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Re: subway info?
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 1 Mar 2001 02:54:22 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jonathan Wilson writes:
> > Other than that, I can only suggest doing a web search for pics. If I think
> > about it sometime soon, I can snap off a few pics of the 1-9 line and the
> > 2-3, maybe the D-Q...all the ones I use.
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> I mainly just need a few photos of a "typical" nyc subway car and any photos of
> stations. Details of what sort of things you find in stations (what shops
> and/or vending machines) would be usefull.
The nycsubway.org site (sp?) given earlier has all that info and then some.
If anything it has TOO MUCH info. Fascinating reading though.
NYC stations are pretty barren, people don't dawdle around, and machines
would get vandalized/robbed. Just grime and tile walls and steel bars. Some
station hallways (on the way to the gates) have small shops but not nearly
as many as London. (or Sydney, for that matter... some Sydney stations you
can tell were architected to try to look like Underground stations, right
down to the badging.)
If your NYC station is of any size make sure you have a busker or two, and
maybe a legless panhandler.
++Lar
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| Actually, if your station is supposed to date from the current "Reign of King Giuliani," all of the legless panhandlers have been whisked away somewhere. I haven't seen one sitting in a station since 1997. The panhandlers who can stand up do still (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I haven't been in the NYC subways enough to know, but there sure is some interesting stuff in Boston's T stations. Some inspirations I would take from the T: - Track leading off into dark tunnel to nowhere - Old traction equipment which is (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I mainly just need a few photos of a "typical" nyc subway car and any photos of stations. Details of what sort of things you find in stations (what shops and/or vending machines) would be usefull. (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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