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NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY INFORMATION
The New York City Subway System at the JoeKorNer The JoeKorNer hosted by NYSR Staten Island Ferry - Joe's photos The Staten Island Ferry - an unofficial web site Staten Island Ferry NYC DOT web page Official MTA Web Site..................MTA Capital Programs Tri-State Transportation Campaign Mobilizing the Region News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. Updated daily, Monday-Friday. The MTA Fuels the Upstate Economy, Too The Argument for the Ravitch Plan to aid the MTA finances Manhattan Address Finder Metrocard Bonus Calculator Use the calculator to show how much to put a Metrocard to get it to an even number of trips. The JoeKorNer is NOT responsible for any loss due to errors on the above link, nor changes to the fares indicated. The Political Section The full political section has moved New York Subway Resources Photo Rules The rules for taking photographs on various transit systems with some commentary Please send updates to me for other cities and revisions. Nailed 'Em - Amtrak Photographer Colbert Nation report Radio Interview with Joe Korman on WNYC (8/98) Hear it 1.8MB Read it A second Radio Interview with Joe Korman on WNYC was done on 5/14/2007. This one was live on the Brian Lehrer Show at 11:55AM. Here's the link to the show's page and scroll down and click on the Listen button. or click this link to hear it directly (this may not work on some browsers).
SUBWAYS, RAILROADS, & TRAINS
Transit & Rail Web Page Links Metro NY Transit Information Commercial Railroad Sites Purchase Railroadianna Railroad Stories and information Joe's Transit and Rail Album Joe's Transit Movies Railfan WEB Sites Other RR and Transit information Mainline Railroad WEB Sites Other Transit WEB Sites Transit & Rail Museums and model RR associations BAHN Layoutsbuilt by Joe	Transit & Rail Paper & Hardware Dining Car Menus Headrest Covers NYC Transit Brochures Transit Magazine Articles from the 1950's employee magazine NYC Transit Subway Sun & Notices Subway & Railroad Badges BMT Conductor Rules - 1924
Fares Please Railroad Ticket Forms Transfers Tokens & Metrocards Fare Signs - Ah, the good old days.	NYC Subway Car Information Roll Signs Subway Handles Subway Keys Car Assignments beginning with mid 1998 NYC Subway Cars
NYC Subway Stations & Lines Subway Line Names IND History Marker Lights Station List - All Time Subway station list including opening and closing dates! BMT Lines If the all time station lists are too big, you can see the summary of Line segments opening dates here by division. IND Lines IRT Lines Paul Shaw's Helvetica and the New York City Subway. There is a commonly held belief that Helvetica is the signage typeface of the New York City subway system, a belief reinforced by Helvetica, Gary Hustwit’s popular 2007 documentary about the typeface. But it is not true—or rather, it is only somewhat true. Helvetica is the official typeface of the MTA today, but it was not the typeface specified by Unimark International when it created a new signage system at the end of the 1960s.	Looking Out the Front Signals Signs Chaining Joe's NYCT Movies - 1970's D-Type Fantrip - Franklin-Brighton-West End BMT-IND Culver - R-1 and B-types Lo-V Fantrip - 3rd Ave El D-Types-Culver shuttle SOAC train on Brighton Line Fred Pohl Photos Historic & Current Photo Albums City and Red Arrow trolley and some P&W Bullets in a variety of paint jobs. Plus various modern systems.
Other Photo Pages The Brooklyn Trolley photos - D.W. Harold Trolley photos from Brooklyn in the 40's and 50's DC Transit and Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Bill Armstrong photos The Larry Berke Page Postcards and photos in memory of a good friend The Trolley & Elevated photos The Late Francis J. Goldsmith was kind enough to allow me to make prints of his 1940's era photos of various NY City transit items.	PRR 100 Year Booklet Signal pages from the 1956 PRR and 1956 NYC 1956 NYNH&H and 1968 Penn Central Rule Books Pullman Company Car layouts and accommodations Union Stations Cincinnati & Washington
Colorblind Pages Many of my friends know that I am colorblind. Most people think this means I can only see in black and white. This is not true. I have located a number of pages that explain what colorblind means, how one is colorblind, and what types of color-blindedness there are. There are also a number of on line tests you can take. Terrace L. Waggoner, O.D. Simon's Colorblind page more links Not quite colorblind, but I call it revenge And here is a color test

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Science Fiction
Man Conquers Space	This film is based on an alternative timeline to the Mercury-Gemini-Apollo era of reality - it is based on the premise that all that had been proposed in the early 1950's in Colliers actually came to pass - and sooner than they expected.
	I'm Captain James T. Kirk, who are you in Star Trek? OK, here it is, I saw Star Trek - the Re-Boot. It was very well done, with the characters prety much on target to what we have come to expect. However, there is much that is different from what's been on the screen. Read my commentary here, but be aware of spoilers, don't read it if you haven't seen the movie.
	My thoughts on the rise and fall of Battlestar Galatica with information about the end of the series. My attempt to put a Timeline to the BSG Story. Life on Mars had a great ending! Top Ten reasons for watching Battlestar Galactica as seen on the The Late Show with David Letterman 3/19/2008 Great fun! But, do some of us have too much time on our hands? Battlestar TREK - Kirk/Adama/Klingons/Cylons etc. etc. Star Trek Wars - Picard vs. Darth Vader The newest agency to come under the MTA Who-Trek

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Baseball Links
	Project ALS Yankees 2009 Season Yankees 2009 Preview Yankees Late News, looking for a better 2009! Photos from the original Yankee Stadium - Taken at the last game, September 30, 1973. Additional photos of the exterior of the stadium added September 13, 2008 taken in July 2008. And speaking of the new stadium, MARTYMAN thinks it's a curse. Read what he thinks. Yankees Mets Comparison Yankees Red Sox Comparison There is NO truth to the rumor that President Obama has asked the Steelers and Yankees to evenly distribute their respective Super Bowl and World Series trophies to other less fortunate teams! Baseball Quiz now 15 questions
World Series Last Wins Each major league team listed by: World Series Last Win Teams that never won or played World Series Last Appearance Teams that never played

THE OTHER THINGS
Programs and Tips - Computer programming (MS Visual Basic) JoeKorNer Web Site Service Music and Art Sites Other web sites of interest Random Thoughts from the JoeKorNer this may be the major indication that I have too much time on my hands!	Palindromes and other word oddities Web Search Pages The JoeKorNer Visitor Center E-mail Joe, Register this page with ChangeDetect, Sign the Guest book Here is a list of old friends that I'm looking for. Gold Star Mothers

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Brooklyn Tech Grads . . .
		Brooklyn Tech - the best of New York!Brooklyn Tech The NEW Official WWW Page BTHS_ Yahoo Group over 600 strong (yeah we were 6,000 strong in 1966!) BTHS Alumni Association ................BTHS 85th Anniversary Gala Journal - PDF format Class of 1966 Joe's photo page from the 40th reunion - with additional photos by Gabe Rothauser and John Catsimatidis Joe at his old post West Center main entrance BTHS-Class of '66 Memories a 4MB PDF file Download Adobe reader. BTHS_Class Of 1966 Yahoo Group
. . . Build things that work!

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The Subway and Rail Quizes

So, you think you know your way around the New York City subway system? Here are three quizzes designed to test your knowledge.

The scores for all of the quizes have been moved to The Quiz Page links.

Take the New York City Subway Quiz

Don Johnson tied Michael594 at 90% on 11/12/2004 as the high scorer in the original subway quiz! Michael was at the top of the heap since 5/22/1997.
(Effective 8/18/2002 only scores above 80 will be posted)
12/16/2007 - An honorable mention goes to UNKNOWN, who got all of the answers wrong, but admitted that they were looking for a quiz about SUBWAY RESTAURANTS!

Take the New York Area Bridge & Tunnel Quiz

On June 18, 1999 Sanford Gardner - 109%knocked off Peter Cafiero and Hank Eisenstein as high scorer on the B&T quiz. Hank had been on top since June 5, 1997 and Peter joined him on March 26, 1998.
(Effective 5/3/2005 only scores above 85 will be posted)

Take the New York Area Rail and Transit Quiz

On November 21,1999, Morris J. Shlyaf - 73%dethroned Conrad Misek - 66% who held the top spot since November 20,1999 - the shortest time on top!

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