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Posted by CJ on Sun Aug 19 20:07:10 2012 Here is a video of a train of R40 Slants back in 1987 and still covered in graffiti. Just goes to show a lot of stuff gets uploaded on Youtube especially rare stuff like this. Video is not mine. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Sun Aug 19 23:18:35 2012, in response to 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by CJ on Sun Aug 19 20:07:10 2012. Interesting. Would have preferred to focus on the subway ride, of course :-). |
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Mon Aug 20 00:02:20 2012, in response to 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by CJ on Sun Aug 19 20:07:10 2012. Yikes. This was filmed just after my 5th birthday! Nice to see the old R40's on the B West End. This reminds me of the time I rode the 1 train from 96th to 157th, to my aunt's house with my mother, on a train of graffitied up R21's! Miss those days! As for the people in this video, someone should have told the kid to put on a shirt! Try THAT one today, without getting ticketed by the NYPD! Not to mention that other guy in a dress! Geez! |
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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 00:31:08 2012, in response to 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by CJ on Sun Aug 19 20:07:10 2012. Cool! Thanks for the post!I wonder if the B train was already running 10-Cars (60 ft) trains by then..... |
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Posted by CJ on Mon Aug 20 00:56:34 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by 3-9 on Sun Aug 19 23:18:35 2012. That's all I could find. Sometimes you take what you get and hope something better comes along in the future and I have a strong feeling it will. :) |
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Posted by Edwards! on Mon Aug 20 01:22:16 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by 3-9 on Sun Aug 19 23:18:35 2012. oh well..whats old is new again. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Mon Aug 20 01:24:36 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by mcorivervsaf on Mon Aug 20 00:02:20 2012. 5 years old,huh? your about the same age as my son.. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Mon Aug 20 01:25:56 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 00:31:08 2012. yup.. |
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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 01:35:17 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Edwards! on Mon Aug 20 01:25:56 2012. Thanks. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Mon Aug 20 02:04:06 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by mcorivervsaf on Mon Aug 20 00:02:20 2012. I was going to say about the shirtless kid, he could not do that in 2012 for sure.It shows how different a time that really was. |
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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 05:34:55 2012, in response to 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by CJ on Sun Aug 19 20:07:10 2012. Oh, BTW that's the Broadway (Yellow) B line (Ditmars Blvd/Qnsboro Plaza-Coney Island). |
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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 05:39:12 2012, in response to 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by CJ on Sun Aug 19 20:07:10 2012. I miss the orange doors in the interior subway car.... |
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Posted by 3-9 on Mon Aug 20 06:11:04 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by CJ on Mon Aug 20 00:56:34 2012. Thanks for the find! |
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Posted by 3-9 on Mon Aug 20 06:17:22 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 05:39:12 2012. I miss the large windows and rubber trim(?) on the doors. I know they wanted to save money post-GOH with door windows that were the same size as were on all the other stainless steel doors, but they still looked way out of place. |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Mon Aug 20 06:57:34 2012, in response to 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by CJ on Sun Aug 19 20:07:10 2012. It seems to be an (N) train diverted to what was then the (B) line. Yeah, the (N) and what is now the (D) still run over each others' lines routinely. But somehow seeing it on film from a few decades ago makes me think of "The French Connection". |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Mon Aug 20 07:41:13 2012, in response to 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by CJ on Sun Aug 19 20:07:10 2012. Was that guy in the dress for real? It was like he came directly from gay central casting - the speech affect, the teased hair, the dress.The MTA has come a long way since 1987. |
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Posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Mon Aug 20 07:48:41 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Mitch45 on Mon Aug 20 07:41:13 2012. From the looks of things, they went to the Mermaid Parade, so that sort of explains the dress...I think... |
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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 08:08:53 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by 3-9 on Mon Aug 20 06:17:22 2012. I miss them too! |
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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 08:11:17 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Dyre Dan on Mon Aug 20 06:57:34 2012. Nope, that wasn't no N train. That was the Broadway B (Ditmars Blvd/Qnsboro Plaza-Coney Island) train. |
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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 08:15:59 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Dyre Dan on Mon Aug 20 06:57:34 2012. BTW, I think the N didn't ran R40s in 1987. The N began running R40s around late 1988 or '89. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Aug 20 08:21:07 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Mitch45 on Mon Aug 20 07:41:13 2012. Where did you see a guy wearing a dress?Look again. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Mon Aug 20 08:40:15 2012, in response to 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by CJ on Sun Aug 19 20:07:10 2012. Hard to believe that just 2 years later, that train woulda been clean!!! I do not miss the bad old days..However, see my post about Penn Station- how long will it be before the bad guys take over the city again? |
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Posted by Joe V on Mon Aug 20 08:51:51 2012, in response to 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by CJ on Sun Aug 19 20:07:10 2012. I forgot how horrible the subway looked then. They looked worse at 20 years of age than the similar R42's do now.(My, guys wore skimpy shorts back then). |
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Posted by Edwards! on Mon Aug 20 10:47:01 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 08:15:59 2012. yeah..they did run there..even on the 4th avenue locals...matter of fact..they ran on ALL BROADWAY LINE services at on time or another. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Aug 20 10:47:46 2012, in response to 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by CJ on Sun Aug 19 20:07:10 2012. That was an effin horror movie. That goes right up there with Nightmare on Elm St 3 for 1987 scariest. |
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Posted by Mr Railfan on Mon Aug 20 11:37:30 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Wallyhorse on Mon Aug 20 02:04:06 2012. you can do that in 2012. It's perfectly legal to be shirtless in public. I'm not sure if there's a specific code of conduct addressing it on MTA property, but it's sure as heck legal on public streets. Even women have the right to appear topless in NYC (that's without a bra). Here's an article if you don't believe me: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/06/topless_bowery.php |
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Mon Aug 20 12:13:59 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Mr Railfan on Mon Aug 20 11:37:30 2012. In the summer of 2010, I saw a guy get ticketed on a 6 train for being shirtless at 59th Street.Ever since then, I thought that was a rule being enforced. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 12:25:36 2012, in response to 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by CJ on Sun Aug 19 20:07:10 2012.  A thousand internets for finding this, my good man. All of a sudden, it's 1987, I'm 15, my walkman has no rewind button and my jeans are acid washed. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 12:27:37 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Mr Railfan on Mon Aug 20 11:37:30 2012. It's done all the time. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 12:29:07 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Dyre Dan on Mon Aug 20 06:57:34 2012. During the summer of 1987 the N was almost always diverted down the B line. This prevented the J train from terminating at 9th Ave. That meant they were turned at 36th St. in a manner which would be inconceivable today. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 12:31:39 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 12:29:07 2012. I should elaborate that during this time there was no midday M service. They did the 2 shuttle/single track thing north of Myrtle, and extended the J south of Broad St to cover for the M here. This usually coincided with the bustitution of the J line east of either Eastern Parkway or Crescent St. Since the pre-GOH R42's did not have proper signage for this route, it usually meant they were OOS during the day, which really sucked in summer. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 12:40:31 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Joe V on Mon Aug 20 08:51:51 2012. It's almost the reverse of what we experienced when the GOH'ed cars were put in service. Back then, this was normal and the clean cars of today evoked the strong response. The summer of 1987 was my first experience with the overhauled slants. The only other type in service before this was the R38's, which debuted in February. I still remember my first ride on one, and I did not recognize it as the older type. I thought it was a brand new car class. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 12:49:50 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Olog-hai on Mon Aug 20 08:21:07 2012. That guy/girl/thing at 2:50 is wearing really breezy short shorts which could be mistaken for a skirt. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 12:55:16 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 12:31:39 2012. Forget all this. If the date is correct, it was shot on a Saturday. |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Mon Aug 20 13:50:44 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 12:49:50 2012. Indeed, I made that mistake. Truth is, when (s)he got on the train, I really thought (s)he was a woman. |
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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 14:45:08 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Edwards! on Mon Aug 20 10:47:01 2012. N didn't ran R40s in 1987 though. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 14:53:59 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Mitch45 on Mon Aug 20 13:50:44 2012. Funny, I don't remember the West End line being so gay back then. That doesn't count the crews on the trains, but that's another story I'd rather not get into. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 14:56:13 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by MainR3664 on Mon Aug 20 08:40:15 2012. These cars were probably only weeks away from their pre-GOH cleanup. The first GOH'ed R40 I encountered was about 2 months after this was filmed. Coldest AC I have ever encountered. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 14:59:06 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 14:45:08 2012. No, R40's were confined mostly to the B, and occasionally on the Q. No doubt some were already off TA property being overhauled when this was filmed.The B used to be a hodge-podge line, but once the N and R swapped northern terminals (and yards) the B used slant R40's almost exclusively for the next 10 years. |
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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 15:15:24 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 14:59:06 2012. Exactly. |
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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 15:15:28 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 14:59:06 2012. Exactly. |
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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 15:36:58 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 14:59:06 2012. Not to mention that the video was shot almost a month after the N and R swapped northern terminals.... |
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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 15:37:02 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 14:59:06 2012. Not to mention that the video was shot almost a month after the N and R swapped northern terminals.... |
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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 15:38:58 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 12:25:36 2012. The 80s truly was the best decade ever...then the boring 90s came around..... |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 16:03:02 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 15:37:02 2012. And Bay Ridge riders were still getting used to the novelty of clean trains. |
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Posted by CJ on Mon Aug 20 17:24:45 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 12:25:36 2012. Your welcome and it's what I do. If find something new that is from the 1980s around Youtube I will post it here ASAP. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Mon Aug 20 19:09:39 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 08:08:53 2012. I only wish somebody had saved the pre-GOH doors off that wrecked R40M that was sitting in South Brooklyn before it got scrapped. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 21:17:57 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by 3-9 on Mon Aug 20 19:09:39 2012. R42. All R40M's underwent GOH. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 20 21:30:39 2012, in response to Re: 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 20 01:35:17 2012. B's and Q's went to 10 cars in 1986, when they closed the north side of the bridge. Fewer trains crossing it, they decided to make them longer to deal with crowds. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Aug 20 21:42:28 2012, in response to 1987 Train Ride To Coney Island, posted by CJ on Sun Aug 19 20:07:10 2012. IIRC that was when they had the split B and D and only the south side tracks of the bridge were open. |
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