As a retired motorman, This was my absolute favorite run before I went on the work trains. The R-44 was my favorite to operate. Thanks for letting me hold on to this memory!!!!!!!!!!!
@Megan Isenberg . I'll give it to your team this year because they were unstoppable, but that's about as far as I go. No self-respecting New Yorker would ever root for those eagles. Go KC!! Lol
Lol the ttc only has one train assigned to one line so they’re no such things as a A or C train on the same line makes it easier so you can just hop on any train that comes and will still bring you to the same station lol
Love being on the express trains and seeing the stations skipped. On the other hand it can be a frustrating wait if you're on the platform of a local station and seeing express trains pass by.
I'll admit that that could be frustrating when you actually need to be somewhere, but it's not so bad when you're not "in a rush." One of the best rail experiences I've had was standing on the platform of a Shinkansen (Japanese bullet train) and one of their "express" trains passing by me at almost 200 mph! Even the more "local" lines don't "slow down" when skipping stops right next to the platform. "Common sense" dictates Japanese rail safety and, at least for them, it works.
It's a pain being on a local platform and having the train go by. Even stranger when the engineer hardly slows down. They seem to have cracked down on that for the last several years.
I used to ride the PATH train, and I used to be pissed off when someone was already there standing by the windows. The old PATH train car that had brown and beige seats had two front windows you can look out of. One while sitting on the very first seat, and the other on the sliding door that was locked, for safety reasons of course. My favorite spot was standing at the sliding door window with my back turned to everybody else.
Same here and I’m old enough that we were able to have the top of the window down and we got the breeze in our face and the smell of the air in the tunnel… this was in the early 60’s. . Watching these videos brought back all those great memories
0:00 Far Rockaway-Mott Av 1:28 Beach 25th St-Wavecrest 3:00 Beach 36th St-Edgemere 4:28 Beach 44th St-Frank Av 6:14 Beach 60th St-Straiton Av 8:09 Beach 67th St-Arverne By The Sea 15:27 Broad Channel 22:44 Howard Beach-JFK Airport 24:36 Aqueduct-North Conduit Av 25:57 Aqueduct Racetrack 28:50 Rockaway Boulevard 30:26 88th St-Boyd Av 31:42 80th St-Hudson St 33:25 Grant Av 35:01 Euclid Av 39:35 Broadway Junction 43:49 Utica Av 47:12 Nostrand Av 52:40 Hoyt-Schermerhorn St 54:32 Jay St-MetroTech 57:23 High St-Brooklyn Bridge 1:00:32 Fulton St 1:02:36 Chambers St 1:04:58 Canal St 1:07:55 West 4th St-Washington Square 1:10:44 14th St 1:14:49 34th St-Penn Station 1:17:15 42nd St-Port Authority Bus Terminal 1:21:25 59th St-Columbus Circle 1:29:45 125th St 1:33:58 145th St 1:37:54 168th St 1:40:38 175th St 1:42:37 181st St 1:44:40 190th St 1:46:52 Dyckman St 1:48:50 207th St
Story time...the island you see around the 14:00 mark i was stranded on with my friends a few years ago. We went canoeing and it was ridiculously windy. We were rowing but the wind and current were pushing us further out into the bay. At one point we were holding on to the columns under the train tracks. We finally made it to that island but needed to be on the other side to get back to our friends. The tide was high and there was no way we were going to make it against the current. One friend suggested we take the canoe and walk across the tracks! I strongly urged against that. Salt water, heavy canoe, 3rd rail, active tracks = 1 way ticket to meet out maker. We hung out for a few hours, exploring the island, getting tans and having some beverages. Eventually the tide lowered and we were able to walk underneath to the other side. Ill never forget that day and always look at our beach spot when i pass on the train.
I rode all the lines in the city including Staten Island when I was in high school back in 1962; there was no free transfers between trains and buses and you paid an extra fair on the Rockaway line that was collected when you got off the train. It all seemed so weird to me at the time. I saw parts of the city I probably would not have seen had I not been adventurous! I told my parents I had late classes that kept me coming in late! The Rockaway line was the most interesting riding over Jamaica Bay followed by the Staten Island Rapid Transit where I actually saw farms and farm animals that seemed totally undisturbed by a subway running by their pastures! I was an urbanrailer back then and still am today! I love subways and the whole urban transit scene!
That's kinda odd, collecting fare when you get off the train. When you say 1962 it's before the MTA existed and the subway was operated by a private company, there were actually 3 private subway companies so that's probably why there weren't free transfers.
@@NeighborSenpai Not exactly. While the MTA wasn't around all subway lines were owned and run by the City (NYCT) After June 1940. Free transfers and connections came about in the 1940s. Train to Bus transfers came in 1997/98 with the Metro Card gold. The Rockaway line was opened in 1956 from old LIRR trackage there was a Double fare until the mid 1970's. From what I understand it was sort of a tax to help pay for construction or reconstruction of the line. The A run's 31miles for $2.75 one of the best deals anywhere.
@@rgalesnyc Yes, though they've increased the interline transfers underground since the 1980s. Before that, it was difficult to transfer from BMT to IND or IRT except for very big stations like Times Sq and Union Sq.
TH-cam made it possible to take 1hr; 40min ride on a New York City subway to Rockaway Park. I enjoyed very much!! Keep it going. Thanks!!! I've never been to NYC; This video felt like I was there in person.
Doug Archer you need to Visit. It’s worth the trip. With that said, despite its many issues ie garbage and trash, overcrowding, sometimes crime and some badly infrastructure upgrades, the scenery on the N.Y. subways especially here on the “A” train ‘s outdoor aka elevated sections is worth the trip.
Crime as a problem is a past time in New York, especially manhattan. Don’t listen to that mumbo jumbo (outside the latest riots). Anywho, New York is amazing, overcrowding and those things are only an issue in midtown, rest of New York is lovelyyyy. Lived here 10 years.
28:00. This is the ramp that was added. Originally, this was a Long Island Railroad line that continued North. On your right, you'll see the original right of way, which is still there, but abandoned. Looking forward, we swing left and merge into the Fulton El. 32:40. Glance to your right. Notice the iron work? That was the original route. The line continued above ground into Manhattan. It was the Fulton El. When the BMT went out of business, the city tore down that part of the El, and rerouted it into the subway.
@@wadeharris3535 Oh man! I'd have to look it up. Basically, the city wanted to kill the BMT and IRT. Look at the parallels. In the Bronx, the IND Concourse line just TROLLS the Jerome Avenue 4 line. It's a block away! They built the IND A line UNDER THE FULTON EL! So, when the BMT went bust, they demolished the Fulton El but left the spur from like Euclid to Lefferts and just built a ramp from the A and tied it into the El. Similar to the J. Demolished it East of 121st and built a ramp down to the new Parsons Archer station. Make no mistake. The city wanted control of all mass transit, and got it in the 40s.
I make it up to New York every couple of years (I live near Tulsa). I find these little historical items fascinating; something new to look for during my next visit.
"When the BMT went out of business, the city tore down that part of the El, and rerouted it into the subway." Nope. Unification happened on June 1, 1940, and the City of New York took over all the lines that was previously owned (and built) by private companies, BMT/BRT and IRT (even though there many lines that predate the BMT/BRT and IRT such as the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, and 9th Avenue Els in Manhattan and the 5th Avenue, Myrtle Avenue, Lexington Avenue, Fulton Street and Broadway-Brooklyn (to forrmer stub terminal at Cypress Hills) Els in Brooklyn. The IND was the only former division that was city-owned initially. While it was rerouted into the subway (IND Fulton St Subway), the Fulton St IND and Fulton Street El co-existed for awhile. The IND Fulton St Subway (A/C Trains) opened to Rockaway Avenue Station on 4/9/1936 while the portion of the Fulton St EL west of Rockaway Avenue Station to Fulton Ferry Station closed on 5/31/1940. The Fulton St Subway was extended from Rockaway Avenue Station to B'way-East New York on 12/30/1946. The section from B'way-East New York station to Euclid Avenue station opened on 11/28/1948. The final section, the connection from Euclid Avenue to the former Fulton Street El west of 80th-Hudson (including the Grant Avenue Station), opened on 4/29/1956. The part of the Fulton St El from Rockaway Avenue Station to west of 80th-Hudson Street Station closed on April 26/27, 1956 and demolished in early 1958.
I've been watching some of the various front window/cab view videos of different rail systems in different places around the world. I was just recently watching ones from Holland in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. I have to say this about NYC's subway. It may not be pretty or aesthetically pleasing for site seeing and tours. But it more than makes up for that in it's utilitarian use, the complexity of the lines, and the many levels/layers that make up the various crisscrossing lines of the NYC subway system. It really is a marvel with just how much is built under the city, a vast complex that few in the world really know about. It's pretty much an underground city in and of itself.
Thanks to this video i discovered Rockaway Beach. Living here in NYC for so long and i had never been there. I went multiple times this past summer. It was GREAT. Sooo nice to get out of the city and enjoy the water (which is never cold), sand, sun. I love in this video the fact that when one crosses the Bay, the bridge is only the track. It's so thin. You have the water right there. Thank you for the video!!!
What a joy!!! I loved riding this line over the Beach Channel bridge. I lived out in the Rockaways from 1987 and on and off until about 1990 and had the time of my life. This is wonderful footage. Thank you so much.
Haha, the fence to the left of track after the Broad Channel stop is my work, we put it in after the Sandy storm swept all off the tracks and surrounding areas away into the bay ! Some good days out there riding 4x4 XUVs through those bushes too 👍
Thanks for the upload! I did the same on the Subways during the 70's , loads of fun! Riding in between was even more fun. In the 70's I used to work in "the city" when I lived in Rosedale, Queens. Not far from JFK I used to take the Q5 into Jamaica at Parsons blvd, took the "E" to Rockerfella Plaza and always stood in the front at the window, but on the way home from work (across from St. Pats) I'd hang in BETWEEN cars and smoke a joint! Damn, crazy yes, fun yes! I was 16!
Oh man. I used to go all the way from Rockaways to Hoyt Schermerhorn Street (50% ride underground and 50% above). The sun, the outside, the sounds This brings back so many great memories.
Be aware there are 2 A trains. One travels to and from Lefferts blvd. the other goes out to Far Rockaway. The Far Rock A train is used if you’re going to JFK Airport. That’s the one with this view in the video.
dkeithtag the R32s are not only the best subway cars ever for NYC, maybe the best ever anywhere on the planet. However it’s long time for it to retire. Heard they should be totally gone by the latest around 2022.
I used to live in Far Rockaway. And take the A train. Good view. From 1986 to 1990, I used the A from Mott Avenue or Beach 25th to Rockaway Boulevard to attend John Adams High School.
Thanks for posting these. I'm from Missouri and we have The Metro Link but none of it goes underground. I didn't realize that part of the subway lines that the trains travel on aren't underground. I'd really like to visit NYC and tour all the stations one day, as well as all the attractions.
My stop growing up was 125th St and 8th Ave (the A or D train); or 125th and Broadway (the 1 tain). I lived on 125th and Amsterdam Ave, which was in between both lines. Thank you for this video uploader. 🤗
When I was there in 1965-66 it was just 15 cents if I remember right. Seems there there people complaining of this increase from just 10 cents. I think I still have some tokens around some place.
What a beautiful sunny day without a cloud in sky.Wow that looks awesome when the railway line is raised so your looking down upon buildings in the suburbs. Enjoyed the ride.
I'm an operator for the subway line. I've done this run many times. It may look cool to operate a train but after you do it for six months the novelty of it wears off real quick.
52:40. Hoyt & Schermerhorn. Some conductors said 'Skipperhorn!' Such a big station in my life, and so many movies filmed subway scenes there and upstairs in the halls!
After seven years of riding the much faster, more efficiently run train lines in Japan (JR, Keikyu, Shinkansen), I thought I was permanently jaded over NYC's relatively antiquated lines. But stumbling upon this video invoked the joy and wonder I had riding over/under/through NYC during my childhood (in fact, back then I enjoyed the train rides TO Coney Island more than the rides AT Coney Island itself; go fig). I'm certain, however, that had I been a regular NYC commuter as an adult, I wouldn't enjoy this as much as I do now...
@@RandomUser2401 I doubt that. The winds in a tornado can top 200mph. The winds in a hurricane can top 150mph. EF 5 tornadoes throw 18 wheeled semis. They can throw cars for miles. The EF 5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri in 2011 leveled the entire town, even big stores like Walmart and Home Depot. The front wall of the Home Depot collapsed. You could see the inside of the Walmart from a helicopter. There was a multi story hospital built out of concrete and steel. The top floor was ripped off and the entire hospital was shifted off its foundation. It had to be demolished and rebuilt. No sturdy concrete building that was in the path of the tornado survived. Houses are built out plywood. Some are built out of bricks. The brick houses were destroyed just as easily as the plywood houses. Many stone and concrete buildings were destroyed to. The amount of damage was 2.8 billion dollars. I’m sure your not from the us because the us happens to be the tornado capital of the world and you seem very ignorant of their immense power. People who live in countries that don’t experience many tornadoes seem to be very ignorant of them.
During Sandy my Street West 42nd Street was under 5 feet of water we were evacuated that day as I went home to Rye New York to stay with my parents as we didn't have electricity for 8 days. I applied to FEMA and they put me up at the W for 3 months directly across the street from the 911 Memorial. The an additional month at Gild Hall.
I used to live on 181st on this line but i never rode past 80th Hudson, beautiful all the open space tree lines and water for miles. I now live in Las Vegas but planning a trip home soon. Must take this ride from end to end. Thanks great video!!!!
When I ride trains or watch these videos i think about all the labor and hours that went into developing railways.... All the miles upon miles of tracks and rails that have to be laid and tunnel systems that have to be created.
I grew up in the Montreal area and, if I was coming home (to Pincourt) from downtown Montreal, I took a commuter train that went over water too, but that was a relatively high bridge over a river (Ottawa River, Sainte Anne Rapids). The view from the A-Train on those long low bridges between islands just a few feet over Jamaica Bay with water on both sides are spectacular like nothing else I've ever seen on a commuter rail system.
riding nyc trains for over 60 years but about 20 years ago rode this route for 1st time it was amazing going over the water on a foggy rainy day on the way to the racetrack felt like yo were in a scary movie
@@maiyenish8552 They still get painted a lot, just dont run in traffic :p it would be intresting to walk in the tunnels and look at graffiti, probably stuff left there from the 80s
WOW 😮 this was awesome seeing. I can’t believe I use to ride that “A” train from Nostrand Ave(Brooklyn) all the way to the Dyckman 200 stop in the late 70s to visit my boyfriend. That ride was well over a hour & back then there were no portable gadgets to help enjoy such a long ride. I miss the 70s & 80s ☹️
I remember a time when the conductor had to go outside and stand between to cars in order to operate the doors in rain,. snow, freezing cold or boiling summer heat. Even back then I used to wonder why no one thought of putting the door controls inside the train! Looking back, what a perilous job that was!
Hey DJ Hammers - I'm a Underground (Subway) Operator in London and I found your channel after this video autoplayed after something I was watching, this has led me to the videos FanRailer does and also the TWU Local 100, given me a great insight as Train Daddy took over where I work yesterday! Operators in NY really do have a very skilled job, looking at the way that the operator negotiates the 'one shot' and 'two shot' sections, with signals clearing en cue as well as observing junction signals for diverging routes (we have a totally different method in the UK) is a real pleasure for me. Also browsing a NY Subway forum it seems their route knowledge takes in several lines, to keep that knowledge and skill deserves credit. Thanks for posting and giving people who have never visited America a taste of what goes on - hopefully I'll get over one day to see the real thing! The bit that threw me the most was that the normal direction of travel is on the opposite side of ours (as well as this business of half cabs - something which doesn't happen in London)....
I am so glad that you enjoyed the video! Our operational complexities are quite interesting. I really enjoy exploring all of the various operating schemes at railroads around the world too!
@@DJHammersTrains Thanks for your kind reply and I agree the NYC Subway and it's practices are very interesting - particularly with the amount of manual signalling in towers that still goes on. With operations all over the world, I'll send you a couple of links from London, I know both of these operators very well - it's a shame the trains they're on have long since been scrapped.... th-cam.com/video/l6Oc0rpohJQ/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/Q-7dUgXIu-o/w-d-xo.html&t
@@Captainpubwatch Which line are you on? I was on LU from 89 to 03. Worked Northern and Central as a guard/motorman and later on H&C. And yeah I think we had it easier in terms of the stuff we had to learn, one rolling stock, one line, unlike NY where it's several rolling stocks and several lines on a whole division. That would equate to knowing all LU surface stock and lines, or all tube stock and lines. Too much for my brain, I had enough trouble with one. And check this out if you havent already www.nyctransitforums.com/topic/38133-the-schoolcar-experience/#comments
Hello from Finland. I find the NYC Subway quite fascinating, and it sure feels a lot different than the Helsinki Metro we have over here. I wish to ride the NYC Subway one day. :)
My high school summer jobs in the late 60's was as a messenger for a law firm in Manhattan. I spent most of my days on the subway systems. Learned every inch of them including all the transfers.
If you have insomnia, videos like this are great non-medicinal help. I know everyone's different, but these always put me right to sleep, I don't know how conductors stay awake honestly. I'm from Chicago, and we had a conductor fall asleep and crash full speed into the Ohare stop which is the end of the line. I don't know if substances were involved, but I could totally see just simply falling asleep from the ride.
How Blue Is That Water From Broad Channel To JFK.. I Now Live Near The Beach In Florida..It Never Looks That Good..Been Watching For Years..Love The Videos!!!
I lived in Brooklyn in the 60's,Parkside Ave..The "D"Train was close by,me and my buddy's would jump over (or under) the Turnstiles (Free Ride) and Go to Coney Island,Last Stop,Have Some Nathan's Hot Dogs,walk the Boardwalk,maybe a couple of Rides and Under the Turnstiles again,Back to Parkside.Great Memories,Miss Those Days...Alot!
As a foreigner, This gives me almost a first hand look at NY. There seems to be a lot more 'normal' neighbourhoods than I imagined. I'll be honest I thought it was a bit more high rise.
Love the way this was shot. The perspective is right in the middle…very trippy. There is a spot light coming from the headlights but you still get a sense of the darkness, not washed out like the others I've seen. 👍
I’ve been taking this A train for the last 15 years or so..... crazy when I actually think about it lol. From high school to adulthood, still riding the A 😂😂😂 from far rockaway to Manhattan to work!
Some people just seem to have to junk up around them 54:15. Where I live, in rolling green hills and valleys, it’s the same thing. Litter in the ditches. City dwellers or country livers: quit junking up the place for someone else to clean up! Gee!
I live in upstate New York, and most of the trash along the street is from the garbage trucks. Trash not compacted spills out and litters everywhere, on top of the pigs that throw stuff out th the window.
@@frothe42 • After I posted the above a year ago, we started paying more attention to those responsible for the litter problem. Know what? We noticed the people who just throw their beer cans or fast food wrappers out are a tiny part of the problem. The garbage was coming from the garbage trucks, as you described! My husband called the number on the trucks to complain. Haven’t noticed a great deal of improvement, but we’ve encouraged our neighbors to say something, too.
@@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043 Somehow I noticed that garbage trucks were the problem, as I thought it was people. I don't remember how I came about this, maybe from watching NYSDOT doing spring garbage pick-up brought about this epiphany.
There's no way you would love doing this every day...i guarantee you that.. Been doing it ( not the whole distance) for over 50 years...by circumstance, not choice.
I loved riding this line as a kid in the 70's, especially to the beaches, but got spooked a couple of times getting mugged going through Broad Channel and through what used to be Hammels Wye headed into Far Rockaway.
27:57 to right is the old tracks from the LIRR that once was used before the Jamaica Bay Trestle was burned down, sold and rebuilt by the MTA in the 50s. Those tracks go through Rego Park and would have eventually crossed the Whitepot Junction which is an under jump leading to the LIRR mainline to the city (Like how it goes through Kew Gardens). This would make a trip from rockaway to NYC super short again
As the train crosses the water going into Broad Channel, and you can see the Manhattan skyline in the distance, you get a sense of just how flat Brooklyn is given that you can see wall the way across it!
I OPERATED R10 CARS 207ST TO FAR ROCK IN LATE 1960S TO 1970S. EVERY TIME I LEFT THE SUBWAY AND GOT TO BROAD CHANNEL, I THOUGHT I LANDED ON ANOTHER PLANET. THIS COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE PART OF NEW YORK THAT WAS COLLAPSING LIKE THE ROMAN EMPIRE. IT HAD TO BE ANOTHER PLANET. OLD TIMER, WITNESS TO COLLAPSE.
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As a retired motorman, This was my absolute favorite run before I went on the work trains. The R-44 was my favorite to operate. Thanks for letting me hold on to this memory!!!!!!!!!!!
I heard this was the worst from Harold Cruz
OMG A GIANTS FAN GET THE HECK OUTTA HERE LETS GO EAGLES!!!! (I'm kidding likely team u want just know your team sucks)
@Megan Isenberg . I'll give it to your team this year because they were unstoppable, but that's about as far as I go. No self-respecting New Yorker would ever root for those eagles. Go KC!! Lol
Thank you for your service.
As a current t/o this is my favorite run, even when I was a conductor. Just love the express
The hardest part about doing video like these.... is probably finding a window that's not scratched up.
And relatively clean, too. Nothing spoils the view more than a dirty window. 🗨👩🦰NewYork Redhead
Or something slimy smearing the window
@@SpeedbirdNine9 you are not a red head lmao
if a camera is right up against the glass, you only need a clean spot of about an inch in diameter.
Lol the ttc only has one train assigned to one line so they’re no such things as a A or C train on the same line makes it easier so you can just hop on any train that comes and will still bring you to the same station lol
Lived in New York for 40 years and rode every subway line. Enjoyed riding the trains. Keep the videos coming. Brings back memories.
You rock bro D train from the Bronx
sure you have....lol
Lower East Side right here... Lived underground. #djrtnyc
I love the NYC subways. Don't care what people say about them, they're incredible to experience.
Where do you live now?
Love being on the express trains and seeing the stations skipped. On the other hand it can be a frustrating wait if you're on the platform of a local station and seeing express trains pass by.
It's ever more frustrating if you mistakenly get on an express when your stop is a local and watch it whiz by! Been there, done that!
I'll admit that that could be frustrating when you actually need to be somewhere, but it's not so bad when you're not "in a rush." One of the best rail experiences I've had was standing on the platform of a Shinkansen (Japanese bullet train) and one of their "express" trains passing by me at almost 200 mph! Even the more "local" lines don't "slow down" when skipping stops right next to the platform. "Common sense" dictates Japanese rail safety and, at least for them, it works.
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@Portland Native Naw, I actually lived in Japan for 7 years; by order of the US Navy.
It's a pain being on a local platform and having the train go by. Even stranger when the engineer hardly slows down. They seem to have cracked down on that for the last several years.
Amazing! My dad was a 30 year MTA Train Conductor/Operator and Instructor. May he rest in peace.
Mine too
When i was younger, i would ride every NYC train first stop to last, just like this. I would be pissed if someone had the front window spot before me!
I used to ride the PATH train, and I used to be pissed off when someone was already there standing by the windows. The old PATH train car that had brown and beige seats had two front windows you can look out of. One while sitting on the very first seat, and the other on the sliding door that was locked, for safety reasons of course. My favorite spot was standing at the sliding door window with my back turned to everybody else.
I thought I was the only one I miss hoppin the m
Same here and I’m old enough that we were able to have the top of the window down and we got the breeze in our face and the smell of the air in the tunnel… this was in the early 60’s. . Watching these videos brought back all those great memories
never been to nyc but i want to visit and ride every train line some day soon.
yup me too. I used to play hookie from school and ride the trains everywhere. always had to watch out for the truancy offers though.
0:00 Far Rockaway-Mott Av
1:28 Beach 25th St-Wavecrest
3:00 Beach 36th St-Edgemere
4:28 Beach 44th St-Frank Av
6:14 Beach 60th St-Straiton Av
8:09 Beach 67th St-Arverne By The Sea
15:27 Broad Channel
22:44 Howard Beach-JFK Airport
24:36 Aqueduct-North Conduit Av
25:57 Aqueduct Racetrack
28:50 Rockaway Boulevard
30:26 88th St-Boyd Av
31:42 80th St-Hudson St
33:25 Grant Av
35:01 Euclid Av
39:35 Broadway Junction
43:49 Utica Av
47:12 Nostrand Av
52:40 Hoyt-Schermerhorn St
54:32 Jay St-MetroTech
57:23 High St-Brooklyn Bridge
1:00:32 Fulton St
1:02:36 Chambers St
1:04:58 Canal St
1:07:55 West 4th St-Washington Square
1:10:44 14th St
1:14:49 34th St-Penn Station
1:17:15 42nd St-Port Authority Bus Terminal
1:21:25 59th St-Columbus Circle
1:29:45 125th St
1:33:58 145th St
1:37:54 168th St
1:40:38 175th St
1:42:37 181st St
1:44:40 190th St
1:46:52 Dyckman St
1:48:50 207th St
azusa 🐐🐐🐐
boring.
thanks
Edgemere is best station
Rock rock RockawayBeach we can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach
Story time...the island you see around the 14:00 mark i was stranded on with my friends a few years ago. We went canoeing and it was ridiculously windy. We were rowing but the wind and current were pushing us further out into the bay. At one point we were holding on to the columns under the train tracks. We finally made it to that island but needed to be on the other side to get back to our friends. The tide was high and there was no way we were going to make it against the current. One friend suggested we take the canoe and walk across the tracks! I strongly urged against that. Salt water, heavy canoe, 3rd rail, active tracks = 1 way ticket to meet out maker.
We hung out for a few hours, exploring the island, getting tans and having some beverages. Eventually the tide lowered and we were able to walk underneath to the other side.
Ill never forget that day and always look at our beach spot when i pass on the train.
Where are you from
"Getting some tans" dont you already have a natural tan?
What a story buddy…good to know all that if ever on the water around
God is good man, clearly!..
When I was younger, I took this train to Brooklyn every day. This brings back some memories of looking out of the front window for a while.
I rode all the lines in the city including Staten Island when I was in high school back in 1962; there was no free transfers between trains and buses and you paid an extra fair on the Rockaway line that was collected when you got off the train. It all seemed so weird to me at the time. I saw parts of the city I probably would not have seen had I not been adventurous! I told my parents I had late classes that kept me coming in late! The Rockaway line was the most interesting riding over Jamaica Bay followed by the Staten Island Rapid Transit where I actually saw farms and farm animals that seemed totally undisturbed by a subway running by their pastures! I was an urbanrailer back then and still am today! I love subways and the whole urban transit scene!
That's kinda odd, collecting fare when you get off the train. When you say 1962 it's before the MTA existed and the subway was operated by a private company, there were actually 3 private subway companies so that's probably why there weren't free transfers.
@@NeighborSenpai Not exactly. While the MTA wasn't around all subway lines were owned and run by the City (NYCT) After June 1940. Free transfers and connections came about in the 1940s. Train to Bus transfers came in 1997/98 with the Metro Card gold. The Rockaway line was opened in 1956 from old LIRR trackage there was a Double fare until the mid 1970's. From what I understand it was sort of a tax to help pay for construction or reconstruction of the line. The A run's 31miles for $2.75 one of the best deals anywhere.
@@rgalesnyc I was under the impression that the city took over all transit only after MTA started, guess I was wrong.
@@NeighborSenpai The MTA was formed in 1968. 28 years after unification,
@@rgalesnyc Yes, though they've increased the interline transfers underground since the 1980s. Before that, it was difficult to transfer from BMT to IND or IRT except for very big stations like Times Sq and Union Sq.
TH-cam made it possible to take 1hr; 40min ride on a New York City subway to Rockaway Park. I enjoyed very much!! Keep it going. Thanks!!! I've never been to NYC; This video felt like I was there in person.
Doug Archer you need to Visit. It’s worth the trip. With that said, despite its many issues ie garbage and trash, overcrowding, sometimes crime and some badly infrastructure upgrades, the scenery on the N.Y. subways especially here on the “A” train ‘s outdoor aka elevated sections is worth the trip.
Agree
Crime as a problem is a past time in New York, especially manhattan. Don’t listen to that mumbo jumbo (outside the latest riots). Anywho, New York is amazing, overcrowding and those things are only an issue in midtown, rest of New York is lovelyyyy. Lived here 10 years.
Good. There should be a visual record of this. Imagine if there were video cameras when the first steam engines were built.
I really wonder how things here would look in 2060. Looking back at these videos then would feel so cool too!
well if ya think about it,, if we had the technology back then to make video cameras , then we probably, woulda already gone past the steam engine ,,
there is video
@@ridokousennin8747 literally the world will end in that year
28:00. This is the ramp that was added. Originally, this was a Long Island Railroad line that continued North. On your right, you'll see the original right of way, which is still there, but abandoned. Looking forward, we swing left and merge into the Fulton El.
32:40. Glance to your right. Notice the iron work? That was the original route. The line continued above ground into Manhattan. It was the Fulton El. When the BMT went out of business, the city tore down that part of the El, and rerouted it into the subway.
Tony, when did those changes take place?
@@wadeharris3535 Oh man! I'd have to look it up. Basically, the city wanted to kill the BMT and IRT. Look at the parallels. In the Bronx, the IND Concourse line just TROLLS the Jerome Avenue 4 line. It's a block away! They built the IND A line UNDER THE FULTON EL! So, when the BMT went bust, they demolished the Fulton El but left the spur from like Euclid to Lefferts and just built a ramp from the A and tied it into the El. Similar to the J. Demolished it East of 121st and built a ramp down to the new Parsons Archer station. Make no mistake. The city wanted control of all mass transit, and got it in the 40s.
I make it up to New York every couple of years (I live near Tulsa). I find these little historical items fascinating; something new to look for during my next visit.
"When the BMT went out of business, the city tore down that part of the El, and rerouted it into the subway."
Nope. Unification happened on June 1, 1940, and the City of New York took over all the lines that was previously owned (and built) by private companies, BMT/BRT and IRT (even though there many lines that predate the BMT/BRT and IRT such as the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, and 9th Avenue Els in Manhattan and the 5th Avenue, Myrtle Avenue, Lexington Avenue, Fulton Street and Broadway-Brooklyn (to forrmer stub terminal at Cypress Hills) Els in Brooklyn. The IND was the only former division that was city-owned initially.
While it was rerouted into the subway (IND Fulton St Subway), the Fulton St IND and Fulton Street El co-existed for awhile. The IND Fulton St Subway (A/C Trains) opened to Rockaway Avenue Station on 4/9/1936 while the portion of the Fulton St EL west of Rockaway Avenue Station to Fulton Ferry Station closed on 5/31/1940.
The Fulton St Subway was extended from Rockaway Avenue Station to B'way-East New York on 12/30/1946. The section from B'way-East New York station to Euclid Avenue station opened on 11/28/1948. The final section, the connection from Euclid Avenue to the former Fulton Street El west of 80th-Hudson (including the Grant Avenue Station), opened on 4/29/1956. The part of the Fulton St El from Rockaway Avenue Station to west of 80th-Hudson Street Station closed on April 26/27, 1956 and demolished in early 1958.
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I've been watching some of the various front window/cab view videos of different rail systems in different places around the world. I was just recently watching ones from Holland in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. I have to say this about NYC's subway. It may not be pretty or aesthetically pleasing for site seeing and tours. But it more than makes up for that in it's utilitarian use, the complexity of the lines, and the many levels/layers that make up the various crisscrossing lines of the NYC subway system. It really is a marvel with just how much is built under the city, a vast complex that few in the world really know about. It's pretty much an underground city in and of itself.
Brings back sweet memories of my youth back. In the early 70’s.
3:56 wow what a view!!!
Thanks to this video i discovered Rockaway Beach. Living here in NYC for so long and i had never been there. I went multiple times this past summer. It was GREAT.
Sooo nice to get out of the city and enjoy the water (which is never cold), sand, sun.
I love in this video the fact that when one crosses the Bay, the bridge is only the track. It's so thin. You have the water right there.
Thank you for the video!!!
I’ve been there before I was living in a apartment. let’s just say they had a rodent infestation
Truly gives me a new perspective and appreciation of the amazing New York subway system.
What a joy!!! I loved riding this line over the Beach Channel bridge. I lived out in the Rockaways from 1987 and on and off until about 1990 and had the time of my life. This is wonderful footage. Thank you so much.
I'm watching this while doing my homework. It's very relaxing. I've always enjoyed the subway system, so I'm glad I found this.
Hey, same same. But watching this in Berlin Germany. Whoo whoo let`s learn together.
Haha, the fence to the left of track after the Broad Channel stop is my work, we put it in after the Sandy storm swept all off the tracks and surrounding areas away into the bay !
Some good days out there riding 4x4 XUVs through those bushes too 👍
Good work pal!
Thanks for the upload! I did the same on the Subways during the 70's , loads of fun! Riding in between was even more fun.
In the 70's I used to work in "the city" when I lived in Rosedale, Queens. Not far from JFK
I used to take the Q5 into Jamaica at Parsons blvd, took the "E" to Rockerfella Plaza and always stood in the front at the window, but on the way home from work (across from St. Pats) I'd hang in BETWEEN cars and smoke a joint! Damn, crazy yes, fun yes! I was 16!
Oh man. I used to go all the way from Rockaways to Hoyt Schermerhorn Street (50% ride underground and 50% above). The sun, the outside, the sounds This brings back so many great memories.
Be aware there are 2 A trains. One travels to and from Lefferts blvd. the other goes out to Far Rockaway. The Far Rock A train is used if you’re going to JFK Airport. That’s the one with this view in the video.
Don't forget the S shuttle from Broad Channel to Beach 116th Street at the other end of the Rockaway Peninsula.
Vanessa Yates the one to Rockaway park is only a rush hour service. I personally think the C should be extended to Lefferts
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And who remembers the train to the plane?! Yeah I'm that old LOL
@@mariannemason7700 the JFK Express.
Aw... poor butterfly 4:30
LMAO
Monarch Butterfly!
That’s life
@@Kamikaze-rf4qq and death.... in the big city.
wasted
I love operating the 32s on that line. This is as good as it gets for an old-school motorman. C line and J line also had that equipment.
dkeithtag the R32s are not only the best subway cars ever for NYC, maybe the best ever anywhere on the planet. However it’s long time for it to retire. Heard they should be totally gone by the latest around 2022.
They did give them a great sendoff, at least.
32s had some good heat, I liked operating them to far rock too
I used to live in Far Rockaway. And take the A train. Good view.
From 1986 to 1990, I used the A from Mott Avenue or Beach 25th to Rockaway Boulevard to attend John Adams High School.
NYC, miss you soooo much, I`ll be back soon, once I graduate here
Thanks for posting these. I'm from Missouri and we have The Metro Link but none of it goes underground. I didn't realize that part of the subway lines that the trains travel on aren't underground. I'd really like to visit NYC and tour all the stations one day, as well as all the attractions.
Omg that bridge! I remember taking this train every Sunday with my aunt and uncle thank you so much for uploading
Nice
Greetings from Netherlands
My stop growing up was 125th St and 8th Ave (the A or D train); or 125th and Broadway (the 1 tain). I lived on 125th and Amsterdam Ave, which was in between both lines.
Thank you for this video uploader. 🤗
Oh man!! My line from 1969 to 2001. 190 st station. Thanks for this clip. Alot of time spent on this line.
@JKing It's nicer atop Ft Washington Ave and environs than on Broadway/Dyckman St... always was and will be, i guess.
I remember when it cost 50 cents, and I rode all over the city. Those were the days my friends. Thank you for these videos.
When I was there in 1965-66 it was just 15 cents if I remember right. Seems there there people complaining of this increase from just 10 cents. I think I still have some tokens around some place.
Yes using those tokens with the hole in the middle lol. I never liked metro cards as much but I may be the only one
Thanks for the memories - lived in Far Rockaway Feb. 1959-Aug. 1964.
I love the conductor, you can tell that guy is a born and raised New Yorker. That man probably knows every inch of the NYC subway.
YES SIR!!
Love these POVs, keep em coming man:) Hope we can get one of the 2/3 or 4/5 train.
What a beautiful sunny day without a cloud in sky.Wow that looks awesome when the railway line is raised so your looking down upon buildings in the suburbs. Enjoyed the ride.
I'm an operator for the subway line. I've done this run many times. It may look cool to operate a train but after you do it for six months the novelty of it wears off real quick.
Really?
It must be hell operating a subway line in the snow
I bet. It probably becomes like any other job. It just gets monotonous.
You were well paid I am sure...gratitude
52:40. Hoyt & Schermerhorn. Some conductors said 'Skipperhorn!' Such a big station in my life, and so many movies filmed subway scenes there and upstairs in the halls!
After seven years of riding the much faster, more efficiently run train lines in Japan (JR, Keikyu, Shinkansen), I thought I was permanently jaded over NYC's relatively antiquated lines. But stumbling upon this video invoked the joy and wonder I had riding over/under/through NYC during my childhood (in fact, back then I enjoyed the train rides TO Coney Island more than the rides AT Coney Island itself; go fig). I'm certain, however, that had I been a regular NYC commuter as an adult, I wouldn't enjoy this as much as I do now...
Loving watching these videos at 2x speed!! Keep them coming!!
How do you run the video at 2x speed? This must be the longest subway run in NYC
@@steveseifer6784 Settings in bottom right corner of video, can change speed.
@Jack TM , its a kids toy review channel I think
Shut up
I like watching all the MTA Subway front window view ride in speed: 2x. : )
I can totally see why and how Hurricane Sandy leveled this place back in '12. Breathtaking views... Keep more of these videos coming!!
ah you mean because of all the cardboard houses? Sure.
@@RandomUser2401 I don’t think you understand the force of hurricanes and tornadoes.
@@NoName-ms8jb I do. And I also udnerstand the strength of properly built structures, buildings and infrastructure.
@@RandomUser2401 I doubt that. The winds in a tornado can top 200mph. The winds in a hurricane can top 150mph. EF 5 tornadoes throw 18 wheeled semis. They can throw cars for miles. The EF 5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri in 2011 leveled the entire town, even big stores like Walmart and Home Depot. The front wall of the Home Depot collapsed. You could see the inside of the Walmart from a helicopter. There was a multi story hospital built out of concrete and steel. The top floor was ripped off and the entire hospital was shifted off its foundation. It had to be demolished and rebuilt. No sturdy concrete building that was in the path of the tornado survived. Houses are built out plywood. Some are built out of bricks. The brick houses were destroyed just as easily as the plywood houses. Many stone and concrete buildings were destroyed to. The amount of damage was 2.8 billion dollars. I’m sure your not from the us because the us happens to be the tornado capital of the world and you seem very ignorant of their immense power. People who live in countries that don’t experience many tornadoes seem to be very ignorant of them.
During Sandy my Street West 42nd Street was under 5 feet of water we were evacuated that day as I went home to Rye New York to stay with my parents as we didn't have electricity for 8 days. I applied to FEMA and they put me up at the W for 3 months directly across the street from the 911 Memorial. The an additional month at Gild Hall.
I used to live on 181st on this line but i never rode past 80th Hudson, beautiful all the open space tree lines and water for miles.
I now live in Las Vegas but planning a trip home soon. Must take this ride from end to end. Thanks great video!!!!
I live in Texas now. Originally born in the Bronx but those subway rides always cleared my head. I would ride them just for the fun of it.
This us one nice ride. The A train line is a long one too. Chicago Transit Authority have nothing on New York transit.
When I ride trains or watch these videos i think about all the labor and hours that went into developing railways.... All the miles upon miles of tracks and rails that have to be laid and tunnel systems that have to be created.
This is a truly epic almost 2 hour subway ride through 4 boroughs of NYC, one way!!!!. Amazing.
3 boroughs.....Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan.
@@nasdaqua Yeah you right. I thought A went into Bronx but it doesn't.
Wow this is the best video of the A train ride from far rockaway to 207 st
Absolutely blows my mind how many miles of tunnel there is.
I always found it to be cool that a MTA NYC subway line goes over the water. Septa In philadelphia has nothing compared The MTA
Norristown high speed line goes over a river
It was originally Long Island Railroad Rockaway Beach Branch.....
@@emmanuelharris6491 that is not nearly as good
I grew up in the Montreal area and, if I was coming home (to Pincourt) from downtown Montreal, I took a commuter train that went over water too, but that was a relatively high bridge over a river (Ottawa River, Sainte Anne Rapids). The view from the A-Train on those long low bridges between islands just a few feet over Jamaica Bay with water on both sides are spectacular like nothing else I've ever seen on a commuter rail system.
riding nyc trains for over 60 years but about 20 years ago rode this route for 1st time it was amazing going over the water on a foggy rainy day on the way to the racetrack felt like yo were in a scary movie
Hated when the PATH replaced the old trains with the Bombardiers where you can't see out the front.
12:45 - 22:00 Now, this is railroading! It's hard to believe this is actually NYC and it's been taken aboard a "subway".
Between beach 67 and broad channel has always been my favorite
10:10 It's interesting to watch train going ahead
NO GRAFFITI?
Mai Yenish what do you mean? There is no graffiti on the trains..and if there is it gets sent somewhere to be cleaned.
@@eremika4life EXACTLY!
NO GRAFFITI!
NYC subway cars used to be the canvass of the world.... (well.. maybe of gangs).
Yes! The shuttle coming from Rockaway Park
@@maiyenish8552 They still get painted a lot, just dont run in traffic :p it would be intresting to walk in the tunnels and look at graffiti, probably stuff left there from the 80s
WOW 😮 this was awesome seeing. I can’t believe I use to ride that “A” train from Nostrand Ave(Brooklyn) all the way to the Dyckman 200 stop in the late 70s to visit my boyfriend. That ride was well over a hour & back then there were no portable gadgets to help enjoy such a long ride. I miss the 70s & 80s ☹️
I remember a time when the conductor had to go outside and stand between to cars in order to operate the doors in rain,. snow, freezing cold or boiling summer heat. Even back then I used to wonder why no one thought of putting the door controls inside the train! Looking back, what a perilous job that was!
Lived all my life in NYC .. never took the A train for far rocakway ... thanks for the 4k view ..
Spectacular! And it’s great you can see some of the train in the far corners of the screen - adds depth!
Wide angle lens does the job!
Hey DJ Hammers - I'm a Underground (Subway) Operator in London and I found your channel after this video autoplayed after something I was watching, this has led me to the videos FanRailer does and also the TWU Local 100, given me a great insight as Train Daddy took over where I work yesterday!
Operators in NY really do have a very skilled job, looking at the way that the operator negotiates the 'one shot' and 'two shot' sections, with signals clearing en cue as well as observing junction signals for diverging routes (we have a totally different method in the UK) is a real pleasure for me. Also browsing a NY Subway forum it seems their route knowledge takes in several lines, to keep that knowledge and skill deserves credit.
Thanks for posting and giving people who have never visited America a taste of what goes on - hopefully I'll get over one day to see the real thing! The bit that threw me the most was that the normal direction of travel is on the opposite side of ours (as well as this business of half cabs - something which doesn't happen in London)....
I am so glad that you enjoyed the video! Our operational complexities are quite interesting. I really enjoy exploring all of the various operating schemes at railroads around the world too!
@@DJHammersTrains Thanks for your kind reply and I agree the NYC Subway and it's practices are very interesting - particularly with the amount of manual signalling in towers that still goes on. With operations all over the world, I'll send you a couple of links from London, I know both of these operators very well - it's a shame the trains they're on have long since been scrapped....
th-cam.com/video/l6Oc0rpohJQ/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/Q-7dUgXIu-o/w-d-xo.html&t
@@Captainpubwatch Which line are you on? I was on LU from 89 to 03. Worked Northern and Central as a guard/motorman and later on H&C. And yeah I think we had it easier in terms of the stuff we had to learn, one rolling stock, one line, unlike NY where it's several rolling stocks and several lines on a whole division.
That would equate to knowing all LU surface stock and lines, or all tube stock and lines. Too much for my brain, I had enough trouble with one.
And check this out if you havent already www.nyctransitforums.com/topic/38133-the-schoolcar-experience/#comments
20:00 Love the water with this train ride ...Thanks I Love New York !
Okay this has convinced me that on some Saturday morning I have to take the A all the way out to Queens
Hello from Finland. I find the NYC Subway quite fascinating, and it sure feels a lot different than the Helsinki Metro we have over here. I wish to ride the NYC Subway one day. :)
Picked a hell of a day to film this! Bright sunshine and clear skies!!
This used to be a great ride on the R38s, where it felt like you were going 98mph.
@Rockstar Game He said "FELT LIKE". IT was a joke r/wooosh
@Rockstar Game's fake Rockstar games
I’m from nyc never rode this train cuz I don’t live around where this train is at but I got to say it has probably one of the best views
80 Degree weather time to go to the beach! Great video also Dj Hammers
My high school summer jobs in the late 60's was as a messenger for a law firm in Manhattan. I spent most of my days on the subway systems. Learned every inch of them including all the transfers.
I have to say I think the A is my favorite line. The most scenic
The SUBWAYS are still the quickest and most economical way to travel within NYC. They just CAN'T be beat!
That ride by the water it's beautiful.
I say "you want entertainment while riding the train? Ride the A line! There's never a dull moment on the that!!"🤣🤣🤣
Loved it! As a little boy who loved to look out the window to see the route it brings back memories, many memories. Thanks.
Where are we going next?
If you have insomnia, videos like this are great non-medicinal help. I know everyone's different, but these always put me right to sleep, I don't know how conductors stay awake honestly. I'm from Chicago, and we had a conductor fall asleep and crash full speed into the Ohare stop which is the end of the line. I don't know if substances were involved, but I could totally see just simply falling asleep from the ride.
How Blue Is That Water From Broad Channel To JFK.. I Now Live Near The Beach In Florida..It Never Looks That
Good..Been Watching For Years..Love The Videos!!!
Geo Cosme trust me it must be an illusion in nyc your can’t see your own hand in the water
It depends on the day,sometimes it looks turquoise,it is a polluted bay
Why do you capitalize every word it looks very strange
Man I still love watching the trains move and when I was younger use to be full of energy of seeing one sigh nostalgia
That moment when you realize that an hour has gone past without you realizing...
I lived in Brooklyn in the 60's,Parkside Ave..The "D"Train was close by,me and my buddy's would jump over (or under) the Turnstiles (Free Ride) and Go to Coney Island,Last Stop,Have Some Nathan's Hot Dogs,walk the Boardwalk,maybe a couple of Rides and Under the Turnstiles again,Back to Parkside.Great Memories,Miss Those Days...Alot!
A terrific ride. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Boy, the way those drivers steer along those thin rails - and in the dark too! Worth every cent they are paid!
Yes folks, this IS the famous "A" TRAIN line which DUKE ELLINGTON immortalized in the hit song of the same name. It's STILL a great, scenic ride too!
As a foreigner, This gives me almost a first hand look at NY. There seems to be a lot more 'normal' neighbourhoods than I imagined. I'll be honest I thought it was a bit more high rise.
Most of the areas of the subway running nears high rises are underground :D
Love the way this was shot. The perspective is right in the middle…very trippy. There is a spot light coming from the headlights but you still get a sense of the darkness, not washed out like the others I've seen. 👍
I’ve been taking this A train for the last 15 years or so..... crazy when I actually think about it lol. From high school to adulthood, still riding the A 😂😂😂 from far rockaway to Manhattan to work!
God bless all who ride and administer the NYC subway system.
Some people just seem to have to junk up around them 54:15. Where I live, in rolling green hills and valleys, it’s the same thing. Litter in the ditches. City dwellers or country livers: quit junking up the place for someone else to clean up! Gee!
I live in upstate New York, and most of the trash along the street is from the garbage trucks. Trash not compacted spills out and litters everywhere, on top of the pigs that throw stuff out th the window.
@@frothe42 • After I posted the above a year ago, we started paying more attention to those responsible for the litter problem. Know what? We noticed the people who just throw their beer cans or fast food wrappers out are a tiny part of the problem. The garbage was coming from the garbage trucks, as you described! My husband called the number on the trucks to complain. Haven’t noticed a great deal of improvement, but we’ve encouraged our neighbors to say something, too.
@@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043 Somehow I noticed that garbage trucks were the problem, as I thought it was people. I don't remember how I came about this, maybe from watching NYSDOT doing spring garbage pick-up brought about this epiphany.
First of all, I had no idea that any of the NY subway system was even above ground and thirdly, the water!!! Awesome!!!!
The stretch from 59 to 125 is 🤤
it's the longest non stop stretch on all of the subway lines... the A and D trains..from 59th to 125th st and vice versa.
I came for the rockaway part....did not disappoint
Here i am... how did the Internet bring me here?
Gosh, honestly - I could totally love doing this every day. 😅
There's no way you would love doing this every day...i guarantee you that.. Been doing it ( not the whole distance) for over 50 years...by circumstance, not choice.
Lived next to the bridge in Rockaway and always jump off the bridge nice way to cool off,born in and love Rockaway beach.
Yo watching this all the way from California
I was a trackman back in the 80s and what a job it was. Loved it while it lasted. Left for the housing authority better hours.
SUPERB man just SUPERB! What camera are you using and is it on a tripod?
My lord, what a beautiful day in NYC that was.
Before the pandemic
If I ever become a motorman, I would love to be assigned to this route.
I loved riding this line as a kid in the 70's, especially to the beaches, but got spooked a couple of times getting mugged going through Broad Channel and through what used to be Hammels Wye headed into Far Rockaway.
I'd bet you'd change your mind sooner than later...
27:57 to right is the old tracks from the LIRR that once was used before the Jamaica Bay Trestle was burned down, sold and rebuilt by the MTA in the 50s. Those tracks go through Rego Park and would have eventually crossed the Whitepot Junction which is an under jump leading to the LIRR mainline to the city (Like how it goes through Kew Gardens). This would make a trip from rockaway to NYC super short again
As the train crosses the water going into Broad Channel, and you can see the Manhattan skyline in the distance, you get a sense of just how flat Brooklyn is given that you can see wall the way across it!
I OPERATED R10 CARS 207ST TO FAR ROCK IN LATE 1960S TO 1970S. EVERY TIME I LEFT THE SUBWAY AND GOT TO BROAD CHANNEL, I THOUGHT I LANDED ON ANOTHER PLANET. THIS COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE PART OF NEW YORK THAT WAS COLLAPSING LIKE THE ROMAN EMPIRE. IT HAD TO BE ANOTHER PLANET. OLD TIMER, WITNESS TO COLLAPSE.
This is such a relaxing video - what a great ride!
damn…i really need to get back down to NYC, i miss riding the trains, it’s a mice feeling and the crews are decent folks