Fun piece in today’s Journal News about a guy who drives a Metro-North train every day. The reporter tags along with Kevin Mahoney, and this is what she learns: Senior people on the job pull strings to get on the Hudson Line, with its scenic views, engineer headquarters is the station at North White Plains, and an engineer’s pet peeves are people standing too close to the edge of the platform, riders who block his path to the cab, and people who walk on the tracks. (Mercifully, the third rail usually takes care of those ne’ever do wells.)
While it doesn’t offer the luscious detail of, say, Engine Bob, it’s a fun read. The story is here.