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Old subway cars running again in NYC

BigFitz

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Great site! The pictures reminded me of a great movie from the '60's, the incident. Here's a few stills from the movie. I'm not sure if they're the same type of cars in your post, but they look close to me. Sorry for the small pics:

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Tomasso

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There's a thread around here somewhere with a bunch of NYC Loungers riding that train a few years ago. Darned if I can find it.
 

dhermann1

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Just last year, and again this year. On the 18th of Dec., there was a small swing combo riding around all afternoon, and several dozen vintage enthusiasts, some of whom are, and all of whom ought to be, members of the Lounge dressed up full tilt vintage and swing danced their way up and down New York City. I missed it this year, but saw some great videos, which I'll try to find and post. It's a really fun day.
 

dhermann1

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Excuse me, it was Saturday, the 17th. Anyhow, here's one of several Youtube clips from that day:

[video=youtube;gPf8c9A15zY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPf8c9A15zY&context=C3c406c0ADOEgsToPDskLY2cst9-0d2VoE09jItyji[/video]
 

pgoat

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I totally missed it this year, too busy on the weekends. [huh]

Just fyi for anyone who is interested the old trains they run are kept on permanent display at the NYC transit museum (along with lots of other cool stuff to see), so definitely something to put on your agenda if you are visiting.

If you love old subway trains also check this link out.
 

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