Category Archives: subway

Ride the Holiday Nostalgia Train

Posted on November 26, 2008 by brian

New York City Transit will once again be running the Nostalgia Train during the holiday shopping season. The train runs in regular passenger service along the from 2 Av to Queens Plaza on Sundays in December, and also on November … Continue reading →

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Lionel supplies new subway cars for Grand Central layout

Posted on November 24, 2008 by brian

  Lionel is running its new product, replica R-27 New York City subway cars, at the Transit Museum’s annual Holiday Train Show at Grand Central Terminal November 25 through January 19, 2009.

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Right Beverley, Wrong Address

Posted on November 13, 2008 by brian

As first reported by The Gallery of Absurd Stuff Blog, the MTA made a mistake this morning on its website. The photo is indeed of the Beverley Rd subway station. However that station is not located at Nostrand Av. The … Continue reading →

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Rockettes Ride the Vintage Rails

Posted on November 13, 2008 by brian

Two Rockettes handed out free Metrocards and rode NYCT’s “vintage” “nostalgia” train of R-1/9 class cars from the World Trade Center station on the (E) to the 47-50 Sts Rockefeller Center station on the (B)(D)(F)(V). The event was a promotion … Continue reading →

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Why NYCT employees think photography is not allowed

Posted on October 5, 2008 by brian

Another SubChat gem… Re: Speed Limits Posted by Zman179 on Sun Oct 5 21:49:46 2008, in response to Re: Speed Limits, posted by Alex L. on Sun Oct 5 21:30:53 2008. I’m having difficulty trying to find it myself via … Continue reading →

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Another Subway Barge Has Sailed

Posted on October 4, 2008 by brian

Strata Originally uploaded by semarr Looks like the barge left today(10-04-2008)…

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visits to the ends of the subway lines

Posted on August 22, 2008 by brian

The New York Times visits the last stop of each of the New York City subway lines. And they provide a full gallery of photos.

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Amtrak guerrilla marketing campaign?

Posted on July 31, 2008 by brian

I saw this ad and many others plastered over the normal ads on my New York City Subway train this evening. I doubt it is a real marketing campaign by Amtrak. So who did it?

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Subway Metrocard Vending Machines had credit/debit problems

Posted on July 30, 2008 by brian

On Monday, the NYCT Metrocard Vending Machines (MVM) had problems accepting credit cards and debit cards as payment: Later that morning, the website said the problem was resolved: Then the problem came back again! I don’t have a screenshot of … Continue reading →

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When will the new South Ferry on the (1) open for service?

Posted on July 29, 2008 by brian

  The MTA website today says that the new terminal for the West Side IRT at South Ferry in on schedule to be completed by February 2009. However, the terminal may open for service earlier than that. NYCT may be … Continue reading →

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