It is amazing to me that the trains are still permitted to pass each other on these old bridges. the folks who built this are long gone but their work lives on.
@ACLTony
14 жыл бұрын
Wow! As an ex-New Yorker I really enjoyed that. I spent the majority of my subway rides on the IRT, but I remember the BMT having some really cool runs, like this one. As an adult seeing this, it amazes me how complex the MTA's track layout on this line is. Thank you for posting :-)
@Bassotronics
3 жыл бұрын
I miss that sharp scary turn. Now it has been reconstructed.
@robroy6374
2 ай бұрын
not reconstructed. what planet are you from?
@Bassotronics
2 ай бұрын
@@robroy6374 Not sure but back in the 80's that curve into Rockaway was different. The curve used to be sharper and happen still where the water is. It was scary. The subway car was tilting to the side as if it was gonna fall into the water. They reconstructed the curve and now its not as sharp and the curve starts once its already on land. Not sure when they did it, probably after the huge hurricane.
@robroy6374
2 ай бұрын
@@Bassotronics that curve wasn't modified at all.
@Bassotronics
2 ай бұрын
@@robroy6374 Interestingly enough, the 1980's subway map also confirms what I said. The curve is over the water.
@RerailMe
15 жыл бұрын
The A train to uptown Far Rockaway is so scary. Especially the sharp curve when entering Rockaway. The train takes the curve very slowly and tilts to the side like if it were going to plunge into the water from that high bridge! Creepy!
@bembry409
12 жыл бұрын
I live in NJ now and watching this brought back so many memories. In the winter time, I always knew I was "home" when that door opened once the train got to the Rockaways and that cold azz air would snap you out of whatever slumber you might have been in! It was ALWAYS about twenty degrees colder in the "Rock" than anywhere else in the city. "NEXT STOP BEACH 60th STRAITON AVENUE. STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING DOORS PLEASE" LOL! I see u Edgemere, OV, Nordeck, Arverne!!!
@pbatommy
12 жыл бұрын
It IS the longest stretch between stops--almost 4 miles! That INCLUDES the run under 8th Avenue/CPW.
@IND3648
7 жыл бұрын
pbatommy p lesha
@bobwiland
17 жыл бұрын
It never belonged to the Penn Central. Various parts of the Far Rockaway and Rockaway Park lines were built by the South Side RR of Long Island and the NY, Woodhaven and Rockaway RR, both of which eventually merged into the LIRR.
@metroII
16 жыл бұрын
valid, that's the racetrack. Wheres the speed? You can hear the train goin slow?
@josephreuter9728
6 жыл бұрын
We need DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS for DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS. One of the longest delays is at Rockaway Blvd. station. Because the A goes 3 ways, the conductor has to say which A train it is and which way it is going. I remember the HH that took us to PLAYLAND. The Rockaway Park train should be labeled H and the Far Rockaway train should be Labeled K, as in JFK Airport.
@cygnusixion
16 жыл бұрын
I notice that the train almost come to a complete stop when crossing he bridges, is this for safety reasons and how fast do NYC trains go during normal revenue operations?
@islandguy924
17 жыл бұрын
trivia tidbit- this part of the A train route once belonged to the penn central rr,then the long island rr
@101MTA
12 жыл бұрын
this has to be the most isolated area of the city
@nataliabugnacka4926
5 жыл бұрын
you got that right
@pjkeeve
15 жыл бұрын
This has to be the slowest subway I've ever seen.
@tommcconville4270
3 жыл бұрын
Look at all the curves in the tracks, it has to be.
@RailRide
16 жыл бұрын
It also doesn't help that the cameraman zoomed in on the track ahead. That makes even the fastest sections look slower. Every time I've videotaped on this stretch, I make sure to keep the camera on as wide (zoomed out) as possible to preserve every bit of speed in the video.
@JustJamalNichols
15 жыл бұрын
i use to ride the A Train from harlem to brooklyn mid-day and midnight my whole life and nothing ever happened to me. nobody worrying about robbing you on the A train
@mmcckkgg
14 жыл бұрын
This El was part of the Fulton Street El until Apr 26,1956 when the IND connection at 88st took over. . The Rockway conection opened in Jun '56. The last LIRR train to the Racetrack ran in oct 55. the last train to Ozone Park was in June 1962 when the line was abandoned from the LIRR mainline in Rego Park all the way to Liberty ave where the A connects roday.
@JustJamalNichols
16 жыл бұрын
thats a sharp ass turn. I REMEMBER when my brother's dad use to take me and my brother the flee market at n conduit station
@pbatommy
17 жыл бұрын
That is becuase the LIRR was once owned by the Pennsylvannia RR.
@islandguy924
17 жыл бұрын
my mistake. I know from having worked in the track dept on that line,there are large manhole covers between liberty junction and howard beach that say pennsylvania rr co
@schlesmail1
15 жыл бұрын
Believe it! (See Bob Andersen's LIRR History Web site.) Between the first bridge & the second, there used to be two LIRR stations: The Raunt & Broad Channel.
@corcom2007
16 жыл бұрын
the train was actually moving fast but since the guy's cam was zoomed in, it looks like it was going slow.
@DTD110865
13 жыл бұрын
@islandguy924 I think you're confusing Penn Central with the Pennsylvania Railroad. bobwiland is right about the Far Rockaway Branch, but it was actullay the LIRR that belonged to the Pennsylvania Railroad during the first decades of the 20th Century.
@nhlives
17 жыл бұрын
thank you for posting this!
@redbird1train855
3 жыл бұрын
Was this a R32?
@xXrockyiszhereXx
12 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the LIRR used to go there. And idk why MTA still uses those, but as corcom2007 said it was actually going fast, but the camera was zoomed in lol
@NickyD
17 жыл бұрын
nice video.
@NJsBiggestAssHole
13 жыл бұрын
For me this is how i get to far rockaway. Catch NJT 508 to atlantic city Catch NJT 319 to New York (Port Ath) Catch A train to Broad Station Catch Shuttle to Far rockaway :)
@JustJamalNichols
14 жыл бұрын
it was approachin rockaway blvd slow for a reason look at the right of screen from 0:04 to 0:17
@Tricksterknight
16 жыл бұрын
what the first stop?
@DTD110865
13 жыл бұрын
I actually thought this was going to be old footage of the LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch until I clicked on it.
@tommcconville4270
3 жыл бұрын
I did too, but it's the A starting in Far Rockaway, across Jamaica Bay past Broad Channel, then on to the Queens mainland into Brooklyn then downtown Manhattan. The line my father hated every day when he had to get to the to work.
@valeriedunn3696
7 жыл бұрын
My dad took me and my sister on this train ride we we’re kids my dad is gone now still looks the same we had fun
@plateshutoverlock
16 жыл бұрын
nice!
@SuperTrainStationH
16 жыл бұрын
Gaston Avenue is my station!
@lawfrmtheave
15 жыл бұрын
he has the camera zoomed out thats why it looks slow
@eswillie
13 жыл бұрын
back in the day, on the old r-1/r-9 cars, you could open the windows and piss on the flora and fauna (if the car was empty).......ahhhh, for the good old days!!!!!! and, yes, it was never part of penn central.....god forbid.
@vnyc82
13 жыл бұрын
DERAILMENT at 5:02
@JC9999999
16 жыл бұрын
the last stop is my stop =]
@JustJamalNichols
14 жыл бұрын
its not goin slow he just zoomed in the camera
@web_physics
8 жыл бұрын
This rail truck needs more care for safety
@NJsBiggestAssHole
13 жыл бұрын
@MNRRConductor2006 far rockaway
@dunngar
15 жыл бұрын
I saw some FLUccccckKKed up people on that train, mad people with mad experiences on that train line.. I drink a 40 every time i dip on that train tho.. makes me forget about the crackheads and fiends all around me..
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