TIL the first official subway train pulled out to head uptown on Oct. 27, 1904. The mayor, George B. McClellan Jr., was on hand to start the train, but was so enthralled that he held onto the silver controller handle and drove the train all the way to Broadway and 103rd Street. timesmachine.nytimes.com Submitted by mankls3 t3_10iqitn on January 22, 2023 at 6:32 PM in nyc 6 comments 31
Manacit t1_j5hhdm7 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 1:04 AM Imagine being able to do something cool like this today. The MTA union would probably chase you off of the train Permalink 2
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