A mini roller coaster for books
Want to peruse a dusty tome stored beneath New York Public Library’s iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building? You can — once the book is transported by a “book train” that snakes up from a storage area beneath neighbouring Bryant Park.
4M
Books in the library’s two-level, underground storage area
290
Metres of vertical and horizontal rails that climb 11 levels of the library
13.8kg
Maximum weight that each of the system’s 24 cars can carry
$2.6M
Cost of the train, which takes about five minutes to bring up books