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A few times I've seen a small bar set up at the front of the train car, but it wasn't like an actual bar for people to sit at. It just had regular seats where some people were drinking, some weren't. Is that what you mean?
Yes, the roll it in off the platform and it is positioned right inside the door area.
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Yes, the roll it in off the platform and it is positioned right inside the door area.
But it isn't like how other people described it as. Other people have said that an entire car was devoted to a bar, and they would sit at the bar and drink. This had regular train seats, but a guy would run this tiny bar at the front. Are there 2 different types of bar cars or something?
But it isn't like how other people described it as. Other people have said that an entire car was devoted to a bar, and they would sit at the bar and drink. This had regular train seats, but a guy would run this tiny bar at the front. Are there 2 different types of bar cars or something?
There used to be bar cars like that. As someone mentioned earlier, I think they were around when the diesel trains were running. I have heard that there are only two of the current type left. I agree the original ones sound much nicer.
But it isn't like how other people described it as. Other people have said that an entire car was devoted to a bar, and they would sit at the bar and drink. This had regular train seats, but a guy would run this tiny bar at the front. Are there 2 different types of bar cars or something?
that was the old diesel equipment that was replaced starting in 1998 with the bi-level diesel equipment... there are no dedicated bar cars anymore... there are some bi-level cars that have no seats on the west end platform level that allow for the bar cart to be rolled in and set up for business... as far as the electric equipment, the bar cart is rolled into the vestibule area
Somewhere back in my childhood memories is my father mentioning a 4:02 out of Penn that had a bar car and connected with another train going out to the end that had another bar car, so that you were ready for the Hamptons when you got off the train. They also had parlor cars.
It appears that bar cars such as [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/17/nyregion/happy-hour-begins-on-the-lirr-5-47.html?pagewanted=1"]the 5:47 to Huntington in 1989[/URL] were a great way to meet people
Somewhere back in my childhood memories is my father mentioning a 4:02 out of Penn that had a bar car and connected with another train going out to the end that had another bar car, so that you were ready for the Hamptons when you got off the train. They also had parlor cars.
Most of the regulars know each other by name or sight. There are three subgroups, they say, namely:
* The garment center people, who arranged the fishing expedition.
* The Wall Street contingent, who stand in the vestibule near the bar.
* An assortment of others who choose the chaos and high spirits, even if it means passing up the 5:30 train. 'No Other Car Like It'
The first and second group are gone..laid off and never really coming back. Brooklyn trains have been particularly affected by the lack of the Wall Street crowd. No more brokers and broker assistants pontificating about their "book of business" like they were the titans of the financial industry. Probalby all working as night managers at McDs now.
Somewhere back in my childhood memories is my father mentioning a 4:02 out of Penn that had a bar car and connected with another train going out to the end that had another bar car, so that you were ready for the Hamptons when you got off the train. They also had parlor cars.
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