These silent home movies of the Brooklyn and New York City Rapid Transit system were shot by Artie Keyser in 1955-56. Timecodes listed correspond to screen timecodes.

00:00 TITLE

00:41 Elevated BMT railway in Brooklyn

01:46 Grade Grossing

05:23 Yard scenes

05:59 Ramp track, Riding the Brooklyn open window Gate Cars

12:06 A Train in underground station

16:02 Elevated tracks

18:02 Work equipment

22:49 Car 1249 open gate car

22:06 Work equipment

22:39 Car 1248

23:19 Brooklyn Open gate cars

23:35 Work train over draw bridge

23:50 Work equipment

24:50 Car 1642

25:00 Car Yard in Brooklyn

26:10 Open car no. 1309

26:49 Staten Island rapid transit cars

27:20 Car 504

27:35 Car 7007

28:00 Car 8017 Coney Island shops

28:05 Car 759 BMT Motor car

28:27 Train near Coney Island

28:41 The Mineola—August Belmont’s private car, built 1904, it was a fancy private subway car used by Mr Belmont, who financed the original NY subway system. Used until 1919, – the Shoreline Trolley Museum in East Haven, Ct.

32:17 Brooklyn PCC trolley scenes

33:41 over Belt Parkway near Coney Island

34:10 under elevated tracks

35:50 Car 1066

36:11 Open ended elevated Brooklyn cars

36:40 Following Brooklyn PCC

37:00 Sweeper 6, plow 69 and car 4550 all displayed for a group

39:35 PCC on loop track

40:04 PCC 1042 pulling out

41:00 PCC 1026

41:19 Rebuilding LIRR Line to Far Rockaway into NYTA A train line

42:51 Broad Channel Station construction

44:52 New drawbridge

47:23 work train

47:55 First run on rebuilt line

50:21 elevated track scene

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