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| DATE | 2009-12-10 |
| FROM | mrbrklyn
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Fw: The trains are running!]]
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Michael L. Richardson wrote:
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Nice - Now if they could just get them RUNNING.
Ruben
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> The Shopper's Special, a tentative event in NYC Events, is a go!
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> NYC Transit issued this description today. Ride one, even if you're not
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> actually shopping. Excess wording removed.
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> MTA New York City Transit's Holiday Nostalgia Shoppers' Special Rolls
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> Vintage IND train hits the tracks on Sundays during the holiday season
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> We all know that using the subway is the most efficient and economical
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> way to get around town, but if you are looking for another great reason
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> to ride the train on Sundays in December, try this: Hop on board the
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> 1930s-era Nostalgia Shoppers' Special, which will run along the V Line
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> between Long Island City, Queens and Lower Manhattan.
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> "The Nostalgia Shoppers' Special is made up of subway cars in service
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> from the 1930s to the 1970s, running along the lettered lines from the
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> Grand Concourse to Coney Island. Ceiling fans, padded seats and
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> incandescent light bulbs were state-of-the- art when these cars were
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> first placed in service.
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> The cars were removed from service 30 years ago and replaced by the
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> stainless steel, climate-controlled trains that our customers have
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> become accustomed to. Many subway riders have never experienced the
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> charm of wicker seats and ceiling fans, but they are back for four
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> Sundays of service, beginning Sunday, December 6. The holiday "Nostalgia
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> Shoppers' Special" will operate on Sundays only, between the hours of 10
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> a.m. and 5 p.m., on December 6, 13, 20 and 27.
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> New Yorkers bear fond memories of these cars, many of which are usually
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> housed at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn Heights where they
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> have honored positions as static displays reflecting a time before
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> automated voice announcements, air conditioning or bright fluorescent
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> lighting. Of course, you can always catch more vintage trains on display
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> NOSTALGIA TRAIN HIGHLIGHTS:
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> Car No. 100 - Manufactured by American Car and Foundry, this R1-type car
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> was the first car in the initial order of 300 cars placed in service for
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> the opening of the IND subway.
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> Car No. 484 - Part of a 500-car order of R4 cars manufactured by
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> American Car & Foundry. In 1946, this car received a retrofit of
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> bulls-eye lighting and a public address system.
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> Car No. 1575 - Originally manufactured as an R7, this car was involved
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> in a wreck in 1946. Sent to the American Car & Foundry factory the car
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> was rebuilt as prototype of the next generation R10 subway car.
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