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[Union Tpke]

Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Times Square 
Car: R-17 (St. Louis, 1955-56) 6688 
Photo by: Charles Fiori

 

 

System: New York City Transit

Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Times Square 
Photo by: Detroit Publishing Co.
Collection of: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Date: 1904
Notes: Subway kiosks at original IRT (now shuttle) station in Times Square
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Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle

Location: Times Square 

Photo by: Eric Haas

Date: 7/25/1999

Notes: Showing junction of shuttle track 4 to the uptown #1 line

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System: New York City Transit

Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Times Square 
Photo by: Bruce Fedow
Date: 11/17/2005
Notes: View of unused portion of platform along former northbound local trackway (between current shuttle platform and junction with mainline Broadway IRT.
 

Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle

Location: Times Square 
Photo by: The NX
Date: 3/1/2010
Notes: Shuttle rolling stock transfer - Former customer stairway on (shuttle) Track 4 side that originally crossed over to Track 1 when Tracks 2 and 3 were express tracks (1904-1918) and did not stop at Times Square.

System: New York City Transit

Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle

Location: Times Square 

Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld

Date: 4/12/2010

Notes: Uncovered original mosaic wall and number tablet.

Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle

Location: Times Square 

Photo by: The NX

Date: 3/1/2010

Notes: Shuttle rolling stock transfer - All plates up and support beams being lifted.

Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle

Location: Times Square 
Photo by: The NX
Date: 3/1/2010
Notes: Shuttle rolling stock transfer - All plates up and support beams being lifted.

[Union Tpke]

System: New York City Transit

Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle

Location: Times Square 

Photo by: The NX

Date: 3/1/2010

Notes: Shuttle rolling stock transfer - Crossing the normally bolted switch onto northbound mainline of track 4 on #1 line.

Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle

Location: Times Square 

Photo by: The NX

Date: 3/1/2010

Notes: Shuttle rolling stock transfer - Entering Times Square on Track 4.

System: New York City Transit

Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Times Square 
Photo by: The NX
Date: 3/1/2010
Notes: Shuttle rolling stock transfer - Leaving shuttle area.

System: New York City Transit

Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle

Location: Times Square 

Photo by: The NX

Date: 3/1/2010

Notes: Shuttle rolling stock transfer - Passing by Track 4 platform on left side and Track 3 platform on right side.

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System: New York City Transit

Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Times Square 
Photo by: The NX
Date: 3/1/2010
Notes: Shuttle rolling stock transfer - Wheels turning on Track 4 heading onto the main line.

 

 

 

 

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Country: United States

City: New York

System: New York City Transit

Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle

Location: Times Square 

Photo by: The NX

Date: 3/1/2010

Notes: Shuttle rolling stock transfer - Leaving shuttle area.

 

 

 

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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Times Square 
Photo by: The NX
Date: 3/1/2010
Notes: Shuttle rolling stock transfer - The crossover bridge area.

 

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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Times Square 
Photo by: The NX
Date: 3/1/2010
Notes: Shuttle rolling stock transfer - From the rear cab looking onto Track 4 just prior to moving out.

 

 

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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Times Square 
Photo by: The NX
Date: 3/1/2010
Notes: Shuttle rolling stock transfer - Bridge lane bars removed.'

 

 

 

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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Times Square 
Photo by: The NX
Date: 3/1/2010
Notes: Shuttle rolling stock transfer - Getting ready to remove the bridge and bumpers.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Times Square 
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 3/30/2011
Notes: Archway-former entrance to NY Times building.
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[Union Tpke]

City: New York

System: New York City Transit
Location: Coney Island - West End Depot
Photo by: Ed Watson/Arthur Lonto Collection
Collection of: Frank Pfuhler
Date: 11/9/1915

Line: IRT Flushing Line

Location: Main Street/Flushing 
Route: 7
Car: R-36 World's Fair (St. Louis, 1963-64)  
Collection of: George Conrad Collection
Date: 11/9/1968

Line: IRT Flushing Line

Location: Court House Square/45th Road 
Route: Fan Trip
Car: Low-V Worlds Fair 5693 
Photo by: Doug Grotjahn
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 11/9/1968
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Line: IRT Flushing Line

Location: 69th Street/Fisk Avenue 
Route: Fan Trip
Car: Low-V Worlds Fair 5698 
Photo by: Doug Grotjahn
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 11/9/1968

 

Line: BMT Sea Beach Line

Location: 8th Avenue 
Route: Fan Trip
Car: Low-V Worlds Fair  
Collection of: George Conrad Collection
Date: 11/9/1968

System: New York City Transit

Location: Coney Island/Stillwell Avenue
Route: Fan Trip
Car: Low-V Worlds Fair 5693 
Photo by: Doug Grotjahn
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 11/9/1968

Location: Myrtle Avenue 

Route: LL

Car: R-9 (Pressed Steel, 1940) 1721 

Photo by: Joe Testagrose

Date: 11/9/1970

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Location: Livonia Avenue 

Route: LL
Car: R-9 (Pressed Steel, 1940) 1801 
Photo by: Doug Grotjahn
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 11/9/1970

Line: BMT Canarsie Line

Location: 3rd Avenue 

Route: L

Car: R-7 (Pullman, 1937) 1510 

Collection of: Joe Testagrose

Date: 11/9/1970

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System: New York City Transit

Location: Coney Island/Stillwell Avenue
Car: R-46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75) 556 
Photo by: Glenn L. Rowe
Collection of: David Pirmann
Date: 11/9/1990

Line: IRT Flushing Line

Location: 74th Street/Broadway 

Route: 7

Car: R-36 World's Fair (St. Louis, 1963-64) 

Photo by: John Barnes

Date: 11/9/1991

Location: 111th Street

Route: 7
Car: R-36 World's Fair (St. Louis, 1963-64)  
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 11/9/1991

Line: IRT Flushing Line

Location: 103rd Street/Corona Plaza 
Route: 7
Car: R-36 World's Fair (St. Louis, 1963-64)  
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 11/9/1991

System: New York City Transit

Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: South Ferry (Inner Loop Station) 
Photo by: Chris Leverett
Date: 11/9/1996

Line: IRT West Side Line

Location: South Ferry (Inner Loop Station) 
Photo by: Chris Leverett
Date: 11/9/1996
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Line: IND Queens Boulevard Line

Location: Jamaica/Van Wyck 
Route: Fan Trip
Car: R-1 (American Car & Foundry, 1930-1931) 100 
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 11/9/2003

Line: IND Queens Boulevard Line

Location: Jamaica/Van Wyck 
Route: Fan Trip
Car: R-1 (American Car & Foundry, 1930-1931) 100 
Photo by: Joe Testagrose
Date: 11/9/2003

Line: IND Queens Boulevard Line

Location: Jamaica Center/Parsons-Archer 
Route: Fan Trip
Car: R-1 (American Car & Foundry, 1930-1931) 100 
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 11/9/2003

Location: Jamaica Center/Parsons-Archer 

Route: Fan Trip
Car: R-7A (Pullman, 1938) 1575 
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 11/9/2003
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Line: IND Queens Boulevard Line

Location: Jamaica Center/Parsons-Archer 

Route: Fan Trip

Car: R-7A (Pullman, 1938) 1575 

Photo by: John Barnes

Date: 11/9/2003

 

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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND Queens Boulevard Line
Location: Jamaica Center/Parsons-Archer 
Route: Fan Trip
Car: R-1 (American Car & Foundry, 1930-1931) 100 
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 11/9/2003

Line: IND Queens Boulevard Line

Location: Jamaica Center/Parsons-Archer 
Route: Fan Trip
Car: R-7A (Pullman, 1938) 1575 
Photo by: Joe Testagrose
Date: 11/9/2003

Line: IND 8th Avenue Line

Location: 59th Street/Columbus Circle 
Route: A
Car: R-38 (St. Louis, 1966-1967) 4144 
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 11/9/2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lance]

Not that we don't appreciate these photos, but perhaps you can just pick a couple of them rather than post every picture on NYCSubway.org's "Today in Transit Photography" page. Just a thought.

[Lance]

Here's a blast from the past, specifically from the Joel Shanus collection on nycsubway.org:

 

BMT Q car 1620

74 Street-Broadway (IRT Flushing Line)

1948

 

unknown R12

74 Street-Broadway (IRT Flushing Line)

1948

 

Church Av (BMT Brighton Line)

1948

 

Check out the rest of the posted images here.

Edited July 16, 2015 by Lance

[Union Tpke]

Here's a blast from the past, specifically from the Joel Shanus collection on nycsubway.org:

 

BMT Q car 1620

74 Street-Broadway (IRT Flushing Line)

1948

 

unknown R12

74 Street-Broadway (IRT Flushing Line)

1948

 

Church Av (BMT Brighton Line)

1948

 

Check out the rest of the posted images here.

Great pics!

[MHV9218]

I had never realized just how bright some of the R33MLs were upon delivery and how much they stuck out--check out this genuinely beautiful, incredibly sharp film photos from David Pirmann's collection:

 

 

 

Also, does anybody recognize this weird lower rollsign (route) on this R26? Another David Pirmann collection photo.

 

 

Oh, and one amazing Joe Testagrose photo of an R15 in corporate livery. Note the rare original "M" logo that predates the "New York City" on the outsides and just says Transit.

 

Edited November 3, 2015 by MHV9218

[Mech265]

Some old El station from a video. Actually, does anyone know where exactly this location currently is in Manhattan?

 

[BDNQ2345]

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[Union Tpke]

Ah, the times have never changed!

This is at Flushing Main Street

s-l1600-40 by spicker613, on Flickr

[Union Tpke]

This is one of my all time favorite vintage pics!

 

Here are some other nice pics of R32s.

Line: Metro North-Grand Central/Park Avenue Viaduct

Location: MNRR Grand Central Terminal 
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3352 
Photo by: Frank Pfuhler
Date: 1964

 

Location: Jamaica Bay Crossing

Route: HH
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3591 
Photo by: Joe Testagrose
Date: 6/4/1977

Location: Beach 36th Street/Edgemere 

Route: S
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964)  
Photo by: Stephen A. Williams
Date: 11/22/2012

Location: Union Turnpike/Kew Gardens 

Route: E
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3391 
Photo by: Doug Grotjahn
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 8/14/1970

Location: Smith/9th Street 

Route: GG
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964)  
Photo by: Steve Hoskins
Collection of: David Pirmann
Date: 8/1979

 

Location: 168th Street 

Route: C
Car: R-32 (GE Rebuild) 3881 
Photo by: Robert Marrero
Date: 3/2001

Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3941 

Collection of: Frank Pfuhler
Date: 1966
Notes: Tunnel north of Chambers leading to Manhattan Bridge

Location: 14th Street 

Route: AA
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3554 
Collection of: David Pirmann

Location: 59th Street/Columbus Circle 

Route: D
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3637 
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 1/23/1977
Notes: Showing middle platform

Location: 34th Street/Herald Square 

Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964)  
Photo by: Doug Grotjahn
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 10/13/1968

 

Where the R32s belong THE BMT Southern Division

Location: Fort Hamilton Parkway 

Route: N
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3556 
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 6/27/1972

Location: 8th Avenue 

Route: N
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964)  
Collection of: Stephen DeLuca

Location: 8th Avenue 

Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3353 
Collection of: Joe Testagrose

 

 

Mixed Consists. I wish they existed today!

Location: 8th Avenue 

Route: N
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964)  
Collection of: George Conrad Collection
Date: 5/3/1969

Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3357 

Photo by: Doug Grotjahn
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 8/24/1964
Notes: Test track on Sea Beach express

 

The B where it belongs, on the West END!

Line: BMT West End Line

Location: Bay 50th Street 
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3729 
Photo by: Steve Zabel
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 11/6/1981

 

Mixed Consist Yard Move

Line: BMT West End Line

Location: Bay 50th Street 
Route: N yard move
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964)  
Collection of: George Conrad Collection
Date: 7/3/1970

The T and TT

 

Have the T run via the West End!

Line: BMT West End Line

Location: 20th Avenue 
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3948 
Photo by: Stu Milstein
Collection of: Joe Testagrose

 

Being Delivered

Line: BMT West End Line

Location: 9th Avenue 

Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 

Collection of: David Pirmann

Notes: Being delivered

[Union Tpke]

Location: Metropolitan Avenue 

Route: M
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3838 
Photo by: Doug Grotjahn
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 1/27/1980
Notes: With R27 8398

 

Line: BMT Brighton Line

Location: Newkirk Plaza (fmrly Newkirk Ave.) 
Route: QB
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964)  
Collection of: David Pirmann
Date: 9/26/1964

Line: BMT Brighton Line

Location: Kings Highway 
Route: D
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964)  
Collection of: George Conrad Collection
Date: 7/15/1970
Notes: With R27/R30 on QJ

Line: BMT Franklin

Location: Empire Blvd. (Malbone St.) Tunnel Portal 
Route: Franklin Shuttle
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3669 
Photo by: Doug Grotjahn
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 12/1/1974

[Union Tpke]

Line: BMT Astoria Line

Location: Ditmars Boulevard 
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964)  
Collection of: David Pirmann
Notes: Stormy afternoon

Location: Avenue H 

Route: Q
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3523 
Photo by: Ed Watson/Arthur Lonto Collection
Collection of: Frank Pfuhler
Date: 8/1965

Location: Avenue H 

Route: Q
Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964) 3523 
Photo by: Ed Watson/Arthur Lonto Collection
Collection of: Frank Pfuhler
Date: 8/1965

Car: R-32 (Budd, 1964)  

Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 6/9/1964
Notes: Being delivered by the DL&W.

[MyDoritosBoi]

*Revive*

Edited September 2, 2016 by MyDoritosBoi

[MyDoritosBoi]

 

 

 

Car: R-46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75)
Photo by: Mark S. Feinman
Date: 11/22/1989
Notes: Original Blue Stripe Paint Scheme

 

 

 

Car: R-68/R-68A Series (Number Unknown)
Photo by: Mark S. Feinman
Date: 11/22/1989

coney island back then looked so much like a normal station

[105th St KK QJ JJ J]

Two old timers still with us.....for now. 

 

[MHV9218]

Three very rare rollsign situations found while doing some nycsubway perusing. Single greatest archive around.

 

An R14 fitted with new signs (extremely uncommon, as most were retired/confined to Shuttle service): 

 

 

(Doug Grotjahn)

 

An R14 with the rare Astoria destinations printed on early signs:

 

 

(David Pirmann collection)

 

An R17 with the pre-1979 Vignelli rollsign still in place in 1985. The before was orange and the after was turquoise, but this was technically the right color. The larger print and Akzidenz font give it away.

 

 

(Robert Callahan photo)

[AdonisDimaggio]

http://nycsubway.org.s3.amazonaws.com/images/i5000/img_5375.jpg       Blue stripe, Double Letter Route, Full rollsign bullet, Old station signs, how more nostalgic can this get?

[01fatgar]

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2356

Feels Nostalgic for me

Edited November 18, 2017 by 01fatgar

[St Louis Car 09]

The First R62 being loaded into a ship in Kobe Japan 1983

 

 

Edited February 19, 2018 by St Louis Car 09

[St Louis Car 09]

R62 quebec.jpg

[GojiMet86]

Chao-Hwa Chen (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Oh2N4cfvQZ5VqD3Y4zRAw) has uploaded some of his old videos. So far, there is full length RFW footage of the R32  to Astoria and the R40 Slant  to 21 Street-Queensbridge, and some other good stuff, like an reroute and Redbird RFW footage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[R10 2952]

Figured this would be the best place to focus on some interesting stuff I found in old photos recently added to nycsubway.org by Nicholas Fabrizio:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[R10 2952]

On 3/8/2020 at 1:10 PM, R10 2952 said:

Figured this would be the best place to focus on some interesting stuff I found in old photos recently added to nycsubway.org by Nicholas Fabrizio:

Well now that I figured it out, I'll try this again.  Here goes:

This here shows the effects of the acid baths on the carbon steel cars back in the day-- all that brown is rust.  By the early '80s a lot of R17s and some other IRT cars looked like they were disintegrating.

 

 

Some folks on these boards complain about paper rollsigns on the trains today, but hey, a lot of trains didn't have any signs at all in the '70s and '80s...

 

 

There were definitely R42s with blue doors pre-overhaul, and there were probably some R40 and R40Ms with blue doors, but green doors were definitely an anomaly.  I know I've seen another picture somewhere of a set of R40s that actually had doors painted a darker green for some bizarre reason from around the same time period, but I haven't been able to locate it again.  Either way, good to see some new photos shedding light on the nuances from the TA's old days.

Again, as stated above, the photos are not mine; posted here for discussion/thread purposes only.

Edited April 9, 2020 by R10 2952
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[R10 2952]

Did some more digging through the TA's Dark Ages, found absolute gold: 

Location: East New York Yard/Shops
Photo by: Thomas Lacker
Date: 1/1985
Notes: View from westbound train of East New York Yard

Always assumed the R32s left the Eastern Division in late 1982, so initially I had doubts about the accuracy of the date, but then I found this-

6:25 to 19:45 in video, September 1984.  Never knew R32s ran on the ; even seeing them on the back then is a bit unexpected because I thought most East New York R32s were shifted to the after 1975.  Big surprise.  That and the timers on the Williamsburg Bridge- I had assumed they were installed much later, in the '90s.  What's also interesting is that despite all the passing trains, not a single R16 shows up, which is odd because ENY had R16s on the roster until 1987.  Technically, they should have still been running when this video was taken.  But great stuff anyway.

Edited May 23, 2020 by R10 2952
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