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This page details major changes and additions, in reverse chronological order.

Mon Jul 14 2008 Not much new added lately (other than photos, which you can always see on the Newest Images pages). Today uploaded a random set of single line diagrams to the Historical Maps collection.
Mon Feb 4 2008 Photo 80,000 was uploaded today, over on the "World" side of the site, thanks to Peter Ehrlich.
Tue Sep 18 2007 Thanks to Peter Dougherty and Matthew Shull, the online Track Maps have been updated for 2006-2007.
Thu Jul 26 2007 Added photo #70,000 to the site. Thanks to everyone who has contributed! Here's photo #70,000, by Michael Hodurski.
Fri Mar 23 2007 Thanks to the Making of America project at U.Mich for allowing me to post the corrected, marked-up text of Rapid Transit in New York City and in the Other Great Cities (1906), published by the New York Chamber of Commerce in 1906. (22 chapters/68 illustrations.) (You can even buy a reproduction of this book from the Michigan Historical Reprint Series!)
Thu Mar 1 2007 Uploaded photo #60,000 to nycsubway.org! This photo by Gary Chatterton was the lucky one. Thanks to Gary and to all who have contributed!
Sun Jan 21 2007 The illustrations and photos have been added to Fifty Years of Rapid Transit. Also, The New York Rapid Transit Railway Extensions/Building the New Rapid Transit System of New York City and New Subways For New York: The Dual System of Rapid Transit have had photos added that I had previously not put up because I had poor copies. Thanks to the Making of America at UMich for putting up page images.
Fri Jan 19 2007 Here's some things to keep you busy... Thanks to the Making of America project at U.Mich for allowing me to post the corrected, marked-up text of these two and soon, other, early books on NYC rapid transit history: Fifty Years of Rapid Transit, James Blaine Walker, 1918, a history of the politics involved in building the elevated lines, first subway, and dual contracts (illustrations to be added very shortly); and New Subways: Proposed Additions to Rapid Transit System..., a 1922 paper that presented some of the first subway lines that would become the IND. Also, thanks to George Chiasson, Jr., we have his 1988 treatise A History of the IRT SMEE Cars (Delivered 1948-1966), which we'll try to bring up to date as soon as possible. Enjoy!
Fri Dec 8 2006 Although nycsubway.org has been an Amazon Associate since 1999, allowing visitors to help contribute to the operational costs of nycsubway.org by buying items listed in our bibliography, today I updated the bibliography item links and also added a new Amazon aStore which has a much wider variety of subway and transit related books culled from the Amazon.com catalog.
Wed Sep 20 2006 New article from a 1926 BMT employee newsletter about the opening of the Coney Island Shops, thanks to Dennis Lynch. Also, a 1902 article about the construction of the Williamsburg Bridge.
Thu Jun 8 2006 Uploaded photo #50,000 to nycsubway.org! This photo by Michael Hodurski was the lucky one. Thanks to Mike and to all who have contributed!
Tue May 30 2006 Added a 1904 article The New York Rapid Transit Subway, How It Will Affect the City's Life and Business, an overview of the effects of rapid transit on New York's housing patterns. Also added the 2003, 2004, and 2005 year-end Mean Distance Between Failure statistics to all active car types' pages.
Wed Jan 18 2006 Added Commencement of Work on Rapid Transit Railroad, the souvenir program that was distributed on "Groundbreaking Day", March 24, 1900. Thanks to Tom Munday for sending it.
Mon Jan 2 2006 Added a page of photos of the Queensborough Bridge Railway.
Tue Aug 30 2005 nycsubway.org turns 10!
Fri Jul 15 2005 Just a few weeks short of this site's tenth anniversary... uploaded our 40,000th photo!
Thu Jul 14 2005 Added new Subway Artwork Guide.
Tue Jul 12 2005 Three new articles about the early days of the Interborough Subway: Clamor for Tickets for Subway Opening, Interesting Facts About Our Subway, and The Interborough Subway Power Plant (new article added to an existing page).
Tue Jun 28 2005 Two new articles from March 1880 describing the first day of service on the Second Avenue Elevated, and one describing the first day of service on the Third Avenue Elevated. Thanks to Greg Christiano.
Tue Apr 12 2005 Two new maps by "SPUI": a geographically correct subway map, and a JFK Airtrain route map. Both are in the public domain. More coming soon.
Fri Apr 8 2005 Thanks to new contributor Robbie Rosenfeld, 372 new photos of 97 stations is the largest single "refresh" of station views -- mostly of the artwork -- since our first batches of photos. Thanks Robbie!
Fri Jan 28 2005 New version of the Route Map reflecting changes to the A, C, and V after the Chambers St. fire of January 23.
Thu Dec 30 2004 Subway historian Mark S. Feinman contributes the next article in his overview of the New York subway system, The New York City Transit Authority in the 1980s.
Wed Oct 27 2004 The subway turns 100!
Sun Oct 24 2004 New photos of the "Cavalcade of Stars" museum train parade on October 23, and October 24th.
Wed Jul 14 2004 Added 13 new articles originally published 1901-1905, about the construction and opening of the Interborough Subway. Much thanks to Ed Levine for supplying the paper copies!
Sun Jun 20 2004 Lots of new photos of the disused Lower Level of City Hall (BMT) Station.
Mon Jun 14 2004 Uploaded many new photos from a tour of the Coney Island Shops, including the car overhaul shop, wheel, truck and axle shop, motor shop, and yards.
Fri Jun 4 2004 Thanks to George Cuhaj, we have a detailed article on the Medals and Tokens of the New York City Subway System, with photos of many rare items. Also, thanks to Robert Marrero, another article about the events of October 27th, 1904: Exercises in the City Hall, quotations from speeches made by the various dignitaries on the opening day of the IRT Subway.
Mon May 24 2004 New edition of the Subway Route Map, by Michael Calcagno, reflecting Coney Island service changes of May 23.
Sun May 23 2004 New article The Jay-Smith Street Subway and Part of the Fulton Street Subway in the Borough of Brooklyn, a 1934 paper presented to the Municipal Engineers Society of the City of New York describing construction techniques of the IND in Brooklyn.
Fri May 21 2004 Photography ban editorial placed on home page.
Tue Apr 27 2004 Two new articles about the early years of the Interborough subway: Rapid Transit in New York City (1903) and Ten Years of the Subway (1914).
Sun Apr 11 2004 Thanks to Rich Galiano, scuba diver and webmaster of njscuba.net, new photos of redbirds being reefed, and in their new homes at Shark River Reef, NJ. Redbird Scrap Photos.
Thu Mar 25 2004 The Centennial is getting into full swing. Added events from the New York Transit Museum's spring and summer calendar to the Upcoming Events calendar.
Fri Mar 19 2004 Added several new photos of City Hall thanks to Charles Warren.
Wed Mar 3 2004 Added a November, 1906 and a 1951 system map to the Historical Maps collection.
Sun Feb 29 2004 Many new photos of this weekend's IND R-type fantrips, and views around the subway.
Sat Feb 21 2004 Updated Route Map and Manhattan Bridge page reflecting the 2/22/2004 resumption of full Manhattan Bridge service. Thanks to Michael Calcagno for the new map and Ron Aryel for updates to the Manhattan Bridge page.
Wed Feb 4 2004 Added several new pages of photographs of construction on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail extensions north of Hoboken. Thanks to Daniel C. Boyar for the photos. Also, Rich Panse sends along some photos of the new stations on the Newark City Subway.
Fri Jan 30 2004 Installed new home page design! More new layouts to come!
Tue Jan 20 2004 Added An Early History of New York City's First Elevated Railway, by new contributor G. J. Christiano, to our material on the 9th Avenue El.
Fri Nov 28 2003 Added a new map of the tracks and service patterns of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.
Sun Nov 23 2003 New photos of the reopening of the PATH World Trade Center station.
Tue Apr 1 2003 New page about the Roosevelt Island Tramway, by new contributor Matt Richman, added to the Around New York section. Also, several pages of new photos of Remains of the NYW&B; submitted by Howard Finkel.
Sun Mar 9 2003 Changed the caption format on the photo pages; the Newest Images page now shows photo thumbnails instead of a simple list.
Sat Sep 28 2002 New version of the Route Map representing subway service as of 9/15/2002; reopening of the South Ferry branch. Sorry for the delay, Michael Calcagno actually sent this to me in advance but I forgot to post it before vacation.
Fri Aug 9 2002 Revamped the subway yards pages, now part of the Subway Cars section. ALL of the yard photos on the site are now available in the yard pages.
Tue Mar 5 2002 New pages of NYW&B; Remains added to the collection of New York, Westchester, & Boston Railroad items, thanks to Howard Finkel.
Fri Feb 22 2002 Search engine dialog box on front page converted to use Google instead of local search engine. Site FAQ and Contributors pages updated. (Please note: The contributors list hadn't been updated in ages and I am still getting around to adding many contributors to the list! Don't feel slighted if your name does not yet appear.)
Tue Feb 12 2002 New version of the Route Map representing subway service as of 1/28/2002, including resumption of "E" service to Chambers St. (former World Trade Center station).
Mon Dec 24 2001 New version of the Route Map representing subway service as of 12/16/2001, including the new "V" train.
Tue Dec 18 2001 Posted the winners of the 2001 (first annual) nycsubway.org Photo Contest.
Tue Dec 4 2001 New photos of the R-143 Train on the "L" line contributed by Trevor Logan.
Tue Nov 20 2001 New version of the Route Map representing subway service as of 11/5/2001.
Mon Nov 5 2001 New version of the Route Map representing subway service as of 10/28/2001.
Fri Sep 28 2001 Our kind friends at the MTA New York City Transit public affairs office have sent us some photos of the damage to the IRT Cortlandt Street/World Trade Center station.
Tue Sep 25 2001 More Route Map updates; the old versions of the route maps added to the Historical Maps page.
Mon Sep 17 2001 Michael Calcagno sends along an updated Route Map reflecting the service diversions related to the World Trade Center disaster.
Sat Aug 25 2001 New pages/photos of: Redbird Reef, thanks to Bill Johnston.
Wed Jul 25 2001 Michael Calcagno sends along an updated Route Map reflecting the July 22, 2001 Manhattan Bridge changeover.
Sat Jul 14 2001 Some Track Map Updates from Peter Dougherty, including the 63rd Street Connection and Manhattan Bridge route changes.
Mon Jul 9 2001 Bus Fest 2001 photos by Sid Keyles, and some new Redbird Scrap Line Photos, the first two thanks to Daniel Boyar.
Sat Jun 30 2001 Server upgrades!! SubTalk post 232,767 has all the details.
Fri Jun 15 2001 Uploaded Peggy Darlington's line by line guides to the New Jersey Transit Northeast Corridor and Morris & Essex lines.
Fri Jun 15 2001 A bunch of minor bug fixes and a new page in the guide to Subway Signals: Holdout signals and bidirectional traffic, courtesy Bernard S. Greenberg.
Sat Apr 28 2001 Contributor Daniel Boyar sends some photos of the Newark City Subway's New Shop Facility, including photos of the new Kinki-Sharyo LRV cars.
Mon Mar 5 2001 Station-by-station guide to NJT's North Jersey Coast Line, by Peggy Darlington with photos by Chris Leverett, and Mark S. Feinman's first section of his history of the BMT, Early Rapid Transit in Brooklyn.
Sun Jan 21 2001 Lots of new things to report. Historic American Engineering Record - The Interborough Subway is a collection of scholarly papers and photographs about the First Subway and its effects on the city, prepared in 1978 for the National Park Service. Roosevelt Avenue Terminal Station is a tour of the remains of an IND Second System station at Roosevelt Avenue, Queens. Also, lots of new photographs and miscellaneous page updates. Check the Pages by Date and Newest Images links at the top of the page.
Sun Dec 10 2000 Created a new section to hold all of the information pertaining to the Dual Contracts Period of Subway Expansion, including a new guide to the Dual Contracts published in June, 1913 by the New York City Public Service Commision.
Sun Jul 30 2000 An overhaul to the Subway Techinical FAQ was installed, including updated pages about the R-110A/R-110B Test Program and the R-142/R-142A Cars. Also, since everyone's itching for more new pictures, more pictures were added to the R142 fleet page taken 7/29/2000.
Thu Apr 13 2000 Thanks to Jean-Michel Rubio we have our first multi-lingual feature: a French translation of Bernard S. Greenberg's Guide to Signals, Les signaux du New York City Subway..
Sat Apr 8 2000 Continued the reorganization of the site. Rearranged some of the top level categories as follows: Rolling Stock Maps Tech. Also, Michael Calcagno has contributed a Fantasy Subway Map. Also, a series of views of the Park Avenue subway construction: Building the IRT Subway: Some Early Views. Finally, a page of photos from a recent visit to the New York Transit Museum.
Sun Mar 26 2000 The opening of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail in New Jersey is just around the corner, so our HBLR section has been revised to include the beginnings of a station-by-station guide covering Harborside to Liberty State Park.
Tue Mar 21 2000 By request, an automatic list of all images added to the site within the last 60 days has been created. Visit Newest Images to find out what we've been up to.
Sat Feb 5 2000 Introduced a radical site reorganization. The major topics have been arranged into divisions based on the original operating divisions of the subway: the IRT, BMT, and IND. Many of the other topics have been moved around slightly or merged with others to better organize things. If you can't find what you're looking for, the Table of Contents is a good place to check. (Some sections are temporarily offline while they are reorganized.) Also, the Subway Bibliography has had a major facelift, adding a number of new items and now covering cities other than New York City.
Mon Jan 24 2000 New Route Maps by Michael Calcagno, reflecting this month's C line shutdown.
Fri Dec 17 1999 A new section, Predecessor Elevated Lines, will contain information about the elevated train lines in Manhattan and Brooklyn that predate the construction of the subway, and are now long-gone. The first feature is The 9th Ave. El, just in time for the upcoming Polo Grounds Shuttle walking tour.
Tue Dec 14 1999 Still not much new content, but just in time for the holidays is a full upgrade to the www.nycsubway.org server, including new hardware (3x as fast and 4x the RAM), new version of the operating system, and new version of the Apache web server package. As a result, CGI-based applications previously residing on brighton.nycsubway.org (SubTalk, BusTalk, Upcoming Events, and the search engine) are being moved back to www.nycsubway.org this week.
Mon Nov 29 1999 Not much to report lately, but we have a NJT Raritan Line Station by Station Guide, by Alan Braunstein, going up today.
Sun Oct 24 1999 An overview of the PATH signal system, thanks to Hank Sundermeyer.
Fri Aug 20 1999 Added Mark S. Feinman's Capsule History of the IND, and Peggy Darlington's Day in the Life of a Station Agent.
Fri Aug 13 1999 Cleaned up the Newark City Subway section and added a Brief History and Station-by-Station Guide. Also, a new field trip report of a visit to Corona Yard on June 25, 1999.
Fri Jun 11 1999 A new field trip report: Hudson-Bergen Light Rail: A First Look with photographs by Sid Keyles.
Tue Jun 1 1999 A field trip to the Shore Line Trolley Museum's 1998 New York Days by Constantine Steffan has been added to our Field Trip Reports.
Sun May 30 1999 Thanks to Sid Keyles, many new photos have been added to the Coney Island Complex Tour: new photos of the repair, overhaul, and inspection shops and the yards are included. Sid also contributed photos from his visit to BusFest 1999 which took place on 5/23/1999.
Sat Apr 10 1999 David M. Rosenthal has contributed a number of single line signal diagrams and other drawings of the 1939 World's Fair Railroad (IND Subway Extension). Along with these diagrams Bernard S. Greenberg has written up a description of Single Line Signal Diagrams.
Thu Mar 25 1999 Added a new page entitled What is a Rotary Converter?, courtesy Bernard S. Greenberg. This page complements our recently-added photos of IRT Substation #21.
Wed Mar 24 1999 A new page of NYC Historical Bus Maps goes up with a 1940s-era NYC Omnibus Corp. map to start off.
Sun Mar 21 1999 More bus photos added to the New York City Buses section, including a page of photos and info about Brooklyn Trackless Trolleys.
Wed Mar 17 1999 Also, a new page of photos, also by David Rosenthal, of the Livonia Yard, specifically of the switch/signal relay room.
Tue Mar 2 1999 Uploaded a large list of Subway Movies in which the subway plays a large or featured role. Find out about the "classics" and some obscure films with subway scenes. Also, the Subway Bibliography is now part of the Amazon.COM Associates Program.
Mon Jan 11 1999 A new redesign of the web site is released today. The top-level categories have been completely redone, resulting in a site that is easier to navigate and find what we had hidden away in our prior design. Comments and feedback welcome!
Sun Nov 29 1998 Better late than never, a selection of photos courtesy Constantine Steffan of the Transit Museum's Bus Fest 1998 begin a new section on buses in New York City. More will come!
Tue Oct 20 1998 Just in time for the 94th Anniversary of the opening of the IRT subway on October 27th, we present Day One on the IRT: Press Coverage of the Opening of the Subway, articles from the New York Times on October 27th & 28th, 1904, describing the opening day events and the public's reaction to the new subway.
Tue Sep 22 1998 NYC Subway Yards: Re-did this section, incorporating the maps and photographs, especially a new page of photos from an open house at Westchester Yard thanks to Constantine Steffan. More pictures to be added soon.
Thu Aug 20 1998 Illustrated Subway Car Roster: Many new pictures uploaded, mostly BMT Standards, R10, and R32 cars; also a new Scrapped/Wrecked Cars list has been added. The New York Subway Line by Line: New sections added: IRT Flushing, BMT Broadway Subway, BMT 4th Ave. Subway. New illustrations added to each section. The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway: Added illustrations to three of the sections and a new section called the IRT Dyre Avenue Branch: The Last Legacy of the NYW&B;.
Tue Jul 7 1998 The New York Subway Line by Line: New sections added today: IND 8th Avenue, IND 6th Avenue. Expanded: IND Rockaway Branch. Updated: BMT Astoria.
Wed May 13 1998 Illustrated Subway Car Roster: This section has been completely revised making it more "browse-friendly". Also, the SubTalk bulletin board messages have been separated into a current section and an archive, to hopefully improve performance.
Mon Apr 13 1998 Subway Bibliography: Reformatted and new books added.
Fri Apr 10 1998 New York Subway Line By Line: New sections have been added to the Line By Line descriptions: IRT Broadway/7th Avenue, IRT Lexington/East Side, BMT Astoria.
Sun Jan 11 1998 The New York, Westchester, & Boston Railway: This section contains reproductions of articles detailing the construction and operation of the NYW&B;, a subsidiary of the New Haven in the Bronx and Westchester County, New York. As time permits more text and photos will be added.
Wed Sep 24 1997 Many Coney Island Complex photos rescanned and cleaned up.
Wed Sep 17 1997 The new section on New York City Subway Signals and Signs has been completely enhanced by Bernard S. Greenberg, with a short tutorial and explanation of all of the signal types and aspects.
Sun Sep 14 1997 Added a new section describing New York City Subway Signals and Signs. Added many, many new photos to the NYC Subway Car Roster. Since it hasn't been listed here before, the New York City Subway FAQ will live here, and it is currently in beta version. A new page about rail transit at the 1964 World's Fair, including the monorail, has been added to the NYC Photo Album.
Sun Sep 7 1997 Added a page of Scrapyard Photos, Historical Commuter Train Photos, lots of new historical BMT Cars photos, and cleaned up the thumbnails of lots of pages.
Sun Aug 10 1997 Michael Calcagno has contributed new route maps showing service based on time of day in a new stylized format. Even the MTA doesn't have these! NYC Subway Routemap.
Sun Jul 20 1997 Added a page of information about Brooklyn trackless trolley coach operation prior to 1965, including a "trackless" map, courtesy Sanford Gardner. Brooklyn Trackless Trolley Operations. Added a new 1939 World's Fair edition IND map to the Historical Maps. Also, fixed the NYC Transit Sites listing to be printer-friendly (with URLs printed out longhand). Added some pictures to the BMT Pre-Unification Roster page including the Bluebird, Zephyr, and Multisection cars. And finally, converted more of the top-level pages to the "new look".
Tue Jul 1 1997 Lots of new images have been added to various pages and rescans of images have replaced some older images. Highlights can be found in the Subway Car Rosters, Historical Perspectives, Disused and Abandoned Stations (especially the Myrtle Avenue page). Also some older sections are being reorganized or removed. Sections removed are the Hoboken Festival and Whippany Railroad Museum photographs (the quality of these was not very good, overall). Also the Nostalgia Train and Day One on the IRT sections have been removed, much of the content being reorganized into other sections.
Sun Jun 1 1997 Introduced our new domain name, www.nycsubway.org. Hopefully the new name will be easier to remember for everyone.
Thu May 1 1997 Added New York Subway Line by Line, where each line of the subway system will be described and illustrated. The first sections include the BMT Brighton Line, the IND Rockaway Line, and the Staten Island Rapid Transit system.
Sat Mar 29 1997 Second Avenue Subway: A collection of planning documents, maps, and other items about the never-built Second Avenue Subway.
Mon Mar 24 1997 Revamped the NYC Subway Cars pages.
Thu Feb 27 1997 Visit the NYC Subway Resources' new SubTalk web-based bulletin board. It's open to discussion regarding subway and transit systems worldwide.
Wed Oct 30 1996 Added search engine capability on main index page.
Sat Oct 26 1996 Added Tracks on Broadway: A recent construction project revealed streetcar tracks on upper Broadway. A photo essay by Joe Brennan.
Sun Sep 22 1996 Added new feature section: Farewell to the R30 Fan Trip, with photos by Mark Feinman. This fan trip visited a number of yard areas and the abandoned lower level of Ninth Avenue, Brooklyn, on May 30, 1993.
Sun Aug 25 1996 The New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment is finally completed.
Sun Aug 18 1996 New version of Michael Calcagno's NYC Subway Routemap.
Sat Jul 27 1996 Some excellent new pictures of abandoned stations at City Hall, 42nd Street, and elsewhere have been added to a new section: Disused and Abandoned Stations. Thanks to Peter Dougherty for the great new photos.
Sat Mar 2 1996 Added new section Coney Island Complex, a visit to the Coney Island maintenance and repair facility.
Thu Feb 29 1996 Added new section Historical Perspectives, with our first set of "historic" photos contributed by Steve Hoskins.
Fri Dec 1 1995 First edition of the New Jersey Transit Photo Album, with photos from the 15th Annual Hoboken Festival, and the "Snoboken" Terminal photos. First edition of the Philadelphia Photo Album. First edition of the Subway Car Roster. Winter 1995 Nostalgia Train trip to Rockaway photos. List of subway items for sale. Guide to subway items at the Library of Congress. First set of historical maps. First chapters of The New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment.
Tue Oct 31 1995 Added: Day One on the IRT photo essay, Hoboken Festival photos, both since reorganized into new sections.
Fri Sep 1 1995 Added the fine collection of Track Maps.
Wed Aug 30 1995 First photo essay about the Transit Museum's Nostalgia Train put up (since reorganized).
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