If you were in town for Thanksgiving this past weekend and happened to take the V train on Sunday between the times of 10 am to 4 pm, it is likely that you probably already know about the Special Train. If, however, you did not do that all of that (it’s a very specific criteria, after all) take the V train next Sunday! Or the Sunday after! And feel Special-With-A-Capital-S while you do it!

MTA started their Holiday Nostalgia Train service this past Thanksgiving weekend, and it will continue every Sunday until December 28. My friend informed me about this because she happened to take the V train last weekend, and was surprised to see this dark green train roll up with red-cushioned seats inside. Red-cushioned seats! How come we don’t have that anymore, MTA?

The MTA said on their website that “With a little bit of luck and good timing,” we will be able to ride on these cool retro relics, which makes me think that not every train running on the V line would be the Nostalgia Train. No matter, I will be sitting at one of these stations this Sunday between 10 am to 4 pm waiting for the Nostalgia train to arrive:

Queens Plaza
23 St-Ely Ave
Lexington Ave/53 St
5th Ave/53 St
47-50 St Rockefeller Center
42 St Bryant Park
34 St Herald Square
23 St (6th Ave)
W 4th St Washington Square
Broadwayway-Lafayette St
Lower East Side 2 Ave

Photos by Gothamist