The massive, rock-eating Tunnel Boring Machine has arrived in the States after its long sojourn from Italy, and will soon commence digging under Manhattan in an effort to connect the Long Island Railroad to Grand Central.
The 200-ton TBM was shipped in pieces and is being transported to Long Island City, where it will be reassembled underground.
A press release on the MTA website offers one detail the daily newspapers seem to have overlooked: not only will Long Islanders traipse through the hallowed halls of Grand Central, but Metro-North riders will have the option to commute into Penn Station (where I hear there’s a fine-dining establishment called “McDonald’s” that apparently puts Michael Jordan’s to shame.)
Dig it, baby.