Recently, I took a LIRR train out to visit my mom and was appauled to see that the “big board” train schedule sign has changed from the “old school” rotating sign to a new electronic model. I for one absolutely hate this change. Something major has been lost in the update and its not just the “tick-tick-tick” sound of the sign changing to denote a new train/track update. This modification constitutes a major break from the past and I don’t like it one bit. Not everything needs to be updated because it can be. I cannot believe that after weeks of research, I cannot find a single article about when this “big board” sign changed. For shame MTA and NY for not noticing, or if you noticed, for not deeming it worthy enough to write about.
2 thoughts on “LIRR Goes New School and I Hate It”
This is how I feel about typewriters. Noooo. It’s not. Milk bottles. Sort of. Really, THE DAIRY BARN, those drive-through barns where you pick up a quart of milk or a pint of ice cream. They’re not around anymore. I miss the Dairy Barn! Thanks for writing about this.
NOOOOO! I got such a kick out of standing amidst a throng of people in Penn Station waiting for the board to flip to find out when the next train to Hicksville was and then having everybody dash to correct track. For some reason I always said “Survey says” every time the board started to flip around. (It reminded me of Family Feud) It was a cool touch and will be missed.