Chen's New York City Subway Page

The Lower Manhattan Skyline: Then and Now

F train leaving Smith-9th Sts on 12/31/97

F train leaving Smith-9 Sts on 9/30/01

All Photographed by Chao-Hwa Chen

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[image] What's Inside In My New York City Subway Homepage:

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[image] Why I Like New York City Subway So Much

I lived in the Bronx when I was a boy. My family lived near the Burnside Ave station. I liked to hear and watch the #4 trains running back and forth. Sometimes I stood at the front ends of a #4 train, or an R32 D train, and was amazed at the complexity of the subway system. Thereafter I began to love the New York City Subway system, especially wanted to know the location, elevation, and crossings of the tracks. Since I was too young to travel alone, most of my childhood memeories are on Lexington Avenue line (4,5,6), Flushing line (7), Broadway line (N,RR), and Central Park West line (A,AA,D) on weekends.

One time I wanted to board a #5 train. My parents said it could not take us home. But I boarded it anyway. I saw myself dragged out of the #5 train by my dad. You can see I was already crazy about the NYC Subway at a very young age!

I was back to Taiwan when I was 7 and a half years old. It is very tough for a young child not to see what he likes most. Sometimes I draw the World's Fair cars on the Flushing line. Sometimes I picked up the old subway maps trying to pick up my memories about the NYC Subway, although I nearly forgot how to speak English. Seventeen years later, I was back to the U.S. When I boarded an R32 E train at World Trade Center on August 10, 1992, that was the first time I boarded an NYC Subway train since our family moved back to Taiwan. Anybody could not wipe away my smile.

Taking the advantage of studying in the University of Maryland, I have a lot of opportunities to get in touch with NYC Subway. Not only do I ride all the routes and from terminal to terminal, but also take photos and video tapes in the whole subway system, attend tours hosted by either New York Transit Museum or Electric Railroaders' Association, and even collect old subway maps via eBay or railroadiana shows. I feel that I am in cloud nine! Because of my love of NYC Subway, I create this webpage totally devoted to the NYC Subway system.

In this webpage, you can not only access some of the good sites about the NYC Subway, but also see the NYC Subway pictures I have taken since July 1995. So enjoy your trip to my website!

Last Revised: March 5, 2003

[image] My Collection of NYC Subway Photoes

These photos are copyright 1995-97 by Chao-Hwa Chen. All rights reserved.

[image] My Writings about the NYC Subway (Chinese Big-5 Only)

I have written a lot of articles about the subway. All are written in Chinese. Hope you can understand why I am crazy about New York City Subway. Sorry for those who don't understand Chinese. I wrote those articles to let the people in Taiwan know more about the beauty of the New York City Subway. It is very hard to translate back to English.

I have translated the article, Brief History of NYC Subway, into English. If I have time, I will try to translate more articles into English.

About NYC Subway Talk #10 , I add several links such that you can know the subway car models with the photos.

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