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  1. Old Geezer says:

    Some years ago there was a sting and a bust of ticket forgers. The ticket style was the thin strip kind that you show first.

    The forgers were predominantly highly-paid executive types who could easily afford the fare! Apparently “beating the system” is its own reward.

    The most recent fare beater I saw in action was a young lady who got on in White Plains heading for GCT — she calmly picked up the bench ticket from my row as she walked by — apparently so she could feign having been given it by the conductor. She moved on to the next car, so I don’t know how it worked out.

  2. Tyler Trahan says:

    I was recently talking with a bunch of other commuters who had been scammed by a guy who was forging monthly passes. Apparently the scam had been going on for weeks, then someone tipped off the T [in Boston] and they started scanning the passes. Those things are expensive!

    I wonder if there’s some way you can send someone the artwork for a New York Central ticket and then videotape the exchange between him/her and the conductor…that would be pretty funny, I imagine!

  3. Jon says:

    I think the tickets are fantastic and interesting. Always my favorite thing is to see the defunct or changed stations like Thornwood. It was especially cool to see the Mahopac spur and the stations all the way up to Chatham on that old ticket!

  4. Jennifer says:

    I still remember using that first ticket you posted and the ten trip. I always enjoy looking at the artwork on the tables in the dining concourse of GCT. I love looking at the old tickets.

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