New York City Vintage Holiday Season Subway Train Operation

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Seems like... just yesterday... you could ride cars like these on the CC local.

Where has the time gone?

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If you click on the link below, you will hear the story which is reported by WCBS-880 Meteorologist and my friend, Todd Glickman.  Unfortunately, the embedded story did not transfer to the email.

 

Most of you know that one of the terminals is Second Avenue, but it operates along 6th Avenue in Manhattan.

 

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/11/27/holiday-nostalgia-train/

 

 

NYC’s Holiday Nostalgia Train Comes To Life Along Second Avenue Line

November 27, 2016 11:53 AM

Filed Under: Holiday Nostalgia Train, Holidays, MTA, New York City, New York Transit Museum

 

Kids stand in the front car of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) "Nostalgia" vintage subway at the 2nd Ave. station on December 15, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Preston Rescigno/Getty Images)NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — With a puff of air and tweet of the whistle, the New York City Transit Museum’s “Nostalgia Train” comes to life for the holiday season.

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The historic train will take riders along the Second Avenue line between Lower Manhattan and Queens Plaza every Sunday until the week before Christmas — all for the price of a standard MetroCard swipe.

“This is amazing — history in motion,” one commuter told WCBS 880’s Todd Glickman.

 

 

The eight-car train ran on the lettered lines from the 1930s to the 1970s.

For those looking to take a ride, here’s the complete schedule, as provided by the MTA:

Leaving 2nd Ave.
10:01 a.m.
11:31 a.m.
1:01 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
4:01 p.m.

Leaving Queens Plaza
10:44 a.m.
12:14 p.m.
1:43 p.m.
3:14 p.m.
4:44 p.m.

The train is lovingly restored by volunteers, and can be viewed all year-round at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn.

Commuters can also take a ride on several vintage buses.  Check the MTA website.