Back in time

Yesterday, after church, Scott and I headed down into the subway to go to lunch with some friends. As we are waiting, we hear the subway coming, and as it pulls into the station, we realized that it was very different. The cars were all very old, and were all different colors. As we entered, a train conductor was in our car, wearing a vintage MTA uniform. Along with him, the car had very old cloth seats, ceiling fans, and advertisements from the 1900's. The conductor explained to us that every year, for the 5 weeks leading up to Christmas, the city takes old subway cars out of retirement and places them on the tracks. Our car was in the very back and was from the 1940's. The car in the very front was from the 1930's, while all of the cars in the middle were from inbetween those years. It was pretty awesome to ride in a piece of history.

The person below was lucky enough to spot the old subway cars when they were empty.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/singhkumar/sets/72057594065955683/