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New York Transit Museum

April 23, 2023

New York Transit Museum2023-05-31T16:28:22-04:00
The entrance sign to the New York Transit Museum
Tools used by the men during the building of the tunnels
Transit used to survey the measure the angles left to right during the building of the subway
A replica of Court St. subway in the museum
This is the silver spade was used by Mayor Robert A. An Wyck and Banker A. Belmont to brake ground on new Rapid Transit subway.
These cars removed the debris from the blasting from the tunnels. This was done all by hand.
The use of dynamite to blast through the stone when making the subway was a dangerous job.
A replica of City Hall sign and wall from the early New York City subways
Two of the earliest turnstiles that were used in the subways in New York City
Turnstiles through the years, from the oldest to today's modern ones
This is 1908 Brooklyn Elevated car Q car, blue light with orange trim.
This is the oldest train in the museum. Made of wood and a steel frame. 1273 Brooklyn elevated car
This is the IRT Low Voltage Trailer train #4902
This is the inside of R-11 Prototype/R-34 Car 1949 train

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  • Annual New Year’s Eve trip 2026

    Dec.31, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
    (Activity Level 1: I'm a Chilling)

    Come celebrate the new year with your friends and family in Cape May, NJ. We will be staying at the beautiful Grand Hotel for two days of partying and dancing. If that’s not enough fun for you, how about some time in Atlantic City. We will toast the old year out and welcome the new year in, with an amazing surf & turf dinner in the Grand ballroom with the house band. Toast the new year in with champagne and continue dancing the night away. On January 1, 2026, “The Party Continues” with a 3 course dinner (select Braised short ribs or stuffed flounder),Then it’s Non-stop dancing and partying all night with the House Ban & Disc Jockey in the Penthouse Ballroom. On January 2nd, we will visit downtown Cape May before heading home. This trip fulls up quickly, so signup early. We will only take 25 traveler on this trip and the seats are going fast! If this sound fun, come join us!.

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  • Winter Getaway to the Caribbean

    April 11 - 19, 2026
    (Activity Level 2: Keep the Pace)

    Enjoy a 7 night/8 day cruise to the ABC islands in the Southern Caribbean.  We fly into Miami the day before and cruise on the Royal Caribbean's ship Independence of the Seas (Oceanview cabin) and stop in CocoCay-Bahamas, Falmouth-Jamaica, Grand Cayman-Cayman Islands & Cozumel-Mexico.  Come enjoy an amazing cruise with great friends!.

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