Hoodlums of yore....

F Train, Oh F Train

My friend Lisa put this haunting picture/video on her facebook page. It's hypnotic graininess serves as a reminder of my youth. I feel very strongly about the Kentile Floors sign over the Gowanus, it is a symbol of my home, perhaps the way a Texan feels about an image of a cowboy and a saguro cactus, or the way a midwesterner feels about a beautiful old barn. The only word I can use is patriotic. This is my home.

This is what these kids are looking at.....
The images are mesmerizing, the music, perhaps not as much...

Most Colorful Train Ever

--Impressive capture of swatch "wrap" train, by Paul.

House Above the Train

From somewhere like Fort Hamilton, on the N train, out in Bay Ridge Brooklyn. Can you imagine living on top of the subway like this? How would you cope with the noise? What stories do these people have about the subway?

Fearless Train Drives strait through Flames in Queens

About 30 years ago a friend and I were on the 7 train heading to Shea Stadium. The train stopped on the curve over the rail yards between Hunters Point and Courthouse Square.
There was a tanker truck on fire under the el.
The flames were shooting up between the ties ahead of us.
Then the train started moving again and we went right through the fire.
We made the stop at Courthouse Square and continued on to Queensborough Plaza. At Queensborough Plaza a supervisor of some kind got on the train and yelled at the motorman. But the motorman wasn't taken out of service. We kept going and got to the game on time.
--Merrick

flames leaping up from underneath the track? no problem!