Hard to believe but today the PATH system turned 100 years old. Way back when it was called the Hudson& Manhattan Railroad Company (as you can see from the cards they handed out in the Hoboken station this morning). They celebrated in the best manner possible--free rides all day. So they turned 100 and I saved 3 bucks. Nice! How many times do you get a present on someone else's birthday. I have no idea what the system looked like in 1908. Most people who used to go into the city remember taking the ferry from Hoboken (and they are currently renovating the ferry slips so the whole back of the Hoboken station where it lights up Erie Lackawanna will be working--they already have the tower fixed and it says Lackawanna in lights all the way down the tower that rises from the ferry slips)...but my mom and I were wondering in 1908 how they powered the trains.
I love the PATH trains--few people do, but the drivers are such cowboys--they drive at like warp speed and then they hit a red signal and they stomp on the breaks and everyone pitches forward. Seriously, it is about as thrilling as a ride on the Cyclone. And given that they've had so many derailments it is about as perilous. So viva la PATH! (cuz even with a fare increase it is cheaper than the nyc subways)
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