{"id":37308,"date":"2014-08-04T09:34:55","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T13:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/retired-members-supervises-boardwalk-trains\/"},"modified":"2014-08-04T09:34:55","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T13:34:55","slug":"retired-members-supervises-boardwalk-trains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/retired-members-supervises-boardwalk-trains\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired member supervises boardwalk trains","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
With a yellow hat and golf cart emblazoned with his nickname, John “Gig” Gigliotti has perhaps become as iconic on the Wildwood Boardwalk as the yellow tram cars he oversees. A former Conrail train conductor, the 85-year-old West Deptford resident returns to his North Wildwood home each summer, and to his job supervising eight 5-m.p.h. electric trains that transport boardwalk goers along the two-mile stretch. The service has been a staple since 1949. With a yellow hat and golf cart emblazoned with his nickname, John “Gig” Gigliotti has perhaps become as iconic on the Wildwood Boardwalk as the yellow tram cars he oversees. A former Conrail train conductor, the 85-year-old West Deptford resident returns to his North Wildwood home each summer, and to his job supervising eight 5-m.p.h. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,681,9,18],"tags":[2389],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nIt’s frequent that workers at the eateries and stands along the boardwalk call out “Giggy” as he drives up and down the planks during 16-hour days, seven days a week, April through September.
\nRead the complete story at the Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>.
\n(Gigliotti is a member of SMART Transportation Division Local 1375 at Philadelphia.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"