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I don’t remember seeing this anywhere before?! Was it in a media release of some sort, or is it strictly internal concept art? It’s pretty cool either way. I approve. Seen via flickr.

Vancouver SkyTrain Bombardier ART MK-III #001. TransLink computer rendering of Bombardier ART Mark III train cars, in TransLink fleet colours. Likely addition to the SkyTrain fleet as this is the updated train model from Bombardier, superseding the Mark II design.

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Keep Your Eye on Prince Rupert (the Western Terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway), an advert for the Prince Rupert Land & Investing Co., from the back of Western Ho! Magazine, August 1907 (tweaked to black and white), seen on Archive.org.

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publictransitadventures:

So, you know about the week-old MTA official Arts for Transit Tumblr, right?

YOU DON’T???

I promise I will try not to reblog every entry. Oh yeah, and this new app: NYT

artsfortransit:

We are so excited that our entire art collection has been added to the Meridian App for Apple and Android mobile devices! Select a work of art, and the app provides still images, text information on the background, inspiration and significance of each work, and at selected stations, video and audio clips featuring its artists.

For the New York subway stations with wireless Internet connectivity, the app also provides turn-by-turn directions at select large stations to the precise locations of the art works. This indoor-navigation feature will continue to develop as the MTA adds cell and data service throughout the MTA network.

The app is built by Meridian Apps, a firm specializing in place-centered apps that offer spatial navigation for museums, convention halls, stadia and large stores. Using the app, subway customers can enjoy the same experience as museumgoers at some of the most prominent institutions around the world that have partnered with Meridian for special museum-specific apps, including the American Museum of Natural History.

Put this public NY art collection in the palm of your hand! (And finally find out more information about the little bronze guys in the 14th Street Station. You know the ones.)

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Going Underground by Martin Wilson. A photographic edition of 250, framed price £300; unframed price £150. Click the the work to see larger on his site. “I’m quite happy with what I got”

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The Railway Express Agency Historic Exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco 1939-40, covering transportation history from 1839-1940. I wish I could go. Postcard for sale on ebay. From wikipedia,

The Railway Express Agency (REA) was a national monopoly set up by the United States federal government in 1917. Rail express services provided small package and parcel transportation using the extant railroad infrastructure much as UPS functions today using the road system. The United States government was concerned about the rapid, safe movement of parcels, money, and goods during World War I and REA was its solution to this problem. REA ceased operations in 1975, when its business model ceased to be viable due to the construction of the interstate highway system making the UPS business model cost less to the customers.

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chrshrrs:

Brook Avenue

Moving reflections, yay.

(via publictransitadventures)

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Repairing Old Streetcars at Brookville

Three streetcars from the 1940s sit outside the Brookville Equipment Corporation in western Pennsylvania. The green car is owned by San Francisco. The other two are from Philadelphia and are now owned by Brookville. Photos by David Kidd

see the related photo gallery: Restored Streetcars Now Desirable

via Gordon Price

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(Source: supremacyphotography, via hopstop)

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legrandcirque:

Toni Frissell, England during the war—subway tunnel with bunk beds, London, 1940-1945.

Source: Library of Congress

(via thestilettocafe)

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