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Vintage buses to run today on the M23 and M8

Posted on December 2, 2008 by brian

Vintage New York City Transit buses from the museum fleet are scheduled to be running this afternoon starting at 2:30 PM on the M23 and M8 routes. They will also be running every weekday for the rest of the month, … Continue reading →

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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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She’s not wearing any pants!

Posted on November 18, 2008 by brian

This public transit gem comes from The Salt Lake Tribune: Pantsless woman really a fashion victim 10/28/2008 :: A woman was yanked from a TRAX train Monday morning after fellow riders reported that she was not wearing any pants. Utah … Continue reading →

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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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New York City Express Buses May Go Away

Posted on November 11, 2008 by brian

  Oh what a glorious day this is! Those over-subsidized, slow-a** overbuilt-for-their-use MTA BUS and NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT EXPRESS BUSES may see large service cuts due to the budget crunch. It’s about time!!!

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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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Mowing Ballparks and Milwaukee

Posted on October 4, 2008 by brian

I saw the title of the following article and immediately suspected that Milwaukee may be mentioned, since I recalled reading long ago about the Brewers’ groundskeepers and their famous field grass designs. Groundskeepers Display Artistry on the Diamond I was … Continue reading →

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