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Posted by Joe on Sun Aug 28 20:16:49 2016 New York Times, August 28, 2016.Amtrak, NJT central screen, now old, to be replaced by smaller, scattered departure boards. |
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Posted by Allan on Sun Aug 28 20:43:42 2016, in response to Penn Station departure board, posted by Joe on Sun Aug 28 20:16:49 2016. AmazingAmtrak has the money to replace the big departure board yet they can't get the air conditioning system in the main waiting area to work properly. |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sun Aug 28 22:47:01 2016, in response to Re: Penn Station departure board, posted by Allan on Sun Aug 28 20:43:42 2016. Might have something to do with the station being basically a basement. Not to mention all the heat coming from the LIRR, 8th & 7th Ave Subways being poorly ventilated & filtering into the main concourse. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Aug 29 06:30:00 2016, in response to Re: Penn Station departure board, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sun Aug 28 22:47:01 2016. Philadelphia is losing their Flip-flop board, also.Good-bye |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 29 06:39:48 2016, in response to Penn Station departure board, posted by Joe on Sun Aug 28 20:16:49 2016. Nooooooooooo!!!! |
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Posted by pragmatist on Mon Aug 29 07:50:27 2016, in response to Re: Penn Station departure board, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Aug 29 06:30:00 2016. Well, the Philly board is a true Solari board, the one in NY is a simulation, the old Solari bit the dust 15 or so years ago. I'll still miss them, but I understand the rationale. |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Mon Aug 29 07:56:41 2016, in response to Penn Station departure board, posted by Joe on Sun Aug 28 20:16:49 2016. The sign never really looked right, but they should replace it with another one. It would be the only major station on the NEC without one! |
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Posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Mon Aug 29 10:11:35 2016, in response to Re: Penn Station departure board, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sun Aug 28 22:47:01 2016. Not to mention 5 million people being in there ALL the time.. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Aug 29 10:22:07 2016, in response to Re: Penn Station departure board, posted by pragmatist on Mon Aug 29 07:50:27 2016. Ah, OK, thanks! |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Mon Aug 29 13:59:28 2016, in response to Re: Penn Station departure board, posted by pragmatist on Mon Aug 29 07:50:27 2016. I will miss the clicking.Progress sucks, but I understand. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Aug 29 14:12:39 2016, in response to Re: Penn Station departure board, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Mon Aug 29 13:59:28 2016. They should pipe in skueomorphic clicking. |
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Posted by Allan on Mon Aug 29 14:53:42 2016, in response to Re: Penn Station departure board, posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Mon Aug 29 10:11:35 2016. But not all at the same time. |
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Posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Mon Aug 29 14:59:37 2016, in response to Re: Penn Station departure board, posted by Allan on Mon Aug 29 14:53:42 2016. You know what I mean |
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Posted by chud1 on Mon Aug 29 15:07:58 2016, in response to Re: Penn Station departure board, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Mon Aug 29 13:59:28 2016. IAWTP.chud1. :)..... |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Aug 29 18:52:16 2016, in response to Re: Penn Station departure board, posted by pragmatist on Mon Aug 29 07:50:27 2016. The old GCT Solari board was state of the art back in the day.When they took it down in the late 80s IIRC, some of the destination flaps were fought after & hoarded by "collectors" Flaps like "20th Century Limited" "Chatham", "Woods Hole", "Merchants Ltd" etc were some of the biggies. All either in basements or for sale somewhere on E-Bay. Then there was the " telautograph" machine. Now that was a shark feeding frenzy. I think one of those is in the Smithsonian |
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Posted by gp38/r42 chris on Mon Aug 29 20:55:27 2016, in response to Re: Penn Station departure board, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Aug 29 18:52:16 2016. I remember the one in Kennedy Airport in theold iinternational terminal. Usedto love watching it and hearing the clicking as a kid. |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Mon Aug 29 23:49:30 2016, in response to Penn Station departure board, posted by Joe on Sun Aug 28 20:16:49 2016. Yeah, having a big sign there covering all Amtrak and NJT departures is something people expect. Replacing it with a bunch of video monitors will make the station environment seem even dinkier. It's too bad they weren't able to maintain the Solari board. |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Tue Aug 30 00:21:24 2016, in response to Re: Penn Station departure board, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Aug 29 14:12:39 2016. Like over at Newark Penn? |
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