 |
BusTalk
A Community Discussing Buses and Bus Operations Worldwide!
|
| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 30756
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
 Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2025 6:08 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
Interesting...........
PATH retired the 1958 "MP-52"/"K" cars in 1989; these iconic cars were just a tad more than 30 years old, still fairly young for most rail cars.
Had PATH not been so into its new "gung-ho, let's go modern!" persona (recall, they closed the "cramped and antiquated" Henderson Street yard in Jersey City in 1990; opening the new facility out in the Meadows) and purchasing new "PA" cars.
IMHO, PATH easily could have kept the old "joint service" cars going for at least another decade, but, alas, it would seem, operating "Aitch & Em"-era equipment with incandescent lighting just didn't "meld" with their "futuristic", "progressive" image............. 
"NYO"
["HOB"]
["WTC"] |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 59
Joined: 02 Oct 2014
Posts: 4485
Location: New York, New York, USA
|
| Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2025 8:19 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | Interesting...........
PATH retired the 1958 "MP-52"/"K" cars in 1989; these iconic cars were just a tad more than 30 years old, still fairly young for most rail cars.
Had PATH not been so into its new "gung-ho, let's go modern!" persona (recall, they closed the "cramped and antiquated" Henderson Street yard in Jersey City in 1990; opening the new facility out in the Meadows) and purchasing new "PA" cars.
IMHO, PATH easily could have kept the old "joint service" cars going for at least another decade, but, alas, it would seem, operating "Aitch & Em"-era equipment with incandescent lighting just didn't "meld" with their "futuristic", "progressive" image.............
"NYO"
["HOB"]
["WTC"] |
Yeah, they did seem overeager to wash anything connected with the old "Aitch & Em" right outa' their hair, no? Besides their infatuation with the "shiny and new." |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 30756
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
| Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2025 10:00 pm Post subject: |
|
|
W.B.:
The day that PATH took over "the tubes" in late 1962, the new "boss" wasted no time in replacing virtually all station and directional signs (with reference to the H&M), uniform badges, buttons, you name it.
The "juice fans" of that day were left with but mere "bones" with hardly nothing to pick from them.
Indeed, PATH is pretty well paranoid about having any link to the ol' "Aitch & Em".........
"NYO"
["HUDSON RAPID TUBES"] |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 59
Joined: 02 Oct 2014
Posts: 4485
Location: New York, New York, USA
|
| Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2025 11:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | W.B.:
The day that PATH took over "the tubes" in late 1962, the new "boss" wasted no time in replacing virtually all station and directional signs (with reference to the H&M), uniform badges, buttons, you name it.
The "juice fans" of that day were left with but mere "bones" with hardly nothing to pick from them.
Indeed, PATH is pretty well paranoid about having any link to the ol' "Aitch & Em".........
"NYO"
["HUDSON RAPID TUBES"] |
And even when they acknowledge the old "Aitch & Em's" existence, they take great pains to say that "McAdoo's baby" was of no relation to the current retail clothing chain. I find it frankly eerie that the "new" "Aitch & Em" has stores near key PATH termini (namely, "Woild" Trade Center and 'Toity-Toid" Street).
I read that "bones" quote in that Gotham Turnstiles book. Clearly the speed at which the new management operated in what they did was breathtaking as it was. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 30756
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2025 12:17 am Post subject: |
|
|
W.B.:
The rich and colorful legacy of the old "Aitch & Em" lasted for so many years after PATH's 1962 takeover, within the "Noo Yawk" subway system, where many old signs (tile, etc) still remained in certain stations, where straphangers were being directed to 'the tubes".......
"NYO"
["HUDSON RAPID TUBES"] |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 30756
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 30756
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2025 12:32 am Post subject: |
|
|
Another rare, silent reminder of the old' "Aitch & EM" (34th Street, IND 6th Avenue line)...........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?81133
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
["HUDSON RAPID TUBES-TRAINS TO NEW JERSEY"] |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You can attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
|
BusTalk Main
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
BusTalk Galleries
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
