Re: (erielack) Caption?

["Michael Connor" <mjconnor_rr_@_hotmail.com>]

List - My father, J. W. Connor, was Supt-Psgr at Hoboken for a year or so c. 
1970 before going to Hornell.  Some years ago he mentioned the problem with 
the rattan seats and the claims from women for torn hose.  He recalled one 
in particular whose claim(s) came consistently close to her monthly 
commutation ticket charge.  M J Connor


>From: "Gary R. Kazin" <gkazin_@_yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: "Gary R. Kazin" <gkazin_@_yahoo.com>
>To: EL List <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
>Subject: Re: (erielack) Caption?
>Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 07:51:17 -0700 (PDT)
>
>--- Njricky2_@_aol.com wrote:
> > A friend of mine from Far Hills, NJ, rode the MUs into Manhattan
>
>Well, to Hoboken anyway.  These cars were replaced more than 10 years
>before trains from the Morristown line and its branches went to Penn
>Station...
>
> > and said that she always carried an extra pair of stockings inher bag
> > because she knew she'd be a daily victim of "Rattan Rippings".
>
>I've heard that also; the problem increased as the cars aged and the seats
>weren't maintained as well - especially in the early 1980's when their
>days were numbered.  Even the use of plastic instead of real rattan didn't
>help.
>
> > We talked about that the other day and she verified her recollections.
> > She and her family still have their home in Far Hills and she, aside
> > from the wicker seats, has good memories of Erie Lackawanna. These days,
> > riding NJT, things are better but she misses the feeling of "the
> > railroad".
>
>Most of the changes of the new equipment versus the old are negative.  The
>seats are closer together and narrower and the aisles are narrower as
>well.  There was enough space to read a NY Times or Wall Street Journal
>without accidentally touching the person next to or ahead of you.
>
>Gary R. Kazin
>DL&W Milepost R35.7
>Rockaway, New Jersey
>
>
>
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