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PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North |
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Posted by milantram on Wed Jul 23 07:26:47 2014 With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore. " 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North and all through the town, Not a creature was stirring, not even Fred Brown, The bunting was hung on the bridge fence with care, In hopes that the M7s soon would be there… ---- …The conductor exclaimed as he rode out of sight, 'Happy Commute To All, and to all a good night!' " 4194 appr Chappaqua, June 17, 2014. |
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Posted by Bill D on Wed Jul 23 08:05:54 2014, in response to PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by milantram on Wed Jul 23 07:26:47 2014. Great picture, Peter! I love the human element of this photo. Commuters just going about their business, and when the train arrives, they will board and continue the same. While we tend to focus on the vehicles that provide the transportation, it is refreshing to see the human element that we tend to overlook while railfanning.Bill |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Wed Jul 23 08:09:21 2014, in response to Re: PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by Bill D on Wed Jul 23 08:05:54 2014. ...all male business execs living in Chapaqua. Of course they're not interested in trains. For them it's cars and boats that they play with. |
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Re: PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North |
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Posted by milantram on Wed Jul 23 09:33:04 2014, in response to Re: PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by Bill D on Wed Jul 23 08:05:54 2014. Thanks, Bill! |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Jul 23 10:40:24 2014, in response to PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by milantram on Wed Jul 23 07:26:47 2014. nice photointeresting |
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Posted by Nilet on Wed Jul 23 12:39:19 2014, in response to PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by milantram on Wed Jul 23 07:26:47 2014. The night before Metro-North was December 31st, 1982. |
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Posted by fdtutf on Wed Jul 23 12:59:36 2014, in response to Re: PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by Nilet on Wed Jul 23 12:39:19 2014. Not in Chappaqua. |
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Posted by milantram on Wed Jul 23 14:33:21 2014, in response to Re: PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by Nilet on Wed Jul 23 12:39:19 2014. Poetic license... |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Jul 23 15:31:11 2014, in response to PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by milantram on Wed Jul 23 07:26:47 2014. Interesting!!! :-) |
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Posted by chud1 on Wed Jul 23 15:34:02 2014, in response to PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by milantram on Wed Jul 23 07:26:47 2014. Excellent!chud1. :).... |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Wed Jul 23 15:42:35 2014, in response to PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by milantram on Wed Jul 23 07:26:47 2014. Milan: That's a great picture but I believe that the "Night Before Metro-North" was December 31, 1982. I was the railroad agent at Bronxville at the time and had to retire my Conrail hat and put on a Metro-North one.Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by milantram on Wed Jul 23 17:32:19 2014, in response to Re: PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Wed Jul 23 15:42:35 2014. That's true, Larry. However, poetic license here… :) |
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Posted by milantram on Wed Jul 23 17:47:26 2014, in response to Re: PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Jul 23 15:31:11 2014. I knew I'd get some flak from the purists on this group. I knew the date of changeover from Conrali to M-N was December 31, 1982, but that wasn't the point of this little exercise. See, I was inspired by the bunting on the bridge, And as I was drifting off to sleep last night, the idea of paraphrasing the poem grew traction (no pun intended, as Chappaqua wis still non-electric territory then). In the morning, I looked up the poem, made the changes and voilà! :) |
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Posted by Nilet on Wed Jul 23 20:32:49 2014, in response to Re: PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by fdtutf on Wed Jul 23 12:59:36 2014. No? |
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Posted by milantram on Fri Jul 25 01:29:46 2014, in response to Re: PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by Nilet on Wed Jul 23 12:39:19 2014. I knew I'd get some flak from the purists on this group. I knew well the date of changeover from Conrali to M-N was December 31, 1982, but that wasn't the point of this little exercise. See, I was inspired by the shot of the bunting on the bridge, And as I was drifting off to sleep Tuesday night--with visions of sugar plums--the idea of paraphrasing the poem grew traction (no pun intended, as Chappaqua wis still non-electric territory then). In the morning, I looked up the poem, made the changes and voilà! :) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Jul 25 08:15:48 2014, in response to Re: PHOTO: 'Twas The Night Before Metro-North, posted by milantram on Fri Jul 25 01:29:46 2014. Most of us knew what you meant. |
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