Summer Sunsets. The sun sets over Williamsburg as the last outbound (J) express train approaches Hewes St. Though it's not quite summer yet, the late-setting sun is nearly in line with t... (more)

Non Revenue. NYC Transit Authority TGC4 has just emerged from the tunnel under East New York, passing the former East New York station, which closed in 1924. The TGC is working its way b... (more)

A large part of New York MTA’s BMT Brighton Line through Brooklyn is in the open, although still below grade and, therefore, still technically a subway. A B Sixth Avenue Express enters a brief se... (more)

A Q Train, with the usual assortment of Kawasaki R68A cars (with 5058 leading) rounds the curve as it approaches the Parkside Station on the former IND Brighton Line. This train originated in Man... (more)

After riding a G Train in the MTA's new image, I hopped off at the Smith-9th Streets Station in the hope of perhaps finding another new-scheme train heading south. Seconds after getting set up, I... (more)

Some twenty years after the orange Q bullet was discontinued (it was used for Sixth Avenue service from 1988-2001), it inexplicably showed up on R68A car 5114, leading a New York City subway 2nd A... (more)

Bridge Approach. Two (J) trains meet on the approach to the Williamsburg Bridge, as seen from the platform at Marcy Av.

Crossover. A southbound (F) train switches from the local to the express track north of Kings Hwy station, due to a weekend GO on the local track, with the Empire State Building and Manh... (more)

"Against the Current of Traffic at Nostrand" A westbound Long Island Rail Road train runs down Track 2 on the Atlantic Branch Viaduct while heading towards Atlantic Terminal in B... (more)

Mini Express. A 4-car R68 train passes Avenue M station. This set had recently passed in the other direction with a 2-car Franklin Avenue Shuttle set attached as well. I'm not sure of an... (more)

Not What I was Expecting! A pair of R32s, signed for the N, lead a refuse train down the lead into Coney Island Yard, while a 5-car R160 set pauses to switch ends to reposition within the y... (more)

Far Away. A southbound garbage train bearing the (A) bullet meets a northbound (F) train at Avenue N station on the Culver Line. The garbage train takes this route every day returning from ... (more)

Riding Off into the Sunset. A Manhattan-bound (3) train departs Van Siclen Av station as the sun sets over the City.

"Out of the way for NYNJ!" New York New Jersey Rail's "Brooklyn crew" conductor instructs cars to move out of the way as they make their dash down First Avenue towards... (more)

"Morning Dash Down 1st Ave" New York New Jersey Rail's "Brooklyn crew" begins their dash down First Avenue towards 65th Street Yard after pulling 2 loaded scrap cars from Sims Recycling's ... (more)