As the daughter of a retired NYCTA motorman, I thank you for this video! I know many retired motorman will appreciate this video, and I appreciate all your videos dedicated to the Transit system of NYC. You do a great job memorializing everything here on this channel 💯❤💯❤
Mad respect for your dad to do a job that was pretty stressful and in some cases, dangerous. Dealing with millions of NY commuters on a DAILY bases is, in my opinion, Medal of Honor status!
It should be remembered that your humble request for any film of motormen in the 1960s arrived within a few days of my discovery of this film in my archives. I had completely forgotten about its existence, having long ago labelled it as 'ordinary'. Mr. Zabel personally handed it over to me when he was alive as he knew it had a better chance at preservation and public display in my hands than in his own.
Outstanding, thank you! Steve Zabel has MANY photos on New York City's transit buses and trains in action. He didn't realize that he was creating a wonderful, golden historical legacy that is appreciated by countless fans and historians. May he rest in God's peace.
I was born in NYC in 1968! I rode the subways from the time I was a baby until I left NY in my early 20's! Mostly, the #7, A, C, G, E, & F trains. The music is perfect for the era! And the best part is, no vandalism!
I have been a NYC Train Operator for 10 years and the Motorman with the pipe is leaving 25th Ave on the West End line going towards Bay 50th street.Bay 50th street now has timers coming into the station so it was good to see that there used to be speed coming in there.Watching this also gives me a idea of how the R-9s were with braking. Very different from a regular SMEE.
Hi from Pennsylvania. Great to see these old movies. I rode most of these lines at the time these movies were taken. I even got to ride the Myrtle Avenue El before it was abandoned. Too bad there is no sound from the trains...those old DC traction motors sounded great as they came up to speed. Thanks for the great memories. CAS
WOW! That's golden footage! You even caught R27 8176/8177 that was involved in a crash in the early 1960s, one of the cars received an R16 door apparently.
Incredible footage by Steve Zabel who eventually went to work for NYCTA as a career it’s unfortunate he has been gone for close to 30 years and in the pre internet and You Tube era I could imagine he would have been a prolific content creator with almost 6 decades of transit and rail fan related content
Joe Testagrosse and Steve Zabel may have been pioneers in taking shots and film for transit buffs there may have been others but those two come to mind when I think of photos of NYCTA and Transit in general during the 1960s,1970s and early to mid 1980s again hats off to TrainLuvr for being a excellent curator of transit related history
Im amazed, its a very huge privilege to be able to view and watch these films, that were recorded long ago.I hadn't even known there were cameras in 1968 either! It is very astonishing. Thank You.
What a great video this was. Seeing those older cars and the men who operated them years ago. Thanks for posting this classic era of when the subway was great.
This is Awesome! Being a motorman myself and looking at the motorman before me sends me chills of how beautiful things was back then. This is an ultimate jewel of a video 😁
I remember as a little kid getting on a near-empty and very old Subway car w/old fashioned fans hanging off the ceiling and rattan-like seating (CC train?)... and the train couldn't move due to some problem and was told to get off; waited for a more contemporary train (R-22?)... looking at the pics today, it must be one of the "Arnines" - R1-9 cars... the memory of that experience is wonderfully strange; I was enamoured by the antiqueness of the Subway car, and was about same time I saw the movie The Shining, and the feeling I get w/memory of that is like the scene of the old dimly-lit dance hall, w/well-dressed skeletons seated on the dusty cobwebbed furniture.
I remember the same situation when I was a kid, you described the car exactly as I remembered them. They seemed very old and musty unlike the mid-1960's car built for the 1964 world's fair. which were in common usage in Queens during the 1970's.
What a treasure! That moment in time before all the vandalism, crime and decay fouled everything up. Filmed just when the TA had modernized its fleet. A time during which I thought things would just keep getting better and better. Thank God for those "kooks" who spent their time and money shooting a record of these things. If I was 10 years older I would have been one of them.
I remember when the TA stuck the white "B" sign over the "BB" on the R32s. At the inside stations you could clearly see the "BB" underneath the "B" on the front of the train.
R38 looked sexy and clean in the 1960s but now it seems that it's gone maybe because they were having issues with the frame of the body and rust began forming
I'm an old Brooklyn guy, and the A train was my line back and forth from school. I believe they were the R-10's which were silver (or grayish) and blue. These were some monster size cars and noisy as heck! You couldn't talk in a normal tone you pretty much had to yell to communicate (lol). Comfort was not an option and the conductors and a really dangerous job having to straddle between two cars to operate the doors. Yikes!
The silver and blue color scheme is my favorite. You're right about the noise. I think one reason a lot of us New Yorkers might sound loud to others is because we grow up in a noisy environment and speak a little louder as a result.
@@claudiahansen4938 The subway fare in 1973 was 35 cents, In 1981 the fare was 60 cent, the 1st half of the year, in July it rose to 75 cents, Token were discontinued in 2003, Today there are Metro-cards, the base fare is $2.75 or $5.50 for round trip card, $3.00 for single ride.
@@trainluvr Have you looked at DJ Hammers or Welcome To An Experience channels? Also Actionkid will sometimes film his excursions on the subway in NYC.
I rode the Chrystie st connection with my brother on the day it opened on a Sunday in Nov 1967. We took our new train on the Astoria line the RR that replaced the QB to 34 st and took an R32 D to Coney island. So exciting to ride the new connection from the Express tracks at Broadway Lafayette thru the brand new line and stop at thr beautiful brand new Grand St station and then the new connection to the North Side of the Manhattan bridge then the new routing on the Brighton line to Coney Island. The F was now on tracks 5/6 culver and the B was on tracks 7/8 west end.
The cab view shots of the R32s show that they have the same Westinghouse XM579 controller as the R29, R33 and R36, and PATH PA1s. All have the XCA-248 control unit in common along with TTC's H-1s from the same time (1965).
That's cool. When I started this channel I thought it would be buzzing with expert observations like this, but I was wrong. Lots of of "I wasn't born yet" and "no cell phones" comments instead.
The paint schemes on these trains were really dated, even the recently painted ones. Meanwhile 250 miles up the coast, Boston's MBTA was rolling out its subway cars sporting a new, contemporary livery that today would be considered classic! (Designated transit line color band at the lower panel, white band at the windows, dove grey roof)
Those QT clips are pre-Chrystie St. The QT went away on November 26, 1967.
I was just thinking that. It would have taken months to save the money to buy all that film, so I agree 1967 for the Brighton Line.
@@trainluvr my old line as a kid and then the D took over once the Chrystie Street tunnel opened up!
As the daughter of a retired NYCTA motorman, I thank you for this video! I know many retired motorman will appreciate this video, and I appreciate all your videos dedicated to the Transit system of NYC. You do a great job memorializing everything here on this channel 💯❤💯❤
Mad respect for your dad to do a job that was pretty stressful and in some cases, dangerous. Dealing with millions of NY commuters on a DAILY bases is, in my opinion, Medal of Honor status!
@@ralphsanchico2452 Thank you!! A very interesting job indeed the things you see down in the tubes
It should be remembered that your humble request for any film of motormen in the 1960s arrived within a few days of my discovery of this film in my archives. I had completely forgotten about its existence, having long ago labelled it as 'ordinary'. Mr. Zabel personally handed it over to me when he was alive as he knew it had a better chance at preservation and public display in my hands than in his own.
Outstanding, thank you! Steve Zabel has MANY photos on New York City's transit buses and trains in action. He didn't realize that he was creating a wonderful, golden historical legacy that is appreciated by countless fans and historians. May he rest in God's peace.
not appreciated?
Thanks for catching that. I've corrected it. @@ejdsndnj
@@ACLTony Okay.
I was born in NYC in 1968! I rode the subways from the time I was a baby until I left NY in my early 20's! Mostly, the #7, A, C, G, E, & F trains. The music is perfect for the era! And the best part is, no vandalism!
I have been a NYC Train Operator for 10 years and the Motorman with the pipe is leaving 25th Ave on the West End line going towards Bay 50th street.Bay 50th street now has timers coming into the station so it was good to see that there used to be speed coming in there.Watching this also gives me a idea of how the R-9s were with braking. Very different from a regular SMEE.
Yea I like that part. Leaving 25th avenue wrapped around. Did you notice those brick row houses were under construction back then!? Wow
Hi from Pennsylvania. Great to see these old movies. I rode most of these lines at the time these movies were taken. I even got to ride the Myrtle Avenue El before it was abandoned. Too bad there is no sound from the trains...those old DC traction motors sounded great as they came up to speed.
Thanks for the great memories. CAS
WOW! That's golden footage! You even caught R27 8176/8177 that was involved in a crash in the early 1960s, one of the cars received an R16 door apparently.
Incredible footage by Steve Zabel who eventually went to work for NYCTA as a career it’s unfortunate he has been gone for close to 30 years and in the pre internet and You Tube era I could imagine he would have been a prolific content creator with almost 6 decades of transit and rail fan related content
Does anyone recall what had happened to him?
Joe Testagrosse and Steve Zabel may have been pioneers in taking shots and film for transit buffs there may have been others but those two come to mind when I think of photos of NYCTA and Transit in general during the 1960s,1970s and early to mid 1980s again hats off to TrainLuvr for being a excellent curator of transit related history
Im amazed, its a very huge privilege to be able to view and watch these films, that were recorded long ago.I hadn't even known there were cameras in 1968 either! It is very astonishing. Thank You.
What a great video this was. Seeing those older cars and the men who operated them years ago. Thanks for posting this classic era of when the subway was great.
its videos like these that make me wanna stockpile footage of how things are now and then look back on them in 40 years
The music and the video make a perfect blend.
This is Awesome! Being a motorman myself and looking at the motorman before me sends me chills of how beautiful things was back then. This is an ultimate jewel of a video 😁
I know im late but what transit system do yoy work for?
@@Jay.3x Same one. New York City Transit
@@worldwidetransitsimulationchan Oh. MTA
I remember as a little kid getting on a near-empty and very old Subway car w/old fashioned fans hanging off the ceiling and rattan-like seating (CC train?)... and the train couldn't move due to some problem and was told to get off; waited for a more contemporary train (R-22?)... looking at the pics today, it must be one of the "Arnines" - R1-9 cars... the memory of that experience is wonderfully strange; I was enamoured by the antiqueness of the Subway car, and was about same time I saw the movie The Shining, and the feeling I get w/memory of that is like the scene of the old dimly-lit dance hall, w/well-dressed skeletons seated on the dusty cobwebbed furniture.
I remember the same situation when I was a kid, you described the car exactly as I remembered them. They seemed very old and musty unlike the mid-1960's car built for the 1964 world's fair. which were in common usage in Queens during the 1970's.
The golden age of Transit
What a treasure! That moment in time before all the vandalism, crime and decay fouled everything up. Filmed just when the TA had modernized its fleet. A time during which I thought things would just keep getting better and better. Thank God for those "kooks" who spent their time and money shooting a record of these things. If I was 10 years older I would have been one of them.
Love the beginning music.
You realize there is scanning services. But I love to see old trains
what's a scanning service
@@bruh-qq1sx Good question. People who scan still film and motion picture film for customers to see digitally
Would love to see the #3 out of New lots in 1960' or 70s. The "view" out front window back had to be seen to be believed
I remember when the TA stuck the white "B" sign over the "BB" on the R32s. At the inside stations you could clearly see the "BB" underneath the "B" on the front of the train.
Amazing video
R38 looked sexy and clean in the 1960s but now it seems that it's gone maybe because they were having issues with the frame of the body and rust began forming
beautiful. I love looking at these old trains
I'm an old Brooklyn guy, and the A train was my line back and forth from school. I believe they were the R-10's which were silver (or grayish) and blue. These were some monster size cars and noisy as heck! You couldn't talk in a normal tone you pretty much had to yell to communicate (lol). Comfort was not an option and the conductors and a really dangerous job having to straddle between two cars to operate the doors. Yikes!
The silver and blue color scheme is my favorite. You're right about the noise. I think one reason a lot of us New Yorkers might sound loud to others is because we grow up in a noisy environment and speak a little louder as a result.
The subway fare in 1968 was 20 cents and in 71 was 30 cents.
That's right! I moved to NY 1973. In 1981 when I left, it was either 50 or 75 cents for a token. Can't remember now.
@@claudiahansen4938 The subway fare in 1973 was 35 cents, In 1981 the fare was 60 cent, the 1st half of the year, in July it rose to 75 cents, Token were discontinued in 2003, Today there are Metro-cards, the base fare is $2.75 or $5.50 for round trip card, $3.00 for single ride.
@@eddiecharlie77 , thanks! I left in July 1981, so 75 cents by then.
Zero cents for me, I had a transit pass for school.
Lets hope someone is taking videos now of the current trains for our ancestors to view.
Nobody is, why would they?
@@trainluvr Think he meant to put descendants.
@@soundshaper Nobody takes videos of trains today. Nobody.
@@trainluvr Have you looked at DJ Hammers or Welcome To An Experience channels? Also Actionkid will sometimes film his excursions on the subway in NYC.
This remembers the past when i was 21 yrs old un 1967
I rode the Chrystie st connection with my brother on the day it opened on a Sunday in Nov 1967. We took our new train on the Astoria line the RR that replaced the QB to 34 st and took an R32 D to Coney island. So exciting to ride the new connection from the Express tracks at Broadway Lafayette thru the brand new line and stop at thr beautiful brand new Grand St station and then the new connection to the North Side of the Manhattan bridge then the new routing on the Brighton line to Coney Island. The F was now on tracks 5/6 culver and the B was on tracks 7/8 west end.
Great to see what I remember from when I began learning more about The Subway. Ridden all the car types shown. Thanks!!!
Awesome. All he old subways cars in the yard. Great Job
Thanks 👍
It’s crazy to see that school leaving 25th avenue under construction
appreciated the Subways R32 R38 R30 low V's ect the Batbus with wings of 1968 haha nice super 8 film keep up the great work
wow I'm impressed
Great vid. Like that he popped into the Bronx for a little.
Wow, the R32s looked so clean back then.
Hence the nickname "BRIGHTLINER'S"
Thank you for this great film!!!!!
The cab view shots of the R32s show that they have the same Westinghouse XM579 controller as the R29, R33 and R36, and PATH PA1s. All have the XCA-248 control unit in common along with TTC's H-1s from the same time (1965).
That's cool. When I started this channel I thought it would be buzzing with expert observations like this, but I was wrong. Lots of of "I wasn't born yet" and "no cell phones" comments instead.
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R32s in this vid are still running on the J and Z line
Cool video!!!!!!!!!!
Do you have any videos on the west end line or brighton line during the 90s ?
Like the TT train I knew they exists
Smoking a pipe while operating..says MOTORMAN
You read my mind, I can see today's motorman smoking E-Cig's "lol"
The d was on the Brighton line for a great long time!!!
Very nice
I'd like to thank all those Military guys at the end for their service.✊🤓
Train wasn't fully in station when those doors opened..lol.thought i was going to see the crew door open
any clips of The R32A D trains on the Brighton line in 1960"s ?
The R68/68As didn't exist in the 60s and have been built in the mid 1980s...
He said R32 d trains
ruclips.net/video/SAqe35_3YGE/видео.html here there is the R32 D trains this was uploaded few days ago
OMG (TT) TRAIN SHUTTLE!
The paint schemes on these trains were really dated, even the recently painted ones. Meanwhile 250 miles up the coast, Boston's MBTA was rolling out its subway cars sporting a new, contemporary livery that today would be considered classic! (Designated transit line color band at the lower panel, white band at the windows, dove grey roof)
MBTA hired Cambridge 7, a design consultant, to overhaul the look of the cars, branding, signage and more.
can i go inside the vid
Todavia no los rayaban los bandalos con graffiti
I know fo' sure you cant enter Bay 50st s/b like that...too many timer