❄️ This holiday season, the New York Transit Museum and Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA New York City Transit continue the annual tradition of Holiday Nostalgia Rides aboard vintage 1930s train cars! Operating between 2 Av–Houston St on the uptown F line and 96 St–2 Av on the Q line, the Holiday Nostalgia Train will transport straphangers back in time every Sunday in December from 10am to 5pm. Rides are free with your subway fare! Hop aboard and celebrate the magic of New York City d

This clip comes from “Rapid Transit,” a 1949 informational film in the #NYTMCollection. Produced by the New York City Transit Authority, “Rapid Transit” shows subway and elevated train operations and. is part of our Joseph Columbo Collection of industry-produced training and publicity films about electric railroading. This portion of the film shows a motorman readying a Lo-V train for its route. | New York Transit Museum