Comments on: Taking a Nostalgic final ride to Yankee Stadium

By: Greg G.

Greg G. — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:07:05 +0000

When is the Nostalgic IRT Subway coming out for the year of 2009 Pls contact me @ TuffFootDriver@aol.com on the info of the train when it is going to run again

By: Greg G.

Greg G. — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:04:01 +0000

When is the Nostalgic IRT Subway coming out for the year of 2009

By: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog » Blog Archive » Sending out Shea with a nostalgic ride

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:05:59 +0000

[...] their good byes to Yankee Stadium last Sunday, the MTA honored the House that Ruth Built with a Nostalgia Train ride from Grand Central to Yankee Stadium. Tomorrow, with the Mets primed to send off the regular season [...]

By: Steve T. Sobel

Steve T. Sobel — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:47:58 +0000

Obviously, this historic, interesting and even educational special trip isn’t for you! As for the cost, nothing’s free anymore. You should be grateful that some people are taking the time for preservation!

You should think twice before making negative criticisms! If it’s too expensive, don’t ride it!

By: R2

R2 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:02:04 +0000

I rode the nostalgia train yesterday. It was a lot of fun. Even the police officers on board were taking pictures. We had all good laughs watching the puzzled reactions from straphangers on the platforms and even the trains we passed on the way up.

So glad I brought my camera!

By: Kid Twist

Kid Twist — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:07:57 +0000

Please. The cost of running a train from the museum fleet once in a while is comparatlively small (and I doubt that anyone vandalized the train). There’s so much unpleasantness associated with riding the subway that anything that brings a smile to riders’ faces once in a while and gets people talking pleasantly to each other (“You’re too young, but I remember riding these trains to see Mickey Mantle play…”) is OK by me.

By: Blog note « Limonene Knits

Blog note « Limonene Knits — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:16:22 +0000

[...] Edit 12:12 AM I didn’t make the cut, but the train itself did: video here. Many thanks to Ben at River Ave. Blues and Second Ave. Sagas [...]

By: ScottE

ScottE — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:54:32 +0000

Nice gesture, but not a wise one, in my opinion. I feel like this Nostalgia Train gimmick has been going on for quite awhile, and at an unjustifiable cost.

We had a nostalgia “A” train during the 100th Anniversary of the IND system. We saw a nostalgia train on the “V” last December. Now a nostalgia #4 train to Yankee Stadium?

All of this costs money – for the training, operating, and inevitable vandalism-repairing of these special event trains. It made sense when NYCT added regular express #7 service to handle Mets games at Shea. But running a four-car nostalgic clunker to a historic game at Yankee Stadium? The scene on the platforms will not be unlike a bunch of irate commuters trying to squeeze onto the “G”.

Just my opinion, anyway.

By: River Ave. Blues | Riding the Nostalgia Train to Yankee Stadium

River Ave. Blues | Riding the Nostalgia Train to Yankee Stadium — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:30:50 +0000

[...] New York City Transit, the arm of the MTA that operates the subways, is running a special nostalgia train up to Yankee Stadium this evening. To find the details about catching the train, read my post on Second Ave. Sagas about the special ride. [...]