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Posted by Express Rider on Sun Apr 20 00:19:53 2014, in response to Re: 1939 World's Fair spur, posted by Asgard on Sat Apr 19 22:53:24 2014. I thought I read in "Subway To The World's Fair", that the turnstiles at the IND World's Fair station, were configured to take fares when patrons left the IND as well as entered. So you would pay your second nickel, upon leaving the subway and entering the fair. Wasn't that the same arrangement as originally set up on the Rockaway line, where you inserted a second token in the turnstile when you left? This would mean, when people left the fair at night, they'd be paying the full ten cents. So, were the turnstile slots on the entering side of the fair station configured to take dimes and nickels, or did patrons leaving the fair, just put in two nickels instead to activate the turnstile? The evening attractions, the Amusement area, stayed open later than the rest of the fair, so that would have been a big attraction for taking the IND, not having to walk, as you said, back through the length of the fair grounds to get the I.R.T.-B.M.T. --------------------------------------------------------- I've often thought that the ride back, late at night from the '39 fair on the IND, is another piece of modern NYC history that has vanished - a hot and maybe humid evening getting on towards midnight. A train of R9's, door wide open waits at the platform, the overhead fans are providing the only relief from the heat. Everyone sitting in the cars is tired, but maybe a little overtired and in still in a partying mood, (like when people go out to dinner very late at night) bantering back and forth etc. Couples out on dates, tired and draped over each other (like one of those John Sloan drawings of late night el car interiors with tired passengers). The motorman sounds the buzzer and the train starts, you can hear motors' hum going up in pitch, but somewhat quieter since it's outdoors. And if you look out the window on the left it's pitch dark - no lights in Mt. Hebron cemetery, and looking out of the windows on the right, you can just make out the lake south of the amusement area and the lights of Grand Central. And continuing south, they'd pass, but pay no attention at all (although people on this board would) to the IND yard, with trains layed up, and then entering, (with the passengers not even being aware of) the expansive yard leads underground, before ramping up to 71st & Continental Ave. station. |
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