I'm old enough (47) to remember vending machines on the subway platforms. There used to be gum machines on the pillars and ice cream, candy bar and soda vending machines on the platforms themselves. They were removed in the mid and late '70s due to vandalism and an effort to reduce garbage on the platforms.
Me too! At 1:45 the conductor that stood between and pressed the knob to close the doors still had an old A or E that ran Eighth Avenue until the mid 1990's. It was army green and had rattan seats that rode very hard. I also remember as a child the candy machines and when the bathrooms were still open as a kid.
Yes, those older IND cars were either the pre-WW2 R1/R9s, with the growling/groaning motors, or the post-war R10s, with fluorescent lights, stainless steel holds, slightly quieter motors, dynamic braking/SMEE braking systems. They were all workhorses, soldiers!
Army Green/Pullman Green cars were prob. R1/R9s, two-tone grey were the R10s..both obliging conductors to stand betw/straddle cars on step-plates to operate the door trigger controls. Could be quite dangerous work!
Thank you so much for putting this up. My Uncle went to high school in Manhattan 1957-1960. I'm writing about that for our family history blog. This video will be a great resource to use since it gives people a good idea of what went on behind the scenes and in the subway cars. I also love the snippets of conversations at the beginning. You really get the feel of the times and the experience.
Absolutely dug/enjoyed this mini-film!! Seeing all the pre-WW2 cars..and post-war R10s, on all these lines. Brought back loads of memories of when I started riding these trains in the 50's, learning, absorbing like a sponge, all that went on around..even the sounds and smells of the workhorse subway cars..Better times, I thought! Thanks for posting this!
@drfate234 At least with the vintage fleet, you can typically zone out the sound of the conductor when you want to. With the new tech cars, the monotonous cast of Bloomberg Radio is with you the entire trip, as is the din of the HVAC. The lack of rough-and-tumble is unsettling too.
It's 472 now, but also remember that this video was done before the following stations opened up: 179 St/Hillside (Queens Blvd IND - today's F-line) All 14 stations on the Far Rock/Rock Park IND corridors (served by the A and Rock Park shuttle/H) Grant Ave on the Fulton St IND corridor (A-line - connection to the old Fulton St El) At the time, Euclid was a brand new terminal! 57 St/6 Av (6 Avenue/63 Street IND corridor - served by the F today) Grand St on the IND 6 Ave corridor (served by the B/D-lines) Lenox Terminal-148 St on the IRT Lenox Ave corridor (3-line) Jamaica Van-Wyck, Sutphin-Archer and Parsons-Archer on the Archer Ave IND/BMT corridors (all served by the E, the latter two by the J - although it's a net loss when you look at the stations eliminated from the Jamaica Ave BMT corridor) Lex-63, Roosevelt Island and 21 St-Queensbridge on the IND 63 St Corridor (all served by the F, while the former served by the Q) 34-11/Hudson Yards - served by the 7-line The Second Avenue IND corridor (72, 86 & 96) all served by the Q And since then, they eliminated... The IRT 3 Avenue El 91 St on the Broadway IRT corridor Worth St on the Lexington Ave IRT corridor The BMT Culver Shuttle (9 Av to Ditmas) 5 stations on the BMT Jamaica Avenue corridor (J-line) Dean St on the BMT Franklin Ave shuttle There was plenty more they wanted to do (such as extending the Archer Ave Corridor to Rosedale, Queens, an IND line from Jackson Heights, Queens to the Rockaways and extending the IND Concourse line to Co-Op City), but politics and money (or lack thereof) got in the way!
Once again notice the AGE GROUP of the citizens as being just about 27 tru 80 years of age* By the 1990s it was half that with younger age groups and in 2023 it seems like 18 tru 35 and hardly an ELDERLY TYPE IN THE CROWD* WHY IS THAT???
1:09 - "And I said to him, Look, that's my FOOT mister! - and he said, "Alright, you can HAVE it!".... Hidden gem.
I'm old enough (47) to remember vending machines on the subway platforms. There used to be gum machines on the pillars and ice cream, candy bar and soda vending machines on the platforms themselves. They were removed in the mid and late '70s due to vandalism and an effort to reduce garbage on the platforms.
@@freedomfighter2463 black people didn't do nothing it white and everyone else
So glad they built that Second Ave. line so quickly...
Me too! At 1:45 the conductor that stood between and pressed the knob to close the doors still had an old A or E that ran Eighth Avenue until the mid 1990's. It was army green and had rattan seats that rode very hard. I also remember as a child the candy machines and when the bathrooms were still open as a kid.
Yes, those older IND cars were either the pre-WW2 R1/R9s, with the growling/groaning motors, or the post-war R10s, with fluorescent lights, stainless steel holds, slightly quieter motors, dynamic braking/SMEE braking systems. They were all workhorses, soldiers!
Army Green/Pullman Green cars were prob. R1/R9s, two-tone grey were the R10s..both obliging conductors to stand betw/straddle cars on step-plates to operate the door trigger controls. Could be quite dangerous work!
Thank you so much for putting this up. My Uncle went to high school in Manhattan 1957-1960. I'm writing about that for our family history blog. This video will be a great resource to use since it gives people a good idea of what went on behind the scenes and in the subway cars. I also love the snippets of conversations at the beginning. You really get the feel of the times and the experience.
Absolutely dug/enjoyed this mini-film!! Seeing all the pre-WW2 cars..and post-war R10s, on all these lines. Brought back loads of memories of when I started riding these trains in the 50's, learning, absorbing like a sponge, all that went on around..even the sounds and smells of the workhorse subway cars..Better times, I thought! Thanks for posting this!
The tnoise that those trains made are still in my head.
Wow. Great vid. Thanks for posting this!
@drfate234 At least with the vintage fleet, you can typically zone out the sound of the conductor when you want to. With the new tech cars, the monotonous cast of Bloomberg Radio is with you the entire trip, as is the din of the HVAC. The lack of rough-and-tumble is unsettling too.
Actually, the entity producing this was the Board of Transportation - which was replaced after 1953 by the New York City Transit Authority.
..Most exactly, and a corresponding fsre-raise to 15 cents per token!
I like at the end there, he says "529 stations"... it certainly has shrunk a lot since then...
It's 472 now, but also remember that this video was done before the following stations opened up:
179 St/Hillside (Queens Blvd IND - today's F-line)
All 14 stations on the Far Rock/Rock Park IND corridors (served by the A and Rock Park shuttle/H)
Grant Ave on the Fulton St IND corridor (A-line - connection to the old Fulton St El) At the time, Euclid was a brand new terminal!
57 St/6 Av (6 Avenue/63 Street IND corridor - served by the F today)
Grand St on the IND 6 Ave corridor (served by the B/D-lines)
Lenox Terminal-148 St on the IRT Lenox Ave corridor (3-line)
Jamaica Van-Wyck, Sutphin-Archer and Parsons-Archer on the Archer Ave IND/BMT corridors (all served by the E, the latter two by the J - although it's a net loss when you look at the stations eliminated from the Jamaica Ave BMT corridor)
Lex-63, Roosevelt Island and 21 St-Queensbridge on the IND 63 St Corridor (all served by the F, while the former served by the Q)
34-11/Hudson Yards - served by the 7-line
The Second Avenue IND corridor (72, 86 & 96) all served by the Q
And since then, they eliminated...
The IRT 3 Avenue El
91 St on the Broadway IRT corridor
Worth St on the Lexington Ave IRT corridor
The BMT Culver Shuttle (9 Av to Ditmas)
5 stations on the BMT Jamaica Avenue corridor (J-line)
Dean St on the BMT Franklin Ave shuttle
There was plenty more they wanted to do (such as extending the Archer Ave Corridor to Rosedale, Queens, an IND line from Jackson Heights, Queens to the Rockaways and extending the IND Concourse line to Co-Op City), but politics and money (or lack thereof) got in the way!
Awesome Video
Every NYer needs to watch this...
Look at that soda for a nickel show me that soda dispenser please.....
Seriously Awsome thats all I have to say this video Rocks!!!!!
@PrimaryConsult
Well that was probably because of the Elevated trains they still had running back then.
I like the token better don't have swap card again to read go pass. I have some old token from early 90's I save.
Is that Mayor Impelliterri?
I think it's O'Dwyer.
Once again notice the AGE GROUP of the citizens as being just about 27 tru 80 years of age* By the 1990s it was half that with younger age groups and in 2023 it seems like 18 tru 35 and hardly an ELDERLY TYPE IN THE CROWD* WHY IS THAT???
No idiots with cell phones
No douchbags playing their phones out loud, no homeless taking up 5 seats, no begging, no dancing for chance, no candy selling and no...............