Winter is Coming - W.P. Road Redbirds
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Shot the night before the last day of the 20th Century celebrating the 40+ year run of painted SMEE IRT cars, truly the archetype NYC Subway Train. And just for old times sake, a little bit of graffiti.
Also note the incandescent lighting at Pelham Parkway. This station was on the verge of being overhauled, so the lighting remained on borrowed time. It was the last platform on the IRT to receive fluorescent lighting. After that only the Rockaways and perhaps a couple of other places, lasted a few dozen months longer. By 2010 virtually all mezzanines and odd street stairs were finally converted. In 2015 there are still a few bulbs lit up, but no public area that I am aware of is entirely lit by incandescent bulbs.
Outro by Alan Hawkshaw - Night Rider
8 still images I found in 2018 are uploaded here • Winter is Coming - sup...
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8 still images from this night are here ruclips.net/video/MYlpzei8fmg/видео.html
It's been a while since we had a truly snowy day like this. I miss it dearly.
Those incandescent lights at Pelham parkway with the snow looked beautiful. Very vintage NYC. I wish I could experience the vintage, overlooked beauty of it.
Kevin Picou
Fucking love going on the 6 train when It aint busy
Kevin Picou it was a good time crazy too but good memories
It's weird to imagine the twenty-first century before 9/11.
The stations looked so good with the dim glow of Incandescent bulbs instead of those white flourscent lights they have now. And nowadays they are trying to make all of the stations have those hideous blinding LED lights. The system is slowly but surely loosing all its magic.
An2nio Productions The brighter LED lights make the station look and feel so open and spacious.
Ahh good memories. Redbirds and their predecessors from R12 to R22 were the best rides on the IRT. I miss those days. Great video!
Great video. The 2 and 5 is where I rode on the Redbirds a lot back in the 90s and for the last time in 2000 on the 2.
The 7 was my favorite Redbird. My stepmother's family owned some property out in Corona, so yeah.
Superb videos of the R33s/R36s. I remember those cold winter days riding those cars on the Flushing line. Thanks for uploading this video. TIP: music is pleasant but overlong. Most train fans just want to see and hear the trains.
Awesome video. I love seeing your old subway videos especially the late 1990s through early 2000s ones. Memories.
Glad you liked it. I wish I had shot much more.
Lovely. Simpler times and fast trains.
yeah, but that meant less safer
damn actual snow. 2019-2020 winter season no real snow and climate change felt throughout the world. Hottest winter on record for many places, let's see what summer will be like.
This winter might be the worse cause you have the pandemic most people will stay home
Exactly! No more big snows like the late 90’s- early 00’s, with 2021 as an exception because we got a 18 inch snowstorm this season!
My dad was a Conductor for NYCTA for 24 years..Worked on that 2 Train for many years..
I feel like 80s/90s was when New York reached peak grittiness, videos from that era look straight out of a Max Payne cutscene. Safer now, sure, but there's just something so beautiful in urban decay. Maybe it's just me
Dan dont forget the 70s
I know exactly what you mean.
I agree. Much safer much cleaner now, and sooo much more dull! Bizarre right?
Thinking the same thing. Time to replay max payne, specially the subway chapters
Of gta 3 lol
I could tell from the windows that these Redbirds were originally Bluebirds. The Bluebirds first went into service in 1964 on the IRT No. 7 Flushing Line for the 1964-65 World's Fair. They were finally retired in 2003 after 39 years of service.
For most of my life I lived near this line so it’s cool to see how it looked back then
good stuff, man...time machine type of thing. Makes me remember holding grandma's hand on the way to Junction Blvd. All the bombed out trains, wild to me. thx man
1982,,,huge snowstorm. Caught the last train out of 241st Street. Saw a Dyre Avenue train that was stuck 180th Street because the tracks were blocked. Freakiest things was looking out the window and seeing te Cross Bronx Expressway buried in snow.
Trainluvr outstanding! You were on "my" subway line! Very cool. The route is not as attractive as that of the #7's (which was your line). For me, the White Plains line was an integral part of my childhood. I enjoyed riding the #2 countless times with my family way back in the day. Nice catch on the sharp curve next to Simpson St. station (2:17). As a kid, I found winter especially enjoyable (and COLD!) since that was Christmas shopping time for us.
+ACLTony Glad you liked it.
+trainluvr Thankyou. I know I comment in "over the top" fashion to your vids, but you're one of the very few people that I've seen on the web that has captured the New York City aspects that I remember well and miss. I was pleasantly surprised that you had this video as Queens is a bit of a stretch from the north Bronx, transit-wise. Neat that you enjoy jazz as well. In playing your video above, one jazz tune that, imho, fits so well with it is George Benson's 1977 jazz hit "Valdez In The Country" (currently on RUclips). Just play that tune while watching your vid and you'll see what I mean :-)
I watch these videos I always look for my Dad he was a Conductor on the IRT White Plains Road #2 line. He worked out of E241st Street.
5 drooling stars out of 5 drooling stars for this video.
1:33 OOH it really sparks my interest, quite electrifying if you ask me.
Cringey pun.
Those incandescent bulbs at the Pelham Pkwy. Station were really a leftover from the old days of the IRT. It's like something out of Roger Arcara's Transportapes. Maybe they should run the TOMC for the Holiday Train this year.
Blake I’m very pleased to have your thoughtful comments and cute avatar festoon my channel. I like your music playlist. The TOMC is only nostalgic to rail fans and the IRT routes are less suited to the holiday operation.
@@trainluvr Oh okay. Thank you.
The car horn is funny. But I really love the Redbirds. Like those are one of my favorite IRT car But I was very happy that we had a chance to meet on the farewell Trip of the r42
I can never find what that car horn is or why it's like that... Oh well, at least we got plenty of videos with good ol' Redbird's.
RIP these wonderful trains, my dad has seen a redbird though, I love the trains so much
Excellent video capturing IRT winter scenes. I rode the Redbirds for many years Thanks for the memories and for posting it!
Just Beautiful ❤️!!!
Perhaps one of the best contemporary New York City Transit videos I've seen.
You really captured the mood that I loved so much growing up on 219th Street!!!
I always loved the snowy wintery atmosphere on the IRT. (A Blizzard had just started, while traveling to CCNY from 219th St.station , Dec 22, 1971, in particular, I remember).
Great Work Man!!!
Thanks again for Sharing, from my old #2 line, that nostolgic feeling!!!
I'm from Queens and when I was 12 or 13 I had my father take me up the West Farms el for the first time. We entered the subway before the snow started. When we came out of the portal snow was covering everything, and I had never seen the older style stations before. This was at night in the 70s. When I shot this video, Pelham Parkway was the last station on the line to have the old lights because it was due for a full rehabilitation. By that time almost everything, except the Rockways had newer lighting, ruining the mysterious atmosphere.
@@trainluvr Thanks again Trainluvr,
Yes; Thanks for capturing that rare, incandescent, moody environment, in the Pelham Parkway Station... Especially while it was snowing!
(Remembering also back in the early 1960s, the IRT Lo- Vs, with their lighted, multicolored, incandescent market lamps.
This added a lot of cozyness, to almost a winter like Christmas
Mood).
Thanks again for your great Photography, and capture!!!
Thank you for this OP. That's my route, and I miss the old Redbird trains. Back before Covid when New York City was fun.
so cool to see, these are the things I live for
I love the video I Miss these wonderful days RIP R26-36 Redbirds
Can't say I'm an old timer with trains or the redbirds (only 14 here) but your videos of stuff like the 1991 Flushing Line and the 2003 Last Redbird ride are awesome history for younger dudes like me. Sometimes I wish I could experience these trains back then. Thanks for your awesome channel and service! Great vid here too
Thanks Alex, I do it for guys like you.
Good old days when the twin towers where up. And some new models where being tested l. Those where some good old trains.
Classic trains loved those days. New trains like R142s good trains but those where classic trains R.I.P
There's nothing good about the 142s
Makes you wonder 20, 50, or even a 100 years from now how somethings go through the times rarely changing.
Those redbirds had the best heat.......you could burn the back of your calves if your leg was too close to those vents! I miss those trains.
I wonder who lives in that building on the NW corner of Southern Blvd. and Westchester Ave. They must have a great rail fan window to watch the trains pass by. What happened to all the Lo-V cars that used to run on this route? They were reliable in the winter with heat that worked although I am sure the conductors weren't fond of the outside door controls in rainy or snowy weather.
The Lo-Vs were retired in the '60s! Now even the cars you see here have been retired.
Ok, Boomer.
Hope we get more weather like this
We did winter 2021 :)*
I used to live on buher avenue I took the 6 to school everyday in 2000 and 2004
jerimiah Juan Maxwell lucky. I wish I got to ride those
Watching this pains me that I never got the chance to ride the Redbirds on the (2), (5), and (6) lines. Most of my subway memories from the 1990's were riding R46's on the (F) line. Just when i was old enough to fan, all of the old equipment was gone from the IRT.
1:38 my favorite trainluvr clip. understandable why its the most replayed moment in the video
1:38 That guy ask: You like graffiti? It’s good.
Look at that great Graffiti !
@@FremontRailMedia 😐no
blud thinks we will like his graffiti 😂🔥🔥💯💯👍🏼
excellent video. Buhre Avenue, Middletown Road, and Pelham Parkway Stations were among the last stations to have incandescent lights on platform level.
+THX 1138 4EB Did you mean "Burke Avenue"?
ACLTony no i mean Buhre Avenue on the 6.
+THX 1138 4EB Ok, sorry about that. I was thinking just about the #2 line. I rode the #6 line also as I had an aunt and uncle that lived near the Soundview Station.
LOL AT 1:38
R62A 4 TRAIN FAN He seemed pretty friendly too for a thug (who is also a New Yorker) who was defacing city property and was really quite proud of himself.
He was like look! look!
23 years later to the day and its 50 degrees in NYC
I love it.
Great video
I miss those. 2 ws my line when I lived in Fl@tbush
Dang it I've never rode these 😢
You missed out
I miss the old New York City
The old subway cars was all class the new ones today all peace of shit
Janet how old are you? Peace out.
What she said wrong bro lol amazing video by the way bro love it
Janet Riggione What’s wrong with the new ones?
@@TheRailLeaguer the New Techs Are pieces of Shits that's what wrong
kareem williams Not really. The R160 and R188s have excellent mean fail rates, with the R188 reaching 450,000-500,000 miles before failure, whereas older cars are nowhere that level of performance.
1:38 prime example if its not mines, mess it up 😅 public bathrooms go through the same thing
The mentality of the mentally dead. The same people to always play victim, too.
I had to ride all the way to the last stop
Ugh, I would've tackled the kid writing that graffiti if I could've. I don't like people harming the stock.
3:25 looks like a movie scene
and the music fits it
Terrific video. Music really detracts from it, though.
exactly
We going uptown, the real Uptown
At 3:46-3:51 you see the tomc R-33 9068-9069
Thanks!
i showed my dad this vid, apparently he was there on that day, but wasn't in the video lol, idk if i believe him, apperently he was at 3:32
1:38, You like graffiti? haha
New Yorkers were always weirdos.
1:31 -- "Like graffiti?" :-)
yeah love it
R.i.p Redbirds
like grafittie, guuud guud
Damn it's a blizzard....
.... that music, bro'.... nice ! ! !
Cool vid!
The Stark words
Very good video
Now the 2 train with the Redbirds were the shit
Carol be driving
You can see these cars in the subway museum
Really? Wow. Would you consider subscribing to my channel?
Just go the nyc subway museum you see cars from the 40s 50s 60s and some from the 70s
I subscribed
Yup
Boerhum (? Spelling) Place in downtown Brooklyn
5min walk from the A/C at Hoyt-Schermerhorn St Station
nice video I subbed
That moment you realize cell phones weren't a thing back then
1:44 I caught somebody making graffiti
Amazing :D old childhood memories have been made, if I may ask when was this taken?
Miles2696
December 2000.
Is this your Last Redbird Video Man? If not i hope to see any More on maybe the R40s and what not by the way I would want to ask if i can borrow Some sounds from Your videos for a Train simulator called OpenBVE We made the Redbirds for it and i need sounds for the Redbirds Like the Clip on Doors opening and closing i will add your Name to the Credits of the door sounds if you would like if not then its Okay But I am one of your Biggest Video Fans You did amazing great Recording back then!!!!
+Ryan Terry Use any sounds you like, I would like credit as Trainluvr on RUclips. I have a few old subway clips to upload so stay tuned.
+trainluvr Thanks Man! It would really help alot i will upload a video of Some of the Redbird Sounds I used And i will put the Credit up ! You do an amazing Job with these Videos I hope to see those Also if you have any more of the Almond Joy Cars from Philly i would love to see those or any with R32s or R40 slanteds on the N line! :3 or the W i liked them alot on those 2 lines.
+Ryan Terry Ryan, really neat that you have the sounds of those carbon steel trains. The ones that always stood out to me ( when I was a kid) were that of the Westinghouse air compressors on each car pumping while the train was stopped at the stations and the that of the brakes releasing. I remember that there was always a slight "Huff-like" sound from each car about 2 seconds before the air was fully dumped to release the brakes. Another memorable sound was when a train would reach the end of the line, the motorman would engage the ICC Brake (I think that's what it was nicknamed) which created a very loud "CHAAAAAH!" sound. Seems goofy, but to a kid that often rode and liked buses and trains, it was pure enjoyment!
+ACLTony I think the 32s and 42s do that If I remember when I ride the C or J/Zor the A :3 but yeah I like to make them in The train sim me and my buddies play.
You're right as the R32 (and R38) are in the same family as the Red Birds. I don't know about the R42's as that was a newer generation. But the more sounds that can be obtained for these classic trains, the better! Thanks for your contributions so that these trains will be remembered and appreciated with accuracy.
Next stop East 233rd St. Doors open on the right hand side....
why they stoppin these trains for?
The reason why they got rid of the Redbirds, because MTA keep rolling stock for 40 years tops, at that time, the year 2000, yet the Redbirds were 38 years old. And those was replaced by the R142. Also, they started to rust and the roof had holes in them. But those were the best trains. Good breaking system.
December 2000
Plus the MTA had plans to make modernized trains with the computer voice in it
not a single worlds fair car that i saw, btw if you did not know, the redbirds ran with diffrent rolling stock, r33s, r36s, r26, r28s, r29s, all i saw was r26s, r28s, and, r29s, you can tell the diffrence by the windows, on the r33, r36 (worlds fair cars) there is only one long panel of glass, as with the r26s, r28, and r29s, the windows are split into 3. if you did not understand me, look at the images on google
No, there's an R33 at 1:07. Car 9125. The mainline R33s & R36s had windows identical to the R26-29s. It was only the Worlds Fair variants that ran on the 6 and 7 lines at the time that had different windows. The 2 line was full of R33s when this was filmed. The 5 had a bulk of the older R26-29s.
lol it looks like Max Payne 1
TheMacV92 roscoe street station
thats cool
Redbirds were the train. 2 and 5 train
William Erazo also they were on the 3 4 6 7 and 1 lines
Random person 2 mainly on the 2,4,5,6,7
Any Horshoe. CURVE PA in Altoona
NYC got walloped by snow.
Nah fr i thought my dad was exaggerating when he said it snowed way more in the past
@@mexicangigachad952Subway will still run no matter what
MISS THE REDBIRDS... :( CAN'T STAND THE R142's; THEY'RE UGLY FILTHY LOOKING TRAINS...THE 3 TRAINS ARE MY FAVORITE NOW
BryanPlayzRoblox -ROBLOX The R62/As will be retired by 2025.
@@TheRailLeaguer no they fucking won't
NTTS ARE A PIECE OF SHIT
Yes I fucking said it
kareem williams Why? Are you expecting the cars to last forever, because they can’t.
Wat..bgm in 3.26
Are you muslim, at 1:12 he greet you with Arabic?
No, I'm a ordinary white dude. He just wanted everyone to know that he speaks two words of Arabic while panhandling. I took it mean, "I am interested in why you are video recording here".
Oh alright, Not trying to be racist or anything. I just wanted to know
what year
vincent urena
December 30, 2000
@@A278PlusPi-Legacy
December 30*
awesome video