New York Subways - Have You Ridden On Them?

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  1. Al Amoling

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    Don't let me take this thread off it purpose but John's post reminded of the years that I drove to Boston on I95. the morning drive was usually quite amicable but on the way home if you're driving at least 95 your were going to die. And I never saw a cop during the afternoon drive. this occurred in the late 90s early 00s
     
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    I95 used to be like that in Virginia back in the 70s before there was much traffic. I lived in northern Virginia and my father had moved to Richmond, 100 miles away. I'd visit every so often. You could be going 90 MPH and the guy behind you was still right on your bumper...you could not see the front license plate in your rear view mirror. Many times I've made the 100 mile door-to-door trip in just a little over an hour, and that included some in-town driving. I started taking the old original north/south highway (Route 1). Even though it was 55 MPH and took twice as long, I absolutely could not tolerate the anxiety of I95.

    To get back on topic: I ate at Subway the other day. It's about as flavorful as something you'd find in a tunnel.
     
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    Never even saw one, except in movies. The picture on his thread is of the El, not the Subway.
    The Subway runs UNDER the streets.

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    In Boston the subway runs above and below ground.
     
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    I am still trying to figure out what picture of the Chicago EL that you are referring to, in this thread, @Hal Pollner ? ? I only see2 pictures in the whole thread, one of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair Monorail, and one of the Disneyworld Monorail.
     
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    Ridden subways in NY, Phila and London. They don't excite me.

    What was strange was getting on a train on the elevated "loop" in Chicago and if you stayed on it you would end up in Milwaukee.
     
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    Amazing how fast that trip is, ain't it? ;)
     
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    The 3rd ave El in NYC was an antique, it probably is long gone.
     
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    I had to go look, just to educate myself, @Herb Sutton.

    -Opened in 1878
    -Extended to Harlem in 1881
    -In 1881 ran 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
    -Service was gradually phased out
    --Service to Manhattan closed in 1955
    --Service to the Bronx closed in 1972, the line was completely shut down in 1973

    The Third Avenue El over the Bowery in the 1890s
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    Notice the horse-drawn carriages.
    The EL was technical marvel in its day, as some of those carriages might have been in theirs.
     
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