Evolution of New York City Subways: An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars, 1867-1997 - Hardcover

Sansone, Professor Gene

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801868866 ISBN 13: 9780801868863

Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

Synopsis

A collaborative labor of love by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York Transit Museum, Gene Sansone's Evolution of New York City Subways: An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars, 1867-1997 -- now available from the Johns Hopkins University Press with a new foreword by Clifton Hood -- offers an extensive array of photographs, line drawings, and stories about the city's most treasured railcars. Subway buffs, railfans, students of New York City history, and specialists in the history of technology will appreciate this authoritative account. MTA New York City Transit and Sansone provide a record of the rolling stock that helped make New York City one of the great cities of the world.

About this title

Book Description:

Photographs, line drawings, and narratives record the development of the New York City subway system's rolling stock.

From the Publisher:

"Offers an encyclopedic amount of information and is organized in a precise and thorough manner. The book contains a wealth of history and detail [for] tourists and transit buffs alike."—Amy Wanggaard, New York Transit Museum

"This is the first comprehensive examination of the history and development of the system's rolling stock. Sansone has performed a real service by pulling it together, providing useful illustrations of the cars, and vetting it all for accuracy. Sansone knows his subject thoroughly and he's clearly done his homework."—Clifton Hood, Hobart and Smith College

About this edition

• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0801868866
• ISBN 13: 9780801868863
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400