Sunday Sixday. While out to ride the Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA NYCT Subway/New York Transit Museum Holiday Train "Nostalgia Special" on Sunday, December 11, 2022, a visit to the Lexington Avenue Line was convenient to check out the rail replacement project around the Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall Loop. Due to this weekend work, these trains would be turning at Bowling Green instead, giving an opportunity to see these R-62As in a few stations that they do not normally visit. This "Contract One" section of the original Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT now A Division) is heavily utilized, and regular preventative maintenance with planned detours helps ensure that there will not be unplanned service disruptions. A southbound 6/Pelham Line Train arrives at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall Station (R-62A 1971, Bombardier, 1984-1987 leading). This train was extended to accommodate the outage at the City Hall Loop. The sign about the U.S. Custom House on the left is covering the now abandoned platform that once served this line as well as the later Bowling Green/South Ferry Shuttle.
