Apples55 posted:Putnam Division posted:Recreation as promised.......
Now, as for @mlaughlinnyc... when I was riding the Harlem Line before I retired, there regularly was SOMEONE who decided they wanted to take their bicycle on the train - I guess we have identified one of the miscreants!!! But I do believe the original photo does include a baggage car. I expanded the photo and it looks like the second car definitely has a door on the side. I have been putting together my version of a 1950’s Harlem Line train and I included a combo car for those pesky bicyclists!!!
Obviously Paul does not understand how checked baggage worked. There is no way anyone would have known what baggage was checked by a passenger. Passengers took their baggage to the station agent and checked it for movement on the next train that had a baggage car. When that train arrived at the passenger's destination, the baggage was unloaded by the agent. If that passenger happened to be on the platform at the time of unloading, he could give his agent the claim check right there and get the baggage, saving effort by both agent and passenger. There was no inconvenience to other passengers. That the baggage happened to be a bicycle was unimportant.
Maybe Paul is out of time context and thinking of passengers taking bicycles into a car next to a high level platform - long after the Put was abandoned and checked baggage service discontinued.
