{"id":298269,"date":"2021-07-14T02:14:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T23:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/train-fanatic-reveals-secrets-of-the-nyc-subway-system\/"},"modified":"2021-07-14T02:14:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T23:14:16","slug":"train-fanatic-reveals-secrets-of-the-nyc-subway-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/train-fanatic-reveals-secrets-of-the-nyc-subway-system\/","title":{"rendered":"#Train fanatic reveals secrets of the NYC Subway system"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b764719b41\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b764719b41\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/train-fanatic-reveals-secrets-of-the-nyc-subway-system\/#Track_facts_Gems_and_details_about_the_railways_inner_workings\" >Track facts: Gems and details about the railway\u2019s inner workings<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Train fanatic reveals secrets of the NYC Subway system<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The\u00a0unfathomably complex\u00a0labyrinth of the New York City Subway is largely a mystery\u00a0to riders beyond the few stations and routes they\u00a0use every day.<\/p>\n<p>But its sprawling tentacles \u2014 subterranean, open-air and elevated \u2014 are as clear as a sunlit pond to Peter Dougherty, 60, an amateur railroad enthusiast who\u2019s been something of a mystery himself.<\/p>\n<p>So self-effacing that he\u2019s never previously been photographed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>, he might know more about the system than anyone outside the MTA \u2014\u00a0perhaps more than anyone inside it.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 edition of his challenging but awe-inspiring book,\u00a0\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tracks-New-York-City-subway\/dp\/B0006RWBNQ?tag=nypost-20\">Tracks of the New York City Subway<\/a>,\u201d maps its 691 track miles, 472 stations (the most of any system in the world) and 2,000 track switches in microscopic detail. If you thought signals were as simple as red, yellow and green, wait until you see Page 113.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTracks\u201d\u00a0should enthrall the growing number of riders who are returning to the subways \u2014 2.5 million in a single day last month, far below pre-pandemic totals of 5.5 million but inching up every week from the 385,000 total in April 2020 and expected to soar after Labor Day. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The book isn\u2019t authorized by the MTA, although, \u201cThey sold it in their stores until 9\/11,\u201d Dougherty said. The MTA feared it could somehow aid terrorists.\u00a0He says he was careful not to include anything \u201cthat could cause harm. For example, I never give precise location of emergency exits or power installations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Be warned:\u00a0\u201cTracks\u201d is not a beach read. Yard and route-connection maps that resemble microchip patterns, and technical jargon about CBTC signals\u00a0are not for casual readers who might hope to learn which <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> were shot at which stations (although they\u2019re mentioned here and there).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Peter Dougherty, railroad enthusiast and author of \u201cTracks of the New York City Subway 2021,\u201d which maps its 691 track miles, 472 stations (the most of any system in the world) and 2,000 track switches in microscopic detail.\" class=\"wp-image-18804314 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/peter-dougherty-book.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/peter-dougherty-book.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/peter-dougherty-book.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/peter-dougherty-book.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/peter-dougherty-book.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Peter Dougherty, railroad enthusiast and author of \u201cTracks of the New York City Subway 2021,\u201d which maps its 691 track miles, 472 stations and 2,000 track switches in microscopic detail.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Peter Dougherty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy target audience is people who are fascinated by the subway system\u2019s inner workings,\u201d Dougherty said. \u201cThe same person stands on a platform every day and notices there are signals at the end. They see that the train always goes to the left, not to the right. I was fascinated by this, too.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0160 spiral-bound pages left me with a sense of wonder for the subway\u2019s myriad expansions and contractions over more than a century, many of them forgotten in the mist of time. I came away feeling that the system might be the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le\u2019s greatest landmark, even if it isn\u2019t as scenic as Central Park or the Brooklyn Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Dougherty, who now lives in northern New Jersey, met us inside the Herald Square station. He pointed out a score of obscure vital safety features. Those little yellow thingies on tracks are \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> arms.\u201d They pop up to activate air brakes on the rare occasion that a train crosses a red signal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trip arm enforces a red signal,\u201d he explained. \u201cThe arm would raise up at an angle. There\u2019s a white valve at the front of the train. When the yellow paint comes in touch with the white, it leaves a telltale mark, which would tell the inspector that somebody went through a red light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dougherty said the book\u2019s exquisitely intricate maps and graphics are\u00a0\u201cbased on what anyone can see looking out the window of a train, by observation on a platform, from street level, or using online mapping resources\u201d as well as public maps and transit-related Web sites.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s gotten harder over the years. \u201cWhen I started years ago, I could look out front windows of trains to verify things\u201d \u2014 but very few trains today still have single-pane front windows. Dougherty first \u201cgot into rail-fanning as a young man in Montreal. I was absolutely amazed you could run a train under the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad said, \u2018You like the Montreal M\u00e9tro? I\u2019m going to New York on business. You can come.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Intricate maps and graphics of the subway system featured in Peter Doherty's &quot;Tracks of the New York City Subway 2021.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-18803683 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/train-tracks.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/train-tracks.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/train-tracks.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/train-tracks.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/train-tracks.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Intricate maps and graphics of the subway system featured in Peter Doherty\u2019s \u201cTracks of the New York City Subway 2021.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of the publisher<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1975, Dougherty was here doing a high school project on urban transportation. A breakthrough moment came when he asked the New York City Transit Authority for a map of the system. \u201cI got this envelope with a treasure trove of maps,\u201d he recalled gleefully. Among them was a 4-by-12-foot system map from 1940 but updated to November 1967.<\/p>\n<p>Still, he didn\u2019t actually get on a train \u2014 what was then called the CC at Eighth Avenue and West 50th <sup>S<\/sup>treet \u2014 until a year later, when graffiti and\u00a0crime reflected the system\u2019s decay. \u201cThe condition of the system in the \u201970s was more intriguing to me than disturbing, since the Montreal M\u00e9tro system was new and spotlessly clean,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He began working on his first book in 1995 and self-published it in 1997.\u00a0He\u2019s updated it every year since then, incorporating an ever-swelling font of knowledge gleaned from the MTA\u2019s own manuals and postings, discoveries by an army of bloggers, Google Earth and his own acute\u00a0powers of observation.<\/p>\n<p>He sells only a few hundred copies each year. But his followers always want more.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve been working on next year\u2019s book since February,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Print edition, $54.95; digital PDF, $29.95 at\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nyctrackbook.com\/current-edition\">NYCTrackBook.com\/current-edition<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Track_facts_Gems_and_details_about_the_railways_inner_workings\"><\/span>Track facts: Gems and details about the railway\u2019s inner workings <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"The elevated train that went over the Brooklyn Bridge photographed in 1895.\" class=\"wp-image-18802884 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/brooklyn-bridge-train-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/brooklyn-bridge-train-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/brooklyn-bridge-train-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/brooklyn-bridge-train-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/brooklyn-bridge-train-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The elevated train that went over the Brooklyn Bridge photographed in 1895.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trains ran on the Brooklyn Bridge until March 5, 1944.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"The abandoned Bowery subway station, one of hundreds.\" class=\"wp-image-18802909 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/abandoned-subway-station-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/abandoned-subway-station-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/abandoned-subway-station-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/abandoned-subway-station-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/abandoned-subway-station-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The abandoned Bowery subway station, one of hundreds.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Tamara Beckwith\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to the famous, long-closed City Hall station on the No. 6 line, the system has at least 30 abandoned stations and platforms. I wondered if I only imagined a lower-level platform for the F express at Bergen Street in Brooklyn in the 1970s \u2013 until I found it on Page xxxviii.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Union Square subway station line.\" class=\"wp-image-18802896 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/union-square-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/union-square-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/union-square-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/union-square-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/union-square-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Union Square subway station line also has a walled-off and abandoned track.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Look closely at the far side of the No. 6 downtown track at the Union Square station. You\u2019ll see the edge of a platform that was once used for an additional track until both were walled off, possibly as early as 1910.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Photo of the NYC Subway's garbage train.\" class=\"wp-image-18802900 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/yellow-garbage-train.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/yellow-garbage-train.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/yellow-garbage-train.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/yellow-garbage-train.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/yellow-garbage-train.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Refuse from the garbage train goes to three locations in The Bronx.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The yellow garbage trains you see late at night will dump the refuse\u00a0at 207th Street, 239th Street and Corona Yard.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>Blue lights along the track mark the locations of devices that can briefly turn off traction current from the third rail during emergencies. But the power returns after a very short time.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Masstransiscope, a 228-panel, hand-painted installation\" class=\"wp-image-18802893 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/rotoscopic-art-subway.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/rotoscopic-art-subway.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/rotoscopic-art-subway.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/rotoscopic-art-subway.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/rotoscopic-art-subway.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Train riders can glimpse Masstransiscope, a 228-panel, hand-painted installation.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stefano Giovannini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ever wonder about those colored panels that flash by through the windows of the Manhattan-bound Q and N lines when the train leaves DeKalb Avenue? They\u2019re an exhibit known as Masstransiscope, a 228-panel, hand-painted installation viewed through slits in the wall of a long-abandoned Myrtle Avenue platform.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Vintage holiday subway car dating to the 1930s.\" class=\"wp-image-18802926 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/holiday-nostalgia-train-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/holiday-nostalgia-train-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/holiday-nostalgia-train-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/holiday-nostalgia-train-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/holiday-nostalgia-train-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>This vintage holiday subway car dates to the 1930s.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">RICHARD HARBUS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Those vintage \u201cnostalgia\u201d trains that run during the holiday season are maintained and stored for most of the year in the Coney Island Yard, one of the largest rail yards on the continent. More than 1,000 cars a week pass through the car washer on Track A16.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Brooklyn\u2019s Broadway Junction station complex\" class=\"wp-image-18802933 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/broadway-junction-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/broadway-junction-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/broadway-junction-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/broadway-junction-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/broadway-junction-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Brooklyn\u2019s Broadway Junction elevated station complex is the system\u2019s oldest.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Alamy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As amazing as Brooklyn\u2019s Broadway Junction station complex looks today \u2014 an Erector Set-like jumble of tracks in the sky \u2014 it\u2019s \u201cbut a shadow of its former glory,\u201d\u00a0writes Dougherty. 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