tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041693.post6315924827816526253..comments2024-03-09T12:18:51.016-05:00Comments on TOM GLOVER'S HAMILTON LIBRARY SCRAPBOOK: LOCAL HISTORY WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH.: 1949: THE VERY FAMILIAR PERRY "STREET TERMINAL;"Tom Gloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01749723834326832799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041693.post-56726229535421424832014-11-18T16:57:57.408-05:002014-11-18T16:57:57.408-05:00When I was in the Navy, I tried the bus once or tw...When I was in the Navy, I tried the bus once or twice to get back to my ship from the Perry St Terminal through NYC. In the 60s, the bus station was already pretty seedy, and I can't imagine what it eventually turned into before being closed.<br /><br />I preferred to take the train from S. Clinton St station to Penn Station, walk or grab a cab to Grand Central and then head up to Boston or Providence. The trains had club cars and good food in the dining cars, and the entire experience was pretty upbeat, except for the lengthy engine change operation in New Haven.<br /><br />And there were the flights. I'm trying to remember if Allegheny (Agony) Airlines had a shuttle from Trenton to Boston. On a few occasions I flew from Newark to Boston on the early Eastern Air Shuttle in Lockheed Super Constellations (what an airplane!) or in Lockheed L-188 Electra.<br /><br />I preferred the passenger trains. You always felt like you were going somewhere special.SJBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396634140715010591noreply@blogger.com