![]() Peter Dougherty, railroad enthusiast and author of “Tracks of the New York City Subway 2021,” which maps its 691 track miles, 472 stations and 2,000 track switches in microscopic detail. Yard and route-connection maps that resemble microchip patterns, and technical jargon about CBTC signals are not for casual readers who might hope to learn which movies were shot at which stations (although they’re mentioned here and there). For example, I never give precise location of emergency exits or power installations.”īe warned: “Tracks” is not a beach read. The MTA feared it could somehow aid terrorists. He says he was careful not to include anything “that could cause harm. The book isn’t authorized by the MTA, although, “They sold it in their stores until 9/11,” Dougherty said. “Tracks” should enthrall the growing number of riders who are returning to the subways - 2.5 million in a single day last month, far below pre-pandemic totals of 5.5 million but inching up every week from the 385,000 total in April 2020 and expected to soar after Labor Day. If you thought signals were as simple as red, yellow and green, wait until you see. The 2021 edition of his challenging but awe-inspiring book, “ Tracks of the New York City Subway,” maps its 691 track miles, 472 stations (the most of any system in the world) and 2,000 track switches in microscopic detail. So self-effacing that he’s never previously been photographed in the media, he might know more about the system than anyone outside the MTA - perhaps more than anyone inside it. The unfathomably complex labyrinth of the New York City Subway is largely a mystery to riders beyond the few stations and routes they use every day.īut its sprawling tentacles - subterranean, open-air and elevated - are as clear as a sunlit pond to Peter Dougherty, 60, an amateur railroad enthusiast who’s been something of a mystery himself. Wild storm floods crowded NYC subway car, topples trees in ‘microburst’ of 70-mph winds ![]() ![]() New NYPD pickpocket unit warns elderly women, moms with kids among perps to watch out for Restore ‘Broken Windows’ policing to close the window on crime 2 people struck by NYC subway trains, including one fatally, within 30 minutes
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