Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In late 2024, the New York City Transit Museum ran a series of excursions to honor the 120th Birthday of the Interborough Rapid Transit, one of the major predecessors to the modern NYC subway system. These excursions travelled from the old South Ferry station at the southern tip of Manhattan to 241st Street in the northern Bronx using original IRT Lo-V cars. I caught an Amtrak train into the city in the morning, and then headed to Queens to catch a Long Island Railroad train into the brand-new Grand Central Madison concourse before heading to the Bronx to catch the vintage train. After catching the Lo-Vs three times, I took the Staten Island Ferry across the Harbor to Staten Island, where the 50-year-old R44 cars are working their last days on the Staten Island Railroad. After a beautiful sunset sail back across the harbor, I took PATH (no footage) from the World Trade Center to Newark, transferring to an NJ Transit train back to my car. We end the video with a brief encounter with the famous "Princeton Dinky" shuttle train.
In late 2024, the New York City Transit Museum ran a series of excursions to honor the 120th Birthday of the Interborough Rapid Transit, one of the major predecessors to the modern NYC subway system. These excursions travelled from the old South Ferry station at the southern tip of Manhattan to 241st Street in the northern Bronx using original IRT Lo-V cars. I caught an Amtrak train into the city in the morning, and then headed to Queens to catch a Long Island Railroad train into the brand-new Grand Central Madison concourse before heading to the Bronx to catch the vintage train. After catching the Lo-Vs three times, I took the Staten Island Ferry across the Harbor to Staten Island, where the 50-year-old R44 cars are working their last days on the Staten Island Railroad. After a beautiful sunset sail back across the harbor, I took PATH (no footage) from the World Trade Center to Newark, transferring to an NJ Transit train back to my car. We end the video with a brief encounter with the famous "Princeton Dinky" shuttle train.
