Most subway trains are somewhat dreary when they go through the dark tunnels restricting phone service and making the cart seem even more crammed than it already is.
However there are a few trains that, when they go through boroughs, ride on top of the rails allowing commuters to sustain phone service and see the beauty in all of the boroughs when the train passes through. The photo was taken while one the 7 train (one of the most disliked trains in nyc) but overlooking that feature, it is clear that there was beauty surrounding us all.