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Book SynopsisSubway and train enthusiasts, students of New York City history, and specialists in the history of technology will appreciate this updated and authoritative reference work about one of the twentieth century's greatest urban achievements.
Trade ReviewFrom Reviews of our Previous Edition: The humble New York subway car has its fans, as Gene Sansone demonstrates in his exhaustive survey. Featuring such curios as a private subway car built in 1904 for the director of the subway, his work also provides useful insights into such imponderables as why the cars on the F line are longer than those on, say, the 1 and 9 lines. -- Leo Carey New Yorker Offers the reader a comprehensive, accurate, well-illustrated, highly documented catalog of the nearly 5,800 current New York City subway cars, along with the many thousands of long-gone cars. Every subway student or enthusiast will return to it often to browse the pages or to research a specific car series. It is an indispensable companion to prior or future general histories of one of the world's greatest people movers. -- Richard L. Allman Railroad History Subway train enthusiasts, students of New York City history, and specialists in the history of technology will appreciate this reference on the city's subway system. Book News 2004 Sansone clearly knows his subject inside and out, and presents it in a fascinating, entertaining manner. -- Nate MacMaster Railfan and Railroad 2005 Sansone comprehensively examines more than 5,000 New York City subway cars... The book can be enjoyed by readers interested in transit car history while subway enthusiasts will appreciate the ease with which specific cars can be researched. Choice 2005 Well organized and provides an abundance of data in both written and pictorial form. -- Efstathios I. Pappas Industrial Archaeology 2004 The product of years of meticulous research... Subway and train enthusiasts, students of New York City history, and specialists in the history of technology will appreciate this updated and authoritative reference work. NJ News 2010
