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Posted by Ron S on Tue Feb 8 00:11:07 2000, in response to How was it to ride the subway lines in the 60's and 70's?,
posted by Christopher Rivera on Sat Feb 5 11:31:04 2000.
I can't believe I read all 78(?) answers to your post. This site is addicting or I need therapy.
Another good thing in the 60's was pulling into 57th street on a BMT standard (4th Ave. local) and switching for one of the expresses. The Sea Beach, Brighton and West End all left from 57th. The cars had the route names on the roll signs, and they sounded kind of exotic to a kid (Sea Beach especially-sounded like a great resort). The expresses were all either standards or triplexes. I was confused by the archaic numbers on the triplexes because they were never listed or explained anywhere. I think Brighton was 1 and Sea Beach 4. West End? no idea. It was a great time in that it was still linked to the old industrial era of the 30's and 40's. Everything was heavy steel, dirty and spit sparks out as it entered the stations.
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