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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Ranger Fans Set Fire to Manhole Covers
From Port Authority: PATH TRAIN SERVICE SUSPENDED TONIGHT ON 33RD STREET LINES PATH service between 33rd Street and the Journal Square and Hoboken stations will be suspended in both directions through this evening due to signal and power cable … Continue reading
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JerseyJim: Let’s Go (Home), Rangers!
HOCKEY TRAIN REFRAIN After last night’s defeat at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one game from elimination, and New Jersey commuters may once again walk at ease through the halls of Penn Station without the crush of of red-white-and … Continue reading
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Can Someone Please Help This Person?
Either someone’s setting me up for a no-brainer quip about New Rochelle’s crime issue, or they have a genuine question. Dear Trainjotting, is there overnight parking at the New Rochelle Amtrak Station? thanks. mc Can anyone help young mc?
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Update on the Case of the Torn Trousers
Well, it’s been almost two weeks since I sent a letter to Metro-North to inform them that my Gap chinos were torn by one of their armrests, and wouldn’t you know it, I got a call back from the railroad’s … Continue reading
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I Almost Had a Station Car
A relative was offering a hand-me-down car–in fact, a nice, newish minivan that was far nicer and newer than the previous hand-me-down minivan from a relative. (That is, quite literally, how the TJs roll.) So, for the first time since … Continue reading
NuRide: Carpooling in the Digital Age
Interesting story in the Westchester section of the NY Times about NuRide.com, “a national ride-sharing website” that pairs up carpoolers with rides to work. Only NuRide goes traditional carpooling one better, as its 26,000 members can swap ride partners like … Continue reading
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The Demise of ‘Great Scoop’
Those patronizing the Hawthorne train station have one less option for coffee, ice cream and “Wolverine” comic books, as “Great Scoop Ice Cream Parlor & Cafe,” located right next to the station, appears to be closed. Don’t let the name … Continue reading
Jamming Underground
Very funny video on the odd NYC blog LilSubwayCrybaby… of Tokyo subway officials jamming a rider into an already jammed car. What I love is the totally non-plussed look on the bystanders, as if this happens all the time. Which I’m … Continue reading
Straphanger Joe Needs to be More Assertive
Holding Doors for Osho I’m about to enter Roosevelt Station at 74th Street just as a woman is about to exit. I open the door before she even puts her hands up to push against it. I pull … Continue reading