JerseyJim Takes ‘Branch Line’ Literally

Thankfully, an uneventful train ride on NJ Transit this morning. As we pulled into Penn Station, the conductor even informed us that we were a few minutes early!  

On Monday, this same conductor apologized for last Thursday’s cancellation of all train service west of Summit on our Gladstone line.

“Sorry to all the folks we missed last Thursday,” he said. “We were caught up in some branches for about three hours.”

 Visualizing an entire train up in a tree, like a scene from Twister or some industrial folk art, helped soften the bad memories from Thursday. Getting to the station, seeing commuters all turning back to their cars, and then biking further to Summit was a drag. 

I should feel less put out by a few extra miles on the bike. Watching the coverage of the Tour de France on Versus has certainly been Lance-tastic. But I still can’t figure out the complicated rules and qualifying time trials, or what the heck qualifies Ben Stiller to hang around. I guess he does a good Jerry Lewis impression.