All New for 2024: GRAND CENTRAL MADISON! Along with this new terminal, the LIRR's Atlantic Avenue Terminal was also added, plus historical track maps of the long-gone IRT 147th St. Yard and shops in Manhattan, a detailed look at the pre-1959 layout of the BMT DeKalb Avenue and Gold Street interlockings in Brooklyn, the built-but-never-used ramps from Chambers Street to the Brooklyn Bridge, the 1920s-era BRT and LIRR spurs to the Sheepshead Bay racetrack, and a few proposed-but-never-build extensions to various IND Lines.
In addition to these six new pages you'll find hundreds of historical notes and details of interlockings as they existed in years past, as well as opening and closing dates of various facilities and tracks. And for the first time, a more comprehensive look at chaining lines has been presented, with graphical depictions of when lines begin and end, and how lines are tied to zero points.
As always, the book depicts every track (with track numbers), every yard, every station, and many diverging route home signals. The book also encompasses the latest capital improvements, signal changes and track/signal renewal projects, including the newly-reopened 42nd St. Shuttle reconfiguration. As with past editions, Grand Central, the Park Avenue tunnels, Penn Station, PATH, and the Staten Island Railway track maps are also included. Current fleet data and train service requirements have also been updated.
Note that the PDF version is intended strictly for on-screen viewing and is not printable.
United StatesVery interesting
Have visited NY a few times and enjoyed the subway and subway infrastructure. This book is a captivating read for people like me.
United StatesExactly what I wanted.
I no longer live in New York City, but for the 15 years I did, you could always find me with my nose pressed to the front door's window next to the driver's cab. I didn't just want to know all the stations; I wanted to know the tracks. What weird alternatives to the existing service were possible? "Tracks of the New York City Subway" brings me back to those days. So much has changed in the 20 years since I lived in New York. It is wonderful just browsing the pages and thinking about the "track tourist" trips I will take on my next visit to NYC,
United StatesTracks of the New York Subway
The detail was excellent and the extended coverage helped out a great deal.
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Canada2024 SubwayTrackside
I'm not a New Yorker but subways interest me greatly. I'll never see the system, but the amount of information in the publication is impressive and more than the 2021 issue. Very helpful if watching Youtube videos.