I, for one, remember the leather straps that gave their name to the metal straps, which were not really straps. I also remember wicker seats on the BMT cars. Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY Subj: Re: [NYHIST-L] NYC Subways Date: 7/8/09 9:22:15 AM Mountain Daylight Time From: [log in to unmask] (Edward Knoblauch) Sender: [log in to unmask] (A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history.) Reply-to: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] The last of the subway cars which had the once-familiar metal straps were retired in late 2003. See the Subway Chronicles at http://www.thesubwaychronicles.com/essays/2005/Nov%202005.html </HTML>