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Video: A Front Window View On The Nostalgia Train
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Jen Carlson
Published Jun 9, 2014
Modified Jun 9, 2014
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Inside the nostalgia train. (Photo via bifteck's flickr)
Every once in a while an old train is pulled out of retirement for nostalgia's sake, and this weekend the R1/9 subway cars (also collectively known as the Arnines) were transporting passengers once again on the M line. These were built in the 1930s and '40s, and retired in the 1970s. Below you can get a conductor's vantage point, from the Essex Street station to Metropolitan Avenue, giving you both an underground and elevated view, with a trip over the Williamsburg Bridge. Turn the volume up for some occasional banter about the old days.
And here's one from earlier this month passing through a station:
Here's the upcoming nostalgia ride schedule. [h/t Reddit]
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Jen Carlson
Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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