These #NYTMCollection photographs show views of the Fifth Avenue Elevated Line during its early era of steam locomotives and later years in service.

These #NYTMCollection photographs shows the last day of service on the Myrtle Avenue El including emotional passengers gathered for the send-off.

This #NYTMCollection photo shows an EE train in 1976. Originally, the EE ran via the Eighth Avenue local between Forest Hills-71 Av (known then as 71st–Continental Avenues station) and Chambers Street during off peak hours. This service was discontinued in 1940.

🪧 Taken #OnThisDay in 1969, these #NYTMCollection images show protestors making a last-ditch effort to keep the Myrtle Avenue Elevated Line open. Slated to end service three days later, “Old Myrt” as it was known, was beloved by many.

#ThenAndNow: This #NYTMCollection photograph shows the corner of Church Avenue and McDonald Avenue in #Brooklyn in 1956. The tracks and overhead catenary for the Church Avenue Line and McDonald Avenue Line are both visible, as is PCC trolley car 1002 traveling on the Church Avenue Line.

ICYMI: Bus 303 is a 1918 wooden bodied, open-top double decker bus. It made its debut at this year's Bus Festival after three years of meticulous restoration by the dedicated MTA Vintage Fleet Services team. Bus 303 is now the oldest bus in the #NYTMcollection!

This 1976 #NYTMCollection photograph from the Ralph Curico Collection shows a view of the former 168 Street station on the BMT Jamaica Line in #Queens one year before the station closed for good.

#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1964, the R32s officially entered service in the #NYCsubway system, beginning on the Brighton Line. This #NYTMCollection photograph from 1970 shows an R32 #NYCsubway train on the northbound platform of the Avenue J station in Midwood, Brooklyn.

#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1932, the IND Eighth Avenue Line opened as the first line of the new city-owned Independent Subway System. These #NYTMCollection photographs show R1 cars being delivered to the 207th Street Yard in June of 1931 for eventual service on the A line.

These #NYTMCollection images from 1917 show trolley employees for Brooklyn Rapid Transit learning important trolley operation skills at the 58th Street Depot Training School in #Brooklyn.

This 1976 #NYTMCollection photograph from the Ralph Curico Collection shows a view of the former 168 Street station on the BMT Jamaica Line in #Queens one year before the station closed for good.

🚌 Restored and ready for its #BusFestival debut, Bus 303 is secret no. 30.

Welcome to the #NYTMCollection, Bus 303! This 1918 wooden-bodied, open-top double-decker bus is now our newest (and oldest) bus. It was restored by a dedicated team of body maintainers at @MTA.info New York City Transit.

These #NYTMCollection images show:

📸 The hospital lock designated for laborers working on the tunnel for the BMT Canarsie Line at 14th Street and Avenue D. 1917, by Granville Pullis.

These photographs from the #NYTMCollection show some of the hard work that went into transit in #NYC over the years.

#ParkSlope 115 years ago! Taken in 1910, this #NYTMCollection cyanotype photograph shows Fourth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets in Park Slope / #Gowanus, #Brooklyn during the construction of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line (today’s R train).

📺 This 1989 TV commercial from the #NYTMCollection was one of a series called “The Subway. We're Coming Back, So You Come Back!” The slate of @MTA.info ads touted the revitalization of the transit system and featured real New Yorkers talking about the improvements they had noticed so far.