D.C. Metrorail: Here and Now - 1976 promo film (WMATA)
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- Опубликовано: 9 окт 2020
- While some of us can’t imagine living without Metro, at one point in time not all that long ago it was brand new. This 1976 promotional video, via PlanItMetro, shows the system’s earliest days:
Some areas have drastically changed since Metro arrived, like Rhode Island Avenue, which was surrpunded by parking lots and is now the site of mixed-use, transit-oriented development.
The video also features 2-car trains, which seems unimaginable in our era of 6- to 8-car trains.
What do you notice? 
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10:14 … “give a timeless quality” … no kidding! The stations still look great today almost 50 years later!
RIP 1000 series 1976 to 2017
They were built in 1974
Rode in a 2000 series the other day. That was a throw back. Looks like they finally got the 7000 series fixed.
The 1000 series could run for over 50 years. the 5000's lasted for 17. Laughable in comparison.
On god 1000 series best
My dad was 18 the day this came out back in ‘76
Sounds like the krusty krab instructional episode
It actually does sounds like it (LOL)
😂
No traffic jams* except when we single track every other day
Every weekend 😂
12:47 Before they were required to put elevators in all stations, they thought escalators were sufficient for wheelchairs.
Imagine anybody saying that today! They had to later shoehorn elevators into station designs as an accommodation for legal reasons.
When the stations only had vertical pylon signs
Red line w/o NoMa? I remember those days. It feels a but unusual to see that today.
I was 3 years old
9:41 The train is moving with the door open!!!
It is the camera not the train
No it isnt, that is the camera following the people. If the train was moving all of those people would be oddly walking in place
@@RobloxianX I know
@@RockvilleTrainFan Alright understood
Still waiting on the automatic train operation
Union station!
Red line station
Back when all the trains were Rohr 1000 Series only
1:35: what music is this?
“Cheerleader” by Keith Manson!
8:49 president Roosevelt!?
1:34
DC got jealous of NYC😂😂😂
New City York?
WMATA beats the NYC subway MBTA subway is that the stations are day one accessible thanks to the elevator
Bold face lie
Yeah but the Subway predates the Metro by 70-80 years, accessibility wasn't on the 1900 urban planner's mind unfortunately.
@@bbriyes Ok then so it has to be the 1970s space age metro era WMATA SF Bay Bart when the Day 1 ada stations became common place
@@EpicThe112 The MTA needs to make all of their stations accessible. What I'm saying is that those stations are very old so they don't have elevators.
@@bbriyes Yeah, but with half of these stations in NYC now getting flooded from major storms, unfortunately that will lead to slim selections as to what stations would be renovated with new Elevators, most of Downtown Manhattan for example would be out of the plan.
This film all WMATA subways are rohrs
Because they were only trains that existed in the 1970s
With rollsigns!