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“It always stinks in Elizabeth! What is that smell?” (Friday’s Trip & Pics) |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Fri Sep 21 17:17:42 2007 That's what one guy said as he walked out of the waiting room of the Elizabeth station. It wasn't just him. I smelled it too.Anyway, here's Friday's Trip & Pics I picked up breakfast at McDonald's and sevened it on the 8 trai-- I mean, ate it on the 7 train. Looking at my watch, I knew the upcoming connection would be cutting it close. Taking a suggestion from South Ferry, I went to Penn Station to ride the bilevels on the 10:28 out of Penn. I got to Penn via the 7th Avenue IRT, and arrived at 10:26. As it was on Tuesday, the train was on Track 13. I boarded via the LIRR track 13 entrance nearest the 7th Avenue Subway and boarded the nearest car, since it was departure time. I started moving forward from one car to the next, going all the way to the car behind the locomotive. The train seemed to stretch forever! Strange thing was that the first few cars were completely empty, with no physical barrier to keep me from going into the next car forward, even in the empty cars. When the train arrived at Newark Penn, the car I was in stopped well past the fence about ¾-way down the platform. It was at that point I realized that if this car wasn't platforming (though it technically was, but the doors didn't open, and the aforementioned fence would prevent anyone on the platform from going that far forward anyway), it certainly wouldn't platform in Elizabeth, so I started moving back. I moved back to the first car I could find that had other passengers aboard and took a seat. As the train left, I heard the conductor talking to some of the other people in the car, telling them to move back. He then says, “You can’t just raise the bar and go anywhere you want!” At that point, I should have said, “Bar? What bar? I didn’t see any bar,” but I didn't. (Though it was true that I saw no bar when moving past where it was when I walked back.) I moved back and got off at Elizabeth. After a brief shoot there, I took the train to Newark, and walked over to Broad Street station. After a few pics there, I walked over to the Washington Park station, where I caught a car to NWK Penn Station. The car was playing the “You must have a valid ticket to ride this train…” announcement ad nauseum. I got my I.D. out, just in case. When we got to NWK Penn, the popo were a no show. I then took the PATH, the whole PATH, and nothing but the PATH. NWK to WTC, WTC to HOB, HOB to 33rd. It took 65 minutes to do the whole thing. I then ate at the Manhattan Mall and went home. This is where the train stopped in Elizabeth.  What was this abandoned rail line?  Yet another bilevel train  Acelaaaaaaaah…   Newark    |
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