Evolution of New York City subways : an illustrated history of New York City's transit cars, 1867-1997 / by Gene Sansone ; with a new foreword by Clifton Hood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sansone, Gene.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

New York Transit Museum.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Subways--New York (State)--New York--History.

Subways.

Local transit--New York (State)--New York--History.

Local transit.

History.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxiv, 374 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

Summary:

"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."--Jacket.

Notes:

Includes index.

"In association with the New York Transit Museum."

Originally published: New York : New York Transit Museum Press, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0801868866

9780801868863

OCLC:

47224972

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