Soviet engineers envisioned a radical high-speed train that could have revolutionized transportation—a concrete monorail capable of reaching 300 km/h (190 mph). Unlike conventional railways, it would ...
who earned lower wages than conductors and motormen — the people who drive trains. “In the 1930s, transit workers were poorly paid,” said Joshua Freeman, a labor historian and retired ...
A new exhibit at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn, titled " Shining a Light on The Subway Sun: The art of Fred G. Cooper and Amelia Opdyke Jones ," brings the ad campaign's story to life. See a ...
A new art exhibit in Downtown Brooklyn shows that etiquette was often hard to come by on trains, even in the 1930s. "Shining a Light on The Subway Sun: The Art of Fred G. Cooper and Amelia Opdyke ...