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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Holding Court in Grand Central
Over lunch just a minute ago, a friend told me about a real, live tennis court somewhere in the upper floors of Grand Central Terminal. How did I never hear of this before? How come no one ever mentioned this … Continue reading
Posted in Grand Central
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Station Overhauls Afoot
If you hang out at the Fordham, Tarrytown, Port Chester or Mamaroneck stations, life will only get sweeter–Metro-North has earmarked nearly a million dollars to refurbish them as part of an “ongoing effort to bring its facilities to a state … Continue reading
Posted in Metro North
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An Open Letter To:
The drunk guy in the cab at Hawthorne station last night. It was late. I was tired. I was wearing a rented tux with uncomfortable shoes and I just wanted to go home. I climbed into the cab and the … Continue reading
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Ride Metro-North…For Fun!
Because none of us commuters truly spends enough time–or enough money–on Metro-North, the railroad is offering a fall foliage rail excursion this weekend. For a cool $35, you can enjoy a “private Metro-North train” from Grand Central up to Cold … Continue reading
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To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
I knew it would happen eventually. After one year and two weeks of regular train riding, a perfect storm of factors fell into place on the 8:43 this morning and I fell asleep for the first time on my commute, … Continue reading
Posted in Bose, Metro North
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Strange Brew
I started packing up my spent newspapers as the train pulled into the Grand Central tunnel around 9 this morning. I realized I had an empty Sam Adams bottle in my knapsack that I’d neglected to throw out on the … Continue reading
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Donate a Car, Save a Life
With that Dalai Lama cat hanging with Dubya these days, I’ve been doing some introspection. If, say a tobacco company were to seek an ad on Trainjotting — telling our dear readers about the merits of, say, smokeless tobacco, would … Continue reading
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Product Review: Trainjotting Calls an ‘Audible’
We’d seen the Audible audiobook ads on Metro-North–blissed out guy in headphones with a tagline about how you’ll wish your commute was longer. So we decided to give the service a try. It’s actually pretty cool, and easy to use. … Continue reading
Posted in Audio books
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Death in Greenwich
This is shocking and unbelievably awful–so much so that we’ll curtail our typical sarcasm for the moment. It happened at Riverside (CT) station over the weekend. Man Killed By Train After Putting Penny On Tracks GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) ? Police … Continue reading
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The Angriest Commuter in America
Newsday has the story of John Clifford, an LIRR commuter who takes matters into his own hands when people bug him on the train. The retired cop has been arrested or issued a summons eight times in the last few … Continue reading
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