Category Archives: Straphanger Joe

TRAINJOTTING TURNS 5: Pride

Posted on January 13, 2012 by TJ

Each day this week, to commemorate our fifth birthday, Trainjotting is publishing memorable posts from the past, grouped under a specific Seven Deadly Sin. Today’s sin is PRIDE. Pride. Hmmm. Gluttony and Sloth and Greed, and occasionally a little Wrath, … Continue reading →

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Straphanger Joe Reads in the Region

Posted on July 27, 2011 by TJ

Straphanger Joe will be performing two readings in our region in the next few days from his spectacular novel Open Wounds. Straphanger Joe, aka Joseph Lunievicz, wrote dozens of posts about subway life for Trainjotting. He’s having a book launch … Continue reading →

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Straphanger Joe Publishes a Novel

Posted on June 2, 2011 by TJ

Seeing our talented Trainjotting correspondents publish books fills us with an extraordinary amount of pride. We were pumped when the brilliant Engine Bob (a.k.a./d.b.a. Robert Klara) published FDR’s Funeral Train, and if it’s possible to be even more psyched, then … Continue reading →

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Straphanger Joe’s Book Hits Stores This Spring

Posted on March 21, 2011 by TJ

It is with abundant pride that I announce the pending publication of yet another book from the Trainjotting correspondent family: Straphanger Joe’s brilliant novel Open Wounds. Open Wounds is a very unique book; it’s the life story of an aging … Continue reading →

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Straphanger Joe Remembers When LIRR Guys Made Money the Old-Fashioned Way

Posted on April 8, 2010 by TJ

Old-School Disability There used to be a break room at Penn Station somewhere between track 15 and track 18, back before it was upgraded to a “modern” station. My grandfather worked as a conductor for the LIRR starting in the … Continue reading →

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Staphanger Joe: Passes the Baton Back to TJ

Posted on March 14, 2010 by admin

TJ will be back this week. Thanks for hanging in there with the Straphanger and Jersey Jim while TJ himself was on vacation. Keep the comments coming in and see you on the rails.

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Straphanger Joe: Announces Sexual Misconduct

Posted on March 11, 2010 by admin

I heard it yesterday and then again today. It could be I’ve missed it before while in a straphanger fog. But two days in a row means it’s probably real and not an illusion. Yesterday I was on the F … Continue reading →

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Straphanger Joe: Looking for the Obvious

Posted on March 9, 2010 by admin

There’s a poster in front of me showing two guns, one red the other black with the caption, Which is real and which is a toy? above it. These public service ads have been out since since December but every time I … Continue reading →

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Straphanger Joe: Comes out of Hibernation

Posted on March 8, 2010 by admin

It’s been a while since I’ve really looked at the other passengers on the subway. Maybe that’s what winter does to you – it numbs you. Or maybe I’ve just been tired of people and there are too many around … Continue reading →

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GUEST BLOGGER: Straphanger Joe

Posted on March 5, 2010 by admin

TJ is on vacay starting in, oh, 3 hours and 15 minutes, and probably unable and unwilling to post. In my stead is the capable and charming Straphanger Joe, who will be maintaining Trainjotting next week, and adding his observations … Continue reading →

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