A collaborative labor of love by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York Transit Museum, Gene Sansone's Evolution of New York City Subways: An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars, 1867-1997 -- now available from the Johns Hopkins University Press with a new foreword by Clifton Hood -- offers an extensive array of photographs, line drawings, and stories about the city's most treasured railcars. Subway buffs, railfans, students of New York City history, and specialists in the history of technology will appreciate this authoritative account. MTA New York City Transit and Sansone provide a record of the rolling stock that helped make New York City one of the great cities of the world.
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"The humble New York subway car has its fans, as Gene Sansone demonstrates in his exhaustive survey, Evolution of New York City Subways. Featuring such curios as a private subway car built in 1904 for the director of the subway, his work also provides useful insights into such imponderables as why the cars on the F line are longer than those on, say, the 1 and 9 lines." -- Leo Carey, The New Yorker
"Offers the reader a comprehensive, accurate, well-illustrated, highly documented catalog of the nearly 5800 current New York City subway cars, along with the many thousands of long-gone cars. Every subway student or enthusiast will return to it often to browse the pages or to research specific car series. It is an indispensable companion to prior or future general histories of one of the world's greatest people movers." -- Richard L. Allman, Railroad History
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"Offers an encyclopedic amount of information and is organized in a precise and thorough manner. The book contains a wealth of history and detail [for] tourists and transit buffs alike." -- Amy Wanggaard, New York Transit Museum
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I'm a native New Yorker, born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens, so the NYC subway system means a great deal to me. I'm also a railfan, so my interests in the inner workings of the IND, BMT, and IRT run very deep as well. That's why I can say that Evolution of New York City Subways truly is a subway fan's delight. Gene Sansone has written an incredibly fact-filled, engaging chronicle of the rolling stock of the MTA and its predecessors, as only an insider can. The comprehensive text is accompanied by excellent interior and exterior photos, plus detailed diagrams and specifications. I predict that this book will soon become the reference standard on this subject. I sincerely urge all subway fans to get a copy immediately: they won't be able to put it down!
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A comprehensive report on the various subway cars operated by New York's Transit Authority over the years. Alot of text yet detailed with pictures or drawings of several different types of underground rolling stock.
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As New York City attempted to grow in the 1800's, it became obvious that the city was choking on its own population. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
high voltage cars, cars were scrapped, unit door control, fare registers, third rail shoes, truck centers, longitudinal seats, draft gear, braking rate, steam coaches, overhaul program, car numbers, trolley poles, propulsion equipment, elevated cars, traction motors, balancing speed, per car, brake valve, car body, series motor, trailer cars, door operator, car consist, car units Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Manhattan Elevated, New York, World War, Brooklyn Bridge, Third Avenue, Type Page, Coney Island, Fulton Street, Ninth Avenue, World's Fair, Staten Island, Grand Central, Louis Car Company, Lexington Avenue, Pullman Company, August Belmont, Flushing Line, General Electric, Transit Development Corporation, Board of Transportation, Culver Line, Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Company, Westinghouse Electric New!
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As New York City attempted to grow in the 1800's, it became obvious that the city was choking on its own population. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
high voltage cars, cars were scrapped, unit door control, fare registers, third rail shoes, truck centers, longitudinal seats, draft gear, braking rate, steam coaches, overhaul program, car numbers, trolley poles, propulsion equipment, elevated cars, traction motors, balancing speed, per car, brake valve, car body, series motor, trailer cars, door operator, car consist, car units Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Manhattan Elevated, New York, World War, Brooklyn Bridge, Third Avenue, Type Page, Coney Island, Fulton Street, Ninth Avenue, World's Fair, Staten Island, Grand Central, Louis Car Company, Lexington Avenue, Pullman Company, August Belmont, Flushing Line, General Electric, Transit Development Corporation, Board of Transportation, Culver Line, Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Company, Westinghouse Electric New!
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