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NEW YORK, NY October 27, 2004 —The Transit Authority is celebrating the subway centennial with a "nostalgia train" of vintage cars. WNYC reporter Beth Fertig worked with archivist Andy Lanset and engineer Wayne Shulmister to create an "audio nostalgia" train, with recordings from our 80-year old archives.

The recordings include:
Subway Polka, by Harry Geller
Mayor Fiorella Laguardia
Subway Song by Nicola Parone (1947)
WOR's New York Subway segment for the BBC (1947)
"Watch Your Step Please," Phil Moore
Bill Cosby
NYC "Campus Press Conference" (1958)
Mayor John Lindsay (1966)
Transit Strike, Jerry Miller reporting (1980)
John Rudolph reporting on fare increase
Subway Song by Bob Norman (1980s)
Mayor Ed Koch on WBAI's "Metroscope," 1985
Last graffiti subway car, Andy Lanset reporting for NPR (1989)
Subway rider in 1996