ONGOING renovations at the Long Island Rail Road Woodside complex (it was last re-done between 1995 and 1998 and requires an overhaul) have revealed a “To Shea Stadium” sign at…

I was in DUMBO in Brooklyn on the first hot day of the year in the spring in 2017 and happened upon this photo shoot on Plymouth Street. Many newcomers…

THE former New York, Westchester & Boston Railway celebrated its centennial in 2012. When conceived, it was assumed that it would eventually reach Boston, but instead at its lengthiest, it ran…

YOU know the name. It’s hardly Forgotten. But you may not know a few things about Heinz, which produces many more than 57 varieties of food. Today I’m continuing my…

CONTINUING my review of ads found aboard a crowded Nostalgia Train featuring near-century-old cars the MTA rolls out periodically, most often in June, September and December.  If you know where…

FORGIVE the off-center photo. Apparently this was the best position I could get aboard a crowded Nostalgia Train featuring near-century-old cars the MTA rolls out periodically, most often in June,…

HERE’S a classic subway placard ad found on one of the vintage trainsets the Transit Museum rolls out every so often, mostly in June, September and December, an ad for…

A remaining vestige of the South Brooklyn Railway, a freight line owned by the MTA, trackage is shown here at Fort Hamilton Parkway and 37th Street, in a right of…

Of the station renovations along the IRT Broadway Line done in the late 1990s and early 2000s my favorite just may be the 66th Street-Lincoln Center station, one of the…

HUNT’S Point in the Bronx, an enclave relatively cut off from Longwood by the Amtrak railroad cut and Bruckner Expressway, is where auto glass, auto parts, light industry and manufacturing are…

NEW R-211 subway cars have arrived on the 8th Avenue line, currently serving the A express line. Since I moved to Queens and take the Long Island Rail Road to…

An aspect of subways and railroads in New York City that has never gotten deserved scrutiny is the wide variety of platform lighting found around town both in the subways…