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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
A Two-Minute Warning Would Be Nice
I got home late last night due to company softball (you just can’t turn down those rare Central Park games). Little G and Little Miss C were ready for bed and, after 12 hours alone with the kids, The Missus was too.
So I decided to take the later train, the slacker-esque 8:43, and spend an […]
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Former Teen Subway Thief Pilfers Bus
Nefarious Darius
Darius McCollum was arrested again.
Of course, the name does not mean a thing to do. Why would it?
But you’re well familiar with McCollum’s crimes, starting with the one that put him on the (subway) map.
Yes, McCollum was the plucky kid who gave the E train a joyride to the World Trade Center in 1981, […]
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
She Deafened Me With ‘Science’
I’ve written before of “Perishing Square”–the site at 42nd Street and Park where fatal decisions are often made by commuters who need to cross the street immediately and make a train that’s about to leave from Grand Central.
I’ve also written of “Pershing Square-Dancing”–a less serious case in which an anxious commuter nervously jigs in place […]
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Cape Crusader Back in the Saddle
Back in the saddle after a ten-day break, a spell enhanced by our furloughed Fridays here at the salt mine.
The break featured our annual summer block party, during which I chatted with a man who recently moved into the neighborhood with his wife and two small children. The man and I discussed walking to the […]
1 Comment » - Posted in 1-3/4-Seater, LIRR, Little G by TJ
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Off the Rails
Trainjotting is on vacation. Please visit our rich trove of past posts, and we’ll see you next week.
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by TJ
Friday, August 20th, 2010
SPECIAL GUEST POST: Train Plays the Trop
Talk about Soul Sister–we are happy to feature a guest post from TJ’s sister herself, reviewing a concert featuring the San Francisco band Train at Tropicana Field in Tampa last weekend. (Er, “Rays of Jupiter,” anyone?)
Writing about a band called Train…train jotting…get it?
Sister Kate takes it from here.
I guess in an effort to sell tickets, the […]
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Yanks Ride the Rails to Deliver HOPE
I generally try not to say nice things about the Yankees, but as the Mets were fighting with their closer after K-Rod’s season finished prematurely after a fight with his kids’ grandfather, Joe Girardi, Joba Chamberlain and Tino Martinez, among others, were schlepping on New Jersey Transit and the subway to accompany a blind Yankee […]
No Comments » - Posted in D Train, New Jersey Transit by TJ
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Straddling Buses, Leaning Riders and Subway Stuffers
Trainjotting virtually ventures to the Far East today for a gallery of rogues on the Japanese railways, and the most intriguing public transportation photo you’ll see all day from out of China. (Please, no Orient Express jokes, thank you.)
Japan’s Metropolis offers an entertaining slide show of the nation’s most offensive train archetypes, called “Varieties of […]
No Comments » - Posted in Japan, Mansitting by TJ
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Metro-North May Get Double-Deckers
Those double-decker trains you see on the LIRR and NJT (the “Bitanic,” in conductor-speak) may be coming to the Metro-North, reports the NY Times. The railroad’s next purchase of new cars is in 2015, and the split-level trains are being considered for the order.
Riders generally like the trains: lots of seats, and cool views from […]
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Monday, August 16th, 2010
The Ticket That Just Wouldn’t Click It*
Six weeks ago, as June turned to July, I left my July monthly at home, and used the expired pass to get to the city on the first day of July, as is Metro-North’s generous policy.
I’d picked up an $11 one-way for my return trip that eve, and casually showed the expired June monthly for […]