A glimpse inside last year's Yankee Playoff Nostalgia Train special. (Photo via flickr user Amanda Rykoff)
Train buffs and baseball fans be ware! As the Yankees look to wrap up their American League Division Series against the Twins tonight, New York City Transit is running a special Nostalgia Train to the Bronx. The train will leave Grand Central/42nd St. at approximately 7:15 p.m. and will make four express stops en route to 161st St./Yankee Stadium as a celebration of playoff baseball in the Bronx.
For Transit, the playoff nostalgia train has become an annual tradition. Last year, a four-car set of Lo-Vs ran the same route. Those cars, said the agency at the time, were first put in service in 1917, six years before the first Yankee Stadium opened its doors. They were retired in the 1960s and have been retrofitted for Nostalgia Train rides.
“Taking the subway is always a great way to get to the ballgame, but being able to travel there on the nostalgia train makes an already enjoyable trip extra special,” Steven Feil, senior vice president of subways for NYC Transit, said last year. “These cars were in operation back when Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth were wreaking havoc on the American League and now they’re back again for fans to see Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez patrol the Yankees’ infield.”
Bring your Yankee paraphernalia and your cameras.
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FANTASTIC!
I hope never to see the day when one of the Slants is used for a nostalgia ride.
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