route that makes New York's system perhaps the most diverse in the world. There's a pretty elevated shot of a modern R-62A trailing a cloud of powdery snow by Eric Oszustowicz, one of Lothar Stelter's artful and evocative street scenes of the 1950s featuring the Third Avenue el, and a recent fantrip photo of restored R-1 484 from the IND's original fleet, clean, beribboned and looking better than it has for nearly 50 years.
     There is usually an "extra" in addition to the calendar pages, and this year we have a handsome color reproduction of Brooklyn's Kings County Elevated Railway stock.
     Editor Bill Mangahas has a knack for assembling some of the best rail photo artists and, in addition to those already mentioned, the 2005 calendar features the work of Doug Grotjahn, Don Harold, Robert Montag, Ray Berger, and Andrew Grahl.
     Since these calendars tend to be saved for their photo work, admirers may also purchase the 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004 calendars for $6.00 each while they last.

NYC Subways 2005 Calendar
Edited by William Mangahas
12-month calendar, 12x9in, 17 illus.
Newkirk Images
P.O. Box 237
Copiague, NY 11726-0237
Retail $10.95
Mail order info contact the publisher
by email: newkirk@optonline.net

World War II cars. Designed by the firm of Raymond Lowey and William Snaith, credited with the famous Broadway Limited, the novel slanted fronts proved a safety hazard when passing between cars, forcing the installation of the design-shattering gates and chains seen in the photo.
     This year's calendar spans the decades of equipment and variety of

If autumn colors are coming out, it must be time for Newkirk Images colorful New York City subway calendar.
     New York's "Redbirds" have run their last in regular service, and this year's cover features a shot of the original Redbirds, the R29 class, when they were brand-new on the IRT Broadway Local. Much later the Transit Authority painted its entire fleet of no-frills second-generation subway cars red, but they were not the bright red of the R29s.
     April features stainless-steel R40s ascending into the 9th Avenue West End Line station (at right). These cars were the City's first conscious break with the utilitarian design of the post-