BY PETE DONOHUE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Saturday, August 23, 2014, 2:30 AM
Retired subway motorman Mike Mahar won an unusual blue-collar lottery, and now can shout — as happy as a Super Bowl champ — “I’m going to Disney World.”
Citing a shortage of subway train operators, the MTA in April offered the 65-year-old Mahar his old job back temporarily. Not only would the Queens grandfather get paid, but he could still collect his pension, transit executives explained by letter.
Mahar of Rego Park readily agreed. He climbed back into the operator’s cab in July. “It was an opportunity to make a little extra money to take the family on a nice vacation,” Mahar said.
Mahar is one of 19 retired motormen the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has re-hired on temporary assignments to drive diesel work trains. He expects to take home about $15,000 by the time his tour ends in October. He said he will travel with his wife to Walt Disney World in Florida and visit relatives in California.
“It’s a great little plus,” Mahar said of the extra dough.
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