MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) -- An MTA subway conductor is being honored for taking action after noticing a teenager on an A train with a gun in his waistband on Oct. 10.

The conductor mentioned that he was off-duty but wearing his MTA uniform as he was heading home in the morning.

"Two guys got on, they were rolling up weed," the conductor told PIX11 News.

Another man wearing a ski mask got on the train, at which point the two men started throwing gang signs, he recalled.

The conductor continued to monitor the situation, at which point he noticed a gun. He said he looked around the subway platforms at 59th Street for help. "I know that's a police station hub. I'm looking and no police. We get to Times Square, no police."

The train arrived at the 34th Street station, where the cond

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