A glimpse inside the painstaking process of bringing a subway car to life

Although the subway system is New York City’s bloodstream, most riders rarely slow down to wonder where the giant metal cars came from, or where they go after their last stop. Now, a new photography exhibit is transporting passersby into the spaces where the city’s subways and buses reside when they’re off duty, and even the spaces where they’re made. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design, In Service: MTA Photographs by Christopher Payne is the agency’s first sys...