It wasn’t Halloween! These little piggies went to Weehawken on March 15, 1955.
According to The New York Times, 100 commuters donned the masks to dramatize their fight against abandonment of passenger service between Weehawken and Albany. The frustrated commuters were trying to make a statement aimed at Robert R. Young, board chairman of the New York Central, whose railroad proposed to abandon passenger services but continue to carry freight shipments.
Nine years before the drama occurred, when Robert had worked for another railroad company, he covered the U.S. with ads reading: “A hog can cross America without changing trains — but you can’t!” The commuters had their own take on the slogan: “A hog can ride the West Shore — why can’t you?”
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| (Photo: William C. Eckenberg/The New York Times) |
According to The New York Times, 100 commuters donned the masks to dramatize their fight against abandonment of passenger service between Weehawken and Albany. The frustrated commuters were trying to make a statement aimed at Robert R. Young, board chairman of the New York Central, whose railroad proposed to abandon passenger services but continue to carry freight shipments.
Nine years before the drama occurred, when Robert had worked for another railroad company, he covered the U.S. with ads reading: “A hog can cross America without changing trains — but you can’t!” The commuters had their own take on the slogan: “A hog can ride the West Shore — why can’t you?”
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