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Re: How was it to ride the subway lines in the 60's and 70's? (94087)

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Posted by Conrad Misek on Wed Feb 9 16:57:30 2000, in response to Re: How was it to ride the subway lines in the 60's and 70's?,
posted by Bill Newkirk on Wed Feb 9 16:45:56 2000.

Yes, I believe so. The men would use tobacco juice or rub a cigar on the glass to get the rainwater to sheet off.

They also had no stirrups (anticlimber steps) or grab irons on the pantograph gates when they were new. Getting inside must have been a challenge!


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