Category Archives: Grand Central

TRAINJOTTING TURNS 5: Sloth

Instead of randomly tossing up old posts that make us laugh or wince, we’ve decided to group them under the Seven Deadly Sins, with each sin getting its own day, or at least part of a day, because there are … Continue reading

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Pretend Train Bomber Collared At Pelham Station

MTA police yanked a man off the train yesterday after he said he had explosives in his backpack The 12:57 pm train from New Haven was stopped in Pelham to evacuate passengers, and let the cops on board. The man … Continue reading

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‘Uniqlo’ Short For ‘Unique Typo’

Grand Central, Vanderbilt Hall, en route to 42nd Street and Pershing Square. Garbage can promoting launch of Uniqlo store is wrapped in paper showcasing the cities of the world. One of its largest, with nearly 20 million people, is misspelled. … Continue reading

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Loco-Motive, Loco MNR Employees

I just stumbled upon the oddest Metro-North train. Our 8:16 rolled into GCT at 9:05, and across the platform was an ancient silver and blue car with the Metro-North logo emblazoned on the side. But inside was a different story. … Continue reading

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My Weird, Wacky Route to Track 29

One thing I like about Grand Central is, once every few months or so, I’ll enter the station from some point north, meaning I find an entrance I’ve never used before (or at least don’t remember ever using before), such … Continue reading

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Pipe Down, The Quake Was No Big Deal

Since the Great Quake of 2011 turned out to be, from a transit perspective, a complete non issue, we decided to re-run another transit disaster story: the time the steam pipe exploded in front of Grand Central, and caused the … Continue reading

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The Story of Carey’s Hole

Eagle eyed readers who had a look at the Grand Central Terminal blueprint issued by the MTA as part of the renderings of its upcoming Apple store saw a curious locale in the grand old station’s underbelly, two floors below … Continue reading

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Grand Central Apple Store–Resistance is Futile

The MTA released renderings of the would be Grand Central Terminal Apple Store earlier this week, shares Gorgeous Francis via the NY Times. There was some construction bustle around the former Metrazur restaurant, which may be related to the Apple … Continue reading

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Teen Bowling Tourney Strikes GCT

You can bowl in Port Authority, and for two days, ace teen bowlers could bowl in Grand Central too. It was the Teen Masters Bowling Championship, held in Vanderbilt Hall, same place where the squash tournament takes place every year. Writes … Continue reading

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Tunnel Boring Machine Condemned to Life in Hell

The infamous “cutter” tunnel-boring machine has nearly reached the end of its mission, and will be rewarded for its hard slog by being entombed under Park Avenue South for, conceivably, eternity. The 200-ton drill, which will bring New Jersey Transit … Continue reading

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