Chapters:
00:00 - When Train Tracks Ran on the Road - The New York Central Railroad
01:13 - The Unification of the New York Rails | The Birth of New York Central Railroad
03:27 - How Cornelius Vanderbilt Built a Rail Empire | The Age of the Commodore
06:20 - The Wild West Side & The St. Johns Train Terminal
10:00 - Why Running Trains on Street level is a horrible idea | New York’s “West Side cowboys”
11:56 - When New York moved their Railroad above street level | The High Line
12:39 - The Peak of New York Central Railroad
14:28 - When the U.S. seized the New York Central Rail Road.
15:39 - The Demise of New York Central Railroad
17:25 - The Legacy of New York Central Railroad

If you got in a taxi in New York City between 1997 and 2003, you were greeted with the recorded voice of a celebrity reminding you to buckle up. When you left, the same celebrity reminded you to make sure you don’t forget anything, and get a receipt.

This video is the complete oral history of the Celebrity Talking Taxi program, complete with stories never before made public, and a new exclusive interview with Al Franken about the politically incorrect “cab driver” jokes he pitched back then and how he views them today.

In this short video from Metro Arcadia, take a quick peek at Captain Tilly Park in Jamaica Hills, Queens.