NYC Subway Technology Goes Way Back...to the 1930s

Smithsonian: Neew York City’s subway is one of the oldest public transportation systems in the world: above-ground trains began operating in the late 1880s, and the underground section first started running in 1904. But the system itself isn't the only thing with a vintage pedigree — it turns out that the city's subways run on technology that’s almost as old, explains Rebecca Fishbein for Gothamist.

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