Bar Cars Make Last Run on NYC-CT Commuter Trains

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http://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Bar-cars-make-last-run-on-NYC-area-commuter-trains-5466383.php

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The bar cars on trains between Manhattan and Connecticut were making their final run Friday after decades as a gathering place for commuters who played dice, found jobs and had annual Christmas parties with a jazz band.

With their faux-wood paneling on the walls and red leather lounges, the bar cars that have run on the Metro-North Railroad for at least a half-century evoke New York's "Mad Men" era of martini lunches.