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 #691372  by Littleredcaboose
 
In NJ/NYC how old were the commuter cars? In Cleveland they dated from the the 1950s but I walked through on in a old railroad yard in 1990 and I knew that the car was still being used in the 1970s from the Eastern Airline ads. I guess 1915-1920something?