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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Went to @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social Parade of Trains today! Getting to ride 120+ year old trains is always remarkable. Will be posting pictures from the weekend periodically, but come out tomorrow! This is one of the best experiences you can have on the subway, don't miss out! #trains #photography

A dark/powder blue NYTM parade of trains poster advertising the dates (June 6-7), times (11am-4pm) and stops (Kings Highway and Brighton Beach B/Q station). It also features a QR code to the NYTM website with more information on the trains. In the background is the brown BU standard card #2391

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

This has to be the quietest nostalgia train ride I've ever had! Empty seats, really does feel more like an average subway ride now

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Really sad to hear that the last Holiday Train won't run tomorrow, every week feels like a new adventure on the train. Walking down the platform at 2nd Avenue, you see the wildest things! I never know what to expect people go all out for the ride. #trains #photography

A group of men dressed in vintage US military outfits outside the holiday nostalgia train. They are mobbed by a crowd and photographers taking their photo

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

An original sign that seemingly has been left untouched on the Holiday Nostalgia Train. This car was in service until the late 70's, therefore I imagine this sign is from around that time as well. More photos to come! #trains #photography

An old, faded sign of rules on the NYC subway. Seen on a porthole window the text is barely legible, "OBEY THE LAW DO NOT SMOKE or carry a lighted cigarette pipe or cigar on any station train trolley or bus. SPITTING OR THROWING papers or other litter on car or station floors is. Violation of sanitary code

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Wanted to post my favorite vintage subway ad that I saw last week. I'd never seen this one before, and I think we should bring it back for other parts of the city!

An advertisement from the holiday nostalgia train, formatted as "The Subway Sun". The main text reads "Normandy? No! Central Park! Go Subway" overlayed over a photo of the Central Park pond

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

This year, the MTA finally modernized its communications. Replacing signs to clearly show the route of the nostalgia train as well as tracking the train through the network!

96th street bound holiday nostalgia train using a token as a route icon

The newly made signage outside the holiday nostalgia train marking it as a train going from 96th st-2nd Ave to Houston-2nd Ave

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Quick little birthday post, trying to get more active again on here! But here's an M8 emerging from the Park Avenue tunnel while I take more photos! #trains #photography

A red and silver M8 exiting a tunnel into East Harlem. Seen through the fence on the side of park Avenue, the train passes on the leftmost track towards Connecticut

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Yesterday was Summerstreets and I ended up walking the length of the upper Manhattan portion including this view of the 1 train! My 8 mile walk was incredible, seeing a world where we prioritized people over cars The streets were quieter safer and created incredible spaces for community #photography

The view from 122nd street, as a 1 train descends into the tunnel beneath Broadway. A large group of bikes and pedestrians are on the street, with cones separating directions.

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 27/06/2025

"I’ve spent a lot of time on trains that were retired long before I was born, but this is the only event where I can experience my own lived era of train nostalgia." - @transit-scapes.bsky.social nygroove.nyc/transit-muse...

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The Transit Museum's 'Parade of Trains' is the best kind of time travel

The run of vintage trains is a sleeper hit event of the summer

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Very excited to announce my first photo essay! I had so many great photos and experiences from the Parade of Trains earlier in the month and I'm excited to share them with you all! Thanks to @nygroove.nyc for the opportunity to share this! nygroove.nyc/transit-muse...

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The Transit Museum's 'Parade of Trains' is the best kind of time travel

The run of vintage trains is a sleeper hit event of the summer

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I love the little side exit on the Pt Washington side that more or less leaves you in Nassau County!

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

My favorite trainset from the parade of trains. The BU Gate cars, built between 1903-1907. These cars are 120 years old and still running today! Being on a train this old is one of the most surreal experiences you can have riding the MTA #trains #photography

A dark red/brown wooden exterior of the BU Gate car traveling through Sheepshead Bay. The train is full of people with colorful shirts, with wide windows. "Brooklyn rapid transit" is painted on with gold text on the top of the car

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

A 1916 BMT Standard subway car pulling with people really enjoying the view out of the window! #trains #photography

A brown steel riveted 1916 BMT standard car with a person looking out the window towards the camera on the left hand side as the train pulls into the platform besides the yellow tactile strip

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I will be posting a LOT, I've got at least 100 photos I liked from this weekend so it'll trickle out over time. Stay tuned!

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Probably my one of my favorite photos I've ever taken! I love the texture of the R32, and was so glad to see its inclusion this weekend! HUGE thanks to @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social, this was my favorite event they've put on to date! #trains #photography

A ribbed exterior of an R32 car, on the left center are 3 rollsigns saying "57th st" "Brighton beach" and Q | Broadway express. Through a small window in the middle, two children sit on their knees looking out the window

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

First (of many) photo from today's Parade of Trains. The train pictured here is an R11/34 train built around 1949. This is one of the newer trains running, alongside a regular R46 Q which was built between 1975-78. While both are old, only one is considered nostalgic! #trains #photography

An R11/34 S special train arriving at Kings Highway alongside an R46 Q, and a photo line of fanatics capturing its arrival

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Some layered perspective on the new Queensboro Bridge walkway! #trains #photography

A 7 train passing into Queensboro Plaza on the upper level. With layers of the car lanes on the Queensboro on the left, the pedestrian walkway leading to the street in the middle and on the top side is the 7 train and a station house

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

It's so eerie seeing such a busy terminal this empty. Normally, these tracks are full of trains coming in and out but seeing it all sealed off it was surreal.

A view of the platforms on an angle from Hoboken station light peeks in through the window on the empty tracks in a seemingly infinite feeling

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Traveled out to Hoboken on the last day of the NJT strike. Been a tough year for Hoboken passengers, first the PATH closure now this. But there is a return to normal as these photos show. #trains #photography

A wide shot of an empty Hoboken station platform. Tracks sit empty and in the deep background there are several trains parked awaiting service

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Inwood is such a cool, layered area. I think there's very few times on the street when you can be this far up above the elevated subway! The 215th street stairs give a great view of the 1 train stop. #trains #photography

A wide shot of Broadway, with a brick tenement on either side of the frame. The 1 train stops at 215th street in the center of the frame, with large towers in the Bronx background

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Haven't been posting a lot lately, very busy but here's a cool shot of what you can see from the top of Stilwell Avenue! If you look closely, you can even see the skyline! #trains #photography

2 subway trains laying over at Coney Island, seen from an overhead perspective. With a skyline view of the Brooklyn area behind

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Another opening day photo, this time of the crowds filing out of the 1917 Low-V's. The Yankees fans always stand out amongst the crowd! #trains #photography

The green 1917 low V train is on the left hand side, under the canopy of the 161 street station Yankee fans in white pinstriped jerseys, like #2 are walking out of the train

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I got to hang out around Yankee Stadium today, rode the Low-V's but also stayed to see the train of many colors pull in! Only in New York can you get a view of a nearly 65 year old train running past a massive, modern MLB stadium with hundreds of fans cheering it on. #trains #photography

A blue "Redbird" style train signed as the green 4 to Utica Avenue arriving at Yankee stadium station, with the white stadium in the background

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

This is a unique perspective of the M train tracks crossing off road. Normally, elevated tracks follow the path of other roads in the area but here in Ridgewood, you can see how the train tracks split up the homes in the neighborhood. #trains #photography

An M train passes between two apartment buildings past Forest Avenue in ridgewood

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Went up to Bronxville yesterday, I've got a bunch of photos of the amazing 1916 station house, but I really like this photo of a train arriving at the station from the quite large parking lot. #trains #photography

A metro north M7 train arrived at crestwood. A spiked brown fence frames the blue and white train, an empty platform with a green shelter to its left and in the far background Spanish style buildings surround the station

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Got to spend a cold morning at Coney Island, and captured this Q train departing the station. I love the way the sun pokes through the solar paneled roof, makes for some cool shadows! #trains #photography

An overhead shot of an R46 Q train departing the large white solar panel roofed Stilwell Avenue station. A white structure made up of two right triangles frames the top of the train as it pulls away from frame out towards the boardwalk

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

My new story is up! It's a really interesting and unique bus route!

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Some construction beside the Arrows at Hoboken! I'm very glad that the PATH station is open again, makes this very pleasant terminal far less of an ordeal to get to! (though PATH did a great job with alternatives when they were running) #trains #photography

A piece of construction equipment with an American flag and "made in USA" text in front of an NJT arrow with 3 orange, purple and blue disco stripes beside an American flag

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Apologies for the lack of posting, been very busy. But I wanted to post this photo from the tiny NYC park, only accessible from the inbound platform at Riverdale! #trains #photography

On the left side, the Riverdale station with its overpass rises in shadows. A yellow light sunset illuminates trees, the George Washington bridge and the New York/New Jersey skyline in the background of the Hudson River r

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Forest Ave is a weird stop. Instead of being below a street, you can see it hangs over in somewhat of an awkward way over other homes. It has an exit on to a busy street, but as a result of the stations design it stacks passengers by the street, making the rest of it feel emptier #photography

A small garage and modern two floor house in front of the elevated Forest Avenue station in Queens. A standard elevated island platform but it does not have a street running below the station

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I wonder if people can fully understand what this station is, or what trains stop here. The entrance is very nondescript, and all the signage is vandalized! I imagine only people in the know would ever encounter this. #trains #photography

The entrance of Hunterspoint Avenue station, with all the signage vandalized including fare information and subway connections. The entrance has a small Hunterspoint Avenue sign faded from some graffiti, with a blue covered stairwell leading down to the platform from a treeless sidewalk

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The lights of a train as the sky gets darker is always a powerful contrast, but especially at a station as beautiful as Spuyten Duyvil! #trains #photography

A metro north M7 approaches Spuyten Duyvil station underneath the Henry Hudson Bridge. As the sun sets, the lights help illuminate the station

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The historic old turntable past Port Jervis station. I really like the overgrowth, I'm still in awe that this is technically commuting distance from New York City. It feels like a whole different world! #trains #photography

A bright blue photograph with the metal tracks of the old thrnable visible over layers of grass overgrowth with Ollie's thrift shop in the background

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

An extremely liminal waiting room at Forest Hills, it feels like a space that isn't inside a train station. The bench doesn't face the platform, and I will say this area had a distinct smell. But it was strikingly atmospheric. #trains #photography

A lone black hostile bench sits below three cylindrical rounded windows with square glazed glass. There is a contrasting light and dark as the space gets darker the further left of the shot

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The Myrtle Avenue line in Queens is such a unique ride. After the busy Myrtle-Wyckoff, the line gets a lot quieter. As we approach Seneca Avenue, the M goes down a narrow, entirely residential street. A staunch contrast to most streets below an elevated track! #trains #photography

A restaurant on the corner of a brick apartment building is in the shadow of the M train, with an R160 train passing by the building en route to Myrtle Wyckoff

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The intersection of a subway tunnel and public park space. #trains #photography

An R46 train passes into a tunnel from the Manhattan bridge on the left side, with a public plaza on the right side

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Buses, especially those in the outer boros will constantly be stuck in situations like this. Especially routes like the Q23 which make several turns in the part of its route in Forest Hills. It's a common occurrence that we have to make an effort to improve on. #trains #buses #photography

A Q23 bus struggles to turn on to Metropolitan Avenue, as it is surrounded by cars stuck in traffic

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Posting a throwback again, this shot feels very nostalgic for me. Maybe it's because I have a lot of childhood memories of waiting for the Trenton line here, or it's something with the lighting but this station is just such a cool vibe, I love taking the train from here! #trains #photography

A sign saying track 3 B to the left of an electric screen showing an advertisement. With the lights and empty platforms of Jefferson station in the background, natural daylight reflecting in it

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The end of the tracks at Hoboken station. I feel like this is a view you don't see that often it was fascinating to me to see how close the train was to the passengers, to peoples possessions and to the main station walkway itself. Trains here always feel further away than this. #trains #photography

The top half of an Arrow car, with its cab light on behind cabinets of equipment and an abandoned shopping cart. In the background, Hoboken station shops and people walk past the train

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Signage of the NYC commuter rail systems within the city itself can be spotty. I've got a couple photos to show this off but here's a good example of an old sign left in neglect at Hunterspoint Avenue. These lightly served stations within the city are often neglected. #trains #photography

An old faded sign attempting to point to the 7 train subway station beside Hunterspoint Avenue. It has been defaced repeatedly so that you can barely make out the 7 train symbol and only "sub" is visible in text covered over by paint and a sticker for weed delivery

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

The Myrtle-Wyckoff station complex is really unique. This open air gated fence connects the elevated M train platform to the main station house, and the underground L train platform. It is a key connection in the middle of a bustling neighborhood! #trains #photography

The left hand building has orange stripped line tiles, glazed glass and a concrete bottom with glazed glass windows and graffiti. In the middle there is a metal barred passage with people able to pass through it to reach the elevated platform on Myrtle Avenue

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Thinking about Cleveland again, the Airport station is so well integrated into Hopkins Airport it even has a runway as you're walking to the station! #trains #photography

A round skylight with a red strip of light surrounding it above a model airplane with a painted runway. As well as a sign celebrating a 50 year anniversary of the Cleveland RTA, and in the far left corner is the RTA red line platform

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I do like when art and transit photography can intersect. I think it's something New York City does very well in general, where art is public and accessible in areas where you otherwise wouldn't expect art. Even right above a train yard! #trains #photography

an origami style sculpture with folded pieces, black drawings of eyes and shapes and a blue outline on white paper appearing material with the LIRR west side yard and Hudson yards skyline in the background

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

A remarkably modern Wawa in Princeton, not just because of the building but because of the ample bike parking and electric transit! #trains #photography

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Looking at the unique RailLink bus service waiting for passengers at Riverdale. Having walked up to the residential areas from this station, it's a very step sidewalk minimal walk so this bus is very obviously needed and widely used by the community! #trains #photography

A blue house shaped sculpture in the foreground,L with a white and green RailLink bus in the background of a modern station facade and awning

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Nothing says the 47M more than squeezing between a truck and produce!

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Last nights blissful sunset at bliss street. These Queens Blvd elevated stations have really cool designs, very unique for elevated stations and adds a lot to the charm of the surrounding neighborhood too! #trains #photography

An R188 7 train arriving into 46th street-Bliss st station. With a slight sunset vibe, the yellow fluorescent lights lining up with the 7 train. The skyline of the city is in the background, as a line of glazed windows decorate the station

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Transit Landscapes @transit-scapes.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Peeking through the holes of the Manhattan Bridge, you'll sometimes get a view of the skyline beyond or maybe just another R68. Who knows! #trains #photography

A shot through a chain link fence, with a train centered in the middle chain, as well as the bridges structures, graffiti and sunlight hitting the white columns

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