{"product_id":"nyc-train-man-ezra-myers-1881-manuscipt-notebook-diagramming-elevated-wo-train-signals-switches-etc","title":"NYC Train Conductor Ezra Myers'  1881  Manuscript Notebook Diagramming Elevated \"WO\" Train Signals, Switches, etc.","description":"\u003cp\u003eInteresting! This would be a great one for someone interested in train history, and specifically NYC train and subway history--what I believe is documented in this 1881 notebook, kept by an Ezra Myers, presumably for his own work as a train conductor, is the operation of one of NYC's early elevated trains, specifically the Westbound \"WO\". There are six hand-drawn diagrams here (well, five plus one fold out page of text), which Myers carefully attached to pages in the notebook itself, but which fold out to much larger scale. My photos are not great, but they give a sense, detailing signals and switches and bell taps for various trains and lines and stops and crossings. I am not expert enough to fully unpack it, but I think it is really cool and quite a piece of history--and am sure there is someone out there who can!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 3\/4\" x 4\" closed. Largest diagram folds out to 18 3\/4\" x 12\".  Six fold out diagrams\/texts total. Cover detatched but otherwise in very good condition. Documentation shows a few full diagrams first, then details each. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"critical EYE Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48763667054846,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/5022\/1382\/files\/IMG_4125_7c685c3c-9328-45fb-b453-85f8e913e513.png?v=1787437024","url":"https:\/\/www.criticaleyefinds.com\/products\/nyc-train-man-ezra-myers-1881-manuscipt-notebook-diagramming-elevated-wo-train-signals-switches-etc","provider":"critical EYE Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}