Great retrospective of the Bar Car. I was a NH Line commuter for years, but go off in Mamaroneck so I never had the pleasure of the bar car. When I was younger and worked at Time Inc, all the old Timers (pun yes) who lived in New Canaan and elsewhere were part of the Friday 6:20 club. Many missed their stops... As a Westchester commuter, we had our own tradition-- the $3 Bud Tall Train Beer. That lasted for years, and then they did away with the beer carts in GCT. Have no fear, when they went away, something better came along, The Beer Table along the Lex Ave corridor. They always had excellent beers, but the line could be problematic especially if you had a train to catch. Nowadays my train beer has become a shuffle across the basement to the selection in by beer fridge. Definitely more cost effective...
Great retrospective of the Bar Car. I was a NH Line commuter for years, but go off in Mamaroneck so I never had the pleasure of the bar car. When I was younger and worked at Time Inc, all the old Timers (pun yes) who lived in New Canaan and elsewhere were part of the Friday 6:20 club. Many missed their stops... As a Westchester commuter, we had our own tradition-- the $3 Bud Tall Train Beer. That lasted for years, and then they did away with the beer carts in GCT. Have no fear, when they went away, something better came along, The Beer Table along the Lex Ave corridor. They always had excellent beers, but the line could be problematic especially if you had a train to catch. Nowadays my train beer has become a shuffle across the basement to the selection in by beer fridge. Definitely more cost effective...