January 23rd, 2008
A Century of Subway Cars
Elegant wood-panelled New York subway car with wicker seats from the turn of the twentieth century.
The New York Transit Museum is a paradise for public transportation obsessives. The museum has a chronological collection of turnstiles and subway tokens on display, with detailed descriptions of the minutest changes over the years. This may be a bit much for the average visitor, but everyone gets a kick out of wandering through the old subway trains downstairs, which contain period ads and the original transit maps.
A streamlined subway car from the 1950s…
… and the subways on the tracks today.
Tags: Museums, New York, Subway
kristin says:
wow, the first one is awesome!
January 24th, 2008 at 7:04 pm