In 2017 the long delayed Second Avenue Subway was (partly) completed from 63rd and Lexington to 96th St and 2nd Ave. Fittingly, the NYCTA decided to run it's annual holiday Nostalgia Train on a new routing up the Second Avenue line, instead of it's more traditional run to Queens Plaza. I say it was fitting because some of the 80 year old cars were probably built with the expectation that they would operate in regular service on the planned IND Second Avenue Subway that wound up being postponed again and again as the city lurched from one financial disaster to the next.
Anyway, there was no way I was going to miss such and event and I brought my GoPro camera with me. To help you the viewer I split the ride videos into two sections, one covering the classic route, the other the new route. I will begin with the northbound run from the 2nd Ave F train station to Rockefeller Center.
And now instead of turning left onto the Queens Boulevard Line, we head straight onto the 63rd St line, diverging at Lexington onto the brand new Second Avenue Subway.
Follwing tradition, the Nostalgia Train laid up at the northern end of its run, forcing the standing room only crowd to discharge.
Here we go on the return run. Starting at 96th St and heading to Rockefeller Center.
And bringing it home, the return leg down the 6th Ave line from Rockefeller Center to 2nd Ave.
Well that's the end of the Nostalgia Train trip, but here is some bonus nostalgia in the form of some video of the now closed W4TH ST interlocking tower and it's GRA Model 5 pistol grip interlocking machine.
Tune in next time for all the still photos from this trip and some others as well!
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