Took this train 2x per day for 10 years to work. Was like a small club; same people in same cars in same seats doing the same thing every day. Brings back old memories
That approach to Queensboro Plaza was the coolest thing I've ever seen. With all the lines converging over Queens Plaza into the double decked station, and with the brand new skyline... WOW!
My old high school used to be there. It was the old LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL. I would get off the train at Queensboro Plaza and walk to my school. When I lived in Brooklyn New York I would take the G train to Queens Plaza and walk to my school.
@@SnappingTurtle801 You did, sweetie, when you looked at the video and thought that what you saw wasn't trashy enough. And yes, I just unspun your pathetic attempt to go literal
For those who don't know, @3:35 the emergency stop trip is visible right next to the track just to the right of the right rail, between the track and the signal. It is marked yellow and can be seen lowering as soon as the signal goes green. That little lever mechanically trips the emergency brake on the cars if the operator overruns the signal. A safety feature discussed in the original and most excellent Pelham 123 movie starring Walter Matthau.
In the movie "The French Connection" near the end of the film during the subway chase, when the operator faints, the train has it's breaks activated by the emergency trip
Baiet Simpson doesn't count, of course you have to rebuild tracks several times in 100 years. Look at the London underground, it's even older and in better condition, because they have more funding and use it more efficiently
Amazing! All I could get is the word avenue at first. Obviously I don’t live in the City. But, as I listen more I could hear later parts well. Thanks for the ny experience.
I road that particular line for several years working in Flushing. Never had trouble understanding the conductor, but I knew the ride long enough that It didn't matter what he said, I knew where I was going. Those trains aren't that old, buy the way.
Same here! It’s how you can tell you’re a true New Yorker. I remember the days when all the subway cars were older and didn’t have automated announcements. The looks on peoples faces during the announcements was hilarious with them trying to figure out what the conductor was saying
I work at a University. I went to my colleagues in the Computer Science department, and obtained the latest, most-advanced voice recognition technology currently available. I took the audio from this video and fed it into the program, with instructions to take as much time as it needs to figure out exactly what the announcements were saying. Two hours later, my computer exploded. Thanks, New York.
If you think this is bad you should hear the announcements in DC on the pre-7000 series trains. Sometimes the speaker will just crackle or die out in the middle of a message, making it nearly impossible to know the next station.
DC has stations where if you're from out of town and know french, you'll NEVER know you were there. Len Fant is a name, not a station to anyone who knows French, LOL!
I'm Japanese who likes railroads. There are many subways in Japan, they run like this intricately. I was surprised to find such an interesting subway in New York. There are some railroads in Japan that have railroad tracks for express trains, but this is the first time I've seen a dedicated railroad track on the subway. It was a really interesting video.
Almost all core subway lines have both express tracks (in both directions) in addition to the local tracks in Manhattan. Perhaps the best example is the A train, which skips 7 stops between 59th St and 125th St stations. A few more peripheral sections (like the 7 in Queens, in this video) have a single express track that alternates direction depending on the time of day. In addition to saving time and adding passenger capacity, this also allows for 24 hour train service since this gives track redundancy when repairs and maintenance is needed.
Thanks for sharing that as it brings a little more insight to the genius that is the Japanese subway system(s). Thanks to those genius behind this video, you are able to get a further insight, like you stated, into NYC subway system as this is one of the more intriguing lines. Feel free to check out all the other videos on this channel and ours, and share more of the differences you notice with the two systems; we're manifesting seeing such system in the future.
visited NYC for the first time a couple years ago, and as a typical Midwestern tourist, I was blown away by the subway system. I enjoy this perspective because apparently I'm a nerd
When I was a kid (a LONG, LONG time ago) I used to love standing in the window of the first car of the downtown 4 train, which probably was not even called that at the time, it was simply the IRT Line/Division. I especially loved it as Yankee Stadium came into view.
Used to take the #6 from 177th Street south to 125th, then change to a northbound # 4 to get to the real Yankee Stadium, not the current imitation. Shea for the Mets and Jets was a little more complicated. A bus from 177th across the Whitestone Bridge. (? # 44?) And then the IRT #7 to within walking distance of Shea. Back then Jets tickets were available, bot Giants were impossible to come by. Wahoo Mc Daniel was a hoot.
0:05 Flushing - Main St 4:14 Mets - Willets Point 8:33 Junction Blvd 13:25 61st St - Woodside 21:10 Queensboro Plaza 24:19 Court Square - 23rd St 27:03 Hunters Point Ave 28:56 Vernon Blvd - Jackson Ave 33:13 42nd St - Grand Central 35:15 42nd St - 5th Ave - Bryant Park 37:23 Times Square - 42nd St - Port Authority Bus Terminal 40:48 34th St - Hudson Yards
Regardless, the 7 train is thee worst line in the city. It stalls if it's raining, it's delayed if it's snowing, hell it stops if the sun is shining too hard.
One aspect I really appreciate is that, while I've ridden the 7 train before, I've never ridden the express. It's so cool seeing the view when passing near the 111th St station, where the track is elevated higher up. Also neat seeing the fast running sections!
It's so unfortunate that the passenger accessible windows are disappearing. Looking out of them was my favorite thing to do when I was a kid in the 1970s. And honestly, it's still my favorite thing to do when I get the chance to at age 49.
Brings back memories 49 years when I commuted to high school every day from Flushing to Manhattan. I was always in the front car (to make a quick transfer at Grand Central via escalator. Now the view is blocked by the motorman’s cab, then, this view was available to anyone. In those days, the Express switched to the center track right after leaving the Main Street platform while still underground. Nice to see the junkyards before Citi Field are being cleared away. Fastest part of the ride was always coming down from the elevated stretch passing 103rd Street station. Amazing to see all of the new skyscrapers in Long Island City; looks like a different place. Seems like just yesterday. Thanks for posting.
YESSS! That was my daily commute for a while too. I just moved back and it's incredible how much things have changed around LIC and going into Woodside.
it would have been a good place for Amazon to set up shop. More room and not like Manhattan. But a certain politician ended that all. Yet a lot of people seem to like her, for some reason.
My dad took the 7 train everyday for almost 20 years to get to his office in lower Manhattan, I remember if I was lucky to have a day off from school, I would ride the train with him and he was kind enough to hold me up so I could look out the window of the first car so I could enjoy the view, from the 111th Street Station to the East River tunnel. Thanks Dad, I miss you.
As a kid and teenager I used to LOVE being at the front of this train. I used to have to take the whole line from Main St to Times Square to get to and from school, so I'd enjoy this view pretty often. Thanks for uploading this.
I love all your POV videos but the open cut ones driving towards Manhattan are incredible! I've grown up idolizing NYC and to see that Manhattan skyline getting bigger and bigger as the train gets nearer and nearer is a glorious sight to me. Thanks so much for these videos!
Those buildings you're seeing from far away are mostly in Queens, not Manhattan. (There's a few in Manhattan off in the distance, like the Empire State Building, but they're mostly downtown Queens buildings. The train eventually passes right by them in the video.)
Took my first subway ride in 1966, much the same route. Glad to hear the conductors still speak the same language! They may be slow, noisy or not up to some people's standards, but they're all ours!
I'm from London, England, and I have no idea how I stumbled across this video but I found it absolutely fascinating, I've never even been to the US but I felt like I was there and seeing New York from an ordinary person's point of view, thanks for posting it.
I lived in Astoria from 2007 to 2009 and moved from NYC, used to take the N train everyday, the Queensboro Plaza surroundings changed a lot this past decade wtth these high buildings. Great to see how things change over the years. I really like your videos, keep it up!!
I have been taking this train for most of my life, and still take it every week. I have never seen it from this point of view, this is amazing to see things differently, yet still very recognizable. Thank you!
I always thought the same thing. This guy must have been my conductor a thousand times riding to high school between 2010-2014. I figure he must have requested to stay on the R62A type train for as long as it was on the 7 line just so he could manually make the announcements LOL.
I am a former Train Operator from the Market/Frankford Sub/El Line in Philly. We only operate with [6] cars. Definitely a difference. Signals & switches are basically the same. Wonderful view and much respect to the Operator for informing the passengers of the investigation at the stations. Kudos!
what is the point of the announcements when it sounds like the person announcing has the mic down his throat making the announcement hard to understand
The worst is when you're at the station waiting and an announcer comes on: "nvASNAonaspij&^()ASgvjhsdasg&^(*&ADHVHGASGhdfha-TANKYUO". Translation : "Train is delayed an hour please find alternate routes you can go up to blahblah station and take blahblah line. Thank you!". Nobody moves because nobody knows what the hell they said.
Many of them think you have to press the mic against your mouth to be heard, thus the muffled sound. They would be much plainer if they held it a couple of inches or so away from the mouth, directly in front of the mouth, not below it. The female voice I heard earlier on another line was clear and not muffled at all.
Mark B Where did this train originate on its’ trackage? I saw no signage but I am guessing, by the terrain, that it may be traveling through the flatlands of Queens, Canarsie, and Brooklyn, although I am a native born and raised New Yorker, I have not resided In “ The City”; in over a half century.
Wow. I as a teenager would be on this train often while playing hooky with my friend Billy. We would go to Times Square. What great memories this brought back. Was early 70s so Shea Stadium stood strong and housed the amazing Mets that had just won the series. NYC was and still s the best place on our planet. If you didn’t grow up here, you wouldn’t understand. And btw the NY Jets used to play at Shea for a while. Great stuff baby!!
Enjoyed that 41 minute ride from Queens to Manhattan, reminded me of when I was a kid I always wanted to look out the front window of the train...I now live and work in Westchester County so I don't ride the trains much, thanks for the memories.
I was on holiday in New York 2 years ago riding on the 7 train and it was a great experience! I picked up the announcement pretty quickly and worked out the MTA route after a few trips! It's like our London Underground but we have name lines instead of numbers! Times Square is always popular stop and I love the entertainment with busking bands!
Reminds me of the days of growing up in Jackson Heights, Queens. Taking the 7 to Flushing Meadow Park and Shea Stadium. Junction Blvd was my station. Good times!!
As a Born and Raised Bronx Man, I only rode this line one time.. Took it Shea to watch Doc Gooden Pitch, Straw hit a homer and Mets beat Phils. This was 1987 guys, Long time ago. Seeing all these buildings as the train moves on makes me home sick for New York as a whole. I rode the #1 train from 225 and Bway to 72st to work at Lincoln Towers as a handyman. Local 32BJ bro, I moved to Fla and then back NJ where I live now, But Ill tell ya, You can take the man out of New York, But you can't take the Bronx out of the Bronx Bailey Boyz.. Da Bronx. Baby !!! I Love NY !!
In the tunnels between Vernon Blvd and Grand Central, and Time square, you can see many light fixtures that are not lit that contain 5 incandescent light bulbs. These are part of the original lighting system in the tunnels and are still in place for backup. They are powered off the 600-volt third rail. The bulbs are wired in series. 5 X 120 volt bulbs = 600 volts
Thanks for uploading this video, it brings good memories of my time in NYC. I used to leave near 61st woodside, 82nd Jackson heights, and 46st the 7Th line was big part of my young years
This is fascinating, thank you for getting this footage before it was too late! The view is amazing and it’s so cool to see an El network still running today. I hope they run new trains with front windows someday so we can see this awesome view once again. I really hope I get to go to NYC someday and ride this part of the subway network!
I was born in NY City and I have to say I don't think I understood 3 words that conductor said. I don't know if it was his voice, the microphone or the speakers but that was awful. I don't know how old these cars were but I sure hope the "newer" ones are better than this!
The "driver" (officially called the train operator) does not make the announcements during the day, its the conductor (the one that is in the middle of a train set) opening and closing the doors, with the exception of the Franklin Avenue Shuttle (only 2 cars long).
B747guy One, the intercoms are very low quality/ ancient as in early 1980's ancient. Two, most conducters are accustomed to speaking in jargon, and a such go through the motions.
Just returned from a weeks vacation in NYC, Times Square. Took subways all over metro NYC; they were clean and safe. Thoroughly enjoyed the vacation; will be going back there again soon!
If I remember correctly, the original section, concrete trestle from 46th/Bliss Street ointo Manhattan was built 1903, the rest was extended thru 1911/1912 to Flushing in steel. Pretty much stopped riding it regularly around 2006 due to constant delays, power outages on the express lines (due to snow and rain) and overcrowding. And you Still cant understand many of the announcements.
I was just graduating Elementary school when this came out. Now that I go to high school now, I have to take the 7 Train regardless since I hop on at Junction and take the express train from there. It's a cool feeling seeing this perspective now that I take the express!
Watched this for the first time today and found it fascinating. I’m from Scotland, have not been in New York for years but understood everything that was made on the public announcements.
Thank you for this great video, as a Brit who was looking forward to a trip to New York this year I can experience it while qurantined. We will meet again New York
@@Radius.. I'm saying he did it perfectly.. I've seen some overshoot, I've seen some just come crawling in because they are afraid to overshoot... This was executed perfectly.
Amazing! The engineering and construction of these elevated lines 100 or so years ago amazes me more than that of a jet plane. Just painting the structure is a huge job, They didn't used to have the money to do i. The 7 line is an important one, and I think I can see the ride better on your video than if i rode the the train with side view only.
I lived on west 104st in Manhattan, went to aviation HS , took this train 2 times a day from 1970 - 1974 . I would get off at 33 Rawson st and then walk a block to school. Iam proud to say that I graduated with both my A/P aircraft mech license. Brings back memories.
The really good snow scene was the old Dyre Avenue Line , IRT #5, I think, on old New York Centrall Railroad branch line which The then NYCTA bought way back when. It was not elevated, bur built in a cut by NYC
Great video, thank you. Reading some comments about playing 2x speed, or slow train as an express, they don't understand driving the same route would have taken forever. I remember going to Shea to watch the Mets with my brother in the 70's. I remember taking the 4,5 and 6 lines in the 90's. They were in my opinion the best cars operating. The Kawasaki. Looks like that's what is used now for the 7. I enjoyed this video very much. Brought me back to NYC and my youth.
NYC changed a lot!!!! My family moved from there to Charlotte, NC in 2000 and when we go back to visit the city----> there's nostalgia all around our minds.
I gotta say, the audio of the conductor became a lot more clearer around the 20:28 mark when it was heading into Queensboro Station. No uptown 4, 5, and 6 train service past 86th St. due to the police investigation at 125th and Lexington Ave.
As a child growing up in the Chicago Area, I have ALWAYS been intrigued by how the New York City Transit Authority operates and how it was structured! The next time I'm there, I'll have to take that #7 Train as I've been on a few others when I visited...but the choice is so many to choose from! Great Video, DJ! 😊
Ah the memories.... I took this train every day for a year from Main St Flushing to 34th St and back while commuting for my first real job. The year was 1981 and I got a whole $14,000/yr. The system hasn't changed much...
The 7 train is my line. There was no 34th st. stop back then. I took it every day into the City. There is the 33rd st. stop (still in Queens). Perhaps that's what you meant.
@@ginalaperuginanyc7641 It's been almost 40 years since I last lived in NYC -- the memory gets a bit hazy -- however, I think you're right. IIRC, I used the #7 Express to commute from Main St. Flushing to 42nd St, and then the 7th Ave IRT or 8th Ave BMT to either 34th St or the Wall St area as the job required.
This is the train I’ve ridden since I was a baby 😂. I love this train frrr and the magnificent views and it’s so convenient to get to my grandmas house in flushing and my other grandmas house in corona Queens
I remember back in the 70s the graffiti that was all over many of the train car's back then. I being a native born New Yorker from the Bronx? Am glad the city finally has nice clean cars running on those tracks now. Thanks DJ for sharing the ride on the train there. Though I no longer live in the city? My heart is still with her and hope that she can once again prosper and thrive into a long healthy life. I ❤ New York.
Thank you for the video. It is so wonderful to experience this rid from a cab position. I did pay attention to the tunnel after Times Square as the extended tunnel was built afterwards. You notice a dip in the ceiling. Than a plan 10th Avenue Station that was left unfinished. I also like how the Astoria was approaching the Queens Plaza Station as the "7" was getting closer. There are concerns when the express tracks merge with the local tracks. You have a bunch of locals (somewhat empty) who have to wait for an express 7. From my perspective the 7 takes a long route into that station. The idea would be the Express 7 take a shorter route to the closer point to getting into Manhattan. This will move the merger further down and will cut the time for passengers using the express service. It will also balance the riders who want to transfer to the "N/W" lines into Manhattan, since that is a very popular transfer point.
Toronto should consider the idea of the third track for things like an express subway or simply avoiding delays. NY's subway looks really complex, but has some things that Toronto could learn from.
I used to visit NYC whenever I could and took the 7 into Manhattan when flying into LaGuardia (Newark is better). This is nostalgic to me. Thanks for posting!
Born and raised in NYC, though I haven't lived there in 15 years. Didn't have any trouble with the announcements. Nice to know I still got some bit of New Yorker left in me.
There was a time when all passengers could have this view as Flushing Line train cars had small operator compartments off to the right and an unobstructed view out the window of the door for riders. From 1969-72, I had the window view every day going to High School in Manhattan.
So you were the 2 gentleman that used your GoPro while I operated.
Haha, neat! Excellent operation sir. Thank you for the great ride.
Wait, seriously? Wow, what a coincidence. Great video!
I want to work for the MTA. Oh and i will never get a high school dyploma
Me too
Omar Velez Wait you operated the train?
Took this train 2x per day for 10 years to work. Was like a small club; same people in same cars in same seats doing the same thing every day. Brings back old memories
I can so relate to that.
LOL !! Same here riding the #6 to the city for almost 10 years!
@@sarge6870so sorry . I wouldn’t want to live in a huge city .
You can have the exact same experience in some local train in southern Germany 😅
25 yrs !!!!!....... Back in the day
That approach to Queensboro Plaza was the coolest thing I've ever seen. With all the lines converging over Queens Plaza into the double decked station, and with the brand new skyline... WOW!
You should have seen the track layout 70+ years ago. Four platforms, double the connections between the lines.
> 19:39 < into Queensboro Plaza
@@295g295 thank you
My old high school used to be there. It was the old LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL. I would get off the train at Queensboro Plaza and walk to my school. When I lived in Brooklyn New York I would take the G train to Queens Plaza and walk to my school.
do they actually sell gyros there?
Much respect to the engineers and workers that built the underground systems. Amazing feat that doesn't seem to get much cred.
Some of us give that respect every day. 🤘🙂
London had the 1st subway or underground system in the world with help from various people such as American Charles Tyson Yerkes.
Lol, I don't know what you were all looking at, but this subway looked trashy from 0:00 on, all the reminiscing have been uncalled for lol
@@aaabbb-py5xd Who said anything about how it looks?
@@SnappingTurtle801 You did, sweetie, when you looked at the video and thought that what you saw wasn't trashy enough. And yes, I just unspun your pathetic attempt to go literal
13:34 “Connection is available to the blah blah blah blah blah blah.”
LMAO
To Long Island Railroad on the lower level
Lmao
Literally every time they talk it's like that
"Long island Railroad to the lower level" If your from New York you understand. You obviously aren't.
For those who don't know, @3:35 the emergency stop trip is visible right next to the track just to the right of the right rail, between the track and the signal. It is marked yellow and can be seen lowering as soon as the signal goes green. That little lever mechanically trips the emergency brake on the cars if the operator overruns the signal. A safety feature discussed in the original and most excellent Pelham 123 movie starring Walter Matthau.
In the movie "The French Connection" near the end of the film during the subway chase, when the operator faints, the train has it's breaks activated by the emergency trip
pelham 123?
@@noway9880 Yeah, the movie Pelham 123. The original, not the one with John Travolta which was bad.
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If you play this video at 2x speed, you get to see what America would be like with reasonable speed subways.
IIAOPSW I was literally about to comment on how slow this feels
IIAOPSW This line is over 100 years old. They are about to install CBTC, though.
Baiet Simpson the rails looked like they're also in bad condition, like most of the network
Nicolas Blume Again, the line is over 100 years old.
Baiet Simpson doesn't count, of course you have to rebuild tracks several times in 100 years. Look at the London underground, it's even older and in better condition, because they have more funding and use it more efficiently
I took this train for over 20 years from Main Street Flushing to Gran Central. I worked at Park and 51st Street. Good memories…
To anyone thinking that this train goes slow: this is supposed to be an Express service. Imagine the stopper trains.
Express lines skip stations and local lines don’t, so the express lines should run faster
Honestly I take this train I swear it's not as slow as you think. It goes way faster some times. Sometimes it just goes slow
But if you skip stations, you do not have to wait for at least 30 seconds
it's not that slow (about 30 mph I think. I rode it all the time to get to Shea in the late afternoons. Saves about 20-30 minutes.
Нутелла :3 Did I ever say it wasn’t?
After living in NYC for so long, the garbled announcements are actually somewhat intelligible... my brain has acclimated.
TanukiDigital Lol..... truth!
Being born and raised in NYC I had no trouble-listen faster
Glad you understood them....i thought it was double dutch
Amazing! All I could get is the word avenue at first. Obviously I don’t live in the City. But, as I listen more I could hear later parts well. Thanks for the ny experience.
I road that particular line for several years working in Flushing. Never had trouble understanding the conductor, but I knew the ride long enough that It didn't matter what he said, I knew where I was going. Those trains aren't that old, buy the way.
the grinding noise on curves is so relaxing to me.
That noise has put me to sleep multiple times lol
Love it!❤
As a New Yorker, I understood every single word the conductor said.
Lmao me too!(and I am a new yorker too)
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Same here! It’s how you can tell you’re a true New Yorker. I remember the days when all the subway cars were older and didn’t have automated announcements. The looks on peoples faces during the announcements was hilarious with them trying to figure out what the conductor was saying
Same 😂😂 the 7 train is literally my childhood
I always take this train to junction blvd
I work at a University. I went to my colleagues in the Computer Science department, and obtained the latest, most-advanced voice recognition technology currently available.
I took the audio from this video and fed it into the program, with instructions to take as much time as it needs to figure out exactly what the announcements were saying.
Two hours later, my computer exploded.
Thanks, New York.
Every american train's PA
If you think this is bad you should hear the announcements in DC on the pre-7000 series trains. Sometimes the speaker will just crackle or die out in the middle of a message, making it nearly impossible to know the next station.
DC has stations where if you're from out of town and know french, you'll NEVER know you were there.
Len Fant is a name, not a station to anyone who knows French, LOL!
Karl Kornel I feel bad R.I.P. computer.
As a frequent 7 train rider, I can say that this announcer is one of the best on the 7 line, there are many that's way worse.
My son is a NYC subway train enthusiast,specifically the 7 train. This video is everything! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you for the kind words. So incredibly glad that this video can be such a positive source of joy and happiness for your son! 😃
I'm Japanese who likes railroads. There are many subways in Japan, they run like this intricately. I was surprised to find such an interesting subway in New York. There are some railroads in Japan that have railroad tracks for express trains, but this is the first time I've seen a dedicated railroad track on the subway. It was a really interesting video.
Almost all core subway lines have both express tracks (in both directions) in addition to the local tracks in Manhattan. Perhaps the best example is the A train, which skips 7 stops between 59th St and 125th St stations. A few more peripheral sections (like the 7 in Queens, in this video) have a single express track that alternates direction depending on the time of day. In addition to saving time and adding passenger capacity, this also allows for 24 hour train service since this gives track redundancy when repairs and maintenance is needed.
No one asked
Thanks for sharing that as it brings a little more insight to the genius that is the Japanese subway system(s). Thanks to those genius behind this video, you are able to get a further insight, like you stated, into NYC subway system as this is one of the more intriguing lines. Feel free to check out all the other videos on this channel and ours, and share more of the differences you notice with the two systems; we're manifesting seeing such system in the future.
visited NYC for the first time a couple years ago, and as a typical Midwestern tourist, I was blown away by the subway system. I enjoy this perspective because apparently I'm a nerd
I'm a native New Yorker and I'm still blown away.
When I was a kid (a LONG, LONG time ago) I used to love standing in the window of the first car of the downtown 4 train, which probably was not even called that at the time, it was simply the IRT Line/Division.
I especially loved it as Yankee Stadium came into view.
Yankee Stadium! I knew it
I grew up on the 7 train. I remember going to Jets, Mets and Yankees games at Shea. Miss those days.
@@pedma23416 Yankee games at Shea?
Used to take the #6 from 177th Street south to 125th, then change to a northbound # 4 to get to the real Yankee Stadium, not the current imitation.
Shea for the Mets and Jets was a little more complicated. A bus from 177th across the Whitestone Bridge. (? # 44?) And then the IRT #7 to within walking distance of Shea. Back then Jets tickets were available, bot Giants were impossible to come by.
Wahoo Mc Daniel was a hoot.
@@jimmclaughlin8195 In 1974-75 The Yankees played their HOME games at Shea, while the Stadium was being refurbished.
0:05 Flushing - Main St
4:14 Mets - Willets Point
8:33 Junction Blvd
13:25 61st St - Woodside
21:10 Queensboro Plaza
24:19 Court Square - 23rd St
27:03 Hunters Point Ave
28:56 Vernon Blvd - Jackson Ave
33:13 42nd St - Grand Central
35:15 42nd St - 5th Ave - Bryant Park
37:23 Times Square - 42nd St - Port Authority Bus Terminal
40:48 34th St - Hudson Yards
Thank you Sammy. For years I boarded this train at Bliss Street and road on to Grand Central Station. Life was good.
Regardless, the 7 train is thee worst line in the city. It stalls if it's raining, it's delayed if it's snowing, hell it stops if the sun is shining too hard.
🤣😆
"L" and "7" lines ....theeeeee busiest ones in the city, too!
At least it’s largely above ground when it stops working, so you don’t get 110 degree tunnel stagnant air
I would say the L or the Z
@@AFNacapella I was about to make that comment :D and if none of these are to blame, it might as well be someone who jumped in front of the train.
One aspect I really appreciate is that, while I've ridden the 7 train before, I've never ridden the express. It's so cool seeing the view when passing near the 111th St station, where the track is elevated higher up. Also neat seeing the fast running sections!
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It's so unfortunate that the passenger accessible windows are disappearing. Looking out of them was my favorite thing to do when I was a kid in the 1970s. And honestly, it's still my favorite thing to do when I get the chance to at age 49.
You actually still can, but you have to have good eyes
Brings back memories 49 years when I commuted to high school every day from Flushing to Manhattan. I was always in the front car (to make a quick transfer at Grand Central via escalator. Now the view is blocked by the motorman’s cab, then, this view was available to anyone. In those days, the Express switched to the center track right after leaving the Main Street platform while still underground. Nice to see the junkyards before Citi Field are being cleared away. Fastest part of the ride was always coming down from the elevated stretch passing 103rd Street station. Amazing to see all of the new skyscrapers in Long Island City; looks like a different place. Seems like just yesterday. Thanks for posting.
YESSS! That was my daily commute for a while too. I just moved back and it's incredible how much things have changed around LIC and going into Woodside.
it would have been a good place for Amazon to set up shop. More room and not like Manhattan. But a certain politician ended that all. Yet a lot of people seem to like her, for some reason.
Kenneth Taub my memories are almost the same. so hard to admit it was such a long time ago...and so far away since i moved uotbof the US
@@iworkout6912 The thing is, Citibank is moving out of their LIC tower too. Poor landlord.
Yes, born and raised in Woodside. @@gilliebeann
My dad took the 7 train everyday for almost 20 years to get to his office in lower Manhattan, I remember if I was lucky to have a day off from school, I would ride the train with him and he was kind enough to hold me up so I could look out the window of the first car so I could enjoy the view, from the 111th Street Station to the East River tunnel. Thanks Dad, I miss you.
As a kid and teenager I used to LOVE being at the front of this train. I used to have to take the whole line from Main St to Times Square to get to and from school, so I'd enjoy this view pretty often. Thanks for uploading this.
So glad you enjoyed the video and were able to re-live those memories :)
I love all your POV videos but the open cut ones driving towards Manhattan are incredible! I've grown up idolizing NYC and to see that Manhattan skyline getting bigger and bigger as the train gets nearer and nearer is a glorious sight to me. Thanks so much for these videos!
Those buildings you're seeing from far away are mostly in Queens, not Manhattan. (There's a few in Manhattan off in the distance, like the Empire State Building, but they're mostly downtown Queens buildings. The train eventually passes right by them in the video.)
"Blah Blah Blah Garble Garble Garble Blah clear of the closing doors."
...please
Hahaha.........grew up on this train, you are correct!
ikr
I like 13:35 . It sounds like he gave up and just started saying "ramma lamma ramma lamma ramma lamma ramma lamma" 🤣
He sounds like the "apparently" kid all grown up.
Living now in Florida for the past 20 years, this brings back so many memories riding the 7 train, I miss it!
I grew up in Flushing and as a child I loved riding the 7 line with my mom. This brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for the video.
Took my first subway ride in 1966, much the same route. Glad to hear the conductors still speak the same language! They may be slow, noisy or not up to some people's standards, but they're all ours!
Great video, thanks for not adding music...the natural sounds are so much more like being there.
Thanks for the free ride. :-)
Ahaha :p yes , best comment ^^ really :)
Sorry but you have to pay for electricity when you charged it so you can watch this video.
I'm from London, England, and I have no idea how I stumbled across this video but I found it absolutely fascinating, I've never even been to the US but I felt like I was there and seeing New York from an ordinary person's point of view, thanks for posting it.
You are living same caliber city
I lived in Astoria from 2007 to 2009 and moved from NYC, used to take the N train everyday, the Queensboro Plaza surroundings changed a lot this past decade wtth these high buildings. Great to see how things change over the years.
I really like your videos, keep it up!!
I have been taking this train for most of my life, and still take it every week. I have never seen it from this point of view, this is amazing to see things differently, yet still very recognizable. Thank you!
I can tell that the guy saying the announcements likes his job
OK, what is he saying?
Christopher Crepon • I wonder what happened. Someone fell off the platform again..?😩
I always thought the same thing. This guy must have been my conductor a thousand times riding to high school between 2010-2014. I figure he must have requested to stay on the R62A type train for as long as it was on the 7 line just so he could manually make the announcements LOL.
@@VoteWithABullet "I'm angry, I'n furious" dude...
“Next stop, BappaLappaShammaLlamaDingDong”
My buddy grew up in East BappaLappaShammaLamaDingDong. Place was trash
@@mikefm4 xD
@@mikefm4 I hear that's a bad neighborhood
@@mikefm4 That name was mentioned in an old episode of Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
i live there too
The train and track might be old comparing to the modern one.
But it has a lot of charm and characters.
Thank you!
You don't ride the subway for charm, you ride it to get somewhere. This speed is slow compared to many if not most other systems.
Thanks for wonderful sight-seeing tour! from Germany
Glad you enjoyed!!
I am a former Train Operator from the Market/Frankford Sub/El Line in Philly. We only operate with [6] cars. Definitely a difference. Signals & switches are basically the same. Wonderful view and much respect to the Operator for informing the passengers of the investigation at the stations. Kudos!
what is the point of the announcements when it sounds like the person announcing has the mic down his throat making the announcement hard to understand
The worst is when you're at the station waiting and an announcer comes on: "nvASNAonaspij&^()ASgvjhsdasg&^(*&ADHVHGASGhdfha-TANKYUO". Translation : "Train is delayed an hour please find alternate routes you can go up to blahblah station and take blahblah line. Thank you!". Nobody moves because nobody knows what the hell they said.
Charlie Brown's teacher is talking on the mic!!!
Many of them think you have to press the mic against your mouth to be heard, thus the muffled sound. They would be much plainer if they held it a couple of inches or so away from the mouth, directly in front of the mouth, not below it. The female voice I heard earlier on another line was clear and not muffled at all.
The worst being in Times Square and three Pa:s going all at once
Mark B
Where did this train originate on its’ trackage?
I saw no signage but I am guessing, by the terrain, that it may be traveling through the flatlands of Queens, Canarsie, and Brooklyn, although I am a native born and raised New Yorker, I have not resided In “ The City”; in over a half century.
Wow. I as a teenager would be on this train often while playing hooky with my friend Billy. We would go to Times Square. What great memories this brought back. Was early 70s so Shea Stadium stood strong and housed the amazing Mets that had just won the series. NYC was and still s the best place on our planet. If you didn’t grow up here, you wouldn’t understand. And btw the NY Jets used to play at Shea for a while. Great stuff baby!!
Is anyone watching this feeling nostalgic for the times when we went outside and did things?
yes
Nope cuz I still do. You just LARPing a delusion that only exists in you head.
no i never was an extrovert
And I'm still nostalgic, still out going ain't nothing changed here. Technology/social media has no impact on my life
Great sequence of trains at Queensboro Plaza with a well timed cross-platform transfer! Well done.
Enjoyed that 41 minute ride from Queens to Manhattan, reminded me of when I was a kid I always wanted to look out the front window of the train...I now live and work in Westchester County so I don't ride the trains much, thanks for the memories.
Well at least now I know what Charlie Brown's parents did for a living.
USMCArchAngel03 Underrated response. Semper Fi, brother.
@@danielwatts7375 Thanks brother, it's nice to know they're not all wasted. Semper Fi!!
Semper fi
@@cplus.marines6664 Semper Fi brother
USMCArchAngel03 Clever haha
I was on holiday in New York 2 years ago riding on the 7 train and it was a great experience! I picked up the announcement pretty quickly and worked out the MTA route after a few trips! It's like our London Underground but we have name lines instead of numbers! Times Square is always popular stop and I love the entertainment with busking bands!
Man. that was fascinating from an engineering perspective and also a view of your awesome city from a unique perspective. Thank you so much!
I really love watching this type of videos.
Remind me back in the day when I was little boy watching the train driver in the front,
Excellent video. Great quality. Conductor was very professional. He needed an employee of the month plaque with a bonus check!! Thanks for the video.
I used to love looking out the window of the 1st car, always felt soothing to see what the car operator saw.
Whoever filmed this, thank you. Please film more.
13:35 Transfer is available to Ramma lamma ramma lamma ramma lamma ramma lamma railroad
AndyPlayz - Roblox and more Connection is available to the Long Island railroad on the lower level
@@Weeniehutnurse yes! but no.
Drew MacDonald stop being so butthurt. New Yorkers are so toxic about being New Yorkers.
Reminds me of the days of growing up in Jackson Heights, Queens. Taking the 7 to Flushing Meadow Park and Shea Stadium. Junction Blvd was my station. Good times!!
I appreciate those of you who make these types of videos on the old cars which the nostalgic door sound.
It is an art form to make announcements so unintelligible
"Stand clear off the closing doors, please"
Well, I mean... He said please..
Don’t forget the great sounding
C#, A
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As soon as I saw this, I smelled it. I used to ride this train every week, M-F, Woodside to Flushing, for 26 years.
Slapping the American flag on every single subway car just in case someone forgets where they live for a brief moment.
Some folks SHOULD be reminded once in a while.
Same thing happened here in Philly with a fair few AdTranz M4s.
They put flags on the trains after the 9/11 attacks.
That started since 2001,,people patriotic while government screws you
The American flags were added in the wake of 9/11.
As a Born and Raised Bronx Man, I only rode this line one time.. Took it Shea to watch Doc Gooden Pitch, Straw hit a homer and Mets beat Phils. This was 1987 guys, Long time ago. Seeing all these buildings as the train moves on makes me home sick for New York as a whole. I rode the #1 train from 225 and Bway to 72st to work at Lincoln Towers as a handyman. Local 32BJ bro, I moved to Fla and then back NJ where I live now, But Ill tell ya, You can take the man out of New York, But you can't take the Bronx out of the Bronx Bailey Boyz.. Da Bronx. Baby !!! I Love NY !!
I spent a week in NYC, even watching this video is GREAT
In the tunnels between Vernon Blvd and Grand Central, and Time square, you can see many light fixtures that are not lit that contain 5 incandescent light bulbs. These are part of the original lighting system in the tunnels and are still in place for backup. They are powered off the 600-volt third rail. The bulbs are wired in series. 5 X 120 volt bulbs = 600 volts
Thank you. I was wondering what they were there for.
Thanks for that...I was wondering as well.
Do you work for the Transit Authority, or are you a enthusiast?
There is no lighting system in the tunnels. Those lights are for when they are doing construction and the tracks need to be lit up.
Thanks for uploading this video, it brings good memories of my time in NYC. I used to leave near 61st woodside, 82nd Jackson heights, and 46st the 7Th line was big part of my young years
This is fascinating, thank you for getting this footage before it was too late! The view is amazing and it’s so cool to see an El network still running today. I hope they run new trains with front windows someday so we can see this awesome view once again. I really hope I get to go to NYC someday and ride this part of the subway network!
Solid video. It's nice following it on Google maps. I've been a NY map fiend since I was a 10 year old boy in 1963. What a place...
The View in the distance is pure satisfaction to me.
This brings back so many memories... good, bad, serious, funny...thanks for bringing all those moments back to me!! My 7 train.
Superb quality and very stable pictures. A fascinating look at part of the NYC Subway.
I was born in NY City and I have to say I don't think I understood 3 words that conductor said. I don't know if it was his voice, the microphone or the speakers but that was awful. I don't know how old these cars were but I sure hope the "newer" ones are better than this!
The "driver" (officially called the train operator) does not make the announcements during the day, its the conductor (the one that is in the middle of a train set) opening and closing the doors, with the exception of the Franklin Avenue Shuttle (only 2 cars long).
B747guy Not many New Yorkers can understand these annoucements, the newer subway cars have much better audio quality
It's a law in New York that the subway announcements must be unintelligible.
I'm a Brit and can understand what is being said in the announcements.
B747guy One, the intercoms are very low quality/ ancient as in early 1980's ancient. Two, most conducters are accustomed to speaking in jargon, and a such go through the motions.
Just returned from a weeks vacation in NYC, Times Square. Took subways all over metro NYC; they were clean and safe. Thoroughly enjoyed the vacation; will be going back there again soon!
I remember as a kid taking that train to Mets games at Shea. I liked that stadium.
pete moss I miss Shea so much
Me too
If I remember correctly, the original section, concrete trestle from 46th/Bliss Street ointo Manhattan was built 1903, the rest was extended thru 1911/1912 to Flushing in steel.
Pretty much stopped riding it regularly around 2006 due to constant delays, power outages on the express lines (due to snow and rain) and overcrowding.
And you Still cant understand many of the announcements.
Thanks for this, I rode this train daily from 1976-1985. Lots of good and bad memories... 34th St. is the last stop now? Wow.
Yeah they added Hudson yards a couple years ago
Fox I love that stop, the funky inclinator, and the weird escalator!
I was just graduating Elementary school when this came out. Now that I go to high school now, I have to take the 7 Train regardless since I hop on at Junction and take the express train from there. It's a cool feeling seeing this perspective now that I take the express!
Incredible infrastructure !! The upkeep must be non-stop
Watched this for the first time today and found it fascinating. I’m from Scotland, have not been in New York for years but understood everything that was made on the public announcements.
Thank you for this great video, as a Brit who was looking forward to a trip to New York this year I can experience it while qurantined. We will meet again New York
8:30 - 8:55 Talk about being a professional at your job!.
you know how long a nyc train is ? it has to stop like that
@@Radius.. I'm saying he did it perfectly.. I've seen some overshoot, I've seen some just come crawling in because they are afraid to overshoot... This was executed perfectly.
Dweebix ohh okay I get what u meant
Just go to london too see the underground all trains come flying in at silly speeds
Evan woosh
Amazing! The engineering and construction of these elevated lines 100 or so years ago amazes me more than that of a jet plane. Just painting the structure is a huge job, They didn't used to have the money to do i. The 7 line is an important one, and I think I can see the ride better on your video than if i rode the the train with side view only.
I lived on west 104st in Manhattan, went to aviation HS , took this train 2 times a day from 1970 - 1974 . I would get off at 33 Rawson st and then walk a block to school. Iam proud to say that I graduated with both my A/P aircraft mech license. Brings back memories.
I would love to see this journey after a heavy snowfall.... purely from a scenic point of view....
The really good snow scene was the old Dyre Avenue Line , IRT #5, I think, on old New York Centrall Railroad branch line which The then NYCTA bought way back when. It was not elevated, bur built in a cut by NYC
Nice footage. I love the sway of the train as it hits the curve right before Hunters Point station.
This is bringing a tear to my eye,what beautiful memories this is bringing me
X2 speed for European view
More x4 it still feels slow when I do x2
Even Chicago's trains are much cleaner and faster. NYC is so far behind.
The train is running up to red and yellow signals the whole route. Hence the slow running
@@bfcmik and they dare call it the Express Line, heh.
@Bobby Brady Where did he claim it was?
Great video, thank you. Reading some comments about playing 2x speed, or slow train as an express, they don't understand driving the same route would have taken forever. I remember going to Shea to watch the Mets with my brother in the 70's. I remember taking the 4,5 and 6 lines in the 90's. They were in my opinion the best cars operating. The Kawasaki. Looks like that's what is used now for the 7. I enjoyed this video very much. Brought me back to NYC and my youth.
NYC changed a lot!!!! My family moved from there to Charlotte, NC in 2000 and when we go back to visit the city----> there's nostalgia all around our minds.
I gotta say, the audio of the conductor became a lot more clearer around the 20:28 mark when it was heading into Queensboro Station. No uptown 4, 5, and 6 train service past 86th St. due to the police investigation at 125th and Lexington Ave.
I'm not surprised, 125th Street on the 4/5/6 line is a hell hole
I'm not surprised, 125th Street on the 4/5/6 line is a hell hole
I used to live in Flushing, Queens and worked by LaGuardia. The view brought back memories. Glad to have moved to Texas 😄
20:18 is so cool, 4 large trains going by eachother.
As a child growing up in the Chicago Area, I have ALWAYS been intrigued by how the New York City Transit Authority operates and how it was structured! The next time I'm there, I'll have to take that #7 Train as I've been on a few others when I visited...but the choice is so many to choose from! Great Video, DJ! 😊
Ah the memories.... I took this train every day for a year from Main St Flushing to 34th St and back while commuting for my first real job. The year was 1981 and I got a whole $14,000/yr. The system hasn't changed much...
34th st Hudson yards? That station didn’t exist back then...
The 7 train is my line. There was no 34th st. stop back then. I took it every day into the City. There is the 33rd st. stop (still in Queens). Perhaps that's what you meant.
@@ginalaperuginanyc7641 It's been almost 40 years since I last lived in NYC -- the memory gets a bit hazy -- however, I think you're right. IIRC, I used the #7 Express to commute from Main St. Flushing to 42nd St, and then the 7th Ave IRT or 8th Ave BMT to either 34th St or the Wall St area as the job required.
Back in the 70's and 80's it was a lot darker in the subways. Very nicely improved!
This is the train I’ve ridden since I was a baby 😂. I love this train frrr and the magnificent views and it’s so convenient to get to my grandmas house in flushing and my other grandmas house in corona Queens
Fr the 7 is goated
I remember back in the 70s the graffiti that was all over many of the train car's back then. I being a native born New Yorker from the Bronx? Am glad the city finally has nice clean cars running on those tracks now. Thanks DJ for sharing the ride on the train there. Though I no longer live in the city? My heart is still with her and hope that she can once again prosper and thrive into a long healthy life. I ❤ New York.
Thank you for uploading this - just so relaxing!
Thank you for the video. It is so wonderful to experience this rid from a cab position. I did pay attention to the tunnel after Times Square as the extended tunnel was built afterwards. You notice a dip in the ceiling. Than a plan 10th Avenue Station that was left unfinished. I also like how the Astoria was approaching the Queens Plaza Station as the "7" was getting closer.
There are concerns when the express tracks merge with the local tracks. You have a bunch of locals (somewhat empty) who have to wait for an express 7. From my perspective the 7 takes a long route into that station. The idea would be the Express 7 take a shorter route to the closer point to getting into Manhattan. This will move the merger further down and will cut the time for passengers using the express service. It will also balance the riders who want to transfer to the "N/W" lines into Manhattan, since that is a very popular transfer point.
Toronto should consider the idea of the third track for things like an express subway or simply avoiding delays. NY's subway looks really complex, but has some things that Toronto could learn from.
I used to visit NYC whenever I could and took the 7 into Manhattan when flying into LaGuardia (Newark is better). This is nostalgic to me. Thanks for posting!
an excellent video with excellent quality - thanks!
Born and raised in NYC, though I haven't lived there in 15 years. Didn't have any trouble with the announcements. Nice to know I still got some bit of New Yorker left in me.
I'm not really concerned with your life story
DJ Hammers- amazing video as usual. I lived in the area from 1997-1999. Really miss NYC. Thanks for sharing.
There was a time when all passengers could have this view as Flushing Line train cars had small operator compartments off to the right and an unobstructed view out the window of the door for riders. From 1969-72, I had the window view every day going to High School in Manhattan.