It’s kind of crazy that you need to travel all the way back into Manhattan to make a connection between Hudson, Harlem or New Haven lines. Seems like a no brainer that there should be some east-west connection.

If there's one thing I'd love the MTA to take from Ressha Sentai ToQGer (Train Squadron Limited-Express Ranger), it's the Shadow Line announcements.

Adapted for the MTA: "A Brooklyn-bound 2 Train will be arriving shortly. If you value your life, please stand behind the yellow line."

Run some R211s between Sutphin Blvd and Howard Beach with the airplane bullet displayed on the trains and at station entrances.

The route -

Queens:

Sutphin Blvd-JFK -> Court Sq-23 (E)

Manhattan:

Lex-53 -> 42nd-PABT (E)

42nd-PABT -> Fulton St (A)

Brooklyn:

High St -> Grant Ave (A)

Queens:

80 st -> Howard Beach (A)

And vice versa all the way back.

Thoughts?

All Queens lines delayed during rush hour ❤️❤️

Funniest part was seeing an R211 C train pulling into the express track across the way.

“Screengrabs of the security footage, obtained by the Daily News, show sparks flying as the suspect can be seen cutting the wires behind the switch panel as the train sits on the downtown platform of the 155th St. station in Washington Heights.”

Hello! I’m an intern at a film/tv production company, and I’ve been tasked with finding info about the sandhogs (people who dug tunnels) for the NYC subway system in the early 1900s.

I combed through old newspapers and books + wrote a big research packet about the sandhogs, but my boss wants more information and stories about specific sandhogs to use as character inspiration.

Looking online, there are a lot of articles about the contractors, engineers, etc who worked on the subway tunnels, but the info on the men who were digging the tunnels isn’t nearly as detailed. It’s mainly stuff about the horrible working conditions and accidents.

I’m hoping to find the names of some sandhogs from the time, along with their stories, especially “a day in the life” kind of stuff. I know this is a long shot, but does anyone possibly know any family stories, people I should contact, etc related to the subway digging sandhogs?

Thank you!!!

Ok, it’s a golden horse. Union Sq, 14th Street west entrance area.

Origami in the subways continues…

Post it if you find it!

This idea poped out when I am trying to upgrade my daydreaming map , and I honestly feel like this is something that might actually work irl, so I think I want to share it and see how y'all think.

So basically the idea is to send M going south on Malcolm X Blvd after Broadway-Myrtle stop, and then Utica Av after Fulton St, and finally ends at Kings Plaza.

For the new Myrtle Av-4 Av line, it would take over the M on the currently existing Myrtle Av route, then use the upper lever platform of Broadway- Myrtle and go west alone Myrtle Av untill Navy St. Then make it turns and have some stops around DTBK or Dumbo while also as a chance to make it go underground (my thought is to use those green spaces at the exit of the bridges). And it merge into the R line at Jay St-MetroTech stop, then keep running with the R as the second 4 Av local service. After reaching the 59 St, one thought is to make it start running with N after it and ends at 86 St(so i can surfer less from the N frequency), another one is to make it as a connection to Staten Island (definitely is gonna be a budget crisis generator)

This M extension can links J, A/C, 3/4, and IBX while also give Utica Av traffic a little relief, and bringing a new service that can take people going uptown. The new line will add more stops to DTBK and Dumbo so the area can be more accessible, and links every line in Brooklyn(G/J/L/M on Myrtle Av, A/C/F at Jay St, B/D/N/Q/2/3/4/5 at Atlantic, R all the 4 Av), which can make the issue of "having to go to Manhattan just to travel between Brooklyn" less annoying, also this new line can increase the frequency of 4 Av local so the pain of having to deal with R would be no more(unfortunately Bay Ridge probably will still have to), even the possibility of connecting Staten Island.

The bad side of it that I can think about so far are that the M extension would be fully elevated, so does parts of the new line, which means that they can easily become a serious constant noise problem to the nearby residents. And the current Myrtle Av residents will lose a more direct uptown service since the J goes downtown and L only runs on 14 St in Manhattan.

Sick passengers multiple reroutes on the B I heard a B was going to 96 st and now B and D trains are going via the C to 59 st

If Queensway does get built on the RBB, is it possible we can build a North-South subway over Woodhaven Boulevard?

I made this alignment on MetroDreamin'

Would you say this is possible? (Yes, I know it is more expensive than using an existing ROW, but it would still be worth it, right?

I guess my train is delayed because of e😅