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Posted by MJF on Fri Jul 29 20:58:21 2005, in response to Re: Metropolitan Ave, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Jul 29 20:37:49 2005. I got 9 years on you. I started exploring the system on my own around 1975 (coincided with my bus pass from JHS109Q). But I have memories of the system as far back as the late '60s. Growing up in Queens Village I vividly remember R9s, 38s, slant 40s on the Queens Blvd lines. One time my father, who grew up in Brownsville, wanted to go to the Lower East Side via the QJ instead of the F. It was like going to another city altogether. Took the bus past 179 to the 165th St Terminal and walked to Jamaica Av. Going up to the train instead of down the steps. Riding a red R27 instead of an R9. Narrow wooden platform instead of concrete & girders. Very weird.I remember when the R44s came to the E & F. I remember R16s on the EE & GG. I remeber the R36s on the 7 in their original colors AND the 7 Line strip map on the interior. The system had a lot of variety back then. You caught it at the tail end of that era. I think many of the poster on this board have childhood memories of the system when it became sterile, 1990 & on. The way I see it today. |
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