brighton Line. This train originated in Man... (more)

After riding a G Train in the MTA's new image, I hopped off at the Smith-9th Streets Station in the hope of perhaps finding another new-scheme train heading south. Seconds after getting set up, I... (more)

Some twenty years after the orange Q bullet was discontinued (it was used for Sixth Avenue service from 1988-2001), it inexplicably showed up on R68A car 5114, leading a New York City subway 2nd A... (more)

Bridge Approach. Two (J) trains meet on the approach to the Williamsburg Bridge, as seen from the platform at Marcy Av.

Crossover. A southbound (F) train switches from the local to the express track north of Kings Hwy station, due to a weekend GO on the local track, with the Empire State Building and Manh... (more)

Not Stopping. A Manhattan-bound (N) train bypasses 30 Av station on the express track, due to track maintenance work on the southbound local track.

Out with the Old, In with the New. NYCTA locomotive 0L907 is on the south end of a work train assisting with track replacement north of 36 Av station on the Astoria Line. This type of tr... (more)

"Pump Train at Castle Hill" At exactly midnight on April 2nd, 2021, one of New York City Transit's Pump Trains, led by Kawasaki R65 "PC02", passes Castle Hill Ave station on the IRT Pelham... (more)

Mini Express. A 4-car R68 train passes Avenue M station. This set had recently passed in the other direction with a 2-car Franklin Avenue Shuttle set attached as well. I'm not sure of an... (more)

Sunset Seven. A Flushing-bound 7 express train approaches 40 St station as the sun sets behind the City skyline. The Empire State and Chrysler Buildings are just barely visible from here... (more)

Up, Down, and All Around. A Manhattan-bound (7) train arrives at 111 St, nicely timed with an express train passing on the flying express track and an out-of-service train sitting on the... (more)