Remember This View, You Will Not See It For A While. MTA NYC Transit Subway E01 (R-77E, General Electric, 1983) is momentarily suspended off the ground while a truck backs in underneath on ... (more)

"Holding up the Big Apple"

Traffic comes to a grinding halt at 3rd Street in Brooklyn for a NYCT equipment move down the South Brooklyn Railway for Brooklyn Marine Term... (more)

The Oldest Active NYC Subway Diesel. Built in 1965, the first new two-truck diesels that were purchased for present day NYC Transit Subway were General Electric R-37s 50-53. The need had gr... (more)

Diesels on the subway tracks! The MTA New York City Transit Subway has a substantial fleet of diesel powered engines to move work trains around the system's 469 stations when the 3rd rail p... (more)

Subway Birthday. On October 27, 1904, the City of New York's first subway opened its first rapid transit subway. The progenitor of the IRT's "H" in Manhattan, service operated between Ci... (more)

An Early Happy Birthday. On October 26, 2014, the New York City Subway celebrated its 110th birthday a day early. NYCT 9587 (R-36WF, St. Louis-GSI, 1963-64) sits on track M with an 8 car train tha... (more)

Not your normal 10 car train. Setting up the New York City Transit/New York Transit Museum 2019 Parade Of Trains required a few moves Coney Island Yard, but coupling AB Standards, R9s, and BUs tog... (more)

On a bright winter day a set of standard NYCTA IRT cars running as a southbound #2 train approaches Gun Hill Road station in the Bronx. The middle track that drops down here was the connection to ... (more)

For generations, until full width cabs became standard, New York subway cars featured a "railfan window" that provided a motorman's view of the track ahead. Two kids were taking advantag... (more)

"NYCT TGC4 at Jamaica" New York City Transit's Track Geometry Car (TGC4) heads east though LIRR's Jamaica Station while on its way to Holban Yard. TGC4 is one of a handful of s... (more)

"NYCT TGC4 Departs Fresh Pond" New York City Transit's Track Geometry Car (TGC4) departs New York & Atlantic Railway's Fresh Pond Yard bound for LIRR's Holban Yard. TGC4 is one of a han... (more)

"NYCT TGC4 at Fresh Pond" New York City Transit's Track Geometry Car (TGC4) holds on the lead at New York & Atlantic Railway's Fresh Pond Yard for a freight to pass before headin... (more)

Storms are starting to brew off to the north and west of New York City, as sets of R188s line the tracks of Corona Yard. The yard lies not only between the 7 and LIRR, but also between Citi Field ... (more)

"Fishing at Hamilton Beach" A Manhattan bound "A" train crests the North Channel Swing Bridge as a local fisherman patiently waits at the edge of Hamilton Beach for his first catch of the ... (more)

In preparation for the new “Reign of the Redbirds” exhibit at the New York Transit Museum at Court Street in Brookly, NY, the MTA NYC Transit Subway repainted R-33S 9310 in its "Redbird"... (more)