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Clocker Redbury And Dusty Slosinger
Clocker(s) may also refer to: * Clocker (train), ''Clocker'' (train), a former Amtrak rail service * Clocker (composition), ''Clocker'' (composition), a minimalist electronic music piece by Alvin Lucier conceived in 1978 * Clockers (novel), ''Clockers'' (novel), a 1992 novel by Richard Price * Clockers (film), ''Clockers'' (film), a 1995 film by Spike Lee based on the Price novel {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clocker (train)
The ''Clocker'' was a passenger train service between Philadelphia and New York City on the Northeast Corridor at first by the Pennsylvania Railroad and later by Amtrak. The service was nicknamed the ''Clocker'' by riders as trains were scheduled to leave each terminal at the top of the hour. The name was eventually adopted into official use by Amtrak in 1981. The service was briefly renamed ''Acela Commuter'' in 1999 before the name reverted to ''Clocker'' in 2003. Amtrak discontinued the service on October 28, 2005, and it was partially replaced by New Jersey Transit express trains between Trenton, NJ and New York City at times approximating the ''Clocker'' schedule. History Pennsylvania Railroad The ''Clocker'' was originally a Pennsylvania Railroad express train service between New York and Broad Street Station in Philadelphia;; 15 the name was unofficial, and PRR timetables didn't use it. Soon after New York Penn Station opened in 1910, the express trains began de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
