Angry conductor 'kidnaps' NYC subway passengers in 1984 | WABC Vault
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- SUBWAY TRAIN ‘KIDNAPPED:’ Think your commute was bad today? Back in October 1984, a subway conductor was accused of “kidnapping” passengers on a train and holding them hostage for 2 ½ hours. Passengers said the subway conductor said “you [expletive] [expletive], aren’t going anywhere. now you’re going for a ride!” The TA said passengers were told to get off the train and refused, and they got nasty back -- and should have been arrested! Check out our vintage report and let us know the WORST thing that’s happened to you on the subway.
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Wouldnt be surprised if that conductor became a superintendent in the 90s and started breaking balls to the hourly workers
He told them to get off the train! Simple, get off and wait for next train!
I remember this I was 9. Man NY was ruthless in this era
nice
It still is now
"Subway Victim" 😂
"A TA official later said he didn't mean that, he'd like to take it back" LMAO!🤣🤣🤣
1984 was a pretty grim era for the system.
At 1:31 you can hear the original air brakes of the R40M & R42. Also used on the R40, R38 and old PA series from the PATH
So what they are just breaks lkl
R3b2 2ber railfan stuff
@@r3b22ber3 yeah there’s people out here who are obsessed with transit. That’s why you see bus and train videos in your recommendations sometimes.
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The passenger interviewed looks like “ Mr. Blue” from the 1970s film The Taking of Pelham 123 😂
Beat me to it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂 lol
So you think this a inside job?
Mr. B B B B Blue 🤣
"Mr. Brown. "Mr GREEN" "Mr. Grey'' "Mr blue"..
When conductors made announcement in those days, it sounded like garbage, like literally, the PA systems were screwed up that passengers were like “what did he say?”. This was before the overhaul program was initiated by MTA in the 80s. Now today, trains are more computerized than usual, mostly bugs can mess up the system but can simply get repaired and back on the rails in a few hours.
Still no one can hear them it sounds like a tin can
yeah, we they have to actually make announcements, and not use the pre recorded messages, you still can't hear them
I left NYC in '86 for the military and went back for a visit in 2020. I prefer the old style with the conductor announcing the next station "Next stop 34th Street, change here for the jxwurhdnfkfidkdkjfg and the thkcleorlkg trains" you better had known where you were going already LOL
Uhhh there’s some that are still like that now
Some conductors don’t even bother announcing the stops when driving the old r46/62 trains
35 year old news.. Thought we went through a time machine, lol.. Honestly wish i could go back to the 70's best times ever IMO....
Me too😍
Not in new York tho 😂
Wish I could go back to the 70s also. It was a lot better then.
1970’s New York is complete chaos
0:35 Oh wow RTS had a much lower pitched horn in the 80’s
The ones I rememberd had higher pitched horns.
I loved how the lighting looked back in the day
The only difference now is less graffiti on the train.
We really need more higher ups like Alfred in the transit system. Those were the days where the company was for the employee.
As a conductor for almost three years it’s an exciting but, VERY challenging job dealing with the public of NYC and from all over.... they can be a rude bunch of Neanderthals at times......
R62A GUY... YOU do know we’re talking about 1984 a different era a different city a different MTA...
But if you listened to this whole interview those people were told to leave the train and they didn’t henceforth being allegedly kidnapped......
Put on your holy anointing oil & Pray bruh 🙏🛢🚆
Random question are conductors trained at all in driving trains? Like in case of an emergency?
@@FDNY101202 no
Served those customers right, they were asked to leave the cars, they refused, and therefore got stabled.
That doesn’t make it any less wrong for what that conductor did. No excuse at all.
This really warms my heart. The perfect video to watch before work. I would love to meet and thank both Broderick and the train crew. 😂😂😂
I love it. I wish there were more men like him at Transit.
Sffu
@@xnortheast1106 tf is sffu
Once it was a MTA bus driver he would quack like a duck and make all sorts of strange noises while driving
I remember this older 34th Street herald Square IND station before the renovation. I also remember when they use those cars on the D train back in the day.
Wow glad I wasn't on the train that day.
obviously no one heard nor paid attention to announcements this is way prior to walkman and i phones
Walkmans existed
its not funny but the driver saying "Now you're going for a ride." killed me.
This is so awesome to me. Talk about “the old days” 😂😂😂
Wait, this actually happened?!
I love old news footage
MTA needs more supervisors like that who stick up for their workers.
I bet those “ Karen type” passengers will get off next time. 🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
Passenger fault for staying on the train.
aint no way 💀
Wow that is just crazy
1984 New York City memories
Remember it all too well. Gotta love it 😜
Bro you guys stayed on the train when they told u to get off. Lol MTA supervisor was a boss. They should got arrested
You can’t understand anything from the cheap speakers they had back then. Often can’t today either.
This looks like a lot compared to Pelham One Two Three, except it's a D Train, not a 6.
Not really. They’re not demand any money for the release of the hostages (though they won’t be worth that much), nor are they uncoupling cars in the middle of the subway tunnel (new cars can’t operate in single units), nor are they overriding the throttle (which I think may be impossible).
Pre-GOH R40M's. Sure do miss them
October 26, 1984
thats the most ridiculous report ever don
So sad
New York in the early to mid 1980s was savage. LoL
JUST TAKE The BUS
well, no more stayin on the the trains anymore.
Anyone remember when people would put a poolball in a sock and tandomly sock people on the train? 1987-1988 Brooklyn
At least they were on an R40M "D" train! Lol
This could’ve happened on any train.
Will Spens was anchoring Channel 4 WNBC-TV too
Yay joyride
Back when it was cheap to ride the subways.
Trains moved much faster back then.
New York City subway system in the 1980s turbulent times
I was a "victim" today. Held on the Manhattan Bridge for almost an hour because of delays... Not much has changed since then besides the condutor and operator getting protective laws
So.. did you want to get off and walk?
@@sushlesHow? How is anyone getting off a train that's not stationed? Plus i would have been stranded and walking for 2 hrs
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Lmao! That would happen on the New York Subway!
He said TA too many times
Well what other term he could’ve used?
I can’t stop 🤣
01:04😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
R42
Why is there a d train at 34 st penn station in 1984
Charly L Back then, like now, the train was rerouted.
JeremiahC99 Wait the D went to Penn Station back then? Wow the subway is interesting.
ShortzYT Transit & Gaming I’m not sure about that. I believe it was set at herald Square.
However, they did reroute trains back then.
Thats not Penn Station, That’s 34th St., Herald Square before the walls got tiles on them
That’s not 34th St - Penn Station, that’s 34th St - Herald Square. This was a few years before the station was renovated.
Lol Goes to show you the mess Ny transit was in at that time and into 2022...
A mess? Please explain.
Sfae
Now see that's some issue right there some of these bus drivers they get away with abusive Behavior but they always want to focus on the passengers course of action but there is more than one side of it how you just going to talk to the transit workers and not the passengers that's not right Transportation Personnel are not always right. They make laws to protect them they need make wlaws protecting passengers as well. This is a century old problem across the u.s.
Lmao 😂 only in NY
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🤣🤣🤣🤣👊🏻
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The customers are always right the Subway covered up the bad actions of its staff.
Yeah ok Karen.
It is the train riders that are the trouble makers, they do this because they know that a Transit worker ain't going to do nothing to them or they will loose their job . And it's not fair to Transit workers that we have to take this abuse from any transit rider . Transit workers should have a gun to protect ourselves. Transit workers have to make a living too and we should not come to work and be assaulted by unsatisfied passengers that just don't like the MTA . Why should we die for their mental issues and their hatred that they have for the MTA . There problem is with the boss of the MTA not us workers , we are just workers making a buck to put food on our plates and to care for our family. Why you riders want to kill us , why ? ? ? !
@:52 LMAO YEAH RIGHT!