#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1904, New York City’s first rapid transit subway, the Interborough Rapid Transit subway opened with 28 stations along a 9.1-mile line extending from City Hall to 145th Street. The four-track line ran under Park Avenue South to Grand Central, across 42nd Street to Times Square, and up Broadway to 145th Street. This #NYTMCollection archival video, shot just months after the subway opened, shows a train pulling into 14 St Station and continuing uptown. From those earl

This clip comes from “Rapid Transit,” a 1949 informational film in the #NYTMCollection. Produced by the NY Board of Transportation, “Rapid Transit” shows subway and elevated train operations and. is part of our Joseph Columbo Collection of industry-produced training and publicity films about electric railroading. This portion of the film shows a motorman readying a Lo-V train for its route. | New York Transit Museum

The legacy of the Underground Railroad is part of western Massachusetts history. We're getting answers from experts on when it started and who were the key players involved: tonight at 6 p.m. on ABC40 | Western Mass News