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Monthly Archives: February 2010
SNURRICANE 2010: Slow Start But a Strong Finish
7 a.m., wake up, survey my outdoor surroundings, think I’ve woken up on Mars. 7:15 a.m., tune in to Fox 5 and see traffic reporter say Metro-North service is suspended. 7:30 a.m., traffic reporter says some service has been restored. … Continue reading
Know Before You Go Into the Snowicane
I got an email from Metro-North Tuesday informing me I’d been picked to fill out an e-questionnaire regarding the railroad’s email and text message alerts. “To help us continue to improve this system, we are asking selected subscribers to complete … Continue reading
Posted in Clever Commute, Metro North
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JerseyJim Ready For Snurricane
Phone rang at 5:50 this morning, cancelling school for the day. It’s an automated message, and ALL our phones ring. (house phone and two cell phones, scattered around the house. It was snowing wet-heavy Vancouver Olympixels, and starting to stick. … Continue reading
Remembering Kenneth McGrath–The Right Way
This is awful. A little over a year ago, a Metro-North signal maintainer by the name of Kenneth McGrath was killed in the line of duty. The ensuing media reports–Journal News, NY Daily News, USA Today–got McGrath’s name wrong in … Continue reading
The Best NYC-Area Commuter Town II, Or, What You Can Do To Boost Your Property Value
A comment from a reader today who, after “extensive” research on the topic, decided the best commuter town in the area was Westfield, New Jersey, has prompted Trainjotting to conduct its second-ever Best Damn Commuter Town Period Contest. It is you, … Continue reading
Posted in Best Commuter Town, Pleasantville
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Scroo Yoo Gai Pan
I picked up a discarded fortune cookie slip in front of the work elevators while commencing my journey home last night. It read: The greatest danger could be your stupidity. OK, then.
Posted in Walk to Work
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Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard
How could I forget, one of the main highlights from our Metro-North excursion to the city Sunday. We were heading home and had just arrived in Valhalla. “Get ready,” I told Little G. “The next stop is ours.” The conductor … Continue reading
Posted in Hawthorne, Little G, Mount Pleasant
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Hudson Line Stations Get Facelifts
Some $67 million worth of renovations are in the works at the Philipse Manor, Scarborough and Don Draper’s own Ossining station houses, reports the Journal News. The projects should be completed by Aug. 1. Among the improvements: digital message boards telling … Continue reading
Posted in Ossining, Philipse Manor, Pleasantville, Scarborough
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The Sunday Commute Bonus Edition
Since I don’t spend nearly enough time riding the rails to New York City, we packed up the gang to head in for a day trip yesterday. Little G is obsessed of late with two colossal things: skyscrapers and dinosaurs. … Continue reading