[PRCo] Re: Boston Trolleys

[Gray, George]

Is that the origin of the name for the tickets currently used on the MTA
in Boston?

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
Edward H. Lybarger
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:32 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Boston Trolleys

"MTA" hit the national charts June 29, 1959 and stayed there 6 weeks,
rising
as high as #15.  But it was written in 1948 as a political statement.  I
have a history of it, down at the library, that was published some years
back in the BSRA newsletter.

Ed 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
Schneider Fred
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 4:54 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Boston Trolleys

Would it not have been easier for his wife to have given Charlie a  
nickel when the train came into Scollay Square?    But then we would  
not have had such a wonderful political folk song.....   We also  
would have taxes paying 80% of the cost of a bus fare today.

Thanks Jerry.   Seems to me that song actually made the charts about  
the same time MTA opened the line to Riverside in 1959.


On Jan 18, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Jerry MATT Matsick wrote:

> A great video of the Boston Rail System
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHx4_uPv0K8
> --
> From: Jerry "Matt" Matsick "PHD"
>
> AGING: Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about 
> your age and start Bragging about it.
>
>