The Secret Train Station Under New York City
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2018
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I was sure he was going to say "Use Dashlane" haha
I was reading the comments and accidentally read this in perfect sync with the video
You're not you when you're hungry.
That's what I was thinking
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You need to remember to eat. HAI. 2018
Yeah, for a second I thought he was going to sugest a VPN...
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What a flawless segue
*Thomas the train wants to know your secret location*
*really?*
Wow someone cares about me?
Stop likebotting
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@@GustafMedF To correct your correction, Thomas the TANK engine
Grand Central Terminal has the largest basement in New York
AND A "SECRET" POWER STATION.
*The more you know.*
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Not when the kardashians are in town
My father was in the FBI from 1940-1950. Mostly stationed in NYC. During the 1944 election FDR was coming to NYC to stay at the Waldorf-Astoria. The Secret Service is in charge of Presidential security. At the “secret” Station my father & other Agents were providing back up.
My father, like most people, had seen FDR in many news reel. He further knew about FDR having polio. It was still a deep surprise to see the President be carried off the President’s train by a burly Secret Service agent as if he were a “sack of potatoes”.
Secret and unused train stations in NYC always intrigue me. This is what I think about when I'm on the train underground with no service
Loving your comment
When I first read the title I was like "which one" lol there are a lot of "secret stations" in NYC
maybe not secret but forgotten
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Does it have a train that goes to a wizard school though?
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0:02 ...Squarespace......wait what?!?
I thought you were going to talk about the old city hall subway stop, which is sort of a secret out of service stop. But this secret stop under the Waldorf-Astoria is even more interesting and this New Yorker didn't know about it.
I've actually been to this platform under the Waldorf, on a tour of Grand Central. It was fascinating, and considering how much I've heard of the platform beforehand, it was really cool do go and see it in person.
Similarly, August Belmont, who owned the IRT (one of old subway companies in new york that no longer exist), the Long Island Railroad, and Belmont Racetrack (a horse racetrack on Long Island) had a platform in the basement of his midtown hotel, the Hotel Belmont with a pocket track that connected to the IRT subway line which had a track connection to the Long Island Railroad in Brooklyn. This allowed him to ride his private railcar from his hotel that he owned to his racetrack which he owned all on tracks operated by companies that he owned.
Belmont's private car, the "Mineola", is now owned by the Seashore Trolley Museum in Connecticut.
Well it’s not a secret anymore.
it's never been a secret lmao, loads of channels such as buzzfeed have already made videos on it
many employees of w/a hotel have known about it , visited it often , and always brought newer employees to see it
0:05 Do they ship to Sweden? That would be a cool video:
"That time someone ordered homedelivery grocerys across the Atlantic ocean"
if you are willing to pay for all the extra cost they will ship it where ever you are. One box does become more like a 2000 euro box. it might be cheaper to look for a local version.
@@sirBrouwer They won't.
In general no meat and dairy products are allowed to import to Sweden from non-EU countries. Etc etc...
@Fmono • 38 years ago • Updated O my mistake.
He just said depot as “dehpo”
CaptainRex717 that’s how British people say it
He already said Palmolive weirdly.
@@janetteclarkson6119 I know he's studying in the UK, but he's not British...
@@twotothehalf3725 Or worse yet, D-pot! (Dee pot)
@@buddyclem7328 :( i say it that way tho
im asian so drk british or american eng that well
"As little as $7.49 per serving". Are you kidding blue apron ?! $7.49 is pretty damn expensive for a serving!
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@@Jpwbjpwb You aren't eating very well.
I routinely go out to eat and pay between $50-$100 for a meal...but for eating *IN* $7.49 is way too much. Half that would still be a bit a much. I expect to eat in for $2-$3 per meal.
TheNovelNovelist You never cook salmon or steak at home?
@@donjulio1166 It says as little as, so that's the lowest price, so even if you ordered "lemon-dijon chicken", you'd still pay that price.
As for Salmon, (I'm in the UK so excuse the pounds) 2 salmon fillets in ASDA costs £3.30, and the vegetable that is shipped with it would cost no more than £1 but let's say £2 to give some leeway.
That comes to £2.65 per person so either food is way more expensive in the US or they are making a tidy profit.
Since Waldorf is owned by a Chinese company, they Presidents no longer stay there. Additionally the Waldorf has/had been closed for renovations for a very long time. The president usually stays at the Palace Hotel on Madison and 50th. Technically the platform is not a secret station, its just a siding with a platform. There are other parts of Grand Central that used to have similar "secret" utility entrances directly into building basements. Good video btw.
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One thing that the video doesn't mention: Track 61 also accommodated General "Black Jack" Pershing (the Supreme Allied Commander in World War I, and the second-highest ranking soldier in American history, behind George Washington) when he visited the Waldorf-Astoria late in life.
Owing to his declining health, he couldn't walk very far, so they arranged for a parked car, at the platform, to drive him up the freight elevator, out onto 50th street, and into the hotel garage around the corner.
This is really cool, I thought this would be about the old city hall station
I’ve been watching sam’s old videos waiting for this one until it popped up😂
Secret blue Waldorf train apron Astoria station. That was fun.
I’ve known about the station for ages, but I only knew about FDR’s use. Thanks for the cool video.
2:30 that's actually pretty amazing. Candidates should pass by small towns instead of making huge rallies in cities.
I have a suggestion for a future video, how about talking about Down Street Station? This is a disused London Underground station that had been closed to regular passengers since 1932, but served as the headquarters for the war cabinet after World War 2 broke out. Unlike other closed stations on the tube, as the platforms are bricked up, it is almost impossible to see what is left of the station at track level from a passing train. The site is located approximately half way between Green Park and Hyde Park Corner stations on the Piccadilly line (not very far at all from either) and some referred to the station as Down Street (Mayfair)
I remember hearing about that station from an episode of Cities of the Underworld. I think they mentioned that the elevator could hold a car for FDR. The bulletproof train would come in with the car on it. FDR would get in the car and the car would be brought to street level and then driven out.
There's a "secret" subway station in Chicago, too. It was supposed to be a "super" station downtown and also be the terminal for an express train to O'Hare, but after they built it they ran out of funding to lay the tracks, so now it's partially abandoned and partially used as a server farm for google
I knew that.
*Thomas the Train has left the chat*
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Interesting! This stands out to me due to my totally inconspicuous obsession over trains and planes.
Very cool Information!
I am austrian so i must like everything my home has to offer. Thats why i ask you to talk about viennas only abandoned underground staion.
I’ve seen those doors many times and never had a clue. Now I know, thanks.
*Just to disprove that he only does planes, HaI puts footage of a twin-engined propeller plane as he says private jet.*
but it is a turboprop?
2:07 greatest collab. Huge fan of both President Bartlett and HAI
Getting to Washington DC to Grand Central Station has to require a circuitous route. Penn Station would be much easier to get to, as it's directly connected to the Hudson River tunnels that allow easy rail access to points south.
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The railroad yards underneath 42nd St also used to serve steam locomotives until 1907 after an accident in the Park Ave tunnel which is now Metro North.
Thank you from this native New Yorker for not being one of the many people to discuss the unused lower level of the City Hall subway station which, judging by the video title, I thought was gonna be the subject of this video. That unused platform is too well known to even be called an open secret so, once again, thank you for that.
Also, I knew about this platform under the Waldorf-Astoria. FDR's rail car still sits at that platform to this day and is visible from Metro-North trains leaving Grand Central.
I did not know about that door on 50th Street before but I'll look for it next time I'm in the area.
Actually the car that sits down there was never FDR's. I hear the tourguide likes to spin that story off. The car is actually a plain jane 4 axle "heavyweight" Baggage car that was built sometime in the 20's or 30's. From what I have seen it looks like Metro North owns it and uses it for MOW service (Maitenence Of Way)
@@BNoakville first, I like that display name. Second, thanks for the info! It seems a bit weird to me, personally, that they'd leave some MOW equipment at the Waldorf-Astoria platform instead of in any of the rail yards, siding tracks, etc in the system. It also seems weird that a railcar with such history is a piece of MOW equipment instead of spending its days in a rail museum somewhere but I digress...
Thought this might be about the ruins of Penn Station. This isn't a secret station, just a secret platform that's part of a world famous station.
the underground train in Berlin from west used to cross east berlin but all those stations were closed until 1989
4:39 You said 50$ instead of 50%
Shhh, that's the secret hiding place of Thomas the tank engine and his friends
I definitely thought that this was going to be about the abandoned city hall station, but this was way cooler!
Grand Central was not a railroad yard then nor is it a railroad yard now. It always was a passenger facility - a station or terminal. The site was chosen by Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt in 1869, when it was far uptown from his railroad's terminus downtown. Its name, "Grand Central Depot", was considered humorous at the time it opened in 1871, as 42nd Street was far from centrally located then. For several years, in fact, some trains continued past it.
On a railroad, a yard is a place where cars are stored, sorted, or serviced: Most yards are for freight, but there are passenger yards, too. They are not places for passengers to board or leave trains. While there are storage tracks in the Grand Central complex, they are not considered yards. In big cities, like New York, Boston, or Chicago, the passenger yards were often at some distance from the station they served - Penn Station's yard is at Sunnyside, in Queens, for example. The trains to and from yards are called deadhead moves and were sometimes built into the official schedule. A yard is a specific type of facility on a railroad, and Grand Central is not one.
The main reason to move Grand Central underground was to electrify it per city and state orders. Smoke from steam locomotives blocked signal lights, leading to major collisions in Grand Central.
I know I'm late to the party on this, but I guffawed heartily at the sneaky insertions of Presidents Josiah Bartlett and James Marshall. Two points!
Is that Bartlet in the Waldorf-Astoria? Brilliant!
As a Transit Enthusiast I pretty much knew this already
Wow one I actually knew. There are quite a few other interesting quirks in the NY Subway worthy of a full series.
It's a common myth that FDR hid his polio induced handicap. He did not hide it. In fact, he hid it so little that it was a core point of his political career. He made a point on several occasions of walking to a podium unassisted and standing to give a speech, with the crowd knowing full well it was debilitatingly painful.
This station was in the book Take Down by Brad Thor. I remember reading about it
It’s called the subway dude, everybody knows about it.
You are littary everywhere. Nice.
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Well i must be subscribed to everyone of them since i see you comment alot. Might i ask who you ate subscibed to incase there might be some good ones i have missed
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No, no it's not the subway. Not every train in New York is the subway.
The subway’s not the only train in New York. There’s also The Long Island Railroad, Metro-North, NJ transit, PATH, and Amtrak. He’s talking about the Metro-North Railroad not the subway.
I did know about this secret train station, but this video was still half as interesting as usual
Fun fact there is a piece of preserved rail where its thought Lincoln gave one of those rail speeches in my town.
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That ad transition though
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Grand central is a cool station I take the train there everyday for work and everyday I find something new like and entrance or exit .like I recently figured out that there is a exit that takes me right to the lobby of my job lol
I love the segway into the Blue Apron!
When he said “This video was sponsored by blue apron” instead of square space
Why do our politicians live so extravagantly
Flawless ad transition 10/10
HAI:"you've heard of the sercet platform in london
Harry:how did you know?
During World War II my Father was in the FBI stationed in New York City. He told me of a time FDR was coming to stay at the Waldorf-Astoria. He was part of the Security Detail.
He saw the President being carried off the train, at the secret station, by a burly Secret Service agent like a presidential sack of potatoes. My father knew about the polio....everyone did. Still, it was disconcerting to see that happen.
Last time I heard about this there was an armored railcar parked down there, that had been used by Roosevelt. I thought this video was going to be about the Pneumatic Subway Station underneath I believe City Hall.
The railcar stored there is just an old baggage car used by the Maintenance of Way Department. Never armored and not used by Roosevelt.
yep, www.atlasobscura.com/places/beach-pneumatic-subway
There are miles of underground passage ways near Wall street. It connects most of government buildings(city hall, federal court, immigration, federal reserve, FBI, CIA etc etc) and some private ones as well. It's not exactly secret but almost none of it is open to public so it's not well known.
i was aware of this particular station, but not the secret station on the other citys... could you make a video of those stations?
2:03 For the Sorkin fans out there...
I like the transport tycoon like music. It fits well with the train theme
I can't find your video about the "secret London platform" thingy, haven't heard of it.
First video of yours about which I knew previously
Awesome video!!
Omg that Jed Bartlett reference at 2:06
When you said "secret", I thought you were going to talk about the old Rapid Transit stations under Park Avenue, not the Roosevelt platform, which is pretty well known by now. Or maybe the almost vanished trolley station in the tunnel south of Grand Central.
Is this related to the story "The Third Level" by Jack Finney?
It was used a few years ago as a story element in the remake of "Taking of Pelham 1-2-3".
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Wild, you always upload when I’m in second hour so it’s weird but then I remembered not everyone caters to ‘merica good video
How the heck would the president get to DC from grand central? There’s no direct way across the Hudson from there. He would have to go to the new Rochelle junction and cut all the way around the hell gate pass through penn station then under the Hudson.
The greatest part of the video is when he wanted to jump to the ads, it never is a smooth one, but it works
Your channel is amazing, really 8nteresting videos
"Trains and" was a really great film.
3:15 he was only hiding the severity of it , he used it to campaign
Most rail historians say FDR rarely would have used it.
The obvious first reason is getting to it from Washington is a pain in the ass, because you’d have to go all the way up and around to get to GCT coming from the south.
It would only be really useful going to or coming from his home in Hyde Park.
At best I can only find information on him using it once, and that was just to leave, his train had dropped him off at the Brooklyn Army Terminal and then met him at grand central.
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2:07 West wing reference. Jed Bartlet for the win.
You can take a tour of the secret train station, I have done it. There is just the old train that Rosenfeld used, it's pretty cool.
Let me guess, the guide told you the reporting mark on the car that ended with a X means it's owned by the Government?
1:13; the picture used depicts Mr.Rockefeller, an Oil Tycoonist, not a Rail Tycoonist
2:16 Pilot: “Bird!” Copilot: “Whoa!”
If you watch the movie the taking of the pelham 123, they show a view of what is down there. Its in a tunnel but besides the darkness its pretty good.
Secret platform in London
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I saw the word 'secret' in the title and I thought this video was going to be about bricks.
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the Waldorf Astoria may warrant it's own HAI video.
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2:07 I got that west wing reference.
"He did serve twice as many terms"
Well, he was elected for twice as many, but died only three months into his fourth term.
1:46 you're just going to snub James Earl Jones, King of Zamunda from that list huh?
Always love your channel. Isn’t it so sad that disability had such stigma back then though, oh wait, it’s not like we’ve overcome that yet 😢
His condition was an open secret, everyone pretended along
@@FC-hj9ub sure. Doesn’t change my point though 🤷🏽♀️
The spur isn’t used for anything but the original rail car is still down there
The car there is an old baggage car, nothing more.