by 4266
A friend of mine who is working on a film project asked me what a conductors announcement from a 1906-era NYC subway would sound like. Any ideas?
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4266 wrote:A friend of mine who is working on a film project asked me what a conductors announcement from a 1906-era NYC subway would sound like. Any ideas?
4266 wrote:I figured as much with the PAs, but I didn't know if they did some sort of announcement outside the train like passenger train conductors would do.In all the books that have been written (and that I have read) on the subway, there is no mention of conductors making announcements. They may have, and then again, they may have not.
4266 wrote:I figured as much with the PAs, but I didn't know if they did some sort of announcement outside the train like passenger train conductors would do.I believe subway conductors remained within the train next to the door controls (or, as mentioned above, on the end platforms of open-platform cars). In riding the subway since the early 1940s I never have never seen a subway conductor stand on the station platform during a stop, and it would be impracticable to try to make an announcement from inside the train to passengers on the platform. Also, New York subway cars have traditionally been plentifully equipped with signs, unlike railroad passenger trains, and announcements were probably considered unnecessary.