Category Archives: Conductor

Word of the Week: PAYING DUMB

Posted on March 15, 2011 by TJ

PAYING DUMB /PAY inng DUMM/ verb: Trying to pass off an off-peak ticket on an on-peak train in hopes that the conductor won’t notice and won’t hit you with the extra charge. [Also known as "Vig-norant"] Usage: I tried paying dumb with … Continue reading →

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Fitzhugh Prefers Trains, Not Jets

Posted on December 13, 2010 by TJ

The feel-good story du jour involves Keith Fitzhugh, the train conductor who famously turned down a chance to play for the Jets to stick with his career on the railroad. Of course, after yesterday’s wet, miserable loss to the Dolphins, … Continue reading →

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Conductor Zings Rider With Game Misconduct

Posted on October 13, 2010 by TJ

ConnecticEnergy popped in yesterday to offer up another dismal tale from the New Haven Line rails. He was sharing a four-seater with some Wall Street Master of the Universe out of Stamford. The Master of the Universe (MOV) was shouting … Continue reading →

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Metro-North, Grand Central, and a Clear, Cool Tuesday Nine Years Before

Posted on September 10, 2010 by TJ

Well, we all know what sad anniversary New York (and America) marks tomorrow, and following is a heartfelt essay from the inimitable Conductor Bobby on his “Derailed” blog about his return to the city on Metro-North two days after the … Continue reading →

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Back to School!

Posted on September 7, 2010 by TJ

Little G desperately wanted to visit the city of his birth over the long weekend, so he and I trekked into Gotham via Metro-North. The Saturday morning train was packed with riders in gold jerseys; I thought either Brasil had … Continue reading →

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Tales From the Rails

Posted on May 14, 2010 by admin

* On the 5:27 heading out of Gotham last night. Cattycorner to me in a six-seater is a traveler–woman of about 50, kinky brown Mrs. Roper-From-Three’s-Company hair, green t-shirt with an elephant and ‘Spirit of India’ on the front, ugly … Continue reading →

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The B-I-T-C-H is Back

Posted on October 1, 2009 by TJ

Some transit-related eavesdroppings from Overheard in New York. Loud black girl on cell phone: You know where the train station is, where all them homeless people live? Yeah, that’s where I go get my hair done. She doesn’t fuck my … Continue reading →

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The Professor Vs. The Conductor

Posted on September 28, 2009 by TJ

Friday evening on the 5:27 out of Gotham. Normal looking dude standing and reading the New Yorker in the vestibule. Neat gray hair the color of iron, tweed blazer, khaki slacks, glasses. The word professorial comes to mind. The conductor … Continue reading →

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Conductor Bobby’s Celeb Sightings a Dunne Deal

Posted on August 28, 2009 by TJ

Besides elicting one of the most bizarre obit second paragraphs as I’ve seen in some time, the passing of famous writer Dominick Dunne earlier this week prompted an entertaining yard from Conductor Bobby, the New Haven Line staffer with a … Continue reading →

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Ashleigh Banfield Looks Young For ’50′

Posted on August 24, 2009 by TJ

The year 2000. The towers stood tall, Mike Piazza hit mammoth home runs, and Ashleigh Banfield was all over MSNBC. Conductor to the Stars Bobby has an Ashleigh sighting on Metro-North (she lives in Connecticut), along with a topless woman … Continue reading →

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