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This five-minute video is the second and longer of two videos I'll be posting that were recorded during the New York Transit Museum's "Parade of Trains" last Sunday (6/18/17).

The one posted on Facebook on the day was done with my iPad and sent directly from it. These were made with my small Nikon camera and transferred to my Mac. I hope they'll give you some sense of what riding the wonderful old train was like.

I was fortunate that they decided to add an extra run, giving me a chance to grab a spot outside on the front platform of the second car. The video shows the full run from just after we left Brighton Beach station until we get to King's Highway.

The train cars in this video are the oldest New York elevated or subway car type still operational in the museum's fleet. Built between 1903 and 1907 and known as the BU [Brooklyn Union] type, they have a wooden body on a steel frame. Passenger access was provided by open platforms at both ends of each car (which means they aren't allowed to carry passengers underground). A trainman between each pair manually opened and closed folding gates to admit or bar passengers, hence they are also referred to as "gate cars."

Operated by the BRT [Brooklyn Rapid Transit] in elevated service, they continued in use through the absorption of the BRT into the BMT and then into the Transit Authority in various parts of the system until 1969.