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Beers, coffee etc do not RULE (as in teenspeak) on the railroad. It's transportation not a bar. When is the LIRR going to get away from thinking they are still part of the old Penn RR.
Beers, coffee etc do not RULE (as in teenspeak) on the railroad. It's transportation not a bar. When is the LIRR going to get away from thinking they are still part of the old Penn RR.
What are you so miserable about? If you don't like the conditions on the LIRR why don't you find another way to get to work? Its a simple pleasure (and freedom) that many working stiffs value. Here's another idea, why don't you move altogether since you seem to dislike native LIer's in general? You might like Stalingrad circa 1937.
I have taken the 633 for many years because I found the bar cart to be friendly and not overly crowded. It was an alternative to the 636, which was alway a zoo because it got into Penn minutes before it was scheduled to leave. Right across the platform was the 633. I would take itb to Jamaica station where I changed to pick up the 636 to get to my home station, Baldwin, where the 633 did not stop. The time on the 633 from Penn to Jamaica provided a desperately needed respite from a long day. Although, it did take a while for me to be considered a regular. The 633 is one of only two trains with a bar cart, the other is the 702 to Hicksville.
I did not know they still had bar cars. I rarely ride the railroad but I remember my parents talking about when they rode the trains in the 60's and 70's.
Beers, coffee etc do not RULE (as in teenspeak) on the railroad. It's transportation not a bar. When is the LIRR going to get away from thinking they are still part of the old Penn RR.
I did not know they still had bar cars. I rarely ride the railroad but I remember my parents talking about when they rode the trains in the 60's and 70's.
I believe the last two bar cars are gone now. Of course, you can always BYOB
Morality (such a dreadfully working/middle class concept) aside, bar cars were a great source of revenue. My grandfather has stories of the Madison avenue and Wall Street crowds enjoying a few on the trains back to Garden City.
P.S. It's extraordinarily condescending to "allow" the "working stiffs" (other such euphemisms for the marginal income classes) their beer. From the stories, all of LI's income groups enjoyed having a drink on the way home.
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Stop being so miserable
