Evolution of New York City Subways
Subtitle: An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars, 1867-1997
Contributors: Clifton Hood (Foreword)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: February 26, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780801868863
Subjects: Trains & railways: general interest; Railroads - History; Rapid And Mass Transit Systems; United States - General; Transportation; New York; History / United States / General; New York City; Local transit; Railroads - General; History; New York (State); Subways
First sentence: As New York City attempted to grow in the 1800's, it became obvious that the city was choking on its own population.
Description: "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."--Jacket.