I Take It The Comptroller Is Not A Fan Of Rattan . . .

Some state officials are not scared of the Lionel-Industrial Complex:

An audit released this week by the state comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, criticizes the financial management of a program in which the Metropolitan Transportation Authority periodically runs excursions with vintage subway cars, called the Nostalgia Train. The trips raise money for the New York Transit Museum, an arm of the authority based in a decommissioned subway station in Brooklyn Heights. Mr. DiNapoli’s audit, released on Wednesday, found that the authority did not adequately keep track of the money it raised. It also said repairs to the trains were paid for by New York City Transit, meaning that subway riders and taxpayers were subsidizing the rides.

See, for example, Monday’s A train diamond jubilee and the Centennial Special Shuttle Trains.