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The "Bee-Em-Tee's" station at Court Street also features a distinctive "London-ish" tubular design............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1236

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The "Eye-En-Dee's" station at "BROADWAY-NASSAU" (Fulton Street) has long intrigued me; its unusual tubular construction is indeed reminiscent of a typical London "tube" s ...

W.B.:

Ironically, back in the 60s, "cartoon-y" TDI ad posters/cards touting: "IT PAYS TO SAVE AT THE BOWERY!" adorned many station platforms and the interiors of the subway cars ...

Back in 2010, this long-disused, decrepit, ancient wooden change booth could still be seen in the closed mezzanine area at the BMT's "BOWERY" station; talk about a rare relic of a past civil ...

Recall, now Chambers Street (aka "The Chamber of Horrors"/"Temple of Doom"); back in its heyday, there must have been a good number of ticket/change booths located within this stat ...

W.B.:

Great additional info!

When the INTERBOROUGH was constructing the original South Ferry loop station, THAT had to have been quite interesting, what with the station location being so close ...

Nowadays, even the intrepid "INDiana Jones" himself would have more than a bit of difficulty in trying to locate the few remaining, long-closed change booths, themselves fleeting reminders o ...

W.B.:

Thankfully, at least the remaining "Redbirds" were spared the many senseless indignities suffered by so many car classes with that massive 1980s GOH.

The "Redbirds" wer ...

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Here's an interesting and detailed page on London's "silent giants".........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_London

["521 HOLBORN"]

From: "RAPID TRANSIT SERIES BUSES" (McCausland).........

".......LEDs first made their way to RTS lighting in an OEM application on buses equipped with vertical tail lamps, where the ...

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Speaking of florescent lighting in buses.........

Were the "Are-Tee-Es" the last new buses to be equipped with florescent lighting, or were the earliest "milk ...

Under the heading "FIRST MANHATTAN TRUNK LINE-1932" you will find a listing of the IND's underwater tunnels, as well as their respective lengths........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inde ...

Also of interest..........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subterranean_New_York_City

["DOWNTOWN & BROOKLYN TRAINS"]

Here's an interesting link ("junctions" above AND below ground, here and abroad)...................

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_junction *

Scroll down on this page (right side ...

"Flying junctions", I've long felt, are another integral part of subway operations that few, outside of transit workers and subway enthusiasts, are even aware of.

I have a circa-1912 post ...