Rapid Transit (1949)

[Music] he [Music] C the hill I'm telling you she Foundation airport that fishing special we'll be in Monto around 8 in the morning off the F station Maria tur with a bail to match it's gorgeous he's in the I got a swirl out in Sunnyside how do you get [Music] there loc 46 Street it took me a half hour to file a plan hey Harriet you want to see him he's a real do today you stop at Radio City but I can get the shelter how do I get to New York hospital and I said to him look Mis that's my foot and he says all right you can have it how do I get the King's Highway does the Express Stop on about a hall hey what's train for overl downtown train I seeing green Marsh wood LA Express from Grand Central 10 m 33 minutes Street Columbus cycle hands Point any Express to 125th then pelum Express 7 1 12 M 18 1/2 minutes 59th to 125th 3 1/2 M 7 Minutes author Willet conductor door indicator lights out cab indicator light on that's it Gillespie you're out on schedule at 5:21 in [Music] multiple Joe kti up ahead inspecting his [Applause] section [Applause] no delay North motor number 341 due at Washington Heights at 5432 oh Grady not so lucky a crossover ahead signal set against him movement completed a clear signal Tripper down track clear 25 seconds delay make it up before bowling gream o Grady's been in the service 20 years can break a 10c car train in mid station and stop just as you [Applause] [Music] please before 42 out of UDA Avenue headed out on the structure she's got 1,600 people aboard about normal for this [Music] run at woodlock Ed Gardner flicks the starting light to get the 525 out on schedule then his job is to keep a record of the car numbers in the tower lucash is giv her the clear signal and seeing a Northbound coming in on the model board he sets the route forer into the East pocket in the meantime Pat Lin pulls the 525 into Burnside faster than a scared cat on a fence he said headed for the peak hour Down in the Hole his conductor Walter runs into a character headed wellhe headed one way or another take it easy Walter it's all in a day's work okay Pat take her away only of course up in the cab you didn't know you just wondered why your indicator light was slow and coming on ahead of you before you finish this run to udica Avenue there on 27 stations 63 minutes of track and safety Trippers that'll stop you short if you make a mistake at 526 over at Smith Street there's a delegation the nose against the glass committee reports swimming fine tracks clear Empire State Rising 5 1/2 million passengers a day take a lot of trains over 13,000 and they've got to be in shape jumper a little loose tap it in safety gates okay Oscar ruof has a job to do even before he starts brake valve handle reverse key electric brake key 10 lb [Applause] reduction release brakes emergency application okay release okay set signal clear you're on your way to pick up the crowd you're on your way over some 241 route miles of track down into the hole but a tunnel is the shortest distance between two points there's the light author's doing his best but are the passengers accidents can happen this way and single track mines can jam up the finest four track system each series of Lights means a stall train waiting trains ready to move can't move schedules are delayed people are delayed nothing can move until author up front there gets his doors closed it makes a sad sack out of the tower man and the dispatcher has to make out a report cause of delay passengers holding doors reports to 250 Hudson Street 24hour unusual occurrence report chief engineer Maintenance of Way signals and lighting track and structure cars and shops ventilation and drainage reports to city hall for coordination review planning the Chairman's report on service improvements station improvements increased car service new equipment increasing Manhattan capacity contemplated improvements new projects Second Avenue miles of new housing need miles of new track 70 track miles at $5 million a mile existing improvements preview of tomorrow and operation today uclid Avenue New stations new trains bright Airy fast new Subway engineering Frank Silva Roots trains with the tip of his finger flick of his wrist and the lights tell him what tracks are clear all automatic fast safe and foolproof a brand new type of Train [Music] [Music] control 529 Lexi 10 42 Bob Miller and the cab of the local pulling in along with the express where I I change it for Express right across the platform Union Turnpike ring green White Plains South Barry Bank Orland Park Gun Hill Road a BL Eastern Parkway bridge 529 stations 738 track miles a big transit system efficient operation and careful planning make it a safe system through greater passenger cooperation millions of riders will get there faster by rapid [Music] transit

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Keywords: mta, ny, nyc, subway, transit, rapid, trains, stations, historical, archival, board of transportation

Id: 0sQtbqlfvDw

Length: 9min 19sec (559 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 22 2010