A retired revenue collection car on display at the New York Transit Museum. Source: NY Transit Museum. The New York City subway system is one of the largest and most-frequently used urban public transportation systems in the world–and one of the only ones that runs 24/7. The fleet’s 6,311 cars totaled 341.6 million miles last year, carrying over 1.6 billion passengers. While most New Yorkers are intimately familiar with the silver-colored passenger cars, there’s another 350 or so lesser-known cars that make the commutes, errands and excursions possible. While the distinctive yellow-and-black maintenance fleet is easy to spot if you happen to stumble upon one in the station, its appearances in central Manhattan are rare. Until 2006, the fleet had ten revenue collection cars (fondly known as “money trains“), two-train cars that collected fares from the station booths. Unlike the other cars, they had bars on the windows and travelled with armed guards and an irregular schedule. Seven years… Read More