I know I'm dating myself but I remember riding this line thousands of times to go everywhere in the city, to high school, college, shopping, visiting relatives, work,and transferring to see the Mets at Shea. All for 15 cents a token. My last ride was in 1966 when I took the subway to join the military, never to return. I live in California now but I will always remember my home town, New York. Thanks.
My dad was an over the road Conductor for 24 years his last job before he retired was on the IRT #2 Train based out of the 241st yard. Now he's running Heaven's Subway miss you poppa.
Thank you for taking the time to record and post this. We understand the work you guys put in and want to give you the credit you deserve. We sure do miss our beloved RFW.
@@nenblom Cut and cover, my friend. Mostly cut and cover technique. You would have been able to see the men working right through an open gape in from street level. They made sure traffic above wasn't hindered though. Amazing.
This is a very well made video with a crisp clear quality view. Good job! It's been years since I've been in my old Bronx and I can see how much this line has changed. Stations look updated, metal gangways next to each track, and of course the new "techno-trains". I miss the Red Birds, but I'm glad that things appear to be much cleaner.
I’m sure the original designers of the IRT system in 1900 never dreamed that their work would not only still be in daily use 120 years later but would still be a vital part of the system.
The "layup" tracks to the south of Brooklyn Bridge were once used to connect the IRT Lexington local to the downtown IRT stations of Fulton Street, Wall Street and Bowling Green. The local would then terminate at the inner station at South Ferry. The connection at Brooklyn Bridge was severed in the 1960's because the curve connecting the local tracks to the express tracks at Fulton Street was too sharp for newer trains to negotiate safely without traveling very slowly. This caused bottlenecks on the line so the connection was cut. The remaining tracks are layup tracks today.
Sorry 4 the late reply. It's an awesome yet very stressful job! That's why unfortunately a lot of folks retire and die immediately afterwards. We pick jobs every 6 months based on seniority - I always tend to pick jobs that start or finish close to my home.
The video began at the southbound local platform of the Brooklyn Bridge station, and showed the train negotiating the long-abandoned City Hall loop before beginning its northbound run. I never rode that part of the line, and appreciate seeing it here. Many thanks.
Thanks for this Great Video. It is a very good quality video. I appreciate you making it for all of us NYC Subway Lovers. I love riding the NYC Subways.mmmmmmmm P.S. Thanks for the extra printed information at each Subway Station,and throughout your video clip. This is soo needed on these Subway Video Clips from everybody that makes them.
Sweet memories. I don't know it it still available but back in the day a lot of people would get off at Pelham Bay Park, go downstairs and transfer on to an MTA bus (usually a GMC Fishbowl) and ride over to Orchard Beach to spend enjoying the sun and surf. Simple enjoyments from the past.
Sorry for hijacking! What an incredible system! Your system is much older then the CTA in Chicago, but there appears to have been much work to update and/or repair things!
Robbi496 Parts of the L predate the NY Subway. In the 80s the MTA, along with the city decided that updating and repairs were needed across the board. Bridges were shut down and repaired. That program still continues today as part of a 30 year program. Chicago is going through the same thing. Many station are being rebuilt too.
Chicago el began service in 1897. The NYC subway began service in 1904. If you're talking about the underground el in Chicago, then you're probably making sense.
Thank you so much for this post! I love trains and seeing the abandoned stops along the way was great! Also, I really enjoyed the tags for all of the stops. Again, Great Post and thank you for sharing this rare look down the tracks of the 7 Train.
Great video! Would love to see you make a video of the 4 train from Crown Heights in Brooklyn to Woodlawn in the Bronx or the 5 from Flatbush Avenue (Brooklyn) to Eastchester (Bronx)
Hey, BeBo2gfood1, I saw no slips, blips and dips in your filming of this fantastic trip. Regardless of what others may say, I think you did a fantastic filming of the RFW, keep up the good work, I appreciate the great video, and look forward to more from you!
It's been awhile that I have rode a train I am in a group home and they never take me on a train I miss going on it. 🚇🚆 I really want to go on it again I enjoy it a lot
Additionally to bebo's reply, They have blur films on the railfan windows, so you have to get just a perfect angle to get a non blurry shot. So you gotta give credit for bebo's pretty good clarity based on those factors.
Thanks! I've been gone a long time but remember the Bronx well. Good to know that some things haven't changed since the 70s. For me it's saddening that the Redbirds & the tough old classic buses have been long retired. Neat seeing that the EL structure and the bridge over the Bronx River is an attractive green color now. Used to be caramel-brown back in the day. I'm glad the Bronx appears much cleaner now and although there is graffiti, it's not as densely concentrated as it used to be.
The signal facing the other way can be found around the system. These are installed just in case the train has to run the opposite direction. These are mainly used when trains have to run Peak direction on the express (middle) tracks. AM to the City, PM from the City.
I'm an avid subway and elevated rr fan. Love to watch the views from the front car window. Remember riding the 3rd Ave el as a kid watching from the front window 9149th street to Gun Hill Rd). Fascinating views.
This one ... absolutely amazing! Thanks very much for sharing this experience. Keep up the good work and I hope to see more of this in the future. (maybe you could do a walk through of Smith - 9th Street, I've heard it will re-open next month. A fan from Germany
Its not that easy to get a good clearness, unless I put my head towards the LCD screen, which I dont want to do. Did the best I can. At the same time I was focusing portions of it at a certain point, which is why you may have seen some minor blurriness..
I dont think that has ONLY to do with it. Mostly because of tight curving, 5 car limit, and pretty much closed within City Hall property. If people want to see it, then its ether museum, or the other way around ill just say...
Yes, the buses to Orchard are absolutely there. There were still some 6 redbirds up to 2002 if I remember correctly. Many stations along the EL part of the 6 line have been fully renovated. Stations like Castle Hill/Zerega remain the same but are rotting away, literally. The Bronx is cleaner, and has a nice new network of bike trails (Best in the city in my opinion). I ride the 6 out of Zerega from 81 to current date.
Nice ride, J.lo is fom the Castle Hill area of the southeast Bromx I know, I like the 6 line more than the 4 and 5 even through they're the express, because the 6 goes tru east and southeast BX
Why does the new NYC Subway cars not have open articulated gangways between cars like other Metro systems? It would be convenient if passengers can walk between them.
+Mark Lee Back in the good ol days you could walk from car to car on the "classics", including the Red Birds. Transit systems prefer not to have the feature anymore due to potential lawsuits should a passenger fall as the cars rock and sway in opposite motions where they're coupled together at. Additionally, the motorman's cabs on the classic trains were quite claustrophobic. On the new trains, the cab section stretches across from wall to wall; giving the motorman a wide view as well as greater comfort. Good for the operators, not so good for railfans and videographers.
in all honesty, im sure you have spotted someone that is not supposed to be there on the tracks before. Do you report them? Or at least, how often do you spot anyone?
There is no R162. If you mean R62, you could try the (7) which has em. The (6) so far has none due to car arrangements. But possible again in the future for a short bit it could return.
Uhh Wait... Was that you I saw filming the same train I was on, at Downtown/Uptown City Hall, 14th, 42nd and 86th in the front o_O.. Because thats what I saw..
They were built as part of the ancient subway system, and they originally had much shorter platforms. Two of the stops on this line (Worth St. and 18th St) have been closed due to proximity to other stations.
Thanks for another great post ! Was the xtra R62A a lucky catch on the 6 or do you have some way to know when the view will be available on a line other than the few remaining regular trains ? I do paintings from these images.
Service operated local to Hunts Point, then Express after to E. 177th St, due to an odd issue at Middletown Road. Normally EXP starts at Third Ave. I was here at the rear end of the car, then went on the Parkchester bound EXP train. I can see why the R62A's isn't ready to go on the (6) line.
Many of the major lines in New York have four tracks for Local and Express service. Others have three tracks for rush hour Express service, like the 7 Flushing line. This gives the system a lot of flexibility for running trains around work areas during late night or weekend maintenance crews, a necessity for a 24 hour system like New York's.
He was at brookyln bridge city hall on the downtown platform and went through the abandoned city hall station to turn around to the uptown local platform
so basically from what i am reading and hearing, the 6 train line is going to lose over half of the R142a fleet due to these R188 conversion kits that will be available and moved to the Flushing 7 line in the coming months? and replaced with R62As? damnnnn its going to be like early 2000 on the Pelham 6
That signal at the start, doesn't that mean proceed with caution, track set to straight ? The train diverged into the loop track though, which has me conflicted lol... unless they consider that switch a straight.
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I know I'm dating myself but I remember riding this line thousands of times to go everywhere in the city, to high school, college, shopping, visiting relatives, work,and transferring to see the Mets at Shea. All for 15 cents a token. My last ride was in 1966 when I took the subway to join the military, never to return. I live in California now but I will always remember my home town, New York. Thanks.
I, too, rode this to High School and College, and to see, after transfer, the Yankees. And switched to the 7 to see the Mets and my girlfriend.
My dad was an over the road Conductor for 24 years his last job before he retired was on the IRT #2 Train based out of the 241st yard. Now he's running Heaven's Subway miss you poppa.
Frankly Speaking 😫 nah bro thats so sad
Frankly Speaking Godspeed to your dad.
Frankly Speaking God bless you and your dad.
Godspeed bro and stand clear of the closing gates
Rest in peace bro
Thank you for taking the time to record and post this. We understand the work you guys put in and want to give you the credit you deserve. We sure do miss our beloved RFW.
You changed the game for all of us ty
What an amazing system the NYC subway is.
amazing and sophisticated.
HUNDRED BEAST KAIDO Just imagine, the entire city is above you!! How did they do that?
That is correct . true engineering. Love it. Coming from a born nyer.
@@nenblom very carefully! lol
@@nenblom Cut and cover, my friend. Mostly cut and cover technique. You would have been able to see the men working right through an open gape in from street level. They made sure traffic above wasn't hindered though. Amazing.
12:04 you can see another abandoned station. 18th street.
This is a very well made video with a crisp clear quality view. Good job! It's been years since I've been in my old Bronx and I can see how much this line has changed. Stations look updated, metal gangways next to each track, and of course the new "techno-trains". I miss the Red Birds, but I'm glad that things appear to be much cleaner.
The R62A technically isn't an NTT
@@themtarailfannerdude but it looks like one
I’m sure the original designers of the IRT system in 1900 never dreamed that their work would not only still be in daily use 120 years later but would still be a vital part of the system.
The "layup" tracks to the south of Brooklyn Bridge were once used to connect the IRT Lexington local to the downtown IRT stations of Fulton Street, Wall Street and Bowling Green. The local would then terminate at the inner station at South Ferry. The connection at Brooklyn Bridge was severed in the 1960's because the curve connecting the local tracks to the express tracks at Fulton Street was too sharp for newer trains to negotiate safely without traveling very slowly. This caused bottlenecks on the line so the connection was cut. The remaining tracks are layup tracks today.
paktype never knew that’s why the connection was cut thanks
Great video and thanks for all the info tags along the way. I moved out of NYC almost 20 years ago and still miss riding the subway trains.
Nice vid! I'm a Train Operator in the B Division (letter lines for you lay people), but maybe I'll pick a job in the A Division after seeing this vid!
+JorgeCat78 What service do you operate on? Do you get to choose? What A Division service would you like to operate on? Must be one awesome job.
Sorry 4 the late reply. It's an awesome yet very stressful job! That's why unfortunately a lot of folks retire and die immediately afterwards. We pick jobs every 6 months based on seniority - I always tend to pick jobs that start or finish close to my home.
The video began at the southbound local platform of the Brooklyn Bridge station, and showed the train negotiating the long-abandoned City Hall loop before beginning its northbound run. I never rode that part of the line, and appreciate seeing it here. Many thanks.
1:35 - 1:56 - Been closed for almost 68 years (and still preserved). Wow, that's such a long time.
69 now... Nearing 70...
YoImShepard damn
Christopher Howell
Christopher Howell Kinda weird that the trains still go through it though
Yisrael H the 6 uses it as a turn around loop so they don’t have to get out of the cab
Excellent video. I got a little home sick, found this video and was happy to re-live my once daily commute. Thanks!
Must have taken this train thousands of times both up and down town way back when. Thanks so much for your effort.
Thanks for this Great Video. It is a very good quality video. I appreciate you making it for all of us NYC Subway Lovers. I love riding the NYC Subways.mmmmmmmm
P.S. Thanks for the extra printed information at each Subway Station,and throughout your video clip. This is soo needed on these Subway Video Clips from everybody that makes them.
Thanks a lot for your efforts to record this and including the loop in the beginning
Yes. The front door window was one of those features that made riding the classic Redbirds and R62s fun.
Sweet memories. I don't know it it still available but back in the day a lot of people would get off at Pelham Bay Park, go downstairs and transfer on to an MTA bus (usually a GMC Fishbowl) and ride over to Orchard Beach to spend enjoying the sun and surf. Simple enjoyments from the past.
Sorry for hijacking! What an incredible system! Your system is much older then the CTA in Chicago, but there appears to have been much work to update and/or repair things!
It's still really, really outdated :P
Robbi496 Parts of the L predate the NY Subway. In the 80s the MTA, along with the city decided that updating and repairs were needed across the board. Bridges were shut down and repaired. That program still continues today as part of a 30 year program. Chicago is going through the same thing. Many station are being rebuilt too.
Chicago el began service in 1897.
The NYC subway began service in 1904.
If you're talking about the underground el in Chicago, then you're probably making sense.
@@VinceHere98 Actually, some stretches of the elevated line to Jamaica (J and Z) date to the 1880s, even older than Chicago's South Side L.
@@larrybrennan1463 well that makes more sense!
great vid love the detail and decriptions you gave hope to see more
At 4:57 If I'm right then that's the old Abandoned Worth Street station
+SackboyMC Yes sir, as noted in the annotation (if on PC)
Thank you so much for this post! I love trains and seeing the abandoned stops along the way was great! Also, I really enjoyed the tags for all of the stops. Again, Great Post and thank you for sharing this rare look down the tracks of the 7 Train.
Great video! Would love to see you make a video of the 4 train from Crown Heights in Brooklyn to Woodlawn in the Bronx or the 5 from Flatbush Avenue (Brooklyn) to Eastchester (Bronx)
This is a really good video. Ive subscribed to your channel. I am a transit fan from the UK!.
Excellent upload!Haven't seen this in 11 years!Wish all 6 express trains were like this!
The noise of the train breaking is like the sound of a horror movie when the killer is gonna pop out😂😂
I really appreciated watching this. I haven't ridden that line since 1964. You did a really nice job.
4:58 You could See the Abandoned Worth Street Station
Hey, BeBo2gfood1, I saw no slips, blips and dips in your filming of this fantastic trip. Regardless of what others may say, I think you did a fantastic filming of the RFW, keep up the good work, I appreciate the great video, and look forward to more from you!
It's been awhile that I have rode a train I am in a group home and they never take me on a train I miss going on it. 🚇🚆 I really want to go on it again I enjoy it a lot
Great video. You've got a real steady hand. Between some stations it looks like the speeds are lower. Looks like the MTA needs to get to work.
Thanks! Speeds within the NYCT Subway system averages around 30-40MPH.
Ahh, Whitlock Ave. Heard the loudest screams ever from your station. Either a mugging or stabbing back in 1994.
R142 operates on the (2) (5)
R142A Operates on the (6) [But soon (7) due to car swap with R188]
R142 & R142A mixed on the (4)
I lived in the bronx until I was 15 in 1992. Soundview Morrison was my stop.
Additionally to bebo's reply, They have blur films on the railfan windows, so you have to get just a perfect angle to get a non blurry shot. So you gotta give credit for bebo's pretty good clarity based on those factors.
thank you so much. My dad was a conductor on the 6 for 18 years. I used to ride with him.
That was a great ride.Thank you very much
Top class video this my friend, how I miss NY especially the Subway! Keep the vids coming!
Thanks! I've been gone a long time but remember the Bronx well. Good to know that some things haven't changed since the 70s. For me it's saddening that the Redbirds & the tough old classic buses have been long retired. Neat seeing that the EL structure and the bridge over the Bronx River is an attractive green color now. Used to be caramel-brown back in the day. I'm glad the Bronx appears much cleaner now and although there is graffiti, it's not as densely concentrated as it used to be.
Nice video. The effort to include the information tabs at bottom are appreciated.
JERRYinCHS YeS NiCE ViDeO AnD LiKe My CoMmEnT NoW!! FoRm HeRe ThE RePlY BuTtOn AnD FoRm ThE CoMmEnT SeCiToN NoW!!!
This is really good! :) I see your nearly at 2000 videos. I hope you'll continue to do more RFW!
I love city hall loop.
Great video and great length ...
The signal facing the other way can be found around the system. These are installed just in case the train has to run the opposite direction. These are mainly used when trains have to run Peak direction on the express (middle) tracks. AM to the City, PM from the City.
Awesome footage. I knew I spotted another discontinued station after 14th Street Union Square. Spot on.
Nice video as always :D hope you will continue making this RFW videos if you can!
I'm an avid subway and elevated rr fan. Love to watch the views from the front car window. Remember riding the 3rd Ave el as a kid watching from the front window 9149th street to Gun Hill Rd). Fascinating views.
This one ... absolutely amazing! Thanks very much for sharing this experience. Keep up the good work and I hope to see more of this in the future. (maybe you could do a walk through of Smith - 9th Street, I've heard it will re-open next month. A fan from Germany
You totally pwned that guy at 04:10 by being *on* the train :)
Thank you for uploading this. Great vid
Its not that easy to get a good clearness, unless I put my head towards the LCD screen, which I dont want to do. Did the best I can. At the same time I was focusing portions of it at a certain point, which is why you may have seen some minor blurriness..
I dont think that has ONLY to do with it. Mostly because of tight curving, 5 car limit, and pretty much closed within City Hall property. If people want to see it, then its ether museum, or the other way around ill just say...
I stood on the platform of City Hall Loop station on October 27, 2004 during the subway's centennial celebration.
Yes, the buses to Orchard are absolutely there. There were still some 6 redbirds up to 2002 if I remember correctly. Many stations along the EL part of the 6 line have been fully renovated. Stations like Castle Hill/Zerega remain the same but are rotting away, literally. The Bronx is cleaner, and has a nice new network of bike trails (Best in the city in my opinion). I ride the 6 out of Zerega from 81 to current date.
Great video! I wonder why they don't run any express trains from Parkchester to Pelham Bay Park. The line was built for it and they once did.
So happy to have left the Lexington Avenue lines. They are always a bottleneck later in the day. I do miss it when its free and clear though.
That old City Hall Station is beautiful
Brilliant video Bebo! Thank you.
Nice video!
Thank You Boris:)
Nice ride, J.lo is fom the Castle Hill area of the southeast Bromx I know, I like the 6 line more than the 4 and 5 even through they're the express, because the 6 goes tru east and southeast BX
Hi, Nice video u have there!
Awesome vid, never had to ride the 6 in the Bronx only in Manhattan.
Yeah its you! Shoulda stayed on, if you wanted!
Yo theres a dude with grey sweat pants and a black sweater on Brooklyn Bridge filming in the front of the station, then at 14th he's there again.
Someone told me he hopped on an express train in between but I find it very hard to believe.
12:06 and There Is 18th Street which is easier to spot than worth Street
Yeah I saw it too Patrick
His actual name is Miles, not Patrick.
Hey Nice video!!
You should ask the motorman to put on his ditch lights so that we can see the track much better. Aarre Peltomaa
This train took longer than it should've but I guess that's what you expect from the MTA
Why does the new NYC Subway cars not have open articulated gangways between cars like other Metro systems? It would be convenient if passengers can walk between them.
you can walk between the cars there is doors at the front and back of each car to get from car to car
+Mark Lee Back in the good ol days you could walk from car to car on the "classics", including the Red Birds. Transit systems prefer not to have the feature anymore due to potential lawsuits should a passenger fall as the cars rock and sway in opposite motions where they're coupled together at. Additionally, the motorman's cabs on the classic trains were quite claustrophobic. On the new trains, the cab section stretches across from wall to wall; giving the motorman a wide view as well as greater comfort. Good for the operators, not so good for railfans and videographers.
Good thing that we're testing out open gangway cars right now
in all honesty, im sure you have spotted someone that is not supposed to be there on the tracks before. Do you report them? Or at least, how often do you spot anyone?
The buses to orchard beach are still there. Walk the overpass and they're right below. People use them all throughout summer.
There is no R162. If you mean R62, you could try the (7) which has em. The (6) so far has none due to car arrangements. But possible again in the future for a short bit it could return.
4:56 Worth Street
12:03 18 Street
Are you allowed to take it around the loop
Technically yes as it's still in service. But crew may tell everyone to get off. I've stayed on board with no problem and so has others.
You managed to get a clear shot without all the railfans breathing all over the RFW lmao.
Uhh Wait... Was that you I saw filming the same train I was on, at Downtown/Uptown City Hall, 14th, 42nd and 86th in the front o_O.. Because thats what I saw..
so many stops at the beginning, and close to each other, i dont know the city but arent they unnecessary
They were built as part of the ancient subway system, and they originally had much shorter platforms. Two of the stops on this line (Worth St. and 18th St) have been closed due to proximity to other stations.
Not really. I'd rather take the train to an exact location than walk sometimes.
Great video I hope you shoot more like this .
Thanks for another great post ! Was the xtra R62A a lucky catch on the 6 or do you have some way to know when the view will be available on a line other than the few remaining regular trains ? I do paintings from these images.
Can you please do a full route of the 1 Subway from South Ferry to Van Cortlandt Park?
What a GREAT idea!!!
how did you get the good quality I tried and failed btw nice video
My line :-) miss my lovely NYC
Service operated local to Hunts Point, then Express after to E. 177th St, due to an odd issue at Middletown Road. Normally EXP starts at Third Ave.
I was here at the rear end of the car, then went on the Parkchester bound EXP train. I can see why the R62A's isn't ready to go on the (6) line.
wow so diffrent to toronto's transit system. only 2 door chimes rather then 3 and the train sounds alot diffrent
Every seen a red signal passed? Does a brake engage? Great video, love the info bits too.
The subway tunnel looks haunted
Wow i never seen so many tracks before. I live in the bay area Oakland California we get ☝ set of tracks for each line on bart
Many of the major lines in New York have four tracks for Local and Express service. Others have three tracks for rush hour Express service, like the 7 Flushing line. This gives the system a lot of flexibility for running trains around work areas during late night or weekend maintenance crews, a necessity for a 24 hour system like New York's.
Nice keep doing more of these
that was my train. took it from brook ave to 125th. to change for the 4 or 5 dwn twn exp.
Awesome love your vidoes
why is city hall loop abonded it still lools great
The newer cars are longer in length and the distance from the platform is too great and raises potential safety hazards.
And they didn’t feel like extending the platform so they closed it
Not to mention there is only one track and it's a loop
He was at brookyln bridge city hall on the downtown platform and went through the abandoned city hall station to turn around to the uptown local platform
5 drooling stars out of 5 drooling stars for this video!
+Charlie Muller CHUD!
+exapno yep thats me from a different website.
The R62A 6 Train From Brooklyn bridge to Pelham Bay Park
No Problem! I'll have more in the future. By the way this is the (6) not (7).
Yessir
so basically from what i am reading and hearing, the 6 train line is going to lose over half of the R142a fleet due to these R188 conversion kits that will be available and moved to the Flushing 7 line in the coming months? and replaced with R62As? damnnnn its going to be like early 2000 on the Pelham 6
That signal at the start, doesn't that mean proceed with caution, track set to straight ? The train diverged into the loop track though, which has me conflicted lol... unless they consider that switch a straight.
The train loops back onto the same track. The switch is "straight"
Nice video but the white TH-cam address covers the station descriptions. They are completely missing on some stops.
Thanks. The TH-cam address added was to point to the source of the video. The latter I dont understand.
NICE!