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🎭 Happy #WorldTheatreDay! This 1977 #NYCsubway poster from the #NYTMCollection shows a dozen actors from concurrent Broadway shows posing together in costume. The group is photographed on an R44 subway car for the "MTA gets you there" campaign. It's a star-studded line up. Can you name the actors?

New York Transit Museum 4d ago

#TodayinHistory: It’s Tunnel Day! #OnThisDay in 1900, Mayor Robert Van Wyck, silver spade in hand, broke ground on the #NYCsubway system at an excavation site in front of City Hall. This #NYTMCollection photograph captured the historic moment for #NYC.

New York Transit Museum 5d ago

#TodayInHistory: #OnThisDay in 1968, the R40 Slant made its debut in the #NYCsubway system, beginning on the F line. This 1966 artist's rendering from the #NYTMCollection was issued by industrial designers Raymond Loewy and Associates, and William Snaith, Inc to showcase the "new look" of the R40.

New York Transit Museum Mar 21

From the #NYTMCollection, this spring-loaded token case dates to circa 1960 and has three slots to hold #NYCsubway tokens. By 2003, when tokens were phased out, cases such as this one would no longer be an essential for commuters. Did you ever own a token holder?

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New York Transit Museum Mar 20

The IRT’s (Interborough Rapid Transit) Spring St station (served today by the 6 train) is one of the oldest stations in the #NYCsubway system. It opened on October 27, 1904, and is part of the original 28 stations of the first subway line.

New York Transit Museum Mar 18

What did Inwood, Manhattan look like before the #NYCsubway opened? Taken in 1906, this #NYTMCollection photo shows the Dyckman Street station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (today’s 1 train) three days prior to its opening.

Dimitrios Mar 15

March 2026

Queens Plaza Station, Long Island City, Queens, NYC

#iphoneography #iphonephotography #subwayphotography #metrophotography #publictransit #publictransportation #mta #nycmta #nycsubway #queensplaza #licqueens #longislandcity #queens #nyc #nycphotography #newyorkcity #newyorkcityphotography

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New York Transit Museum Mar 13

Manufactured by the St. Louis Car Company, R38 cars were the first #NYCsubway cars to arrive with air-conditioning installed and the second cars to be built with stainless steel exteriors. The cars featured fiberglass seating, fluorescent lighting, and aluminum roofs.

New York Transit Museum Mar 8

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Today, we're celebrating Marion McAllister, the first woman train operator in the #NYCsubway system!

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New York Transit Museum Mar 4

Learn more about sandhogs and the construction of the early #NYCsubway in our exhibit "Steel, Stone & Backbone" at the Museum in Downtown Brooklyn. Plan your visit at nytransitmuseum.org.

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