LOVE IT!!! I grew up riding the Newark Subway, and remember my first ride in July of 1987 (I was 4 at the time). Some of the cars still had the red and blue TNJ colors on them! IMHO, NJ Transit destroyed it when they "upgraded" it to "light rail". It runs slower and less often, and stops at every single station. In the PCC days, if nobody wanted on or off at a stop, IT DIDN'T STOP!
I remember back in 1975 when i ran cross country for East Side High School and we use to practice at Branch Brook Park in Newark. We had to catch the City Subway at Penn Station to the park. It was fun. I think the fare was 40 cents back then.
Now that is fitting for a company that helped engineer the destruction of the streetcars. There is a video that substiantiates GM's role in the streetcars destruction. I think it is called who killed the streetcars. There is also a detailed article on who destroyed the Key System Railway in Oakland, Ca, and when I read it, my blood was boiling. Thanks for the reply.
They could have kept the PCC cars. I actually lived right in NY and had no idea they still used PCC cars until they already retired them in 2001, I was PISSED. :(
It is understandable how you feel. I was born in Oakland, Ca AFTER they dismantled the Key System. The only way I found out about it was through my grandmother and the internet recently. We can thank GM and the government for the destruction of the streetcars.
Yeah, and now GM wants a bailout, forget them I saw. I appreciate that jobs are at stake, but GM was is not the Keystone of American society. No one was there to bail out the electric railways or the steamcar manufacturers.
LOVE IT!!! I grew up riding the Newark Subway, and remember my first ride in July of 1987 (I was 4 at the time). Some of the cars still had the red and blue TNJ colors on them! IMHO, NJ Transit destroyed it when they "upgraded" it to "light rail". It runs slower and less often, and stops at every single station. In the PCC days, if nobody wanted on or off at a stop, IT DIDN'T STOP!
JXMintz 11 months ago
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bring pccs back!!
timosha21 1 year ago
bring pccs back!!
timosha21 1 year ago
I remember back in 1975 when i ran cross country for East Side High School and we use to practice at Branch Brook Park in Newark. We had to catch the City Subway at Penn Station to the park. It was fun. I think the fare was 40 cents back then.
wolf2351 2 years ago
Now that is fitting for a company that helped engineer the destruction of the streetcars. There is a video that substiantiates GM's role in the streetcars destruction. I think it is called who killed the streetcars. There is also a detailed article on who destroyed the Key System Railway in Oakland, Ca, and when I read it, my blood was boiling. Thanks for the reply.
kemetnusayf 2 years ago
They could have kept the PCC cars. I actually lived right in NY and had no idea they still used PCC cars until they already retired them in 2001, I was PISSED. :(
gguru1 3 years ago
It is understandable how you feel. I was born in Oakland, Ca AFTER they dismantled the Key System. The only way I found out about it was through my grandmother and the internet recently. We can thank GM and the government for the destruction of the streetcars.
kemetnusayf 2 years ago
Yeah, and now GM wants a bailout, forget them I saw. I appreciate that jobs are at stake, but GM was is not the Keystone of American society. No one was there to bail out the electric railways or the steamcar manufacturers.
gguru1 2 years ago
Look up the NJ Transit website. They provide maps and schedules for the trolley
greenherring2 3 years ago
Does that trolley still run in Newark, this clip is from 1987?
italobambino43 3 years ago
@italobambino43 yes it does i love it born and raised in brick city
11tito58 1 year ago
yes it does i love it
11tito58 1 year ago
Part of it goes underground. Many New York subways run partially above ground
greenherring2 3 years ago
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ucvgabe 3 years ago
GABE you ass lick!! it does go underground at norfolk street into penn station. and you call yourself a railfan
hmmpf
ERIELACKU34CH 2 years ago
memories!
dilligaf307 4 years ago
Memories!
dilligaf307 4 years ago