Subway Car Roll Sign

Vintage chicago transit train front destination roll sign congress milwaukee.

Subway car roll sign.

Condition as shown in photos. Subwayal offers a variety of antique transportation items including original mint copies of the famous 1972 new york subway map by massimo vignelli and an assortment of vellum roll sign sections from retired new york subway cars. List of new york city subway lines. Vintage new york subway train low v metal destination sign 7th avenue express.

One for the a division numbered routes the other for the b division lettered routes. Bmt multi section car. May be suitable for framing. All a division equipment is approximately 8 feet 9 inches 2 67 m wide.

When the new york city subway system opened on october 27 1904 each station was delineated with a mosaic tile identification sign. R 27 side route sign sign set set one reading inside or outside click on it the other sign will jump to the same reading. But to find some of the most beautiful signs those that combine art and function and also speak of a rich storied history visitors go underground to the subway. The actual rollsign has the inside readings upsidedown and above the outside reading.

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Please note some wear damage on parts of the roll as can be seen in photos. Ny nyc subway roll sign r40 side nycta 2001 end line small urban transit display. Original new york subway car destination roll sign section. Vintage new york subway car number board plate sign bmt q car 1620 b.

The letters p t u x and y can also be seen on r32 side rollsigns as a black letter inside a white circle. The letters h k and v can be seen on the rollsigns of the older subway cars with colors paired to the last primary trunk line they were assigned to. Along with its outgoing fleet of buses and subway cars transit has station signs and fixtures vintage tokens and other collectibles such as handholds doors seating and destination signs from retired subway cars including the transit s historic redbirds brightliners r32 r38 r40 and r42 for sale 281 19 memorabilia. R 1 bmt division end route sign.

Free shipping on many items. Measures 22 3 4 inches wide by about 4 feet long. The system maintains two separate fleets of passenger cars.