Interior N.Y. subway, 14th St. to 42nd St. 1905

The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially constructed work car on a parallel track. At the time of filming, the subway was only seven months old, having opened on October 27, 1904. The ride begins at 14th Street (Union Square) following the route of today's east side IRT, and ends at the old Grand Central Station, built by Cornelius Vanderbuilt in 1869. The Grand Central Station in use today was not completed until 1913.

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[newyorkernut3]

Thanks a lot ,I am old enough to remember paying 5 cents for a ride on the IRT .

Of course at the turn of this century NYC is

being torn down and rebuilt to look like

modern Toronto or some such city,No more

charm.Phooey!

[Narragansett55]

Totally agree newyorkernut3. When I see buildings like the Singer Building and others being knocked down for steel and glass atrocities, I know you're right.

[Tracymmo]

More like, wonder what NYC was like without racist idiots with Internet access.

Blacks were part of NYC from the beginning, idiot. They made up something like 1/4 of the early colony's population.

[Narragansett55]

Got rid of that racist fool's comment.

[NatyZ]

Imagine what NYC would be without the great Trains

[epparixey2]

Union Square today is the noisiest station in the entire system, because of the sharp turns to get both in and out of the station. I wonder how noisy it was back then. The first station the train passes is 18th Street, which has been closed since the 1940's but can still be seen by passing 6 trains. The local stations on the IRT were built to accommodate three-car trains, and were only lengthened years later, so some of them have modern motifs at the ends and original motifs in the middle.

[kyatisback12]

"Lighting is provided by a specially constructed work car on a parallel track." Serious? Wha that? :O

[Surfer041]

This was the 3rd year of the world series, simplay amazing!

[RedRiverDreams]

everything was so newwwwwwww!!!!

god, how cool would it be to go back in time and ride the train?

to see and hear how people talked, dressed, acted?

how they felt about the train... were some in awe of the technology and other already ho hum about it all? were people polite? or rude & nasty like today?

were able-bodied men giving the homeless song & dance? did big fat hateful looking women take up all the room & get "all up in your face" if you tried to sit down?

hmmmm. kinda doubt it

[WAKEUPshift111]

This is so impressive... technology way ahead of its time!

[tryithere]

It was probably a local station or a pass bye. At :53-54, looks like someone waiting there in the shadow.

[jsimone1320]

nothing special there now trust me just dirt and a lovely smell of piss what a shame

[parejopinto]

ok thanx

[ekhazam]

yes, it was an abandoned station, it was the 18th street station on the 6 train, which is currently abandoned, and its been closed since the 1940s or 1950s.

[parejopinto]

that is sad... because the history and standing timelines are being destroyed... but 0:52 was that an abandoned station?

[alleyforever]

I would like to see new york city someday .