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Thanks for the sympathy, guys! 

You had to be on your toes in class and know when to sneak a peak at the trains. I think the brothers and the priests who taught us all had unique talents in the eraser toss.

In hindsight though, after a 35 year career myself in teaching, I can see things from their viewpoint. Many were truly saints for putting up with us! 

Thanks for the photos and explanations. I was lucky enough to catch the final year or so of 3rd Ave El service to Manhattan. After that, we rode the Bronx portion frequently until its end in the early 1970s.

Joe, between the NH and the NYC, the assortment of big electric motive power was amazing back in those days, wasn't it? I was old enough to even catch some of the very early EP-1 New Haven boxcabs passing by as well as the later bigger engines.

There was hardly a moment when something interesting wasn't passing by. Train watching has never been the same for me since those days. Here in upstate New York now the wait between trains is in hours compared to the seconds we were used to back in the day.

Jim

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